Grandmaster Iniyan of Tamil Nadu wins 15th Chennai Open 2024
15th Chennai Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2024 for Sakthi Group Dr. N Mahalingam Trophy
Grandmaster Pa Iniyan of Tamil Nadu won the 15th Chennai Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2024 for Sakthi Group Dr. N Mahalingam organised by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Hotel Ramada, Egmore . IM Aronyak Ghosh of Railways Sports Promotion Board was the highest rated player in the tournament. The second seed of the tournament was grandmaster Pa Iniyan, who hails from Erode of Tamil Nadu. The third and fourth seeded players are Shyam Sundar M of Chennai and grandmaster Delgado Ramirez Neuris of Paraguay.
Grandmaster Pa Iniyan defeated GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J of ICF to collect 8.5 points to become the outright winner. PSPB grandmaster Venkatesh M R had a good tournament in his home town to score eight points and to finish runner up.
Four players – Deepan, IM Aronyak Ghosh of Railways, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete of Maharashtra and IM Kaustuv Kundu of West Bengal tied for the third to sixth places and finished in that order based on the tiebreaks score.
Both Iniyan and Deepan maintained parity until the middle game arising from a Queens Gambit. Deepan made a mistake of moving his h-pawn and Iniyan seized the opportunity, ignoring his loss of rook for Deepan’s knight. Iniyan handled his queen and two knights in an excellent manner to win the game and the title.
PSPB grandmaster MR Venkatesh capitalised on the mistakes in the opening by Goa’s IM Vaz Ethan to win a rook and pawns ending comfortably. Second seeded Singapore grandmaster Siddharth Jagadeesh raised his tally to seven points by beating IM Manish Anto Cristiano of Tamil Nadu and won the seventh place.
Dr. M Manickam, Chairman, Sakthi Group of Companies and President Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and former Vice President of World Chess Federation Thiru D.V. Sundar distributed the prizes in presence of other guests.
GM Iniyan receives his cash award and winner trophy from Dr. M Manickam, Chief guest
Final Ranking (top 20 positions)
| Rank | title | Name | Rtg | Club | Pts |
| 1 | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2508 | TN | 8½ |
| 2 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2362 | TN | 8 |
| 3 | IM | Aronyak Ghosh | 2544 | RSPB | 7½ |
| 4 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2413 | ICF | 7½ |
| 5 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | 2379 | MH | 7½ |
| 6 | IM | Kaustuv Kundu | 2409 | WB | 7½ |
| 7 | GM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | 2515 | SGP | 7 |
| 8 | IM | Vaz Ethan | 2412 | GA | 7 |
| 9 | GM | Das Sayantan | 2434 | WB | 7 |
| 10 | FM | Mohamed Anees M | 2334 | TN | 7 |
| 11 | IM | Shahil Dey | 2374 | AS | 7 |
| 12 | IM | Sathvik Adiga | 2395 | KA | 7 |
| 13 | FM | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | 2292 | UP | 7 |
| 14 | IM | Mayank Chakraborty | 2457 | AS | 7 |
| 15 | IM | Slizhevsky Alexander | 2340 | RUS | 7 |
| 16 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2286 | TN | 7 |
| 17 | FM | Rosh Jain | 2071 | DL | 7 |
| 18 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | 2358 | VIE | 7 |
| 19 | Mayukh Majumder | 2013 | WB | 6½ | |
| 20 | Varun V | 2173 | TG | 6½ |
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