Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 pairings

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is taking place August 6-15 in Chennai, India. The tournament was previously known as Chennai Chess Masters and featured 10 high ELO players in a Round Robin.

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is expected to be stronger than last year’s edition, now that Quantbox has joined as sponsor. The event is among the major tournaments of The Chess Calendar

Round 1 starts August 8 at 15:00 local time. It will see Pranav vs Karthikeyan, Keymer vs Nihal Sarin, Giri vs Robson, Vidit vs Jorden Van Foreest, Arjun Erigaisi vs Awonder Liang. Live games will be daily on Chessdom

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters timeline

05.30.2025 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters announced
02.06.2025 First participant list announced
31.07.2025 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Live games
05.08.2025 Pairings for all round

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Round 1 on 2025/08/06 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2597	GM	Pranav, V		GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2658
2	2730	GM	Keymer, Vincent		GM	Nihal, Sarin	2692
3	2748	GM	Giri, Anish		GM	Robson, Ray	2687
4	2720	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2697
5	2776	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Liang, Awonder	2696
Round 2 on 2025/08/07 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2658	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		GM	Liang, Awonder	2696
2	2697	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2776
3	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2720
4	2692	GM	Nihal, Sarin		GM	Giri, Anish	2748
5	2597	GM	Pranav, V		GM	Keymer, Vincent	2730
Round 3 on 2025/08/08 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2730	GM	Keymer, Vincent		GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2658
2	2748	GM	Giri, Anish		GM	Pranav, V	2597
3	2720	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Nihal, Sarin	2692
4	2776	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Robson, Ray	2687
5	2696	GM	Liang, Awonder		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2697
Round 4 on 2025/08/09 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2658	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2697
2	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Liang, Awonder	2696
3	2692	GM	Nihal, Sarin		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2776
4	2597	GM	Pranav, V		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2720
5	2730	GM	Keymer, Vincent		GM	Giri, Anish	2748
Round 5 on 2025/08/10 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2748	GM	Giri, Anish		GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2658
2	2720	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Keymer, Vincent	2730
3	2776	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Pranav, V	2597
4	2696	GM	Liang, Awonder		GM	Nihal, Sarin	2692
5	2697	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		GM	Robson, Ray	2687
Round 6 on 2025/08/12 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2658	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		GM	Robson, Ray	2687
2	2692	GM	Nihal, Sarin		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2697
3	2597	GM	Pranav, V		GM	Liang, Awonder	2696
4	2730	GM	Keymer, Vincent		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2776
5	2748	GM	Giri, Anish		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2720
Round 7 on 2025/08/13 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2720	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2658
2	2776	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Giri, Anish	2748
3	2696	GM	Liang, Awonder		GM	Keymer, Vincent	2730
4	2697	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		GM	Pranav, V	2597
5	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Nihal, Sarin	2692
Round 8 on 2025/08/14 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2658	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		GM	Nihal, Sarin	2692
2	2597	GM	Pranav, V		GM	Robson, Ray	2687
3	2730	GM	Keymer, Vincent		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2697
4	2748	GM	Giri, Anish		GM	Liang, Awonder	2696
5	2720	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2776
Round 9 on 2025/08/15 at 12.00 Noon
Bo.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg
1	2776	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2658
2	2696	GM	Liang, Awonder		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2720
3	2697	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		GM	Giri, Anish	2748
4	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Keymer, Vincent	2730
5	2692	GM	Nihal, Sarin		GM	Pranav, V	2597