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Chennai Grand Masters is an annual closed chess tournament held in Chennai, India.

2023

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The 2023 Chennai Grand Masters was organized from December 15 to December 21 at the The Leela Palace Chennai.[1] It was organized by MGD1, NODWIN Gaming, and ChessBase India, with support from the Tamil Nadu Government and Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.[2]

The tournament was announced only 4 days prior to its start, which led to criticism that the tournament was held at the last minute to help Gukesh Dommaraju and Arjun Erigaisi qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024. However, FIDE deputy president Vishiwanathan Anand explained that the organization of the tournament is within the rules.[3][4]

After the seventh round, Gukesh and Arjun were tied for the first place with 4.5 points each. The Sonneborn-Berger score was used as the tie-breaker, and Gukesh emerged victorious.[5]

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2024

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The 2024 edition was India's strongest classical super-tournament of the year. It was held between November 5th and November 11th at the Anna Centenary Library.[7]

After the seventh round, there was a three-way tie between Levon Aronian, Arjun Erigaisi, and Aravindh Chithambaram. Aravindh was declared the winner after tiebreaks. The challengers section was won by V. Pranav.[8]

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Tiebreaks

The tiebreak was a two-game blitz match, followed by an armageddon if necessary. The time control was 3 minutes with a 2-second increment per move.[10] Aravindh was given a bye because he had a better score in terms of direct encounters, beating Arjun in their game.[8] He then won the final match against Levon Aronian, who proceeded after holding a draw as black in the armageddon game.

Semifinals Finals
1 India Aravindh Chithambaram 2
2 United States Levon Aronian 2 United States Levon Aronian 0
3 India Arjun Erigaisi

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