Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Vincent Keymer remains tournament chief; Arjun Erigaisi one point behind | Chess News

Arjun Erigaisi in Chennai Grand Masters (Special Arrangements)

German GM Vincent Keymer maintained his tournament lead on the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 after drawing his Round 5 match towards GM Vidit Gujrathi on Monday.Arjun Erigaisi stayed one point behind Keymer after additionally drawing his sport towards fellow Indian Pranav V.The tournament’s pleasure builds as Keymer and Erigaisi are set to face one another on day 6, with Keymer enjoying with white items.The Chennai Grand Masters 2025, now in its third 12 months, stands as India’s premier classical chess tournament. The occasion options two 10-player round-robin sections – Masters and Challengers – with 9 rounds performed over ten days.The tournament presents a prize pool of Rs 1 Crore, with the Masters winner receiving Rs 25 Lakhs and the Challengers champion incomes Rs 7 Lakhs plus entry to the 2026 Masters part. The Masters winner additionally good points 24.5 FIDE Circuit factors towards 2026 Candidates qualification.In different Masters matches, Jorden van Foreest secured the day’s solely victory by defeating American GM Ray Robson, bringing each gamers to 2.0 factors. Nihal Sarin drew with Awonder Liang, whereas Anish Giri and Murali Karthikeyan additionally shared factors.The Challengers part noticed black items dominate the highest boards. Leader GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated GM Harika Dronavalli to increase his lead by a full point.IM Harshavardhan GB claimed victory with black items towards GM Vaishali Rameshbabu. GM Leon Luke Mendonca maintained his joint second place after drawing with GM Pranesh M.GM Iniyan Pa and GM Diptayan Ghosh additionally performed to a draw of their Challengers match.