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 9

Best game of the round

GM Mayank Chakraborty (2521) vs IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2397), 1-0, King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto — replay the game

Critical game

GM Pranesh M (2673) vs GM Pa Iniyan (2581), 1-0, Sicilian Defense: Closed — replay the game

Biggest upset

GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2617) vs FM Sharnarthi Viresh (2326), 0-1, Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Advance Variation — replay the game

Games

Standings after round 9

  1. Pranesh M
  2. Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
  3. Narayanan S L
  4. Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
  5. Ilamparthi A R
  6. Iniyan, Pa
  7. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
  8. Aswath, S
  9. Afanasiev, Nikita
  10. Mayank Chakraborty

Round 8