Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters chess event postponed by a day

The Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters chess event, scheduled to get underway on Wednesday (August 6), has been postponed by a day as a consequence of an surprising fireplace incident on the venue, Hyatt Regency Chennai.

The gamers have been relocated to an alternate lodging and are protected.

The third  version of Chennai Grand Masters, which is able to start from August 7, is India’s most prestigious classical chess event. It will function 20 gamers from throughout the Masters and Challengers classes.

The newest version could have a ₹1 crore prize pool as rivals chase FIDE Circuit factors, that are very important for qualifying for subsequent 12 months’s Candidates Tournament.

Organised by MGD1 and sponsored by Quantbox, the event shall be break up into two classes: Masters and Challengers.

Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Anish Giri, Karthikeyan Murali, Jorden Van Foreest, Liang Awonder, Vincent Keymer, Ray Robson, and Pranav V shall be a part of the Masters occasion.

The Challengers class, launched final 12 months, will function Karthikeyan Murali, Leon Mendonca, Vaishali R, Harika Dronavalli, Abhimanyu Puranik, Aryan Chopra, Adhiban Baskaran, Iniyan P, Diptayan Ghosh, and Pranesh M.

The Masters champion will take residence Rs 25 lakh, whereas the second and third place participant will get richer by Rs 15 lakh and Rs 10 lakh , respectively.

The Challengers’ winner will obtain Rs 7 lakh and a assured place within the 2026 Masters. The event additionally carries FIDE Circuit factors, with the winner incomes 24.5 factors in direction of the 2026 Candidates qualification.

In the case of joint winners, every will obtain 22.3 factors, whereas second and third place finishers will earn 17.8 and 15.6 factors, respectively.