Anish Giri, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Kemer and Pranav in (Agency Photos) New Delhi: The Chess Capital of India is again ready to organize the world level event, as the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 will return from 6 to 15 to August 15, where the expanded format, the elite set, the essential points of the Fide Circuit circuit and its largest RS 1 Crore price fund.The Masters and Challengers section will be first questioned for the first time during nine rounds of the classic Round-Robin chess, which is upgraded from seven rounds in previous editions.
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The Masters set boasts an impressive mix. The main fields are Dutch no.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!This year, however, all eyes will be at Pranav V, winner of 2024 Challengers and the ruling champion of the world junior champion, who debut the highly anticipated debut in the Masters section.But he feels pressure?“Not really, I play Masters this year, but I don’t have any pressure because I will go and have fun,” said the Grand Master in interaction with Timesofindia.com.“I think these are other boys who would put pressure because I don’t think I played as Anish Giri, Vincent Kemer over the album. I didn’t play in classic even against Arjun.Chennai Grand Masters will be followed by a round robin format where each participant faces each other in classic time control.And if the tournament heads to Tiebreak after nine rounds, players will face a match with two games with 3+2 time control, if necessary, Armageddon follows.
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Therefore, 18 -year -old washing is preparing for the physical and psychological strictness of the tournament.“Yes, because players are very hard and in every game you will face 2700 players, I think it will be a different challenge for me. I trained physically and mentally. It would be interesting to see how I play.”Meanwhile, the Challengers section will carry a number of Indian talents, with Abhimanyu Puranik, Leon Mendonco, Harika Dronavalli, Vaisali R, Adhiban Baskaran and others.Also read: Exclusive | “Very Surprising”: India World Junior Chess Champion Pranav V’s Grand Swiss 2025 Entry has a wild storyWith the Russian Vladimir Fedoseev, which became the tournament just before its start, GM Karthikeyan Murali was promoted to the Masters section.His relaxed place in the Challengers section was filled with Harshvardhan GB, which ended the third last month in the online qualification of Chess.com. Harshvardhan is now becoming the first international champion (IM) who has ever competed in Chennai Grand Masters.As with previous editions, a strong show in The Challengers could open the Masters door next year, Path Pranav has already passed.
