Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Arjun Erigaisi stays in hunt as Vincent Keymer leads after Spherical 3
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Spherical 3 of the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 noticed Vincent Keymer preserve his excellent rating to steer the Masters, whereas Arjun Erigaisi jumped to second place within the desk. Within the Challengers, M Pranesh and Abhimanyu Puranik are sharing the lead.
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A effective win by India’s Arjun Erigaisi stored him in sole second place after Spherical 3 of the
Chennai Grand Masters 2025 on Saturday, August 9. The world No. 5 beat American GM Ray Robson with the white items to achieve 2.5 factors, simply behind chief Vincent Keymer of Germany.
Keymer continued his excellent run with a 3rd straight victory, defeating Karthikeyan Murali to remain on high with 3 factors. Keymar is now within the high 15 of the FIDE rankings and can be eying a top-10 spot. “Immediately’s recreation was perhaps the smoothest I’ve had thus far,” he mentioned after making it three out of three.
In different Masters video games, Vidit Gujrathi bounced again strongly to beat Nihal Sarin, whereas American GM Awonder Liang shocked Dutch GM Jorden van Foreest to register his first win. Indian GM Venkatesh Pranav impressed by holding Dutch GM Anish Giri to a draw.
Within the Challengers part, Abhimanyu Puranik maintained his regular rise with victory over Harshavardhan GB, whereas M Pranesh defeated P. Iniyan. Leon Luke Mendonca overcame R. Vaishali, whereas Adhiban Baskaran break up level with D. Harika. Aryan Chopra and Diptayan Ghosh additionally performed out a draw.
Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Masters standings after Spherical 3
| Rank | Participant | Nation | Ranking | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Keymer | Germany | 2730 | 3 |
| 2 | Arjun Erigaisi | India | 2776 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Ray Robson | USA | 2687 | 1.5 |
| 4 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2748 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Awonder Liang | USA | 2696 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Vidit Gujrathi | India | 2720 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Jorden van Foreest | Netherlands | 2697 | 1 |
| 8 | Karthikeyan Murali | India | 2658 | 1 |
| 9 | V Pranav | India | 2597 | 1 |
| 10 | Nihal Sarin | India | 2692 | 0.5 |
Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Challengers standings after Spherical 3
| Rank | Participant | Nation | Ranking | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Pranesh | India | 2589 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Abhimanyu Puranik | India | 2635 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Diptayan Ghosh | India | 2576 | 2 |
| 4 | Leon Luke Mendonca | India | 2606 | 2 |
| 5 | Adhiban Baskaran | India | 2534 | 1.5 |
| 6 | P Iniyan | India | 2586 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | India | 2476 | 1 |
| 8 | Aryan Chopra | India | 2634 | 1 |
| 9 | Harika Dronavalli | India | 2487 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Harshavardhan G B | India | 2454 | 0.5 |
(With company inputs)
