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 5
Best game of the round
FM Aadik Theophane Lenin (2267) vs GM Aronyak Ghosh (2546), 0-1, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System — replay the game
Critical game
GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617) vs GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2609), 1-0, Catalan Opening: Open Defense — replay the game
Games
- GM Pranesh M (2673) – GM Murali Karthikeyan (2658) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617) – GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2609) 1-0 game
- GM Pa Iniyan (2581) – GM Narayanan S L (2561) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2673) – GM Alisher Suleymenov (2508) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Mayank Chakraborty (2521) – GM Harshavardhan G B (2542) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Mamikon Gharibyan (2493) – GM Ilamparthi A R (2513) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Nikita Afanasiev (2527) – GM Luka Paichadze (2471) 1-0 game
- GM Mihail Nikitenko (2427) – GM S Aswath (2537) 1-0 game
- IM Ethan Vaz (2511) – GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2414) 0-1 game
- GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2553) – IM Vignesh Advaith Vemula (2395) 1-0 game
- GM Raahul V S (2409) – GM Vignesh N R (2513) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Levan Pantsulaia (2498) – IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2397) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Boris Savchenko (2492) – FM John Veny Akkarakaran (2391) 1-0 game
- GM Sandipan Chanda (2472) – FM Samyak Dharewa (2300) 1/2-1/2 game
- FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2373) – IM Apoorv Kamble (2445) 1-0 game
- WIM Sachi Jain (2300) – GM B. Adhiban (2573) 0-1 game
- GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2562) – WGM Rakshitta Ravi (2369) 1-0 game
- FM Aadik Theophane Lenin (2267) – GM Aronyak Ghosh (2546) 0-1 game
- GM Dimitris Alexakis (2513) – FM Yohan Yadav Tarala (2326) 0-1 game
Standings after round 5
- Mendonca, Leon Luke
- Pranesh M
- Karthikeyan, Murali
- Narayanan S L
- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
- Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel
- Iniyan, Pa
- Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
- Aronyak Ghosh
- Harshavardhan G B