Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Vincent Kimar is perfect; Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri Vinless | Cricket news
Germany’s top ranked Vincent Kimer Chennai Grand Masters is on a dream run in 2025, defeating Karthikeyan Murali in Round 3 at Hyatt Regency claimed his third direct victory. With this win, Kimar stands alone at the top of the Masters section as the only player with an ideal score, making a initial claim for the title in India’s most prestigious classical chess tournament. It was also a strong day for Arjun Erigasi, which carried forward American GM Ray Robson to stay at the distance of the leader. Vidit Gujrathi bounced back with a very important victory over Nihal Sarin, while Avander Liang recorded the first point of the event, harassing the Dutch GM Jordan Van Forestest. Youngster V Pranav again affected, put the top seed Anish Giri in a well -earned draw.Masters – Round 3 Results:
- Vincent Keyer (1) Def. Kartikeyan Murali (0)
- Arjun Erigasi (1) Def. Ray Robson (0)
- AWONDER Liang (1) Def. Jordan Van Forest (0)
- V Pranav (½) attracted Anish Giri (½)
- Vidit Gujrathi (1) Def. Nihal Sarin (0)
Masters Standing after day 3:
- 1. Vincent Kimer – 3
- 2. Arjun Erigasi – 2.5
- 3. Ray Robson – 1.5
- 4. Avander Leiang – 1.5
- 5. Anish Giri – 1.5
- 6. Vidit Gujarathi – 1.5
- 7. Jordan van forerunner – 1
- 8. V Pranav – 1
- 9. Kartikeyyan Murali – 1
- 10. Nihal Sarin – 0.5
In the Challengers section, Abhimanyu Puranik maintained his pace with a victory against Harshvardhan GB. M Pranash scored on Pa Inian to maintain the top tight race, while Leon Luke Mendonka defeated Vary Rameshbabu.
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Ediban Baskaran and Harika Dronewali shared Aryan Chopra and Diptayan Ghosh after a bad fight. In Chennai Grand Masters 2025 organized by MGD1, two elite 10-khiladi round-robin events, The Masters and The Challengers, played over nine rounds in ten days.The Challengers winner will take a house of Rs 7 lakh and will secure a straight place in 2026 masters.Challengers – Round 3 Results:Abhimanyu Puranik (1) Def. Harshvardhan GB (0)M Pranash (1) Def. Pa Inian (0)Adiban Baskaran (½) Drew Harika Dronewali (½)Leon Luke Mendonka (1) Def. Viri Rameshbabu (0)Aryan Chopra (½) Drew Diptayan Ghosh (½)Challenge – Number Table after Day 3
- 1. M Pranash – 2.5
- 2. Abhimanu Puranik – 2.5
- 3. Dipstayan Ghosh – 2
- 4. Leon Luke Mendonka – 2
- 5. Adhiban Baskaran – 1.5
- 6. Pa Inian – 1.5
- 7. Vaishi Rameshbabu – 1
- 8. Aryan Chopra – 1
- 9. Harika Dronewali – 0.5
- 10. Harshvardhan GB – 0.5
