16th Chennai Open 2025 LIVE

The 16th edition of Chennai Open 2025 will take place from January 02 to January 09 in Chennai, India. It is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

More than 290 players will participate in the tournament. The top-seeded among them are GM Krishna S Rohith (2489), GM Srihari L R (2472), IM Mayank Chakraborty (2468), GM Boris Savchenko (2464), IM Ayush Sharma (2454), GM Vladimir Burmakin (2428), GM Chakkravarthy J. Deepan (2426), GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (2416), GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2409), IM Chinna Reddy C.H. Mehar (2384), GM Alexei Fedorov (2377), GM Van Huy Nguyen (2360), IM Kaustuv Kundu (2357), IM Diasmany Otero Acosta (2341), IM Alexander Slizhevsky (2338), FM Jomon Jinan (2323), IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (2322), IM David Gochelashvili (2316), FM S Dhananjay (2299), IM Jorge Marcos Gomez Sanchez (2298). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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16th Chennai Open 2025 Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2489
2	GM	Srihari, L R	IND	2472
3	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2468
4	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2464
5	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2454
6	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2428
7	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2426
8	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2416
9	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	2409
10	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	IND	2384
11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2377
12	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2360
13	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	IND	2357
14	IM	Otero Acosta, Diasmany	CUB	2341
15	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	RUS	2338
16	FM	Jinan, Jomon	IND	2323
17	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	KGZ	2322
18	IM	Gochelashvili, David	RUS	2316
19	FM	Dhananjay, S	IND	2299
20	IM	Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos	CUB	2298
21	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	IND	2284
22		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	IND	2276
23	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2269
24	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	IND	2259
25		Arnav, Agrawal	IND	2258
26	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2255
27	GM	Manik, Mikulas	SVK	2251
28	IM	Oblitas, Carlomagno	PER	2236
29	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	IND	2209
30	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan	IND	2208
31	IM	Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo	COL	2207
32		Pradeep, Kumar R A	IND	2195
33	IM	Claverie, Raul	ARG	2185
34	IM	Elgabry, Mohsen	EGY	2177
35	WGM	Hoang, Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2175
36		Challa, Saharsha	IND	2165
37	WIM	Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong	VIE	2160
38	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	IND	2147
39	WFM	Nivedita, V C	IND	2144
40		Avirat, Chauhan	IND	2138
41		Abhishek, T M	IND	2136
42	IM	Deshmukh, Anup	IND	2130
43		Jihan, Tejas Shah	IND	2128
44		Agnivo, Chakraborty	IND	2114
45	CM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	IND	2113
46		Shaurya, Chaudhary	IND	2107
47	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	IND	2101
48	CM	Vandan, Alankar Sawai	IND	2094
49	IM	Murugan, Krishnamoorthy	IND	2090
50	WIM	Singgih, Diajeng Theresa	INA	2089
51	CM	Mani, Sarbartho	IND	2086
52		Aarav, Saish Amonkar	IND	2079
53		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	IND	2077
54	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh	NEP	2076
