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 8
Best game of the round
GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2414) vs IM Mendes Aaron Reeve (2340), 1-0, Slav Defense: Alapin Variation — replay the game
Critical game
GM Harshavardhan G B (2542) vs GM Pranesh M (2673), 0-1, Zukertort Opening — replay the game
Biggest upset
FM Sharnarthi Viresh (2326) vs GM Vignesh N R (2513), 1-0, Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation — replay the game
Games
- GM Narayanan S L (2561) – GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2673) – GM Ilamparthi A R (2513) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Harshavardhan G B (2542) – GM Pranesh M (2673) 0-1 game
- GM Murali Karthikeyan (2658) – GM Pa Iniyan (2581) 0-1 game
- GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2609) – GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2553) 0-1 game
- GM Alisher Suleymenov (2508) – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2562) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Aronyak Ghosh (2546) – GM Levan Pantsulaia (2498) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Nikita Afanasiev (2527) – GM Boris Savchenko (2492) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM S Aswath (2537) – GM Mamikon Gharibyan (2493) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Luka Paichadze (2471) – IM Ethan Vaz (2511) 0-1 game
- GM Mihail Nikitenko (2427) – GM Mayank Chakraborty (2521) 1/2-1/2 game
- FM Sharnarthi Viresh (2326) – GM Vignesh N R (2513) 1-0 game
- IM Daaevik Wadhawan (2375) – IM Ayush Sharma (2440) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2414) – IM Mendes Aaron Reeve (2340) 1-0 game
- IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2397) – FM Sarbartho Mani (2331) 1-0 game
- FM Aadik Theophane Lenin (2267) – GM Raahul V S (2409) 1/2-1/2 game
- FM Madhesh Kumar S (2352) – FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2373) 0-1 game
- GM B. Adhiban (2573) – FM Fabian Glen Mariano (2311) 1/2-1/2 game
- FM Bivor Adak (2382) – GM Sandipan Chanda (2472) 1/2-1/2 game
Standings after round 8
- Pranesh M
- Iniyan, Pa
- Narayanan S L
- Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
- Mendonca, Leon Luke
- Aronyak Ghosh
- Ilamparthi A R
- Vaz, Ethan
- Karthikeyan, Murali