The first day of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 in India has concluded. After 1 round, Alireza Firouzja leads with 1 point, while Dmitry Andreikin is in second place with 0.5 points.

🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja is the only player to win a game in the round. Firouzja defeated 🇮🇳 Pranesh M by making 1 Brilliant and 8 Great moves.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 1
2. 🇷🇺 GM Dmitry Andreikin 0.5
3. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 0.5
4. 🇮🇳 GM Arjun Erigaisi 0.5
5. 🇮🇳 GM Nihal Sarin 0.5
6. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 0.5
7. 🇮🇳 GM Gukesh Dommaraju 0.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM M Pranesh 0

Individual round results:

🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann

🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi 0.5-0.5 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin

🇮🇳 Pranesh M 0-1 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja

🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin

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.

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