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Thursday, 09 Jan 2025 21:14
Iniyan wins 15th Chennai Open

The 15th Chennai Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament for the Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy was held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from January 2 to January 9, 2025. A total of 176 players, including 16 Grandmasters (GMs) and 21 International Masters (IMs) from 21 countries, participated in the 10-round Swiss tournament.

Third seed GM Iniyan P triumphed with an impressive score of 8.5/10, scoring seven wins and three draws.

In the final round, he secured a decisive victory over GM Deepan, who had been co-leading the event until that point, clinching the championship title. GM Venkatesh also won his final-round game to finish second, while top seed IM Aronyak Ghosh claimed third place.

Final standings:

1

GM

Iniyan, Pa

2508

2

GM

Venkatesh, M.R.

2362

8

3

IM

Aronyak, Ghosh

2544

4

GM

Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.

2413

5

IM

Sammed Jaykumar, Shete

2379

6

IM

Kaustuv, Kundu

2409

7

GM

Siddharth, Jagadeesh

2515

7

8

IM

Vaz, Ethan

2412

7

9

GM

Das, Sayantan

2434

7

10

FM

Mohamed, Anees M

2334

7

Complete final standings

Photos: IA R Anantharam