2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters ke chhathe daur ke baad Alireza Firouzja adhe ank ki badhat ke saath shirsh par hain. Arjun Erigaisi aur Gukesh Dommaraju dono ko haar ka samna karna pada, jisse French grandmaster ke liye khitab jeetne ka raasta saaf ho gaya hai.
Firouzja ne Nodirbek Abdusattorov ke saath draw khela, jabki Arjun ko Nihal Sarin se haar mili. Gukesh ko lagatar doosre din Pranesh M ke khilaf haar jhelni padi, jisse unki rating 2700 ke mark ke kareeb pahunch gayi hai.
Pranesh ne vishwa champion ke khilaf apni jeet ko ek rahat bataya aur iski prerna ka shrey Adhiban ke saath kiye gaye nashte ko diya. Unhone Caro-Kann mein durlabh 6.h4 chaal chali aur baad mein bataya ki vah Cow Opening try karna chahte the.
Saatvaan daur 22 July ko ek ghanta pehle subah 4:30 baje ET par shuru hoga. Firouzja ka muqabla Arjun se hoga, Abdusattorov ka samna Dmitry Andreikin se hoga, aur Gukesh ki takkar Hans Niemann se hogi.
Ye aath khiladiyon ka tournament 22 July tak Chennai mein chalega jisme vijeta ko ₹25,00,000 ka inaam milega.