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A total of 176 players, including 16 Grandmasters (GMs) and 21 International Masters (IMs) from 21 countries, participated in the 10-round Swiss tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third seed GM Iniyan P triumphed with an impressive score of 8.5\/10, scoring seven wins and three draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final round, he secured a decisive victory over GM Deepan, who had been co-leading the event until that point, clinching the championship title. GM Venkatesh also won his final-round game to finish second, while top seed IM Aronyak Ghosh claimed third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final standings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Iniyan, Pa<\/td><td>2508<\/td><td>8\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Venkatesh, M.R.<\/td><td>2362<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Aronyak, Ghosh<\/td><td>2544<\/td><td>7\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.<\/td><td>2413<\/td><td>7\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Sammed Jaykumar, Shete<\/td><td>2379<\/td><td>7\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Kaustuv, Kundu<\/td><td>2409<\/td><td>7\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Siddharth, Jagadeesh<\/td><td>2515<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Vaz, Ethan<\/td><td>2412<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Das, Sayantan<\/td><td>2434<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>FM<\/td><td>Mohamed, Anees M<\/td><td>2334<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 15th Chennai Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament for the Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy was held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from January 2 to January 9, 2025. A total of 176 players, including 16 Grandmasters (GMs) and 21 International Masters (IMs) from 21 countries, participated in the 10-round Swiss tournament. 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