Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Challengers 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 of he Challengers section starts August 8 at 15:00 local time. It will see 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 Masters

Round 1 on 2025/08/06 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	2606	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2454	10
2	2	2635	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		GM	Adhiban, B.	2534	9
3	3	2476	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		GM	Iniyan, Pa	2586	8
4	4	2487	GM	Dronavalli, Harika		GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2576	7
5	5	2589	GM	Pranesh, M		GM	Aryan, Chopra	2634	6
Round 2 on 2025/08/07 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2454	IM	Harshavardhan, G B		GM	Aryan, Chopra	2634	6
2	7	2576	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		GM	Pranesh, M	2589	5
3	8	2586	GM	Iniyan, Pa		GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2487	4
4	9	2534	GM	Adhiban, B.		GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2476	3
5	1	2606	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2635	2
Round 3 on 2025/08/08 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	2635	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2454	10
2	3	2476	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2606	1
3	4	2487	GM	Dronavalli, Harika		GM	Adhiban, B.	2534	9
4	5	2589	GM	Pranesh, M		GM	Iniyan, Pa	2586	8
5	6	2634	GM	Aryan, Chopra		GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2576	7
Round 4 on 2025/08/09 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2454	IM	Harshavardhan, G B		GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2576	7
2	8	2586	GM	Iniyan, Pa		GM	Aryan, Chopra	2634	6
3	9	2534	GM	Adhiban, B.		GM	Pranesh, M	2589	5
4	1	2606	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2487	4
5	2	2635	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2476	3
Round 5 on 2025/08/10 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	3	2476	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2454	10
2	4	2487	GM	Dronavalli, Harika		GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2635	2
3	5	2589	GM	Pranesh, M		GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2606	1
4	6	2634	GM	Aryan, Chopra		GM	Adhiban, B.	2534	9
5	7	2576	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		GM	Iniyan, Pa	2586	8
Round 6 on 2025/08/12 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2454	IM	Harshavardhan, G B		GM	Iniyan, Pa	2586	8
2	9	2534	GM	Adhiban, B.		GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2576	7
3	1	2606	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		GM	Aryan, Chopra	2634	6
4	2	2635	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		GM	Pranesh, M	2589	5
5	3	2476	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2487	4
Round 7 on 2025/08/13 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	4	2487	GM	Dronavalli, Harika		IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2454	10
2	5	2589	GM	Pranesh, M		GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2476	3
3	6	2634	GM	Aryan, Chopra		GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2635	2
4	7	2576	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2606	1
5	8	2586	GM	Iniyan, Pa		GM	Adhiban, B.	2534	9
Round 8 on 2025/08/14 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2454	IM	Harshavardhan, G B		GM	Adhiban, B.	2534	9
2	1	2606	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		GM	Iniyan, Pa	2586	8
3	2	2635	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2576	7
4	3	2476	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		GM	Aryan, Chopra	2634	6
5	4	2487	GM	Dronavalli, Harika		GM	Pranesh, M	2589	5
Round 9 on 2025/08/15 at 12.00 Noon
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	5	2589	GM	Pranesh, M		IM	Harshavardhan, G B	2454	10
2	6	2634	GM	Aryan, Chopra		GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2487	4
3	7	2576	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2476	3
4	8	2586	GM	Iniyan, Pa		GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2635	2
5	9	2534	GM	Adhiban, B.		GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2606	1