The 3rd day of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 in India has concluded. After 3 rounds, Alireza Firouzja leads with 2.5 points, while Arjun Erigaisi is in second place with 2 points.

🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi is the only player to win a game in the round. Erigaisi defeated 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann by making 1 Brilliant and 6 Great moves.

The current standings are:

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

Individual round results:

🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann

🇮🇳 Pranesh M 1-0 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov

🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju 0.5-0.5 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin

🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin 0.5-0.5 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja

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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