The 2nd edition of Chennai Grand Masters is set to take place from 5-11th November at the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai, India.
The tournament is organized by MGD1 and ChessBase India and sponsored by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Sports Development Authority of India.
The tournament will have the Masters and Challengers sections with 8 players in each.
Masters:
Arjun Erigaisi (2797)
Levon Aronian (2738)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2735)
Vidit Gujrathi (2726)
Parham Maghsoodloo (2719)
Alexey Sarana (2717)
Amin Tabatabaei (2702)
Aravindh Chithambaram (2698)
The Masters has a prize fund of Rs.50 lakh (โUS$60,000). The challengers section has a prize fund of Rs.20 lakh.
Challengers:
Raunak Sadhwani (2659)
Abhimanyu Puranik (2639)
Karthikeyan Murali (2624)
Leon Mendonca (2622)
Pranav V. (2609)
Pranesh M. (2580)
Harika Dronavalli (2493)
R. Vaishali (2486)
