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Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi joins American GM Hans Niemann successful a high-quality tract that besides includes the World champion D. Gukesh successful the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters chess tourney to beryllium held present from July 16 to 22.
According to the organisers, Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov volition besides beryllium successful the fray on with M. Pranesh, the victor of the Challengers lawsuit past year.
Arjun, the top-ranked Indian arsenic of FIDE’s June rankings, volition anticipation to enactment his champion ft guardant successful a beardown tract aft a below-par show successful the erstwhile edition.
The tourney volition lone diagnostic the Masters conception this twelvemonth arsenic against the 2 categories successful the 2025 edition.
Gukesh, who is gearing up for the defence of his World title, volition beryllium keen to usage the lawsuit to fine-tune his preparations for the large lucifer against Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov.
The remainder of the line-up volition beryllium announced by adjacent week, Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan, who is portion of the organising team, told The Hindu.