55		Sharnarthi, Shlok	IND	2073
56		Arush, A	IND	2071
57	CM	Aarav, A	IND	2070
58	FM	Ramakrishna, J.	IND	2069
59	IM	Murali, Krishnan B T	IND	2063
60		Haridev, S	IND	2059
61		Sivan, S Roshan	IND	2050
62	IM	Sarwat, Walaa	EGY	2048
63		Manav, Kumar	IND	2046
64		Karan, J P	IND	2041
65		Jagajit, Sinha	IND	2037
66	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam	IND	2036
67		Chanda, Ujan	IND	2035
68		Abhinav, Anand	IND	2030
69		Shashveen, A K	IND	2028
70		Jagesia, Daksh	IND	2027
71		Goutham, Ramesh	IND	2023
72	AGM	Sparsh, Khandelwal	IND	2019
73	WIM	Nguyen, My Hanh An	VIE	2018
74		Tijil, Singh	IND	2012
75	AFM	Parambrata, Sarkar	IND	2011
76		Nihaan, Pohane	IND	2011
77		Kavin, Vijayakumar	IND	2008
78		Kherdekar, Arnav	IND	2008
79		Ayaan, Phutane	IND	2006
80		Anish, Ramkumar	IND	2002
81	IM	Sobh, Amrou	EGY	2001
82		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	IND	1989
83	AIM	Venkatesh, Das	IND	1986
84		Rahul, Ramakrishnan	IND	1981
85	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik	IND	1978
86	ACM	Vishruth, B	IND	1976
87		N., Tarun	IND	1976
88	IM	Rahman, Yehya	EGY	1974
89		Danish, S V	IND	1974
90		Perecharla, Hariram Saikrishna	USA	1968
91		Samaksh, Ashok	IND	1965
92		Anushka, Bapu Kutwal	IND	1962
93		Sai, Abhinav Kuchibhotla	IND	1958
94	CM	Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi	IND	1951
95		Adharva, P T	IND	1951
96		Joshi, Aditya Shripad	IND	1948
97	AGM	Vignesh, N	IND	1946
98		Advik, Reddy Moate	IND	1943
99		Rithwik, Reddy Upparigudam	IND	1942
100		Shreyansh, Das	IND	1933
101	AIM	Arul, Prakash N	IND	1932
102		Ghadge, Harsh	IND	1932
103	AFM	Vakeesh, S	IND	1931
104		Yeshas, H	IND	1931
105		Hardik, Shah	IND	1928
106		Puspal, Datta	IND	1928
107		Rishit, Sharma	IND	1926
108		Kavin, E	IND	1925
109	AIM	Christy, George	IND	1918
110	CM	Ebenezer, Joseph	IND	1916
111		Abinandhan, R	IND	1916
112		Abhijith, U	IND	1915
113	AGM	Mani, Bharathy	IND	1914
114		Pratyush, Kumar	IND	1914
115	IM	Hegde, Ravi Gopal	IND	1912
116		Gagan, Sahu	IND	1911
117		Aabhas, Kumar Srivastava	IND	1909
118		Sri, Akhil Prasad	IND	1908
119		Uma Maheswaran, P	IND	1907
120		Aadhya, V	IND	1905
121		Divith, Reddy Adulla	IND	1904
122		Sree, Veeramani P	IND	1901
123		Akshaya, Vignesh M	IND	1900
124		Niroshan, Thanikachalam	IND	1894
125	AIM	Maniar, Hriday	IND	1893
126		Ratnapriya, K	IND	1889
127	AFM	Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan	KOR	1887
128		Abhinav, M B	IND	1886
129		Nookala, Nikhil Sriram	IND	1885
130	WCM	Fang, Kun	SGP	1883
131	CM	Dolas, Aarush	IND	1881
132		Siddhesh, B U	IND	1879
133		Aditya, Dileepraj	IND	1876
134	WCM	Manouvel, Maelys	FRA	1873
135		Armaan, Singh Bakshi	IND	1870
136	AIM	Aadwik, Abhinav Krishna	IND	1867
137		Shourya, Paul	IND	1867
138		Dharsh, M	IND	1866
139		Gopalakrishnan, G	IND	1866
140		Aditya, Kayet	IND	1865
141		Deepak, Raj Hari	IND	1865
142		Daniel, Ajish	IND	1860
143		Sarthak, Rawat	IND	1860
144	WCM	Kashthuri, Bhai R	IND	1855
145		Meetansh, Dixit	IND	1853
146	WCM	Hanya, Shah	IND	1851
147	AIM	Yuvanesh, A	IND	1851
148		Vairaj, Sogerwal	IND	1850
149		Viaan, Samir Makhani	IND	1850
150		Sriram, Pandi S P	IND	1849
151		Pasbola, Samvid	IND	1848
152		Soni, Vivan	IND	1847
153		Kumar, S.	IND	1846
154		Neev, Sajeev	IND	1846
155		Saniya, Rafique Tadavi	IND	1846
156		Varchas, Krishna Jayaraman	IND	1846
157		Ryan, Dominic	IND	1845
158		Revlin, Ram R H	IND	1844
159		Vibhor, Chopra	IND	1842
160		Sathyachith, E M	IND	1841
161	AIM	Adhrit, Das Purkayastha	IND	1836
162	AFM	Venkata, Naga Karthik Malladi	IND	1834
163		Sairam, Bala M	IND	1834
164	AGM	Shreyan, Thipparthi	IND	1831
165	AFM	Ruhaan, Mathur	IND	1829
166		Arav, Vinod	IND	1826
167		Krishav, Nikesh N	IND	1824
168		Darsh, Shetty	IND	1822
169		Kartikeya, Chunchu	IND	1822
170	AGM	Mehul, S U	IND	1820
171		Vritika, Krushna Game	IND	1819
