Alireza Firouzja Triumphs at 4th Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026
Alireza Firouzja scored an unbeaten 4.5/7 to win the 4th Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026. Alireza started the event with 2 consecutive wins over Pranesh M and D Gukesh; after that, he drew his next 5 games to clinch the title with ease. In the final round, Alireza drew against Arjun Erigaisi, who was just a half point behind. Dmitry Andreikin scored his 1st win in the last round against Nodirbek Abdusattorov to score 4/7 and finish in 2nd place due to better tiebreaks than Arjun Erigaisi, who was also on 4/7. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Unstoppable Frenchman
Alireza started the event with a win over Pranesh, and in the 2nd round he defeated Gukesh. He managed to gain a full-point lead just after 2 rounds and kept the lead for the next few rounds. Arjun Erigaisi caught up, but in the penultimate round Nihal Sarin defeated Arjun, which led Arjun to a must-win situation in the final round against Alireza with black pieces. Alireza managed to hold a solid draw and win the tournament.
Check out the detailed analysis by GM Dr Karsten Muller
Replay Final Round Games
Final Round Results
Bo. | No. | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| Rtg | No. | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 2717 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2730 | 8 | |||||
2 | 5 | 2717 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2666 | 3 | |||||
3 | 6 | 2749 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2757 | 2 | |||||
4 | 7 | 2710 | GM | 1 - 0 | GM | 2766 | 1 |
Final Ranking
Rk. | SNo |
| Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | GM | FRA | 2749 | 4,5 | 0 | 14,5 | 2 | 1 | ||
2 | 7 | GM | FID | 2710 | 4 | 0 | 13,75 | 1 | 0 | ||
3 | 2 | GM | IND | 2757 | 4 | 0 | 12,75 | 2 | 1 | ||
4 | 1 | GM | UZB | 2766 | 3,5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||
5 | 3 | GM | IND | 2666 | 3,5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | 5 | GM | IND | 2717 | 3,5 | 3 | 12,5 | 1 | 1 | ||
7 | 8 | GM | USA | 2730 | 3 | 0 | 10,5 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 4 | GM | IND | 2717 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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Tournament Format & Details
Format: 8-Player Single Round-Robin (7 rounds of classical chess).
Time Control: 90 minutes for the entire game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 1.
Venue: The Westin Chennai Velachery.
Prize Fund: ₹75,00,000.
Prizes
With massive FIDE Circuit points on the line for the next Candidates cycle and a grand prize pool of ₹75,00,000,
Venue: The Westin Chennai Velachery
Previous winners
Winner | Runner-up | Year |
|---|---|---|
GM Vincent Keymer | GM Anish Giri | 2025 |
GM Aravindh Chithambaram | GM Levon Aronian | 2024 |
GM Gukesh Dommaraju | GM Arjun Erigaisi | 2023 |
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