The 16th edition of Chennai Open 2025 will take place from January 02 to January 09 in Chennai, India. It is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
More than 290 players will participate in the tournament. The top-seeded among them are GM Krishna S Rohith (2489), GM Srihari L R (2472), IM Mayank Chakraborty (2468), GM Boris Savchenko (2464), IM Ayush Sharma (2454), GM Vladimir Burmakin (2428), GM Chakkravarthy J. Deepan (2426), GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (2416), GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2409), IM Chinna Reddy C.H. Mehar (2384), GM Alexei Fedorov (2377), GM Van Huy Nguyen (2360), IM Kaustuv Kundu (2357), IM Diasmany Otero Acosta (2341), IM Alexander Slizhevsky (2338), FM Jomon Jinan (2323), IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (2322), IM David Gochelashvili (2316), FM S Dhananjay (2299), IM Jorge Marcos Gomez Sanchez (2298). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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16th Chennai Open 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Rohith, Krishna S
IND
2489
2
GM
Srihari, L R
IND
2472
3
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2468
4
GM
Savchenko, Boris
RUS
2464
5
IM
Ayush, Sharma
IND
2454
6
GM
Burmakin, Vladimir
RUS
2428
7
GM
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.
IND
2426
8
GM
Nguyen, Duc Hoa
VIE
2416
9
GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
BLR
2409
10
IM
Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.
IND
2384
11
GM
Fedorov, Alexei
BLR
2377
12
GM
Nguyen, Van Huy
VIE
2360
13
IM
Kaustuv, Kundu
IND
2357
14
IM
Otero Acosta, Diasmany
CUB
2341
15
IM
Slizhevsky, Alexander
RUS
2338
16
FM
Jinan, Jomon
IND
2323
17
IM
Tologon Tegin, Semetei
KGZ
2322
18
IM
Gochelashvili, David
RUS
2316
19
FM
Dhananjay, S
IND
2299
20
IM
Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos
CUB
2298
21
CM
Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma
IND
2284
22
Bhoir, Paras Dilip
IND
2276
23
GM
Laxman, R.R.
IND
2269
24
CM
Sherla, Prathamesh
IND
2259
25
Arnav, Agrawal
IND
2258
26
IM
Saravana, Krishnan P.
IND
2255
27
GM
Manik, Mikulas
SVK
2251
28
IM
Oblitas, Carlomagno
PER
2236
29
IM
Ratnakaran, K.
IND
2209
30
FM
Navalgund, Niranjan
IND
2208
31
IM
Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo
COL
2207
32
Pradeep, Kumar R A
IND
2195
33
IM
Claverie, Raul
ARG
2185
34
IM
Elgabry, Mohsen
EGY
2177
35
WGM
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram
VIE
2175
36
Challa, Saharsha
IND
2165
37
WIM
Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong
VIE
2160
38
AIM
Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar
IND
2147
39
WFM
Nivedita, V C
IND
2144
40
Avirat, Chauhan
IND
2138
41
Abhishek, T M
IND
2136
42
IM
Deshmukh, Anup
IND
2130
43
Jihan, Tejas Shah
IND
2128
44
Agnivo, Chakraborty
IND
2114
45
CM
Aadik, Theophane Lenin
IND
2113
46
Shaurya, Chaudhary
IND
2107
47
AIM
Adhiraj, Mitra
IND
2101
48
CM
Vandan, Alankar Sawai
IND
2094
49
IM
Murugan, Krishnamoorthy
IND
2090
50
WIM
Singgih, Diajeng Theresa
INA
2089
51
CM
Mani, Sarbartho
IND
2086
52
Aarav, Saish Amonkar
IND
2079
53
Andalamala, Hemal Varshan
IND
2077
54
FM
Jaiswal, Rupesh
NEP
2076
55
Sharnarthi, Shlok
IND
2073
56
Arush, A
IND
2071
57
CM
Aarav, A
IND
2070
58
FM
Ramakrishna, J.
