Iniyan convincingly clinches 15th Chennai GM Open, Venkatesh second and Aronyak third

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/01/2025

GM Iniyan Pa defeated his coleader, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to win 15th Chennai GM Open 2025. Iniyan sscored an unbeaten 8.5/10, performed at 2629, gained 14.7 Elo rating points and finished a half point ahead of the competition. GM Venkatesh M R won against IM Ethan Vaz to secure second place 8/10. IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete to finish third 7.5/10. Deepan, Sammed and IM Kaustuv Kundu also scored 7.5/10. They secured fourth to sixth place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹2000000. The top three prizes were ₹400000 + trophy, ₹300000 and ₹180000 each. Nine out of the top ten places were claimed by Indians. Photo: IA R Anantharam

Iniyan makes a perfect start to 2025 with a 2629 performance

Champion - GM Iniyan Pa 8.5/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Runner-up - GM Venkatesh M R 8/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Second Runner-up - IM Aronyak Ghosh 7.5/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Dr. M Manickam, Chairman, Sakthi Group of Companies and President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and former FIDE Vice President - D V Sundar distributed the prizes.

Iniyan - Deepan

Position after 27.Nf6!

GM Iniyan Pa (2508) made a nice exchange sacrifice 27.Nf6! While Black was not forced to take it, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2413) decided to capture it 27...Nxa4 28.Nxh5+ Kh8 29.Nf6 because it was necessary for White to keep the knights on the board to maintain his advantage. 29...Nxe5 30.Qxe5 Qc5 31.Qf4 Kg7 32.Ne5 both knights are going to wreak havoc Qe7 33.Neg4 Rh8 34.Qe5 and White went on to win the game.

GM Iniyan Pa before the start of his final round game against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Iniyan scored an unbeaten 8.5/10, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 14.7 Elo rating points

GM Venkatesh M R defeated IM Ethan Vaz comfortably to secure second place | Photo: IA R Anantharam

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete drew with IM Aronyak Ghosh to finish fifth, Aronyak claimed third place | Photo: IA R Anantharam

IM Kaustuv Kundu won a 124-move long grueling battle against Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy to finish sixth 7.5/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Dr. M Manickam, Chairman, Sakthi Group of Companies and President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association

For the 15th consecutive year, the prize money was sponsored by Dr. Manickam, the brain behind the successful conduction of 30 Tamil Nadu IM-norm circuit tournaments. The next set of ten such tournaments is scheduled to start in the first week of April 2025.

Thanks to IA R Anantharam for the photos and info about the tournament.

A total of 174 players including 16 GMs, 25 IMs and 4 WIMs are took part from 19 countries across the world including India in Category A (>2000). The tournament was organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association from 2nd to 9th January 2025 at Hotel Ramada Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ten-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 10 games

Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		White	Bdld	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Bdld	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	7½	1 - 0	7½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	9	PGN
2	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	7	½ - ½	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	1	PGN
3	18	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	10	PGN
4	34	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy		IND	2292	7	0 - 1	6½	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	12	PGN
5	5	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		IND	2457	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2286	35	PGN
6	23	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Shahil, Dey		IND	2374	17	PGN
7	28	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2328	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2515	2	PGN
8	7	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo		COL	2435	6	½ - ½	6	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi		IND	2334	26	PGN
9	29	FM	Adireddy, Arjun		IND	2326	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	8	PGN
10	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2409	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Czebe, Attila		HUN	2278	37	PGN
11	13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga		IND	2395	6	1 - 0	6	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma		IND	2281	36	PGN
12	97	FM	Rosh, Jain		IND	2071	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		IND	2374	16	PGN
13	19	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2358	6	1 - 0	6		Arnav, Agrawal		IND	2006	137	PGN
14	25	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	6	1 - 0	6		Anadkat, Kartavya		IND	2139	67	PGN
15	30	GM	Laxman, R.R.		IND	2303	5½	½ - ½	6		Mayukh, Majumder		IND	2013	128	PGN
16	24	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2338	5½	1 - 0	5½	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh		NEP	2093	88
17	83		Daksh, Goyal		IND	2101	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Manik, Mikulas		SVK	2303	31
18	48		Saurabh, Anand		IND	2198	5½	½ - ½	5½		Majumder, Shrayan		IND	2061	101
19	56		Varun, V		IND	2173	5½	1 - 0	5½	CM	Mohmad, Bashiq Imrose		IND	1991	152
20	84		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet		IND	2098	5½	½ - ½	5½	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi		IND	2131	69

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	TN	8,5	61,5	65,5	54,75	7
2	18	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	TN	8	55,5	59,5	45,50	7
3	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	RSPB	7,5	61,5	67	48,25	5
4	9	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	ICF	7,5	61,5	66,5	48,00	6
5	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	MH	7,5	59	63	43,75	6
6	12	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	WB	7,5	57,5	60	41,75	6
7	2	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	U18	SGP	2515	SGP	7	63	67,5	44,75	5
8	10	IM	Vaz, Ethan	U14	IND	2412	GA	7	61,5	64,5	41,75	5
9	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	WB	7	60	65	42,25	5
10	25	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	TN	7	58	62,5	41,75	6
11	17	IM	Shahil, Dey	U18	IND	2374	AS	7	56	59,5	39,25	5
12	13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga	U14	IND	2395	KA	7	55	59,5	40,00	6
13	34	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	U14	IND	2292	UP	7	53,5	57,5	37,75	6
14	5	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	U16	IND	2457	AS	7	52,5	56,5	38,75	4
15	23	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	RUS	7	52	56	36,50	5
16	35	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2286	TN	7	51	54	36,75	5
17	97	FM	Rosh, Jain	U14	IND	2071	DL	7	50,5	54	36,50	5
18	19	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2358	VIE	7	49,5	54	35,75	6
19	128		Mayukh, Majumder	U12	IND	2013	WB	6,5	57,5	62,5	39,75	4
20	56		Varun, V		IND	2173	TG	6,5	55,5	59,5	35,75	5

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