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 6
Best game of the round
GM Ilamparthi A R (2513) vs GM Mihail Nikitenko (2427), 1-0, Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack — replay the game
Critical game
GM Pranesh M (2673) vs GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617), 1-0, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening — replay the game
Games
- GM Pranesh M (2673) – GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617) 1-0 game
- GM Murali Karthikeyan (2658) – GM Narayanan S L (2561) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2673) – GM Mayank Chakraborty (2521) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2609) – GM Boris Savchenko (2492) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Alisher Suleymenov (2508) – GM Pa Iniyan (2581) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2414) – GM Nikita Afanasiev (2527) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Harshavardhan G B (2542) – GM Mamikon Gharibyan (2493) 1-0 game
- GM Ilamparthi A R (2513) – GM Mihail Nikitenko (2427) 1-0 game
- FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2373) – GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2553) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM B. Adhiban (2573) – IM Ayush Sharma (2440) 1/2-1/2 game
- FM Aarit Kapil (2296) – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2562) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Aronyak Ghosh (2546) – GM Raahul V S (2409) 1-0 game
- GM Vignesh N R (2513) – WGM Priyanka Nutakki (2261) 1-0 game
- FM Yohan Yadav Tarala (2326) – GM Levan Pantsulaia (2498) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Luka Paichadze (2471) – IM Mendes Aaron Reeve (2340) 1/2-1/2 game
- IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2397) – GM Sandipan Chanda (2472) 1-0 game
- FM Samyak Dharewa (2300) – GM S Aswath (2537) 0-1 game
- FM Vandan Alankar Sawai (2328) – IM Ethan Vaz (2511) 0-1 game
- FM Madhesh Kumar S (2352) – IM Apoorv Kamble (2445) 1-0 game
Standings after round 6
- Pranesh M
- Karthikeyan, Murali
- Mendonca, Leon Luke
- Narayanan S L
- Aronyak Ghosh
- Harshavardhan G B
- Ilamparthi A R
- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
- Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel
- Iniyan, Pa