IND
2069
59
IM
Murali, Krishnan B T
IND
2063
60
Haridev, S
IND
2059
61
Sivan, S Roshan
IND
2050
62
IM
Sarwat, Walaa
EGY
2048
63
Manav, Kumar
IND
2046
64
Karan, J P
IND
2041
65
Jagajit, Sinha
IND
2037
66
IM
Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam
IND
2036
67
Chanda, Ujan
IND
2035
68
Abhinav, Anand
IND
2030
69
Shashveen, A K
IND
2028
70
Jagesia, Daksh
IND
2027
71
Goutham, Ramesh
IND
2023
72
AGM
Sparsh, Khandelwal
IND
2019
73
WIM
Nguyen, My Hanh An
VIE
2018
74
Tijil, Singh
IND
2012
75
AFM
Parambrata, Sarkar
IND
2011
76
Nihaan, Pohane
IND
2011
77
Kavin, Vijayakumar
IND
2008
78
Kherdekar, Arnav
IND
2008
79
Ayaan, Phutane
IND
2006
80
Anish, Ramkumar
IND
2002
81
IM
Sobh, Amrou
EGY
2001
82
Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna
IND
1989
83
AIM
Venkatesh, Das
IND
1986
84
Rahul, Ramakrishnan
IND
1981
85
AGM
Prashanth, J Naik
IND
1978
86
ACM
Vishruth, B
IND
1976
87
N., Tarun
IND
1976
88
IM
Rahman, Yehya
EGY
1974
89
Danish, S V
IND
1974
90
Perecharla, Hariram Saikrishna
USA
1968
91
Samaksh, Ashok
IND
1965
92
Anushka, Bapu Kutwal
IND
1962
93
Sai, Abhinav Kuchibhotla
IND
1958
94
CM
Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi
IND
1951
95
Adharva, P T
IND
1951
96
Joshi, Aditya Shripad
IND
1948
97
AGM
Vignesh, N
IND
1946
98
Advik, Reddy Moate
IND
1943
99
Rithwik, Reddy Upparigudam
IND
1942
100
Shreyansh, Das
IND
1933
101
AIM
Arul, Prakash N
IND
1932
102
Ghadge, Harsh
IND
1932
103
AFM
Vakeesh, S
IND
1931
104
Yeshas, H
IND
1931
105
Hardik, Shah
IND
1928
106
Puspal, Datta
IND
1928
107
Rishit, Sharma
IND
1926
108
Kavin, E
IND
1925
109
AIM
Christy, George
IND
1918
110
CM
Ebenezer, Joseph
IND
1916
111
Abinandhan, R
IND
1916
112
Abhijith, U
IND
1915
113
AGM
Mani, Bharathy
IND
1914
114
Pratyush, Kumar
IND
1914
115
IM
Hegde, Ravi Gopal
IND
1912
116
Gagan, Sahu
IND
1911
117
Aabhas, Kumar Srivastava
IND
1909
118
Sri, Akhil Prasad
IND
1908
119
Uma Maheswaran, P
IND
1907
120
Aadhya, V
IND
1905
121
Divith, Reddy Adulla
IND
1904
122
Sree, Veeramani P
IND
1901
123
Akshaya, Vignesh M
IND
1900
124
Niroshan, Thanikachalam
IND
1894
125
AIM
Maniar, Hriday
IND
1893
126
Ratnapriya, K
IND
1889
127
AFM
Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan
KOR
1887
128
Abhinav, M B
IND
1886
129
Nookala, Nikhil Sriram
IND
1885
130
WCM
Fang, Kun
SGP
1883
131
CM
Dolas, Aarush
IND
1881
132
Siddhesh, B U
IND
1879
133
Aditya, Dileepraj
IND
1876
134
WCM
Manouvel, Maelys
FRA
1873
135
Armaan, Singh Bakshi
IND
1870
136
AIM
Aadwik, Abhinav Krishna
IND
1867
137
Shourya, Paul
IND
1867
138
Dharsh, M
IND
1866
139
Gopalakrishnan, G
IND
1866
140
Aditya, Kayet
IND
1865
141
Deepak, Raj Hari
IND
1865
142
Daniel, Ajish
IND
1860
143
Sarthak, Rawat
IND
1860
144
WCM
Kashthuri, Bhai R
IND
1855
145
Meetansh, Dixit
IND
1853
146
WCM
Hanya, Shah
IND
1851
147
AIM
Yuvanesh, A
IND
1851
148
Vairaj, Sogerwal
IND
1850
149
Viaan, Samir Makhani
IND
1850
150
Sriram, Pandi S P
IND
1849
151
Pasbola, Samvid
IND
1848
152
Soni, Vivan
IND
1847
153
Kumar, S.
