The 5th day of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 in India has concluded. After 5 rounds, two players share the lead with 3.5 points each, with Arjun Erigaisi leading on tiebreaks.

🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi defeated 🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju by making 15 Great moves. Erigaisi played the game with 95.7 accuracy, while Gukesh’s was 89.5.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇮🇳 GM Arjun Erigaisi 3.5
2. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 3.5
3. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 3
4. 🇷🇺 GM Dmitry Andreikin 2.5
5. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 2
6. 🇮🇳 GM M Pranesh 2
7. 🇮🇳 GM Nihal Sarin 2
8. 🇮🇳 GM Gukesh Dommaraju 1.5

Individual round results:

🇮🇳 Pranesh M 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann

🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju 1-0 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi

🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin 0.5-0.5 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov

🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja 0.5-0.5 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin

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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