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 7
Best game of the round
GM Narayanan S L (2561) vs GM Pranesh M (2673), 1-0, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred — replay the game
Critical game
GM Ilamparthi A R (2513) vs GM Murali Karthikeyan (2658), 1/2-1/2, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line — replay the game
Biggest upset
GM Mihail Nikitenko (2427) vs GM B. Adhiban (2573), 1-0, Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System — replay the game
Games
- GM Narayanan S L (2561) – GM Pranesh M (2673) 1-0 game
- GM Ilamparthi A R (2513) – GM Murali Karthikeyan (2658) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617) – GM Harshavardhan G B (2542) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Vignesh N R (2513) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2673) 0-1 game
- GM Mayank Chakraborty (2521) – GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2609) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Pa Iniyan (2581) – GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2414) 1-0 game
- GM Boris Savchenko (2492) – GM Aronyak Ghosh (2546) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Nikita Afanasiev (2527) – GM Alisher Suleymenov (2508) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2553) – IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2397) 1-0 game
- GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2562) – FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2373) 1-0 game
- GM Mihail Nikitenko (2427) – GM B. Adhiban (2573) 1-0 game
- GM S Aswath (2537) – IM Vignesh Advaith Vemula (2395) 1-0 game
- IM Ethan Vaz (2511) – IM Dalvi Aakash Sharadchandra (2364) 1-0 game
- GM Levan Pantsulaia (2498) – FM Aarit Kapil (2296) 1-0 game
- GM Mamikon Gharibyan (2493) – FM Yohan Yadav Tarala (2326) 1-0 game
- FM Adhiraj Mitra (2314) – GM Luka Paichadze (2471) 0-1 game
- FM Sharnarthi Viresh (2326) – IM Sriram Adarsh Uppala (2426) 1-0 game
- IM Ayush Sharma (2440) – FM Madhesh Kumar S (2352) 1/2-1/2 game
- IM Mendes Aaron Reeve (2340) – IM Shahil Dey (2425) 1/2-1/2 game
Standings after round 7
- Narayanan S L
- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
- Pranesh M
- Karthikeyan, Murali
- Mendonca, Leon Luke
- Iniyan, Pa
- Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
- Aronyak Ghosh
- Harshavardhan G B
- Ilamparthi A R