172		Kanoje, Alok	IND	1818
173		Tanvish, Reddy Tiruvalluru	IND	1814
174		Akilan, M S	IND	1808
175		Aradhy, Roy	IND	1805
176		Ruchir, Nadikatla	IND	1805
177		Suryapranjal, Indrajeet S P	IND	1805
178		Rishen, Jilowa	IND	1804
179		Kushagra, Pratap Singh	IND	1803
180		Sragvidha, S	IND	1803
181	AIM	Harish, K K	IND	1801
182		Lakshanaa, R	IND	1800
183		Jaison, Enoch L	IND	1798
184		Siddharthan, Anandan	IND	1798
185		Nitin, Kumar P	IND	1796
186		Atharv, Venkatesh	IND	1791
187		Zaldivar, Gustavo	SUI	1791
188		Heet, Baldawa	IND	1790
189	AFM	Lishanth, B	IND	1785
190		Riyansh, Dwivedi	IND	1780
191		Tharunika, G	IND	1780
192		Pamidi, Jaswanth	IND	1778
193		Parithi, Narayan S I	IND	1778
194		Soyam, Laxmidatt D Sabat	IND	1778
195		Agraval, Shravana	IND	1776
196		Prahalad, Moola	IND	1776
197		Arixander, Johny	IND	1774
198		Ishaan, Bhowmick	IND	1774
199		Leo, Sanish	IND	1773
200		Sripathi, Surendar	IND	1773
201	ACM	Kavish, Palaniappan K	IND	1772
202		Srinandhan, A	IND	1770
203		Kaarthikeyan, S	IND	1769
204		Choppa, Adyantha Raman Naidu	IND	1768
205		Shreya, Rajesh	IND	1766
206		Mithilesh, P	IND	1761
207		Bala, Sanjay J G	IND	1760
208	ACM	Prabhakar, Aariv	IND	1759
209		Shubh, Singh Saini	IND	1759
210		Roshan, Antony C	IND	1755
211		Jowett, Jibin	IND	1749
212		Sudarshan, Balaji	IND	1749
213	AFM	Timmaraju, Venkata Sathvik	IND	1748
214		Kolomwe, Willian	ZAM	1747
215		Siddharth, Samaddar	IND	1744
216		Kiruthik, Murugun M	IND	1743
217		Thashvi, M	IND	1742
218		Soboleva, Anastasia	RUS	1739
219	ACM	Aditi, Arun	IND	1738
220		Prajeesh, B U	IND	1737
221		Sananda, R	IND	1735
222		Rohit, Vijay	IND	1731
223		Nirav, Premchand	IND	1729
224		Megh, Parmar	IND	1725
225		Yakshini, P	IND	1725
226	WCM	Pooja, Shree R	IND	1723
227		Srinika, S	IND	1723
228		Harikrishna, C	IND	1717
229		Gadde, Kaarthika	IND	1714
230		Harshini, A	IND	1713
231	AFM	Mithun, Pranav	IND	1709
232		Prasidh, Balamurugan	IND	1706
233	AFM	Kashyap, Brijesh Khakharia	IND	1703
234		Tharun, Rajasekar	IND	1699
235		Kadhiwala, Dirgh	IND	1694
236		Lakshya, Nigam	IND	1691
237	IM	Mamombe, Kudzanai	ZIM	1689
238		Meha, Arin A	IND	1688
239		Sri, Ram Karthik Madineedi	IND	1678
240		Gala, Vansh Rasik	IND	1676
241		Veer, Rakeshkumar Patel	IND	1676
242		Akshith, Done	IND	1674
243		Mudaliar, Nandini	IND	1673
244	ACM	Ayaan, Arora	IND	1666
245		Vaibhav, Anand	IND	1662
246		Gupta, Aarav	IND	1661
247		Dheekshika, G	IND	1653
248	AFM	Rishith, Devnarayan S	IND	1650
249		Shrikkanth, Avyukth	USA	1649
250	AFM	Aahaan, Mathur	IND	1648
251		Kirit, Bikram Chanda	IND	1648
252		Dharunbhoopathy, Ganesan	IND	1639
253		Vashishtha, Ankesh	IND	1634
254		Dev, Dharshan S	IND	1631
255		Pondhiya, S	IND	1628
256		Kumaragurubaran, R	IND	1617
257		Deepthaashri, Ravi Ganesh	IND	1615
258		Hrishaan, Singh Sajwan	IND	1613
259		Nova, Ayer Juyal	IND	1612
260	AFM	Pranavaaditya, Ginjupally	IND	1599
261		Mishra, Rahul	IND	1597
262		Ansuman, Bhatta	IND	1594
263		Shahid, Husain	IND	1594
264		Johan, Blessitt	IND	1591
265	AFM	K, Rajaraman	IND	1583
266		Trivikram, Narvekar	IND	1574
267		Juan, Dominic	IND	1568
268		Jain, Medant	IND	1564
269		Daivya, Nagda	IND	1559
270		Kaustubh, Balaji	IND	1554
271		Saathvik, Chakravarthy Ramayanam	IND	1550
272		Jayapriyan, Prakash	IND	1534
273		Arjun Srinivasan, Perathur	IND	1531
274	ACM	Harris, Sukumar	IND	1518
275		Vishwakarthi, Vihaan	SGP	1510
276		Vishwakarthi, Vikram	SGP	1508
277		Vijay, Kumar Pakkurti	IND	1503
278		Balaji, Sai Sivesh	AUS	1499
279		Aadhya, Karthik	IND	1453
280		Aiyer, Chandrasekhar	IND	1453
281		Harshal, Sai R	IND	1445
282		Monish, Krishna	IND	1439
283		Sairam, Kishore M	IND	1401
284		Trishika, Patnaik	IND	1401
285	ACM	Sri, Jayanthinathan V	IND	0
286		Aadhya, Krishnavajjala	IND	0
287		Guruswami, Raaga	USA	0
288		Kathir, Sakthivel	IND	0
289		Ravindran, R I A	IND	0
290		Shah, Soumil	IND	0