1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2026 · 1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2026

1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2026 — 1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2026 Round 1

Best game of the round

IM Benjamin Defromont (2379) vs GM Murali Karthikeyan (2647), 0-1, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Gurgenidze Variation — replay the game

FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2389) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2677) 0-1 game
GM Pranesh M (2674) – FM Bivor Adak (2387) 1-0 game
IM Benjamin Defromont (2379) – GM Murali Karthikeyan (2647) 0-1 game
GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2629) – IM Wagh Suyog (2378) 1-0 game
IM Daaevik Wadhawan (2375) – GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2613) 0-1 game
GM Pa Iniyan (2581) – IM Sahib Singh (2374) 1-0 game
IM Panda Sambit (2365) – GM B. Adhiban (2574) 1/2-1/2 game
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2562) – IM Dalvi Aakash Sharadchandra (2364) 1-0 game
WGM Rakshitta Ravi (2364) – GM Narayanan S L (2557) 0-1 game
GM Karthik Venkataraman (2556) – IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (2360) 1/2-1/2 game
FM Avirat Chauhan (2359) – GM Aronyak Ghosh (2546) 1/2-1/2 game
GM Nikita Afanasiev (2543) – FM Aadik Theophane Lenin (2354) 1/2-1/2 game
FM Advik Amit Agrawal (2351) – GM S Aswath (2540) 1/2-1/2 game
GM Dimitris Alexakis (2536) – IM Rout Padmini (2344) 1-0 game
IM Mendes Aaron Reeve (2340) – GM Harshavardhan G B (2529) 1/2-1/2 game
IM Ethan Vaz (2525) – IM Sanket Chakravarty (2340) 1-0 game
WGM Velpula Sarayu (2338) – GM Ilamparthi A R (2523) 0-1 game
GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2517) – FM Vandan Alankar Sawai (2337) 1/2-1/2 game
GM M.R. Venkatesh (2335) – GM Vignesh N R (2513) 1/2-1/2 game
GM Mayank Chakraborty (2511) – FM Aarit Kapil (2335) 1/2-1/2 game