The 7th day and final of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 in India has concluded. After 7 rounds, Alireza Firouzja scored 2 wins and 5 draws. He won the tournament with 4.5/7 points. Firouzja is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up Dmitry Andreikin.

🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja and 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin are the only players who didn’t lose a single game in the tournament. Reigning World Champion 🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju finished last, lost 3 games, won none, and dropped 13.9 rating points.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 4.5 $26,000
2. 🇷🇺 GM Dmitry Andreikin 4 $15,600
3. 🇮🇳 GM Arjun Erigaisi 4 $10,400
4. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 3.5 $7,300
5. 🇮🇳 GM M Pranesh 3.5 $6,200
6. 🇮🇳 GM Nihal Sarin 3.5 $5,200
7. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 3 $4,200
8. 🇮🇳 GM Gukesh Dommaraju 2 $3,100

Individual last round results:

🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann

🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Pranesh M

🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi

🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin 1-0 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov

The Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 takes place from July 16 to 22, at the Westin Chennai Velachery in India. The event features a 90+30 time control over one Round-Robin between 8 players. The tournament prize fund is $77,800 with $26,000 for first place.

Credit: Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Instagram