Arjun, Niemann to feature in Chennai Grand Masters

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi joins American GM Hans Niemann in a high-quality subject that additionally contains the World champion D. Gukesh within the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters chess event to be held right here from July 16 to 22.

In response to the organisers, Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov may also be within the fray together with M. Pranesh, the winner of the Challengers occasion final 12 months.

Arjun, the top-ranked Indian as of FIDE’s June rankings, will hope to place his finest foot ahead in a robust subject after a below-par efficiency within the earlier version.

The event will solely function the Masters part this 12 months as in opposition to the 2 classes within the 2025 version.

Gukesh, who’s gearing up for the defence of his World title, will probably be eager to make use of the occasion to fine-tune his preparations for the large match in opposition to Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov.

The remainder of the line-up will probably be introduced by subsequent week, Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan, who’s a part of the organising group, advised The Hindu.