IND
1846
154
Neev, Sajeev
IND
1846
155
Saniya, Rafique Tadavi
IND
1846
156
Varchas, Krishna Jayaraman
IND
1846
157
Ryan, Dominic
IND
1845
158
Revlin, Ram R H
IND
1844
159
Vibhor, Chopra
IND
1842
160
Sathyachith, E M
IND
1841
161
AIM
Adhrit, Das Purkayastha
IND
1836
162
AFM
Venkata, Naga Karthik Malladi
IND
1834
163
Sairam, Bala M
IND
1834
164
AGM
Shreyan, Thipparthi
IND
1831
165
AFM
Ruhaan, Mathur
IND
1829
166
Arav, Vinod
IND
1826
167
Krishav, Nikesh N
IND
1824
168
Darsh, Shetty
IND
1822
169
Kartikeya, Chunchu
IND
1822
170
AGM
Mehul, S U
IND
1820
171
Vritika, Krushna Game
IND
1819
172
Kanoje, Alok
IND
1818
173
Tanvish, Reddy Tiruvalluru
IND
1814
174
Akilan, M S
IND
1808
175
Aradhy, Roy
IND
1805
176
Ruchir, Nadikatla
IND
1805
177
Suryapranjal, Indrajeet S P
IND
1805
178
Rishen, Jilowa
IND
1804
179
Kushagra, Pratap Singh
IND
1803
180
Sragvidha, S
IND
1803
181
AIM
Harish, K K
IND
1801
182
Lakshanaa, R
IND
1800
183
Jaison, Enoch L
IND
1798
184
Siddharthan, Anandan
IND
1798
185
Nitin, Kumar P
IND
1796
186
Atharv, Venkatesh
IND
1791
187
Zaldivar, Gustavo
SUI
1791
188
Heet, Baldawa
IND
1790
189
AFM
Lishanth, B
IND
1785
190
Riyansh, Dwivedi
IND
1780
191
Tharunika, G
IND
1780
192
Pamidi, Jaswanth
IND
1778
193
Parithi, Narayan S I
IND
1778
194
Soyam, Laxmidatt D Sabat
IND
1778
195
Agraval, Shravana
IND
1776
196
Prahalad, Moola
IND
1776
197
Arixander, Johny
IND
1774
198
Ishaan, Bhowmick
IND
1774
199
Leo, Sanish
IND
1773
200
Sripathi, Surendar
IND
1773
201
ACM
Kavish, Palaniappan K
IND
1772
202
Srinandhan, A
IND
1770
203
Kaarthikeyan, S
IND
1769
204
Choppa, Adyantha Raman Naidu
IND
1768
205
Shreya, Rajesh
IND
1766
206
Mithilesh, P
IND
1761
207
Bala, Sanjay J G
IND
1760
208
ACM
Prabhakar, Aariv
IND
1759
209
Shubh, Singh Saini
IND
1759
210
Roshan, Antony C
IND
1755
211
Jowett, Jibin
IND
1749
212
Sudarshan, Balaji
IND
1749
213
AFM
Timmaraju, Venkata Sathvik
IND
1748
214
Kolomwe, Willian
ZAM
1747
215
Siddharth, Samaddar
IND
1744
216
Kiruthik, Murugun M
IND
1743
217
Thashvi, M
IND
1742
218
Soboleva, Anastasia
RUS
1739
219
ACM
Aditi, Arun
IND
1738
220
Prajeesh, B U
IND
1737
221
Sananda, R
IND
1735
222
Rohit, Vijay
IND
1731
223
Nirav, Premchand
IND
1729
224
Megh, Parmar
IND
1725
225
Yakshini, P
IND
1725
226
WCM
Pooja, Shree R
IND
1723
227
Srinika, S
IND
1723
228
Harikrishna, C
IND
1717
229
Gadde, Kaarthika
IND
1714
230
Harshini, A
IND
1713
231
AFM
Mithun, Pranav
IND
1709
232
Prasidh, Balamurugan
IND
1706
233
AFM
Kashyap, Brijesh Khakharia
IND
1703
234
Tharun, Rajasekar
IND
1699
235
Kadhiwala, Dirgh
IND
1694
236
Lakshya, Nigam
IND
1691
237
IM
Mamombe, Kudzanai
ZIM
1689
238
Meha, Arin A
IND
1688
239
Sri, Ram Karthik Madineedi
IND
1678
240
Gala, Vansh Rasik
IND
1676
241
Veer, Rakeshkumar Patel
IND
1676
242
Akshith, Done
IND
1674
243
Mudaliar, Nandini
IND
1673
244
ACM
Ayaan, Arora
IND
1666
245
Vaibhav, Anand
IND
1662
246
Gupta, Aarav
IND
1661
247
Dheekshika, G
IND
1653
248
AFM
Rishith, Devnarayan S
IND
1650
249
Shrikkanth, Avyukth
USA
1649
250
AFM
Aahaan, Mathur
IND
1648
251
Kirit, Bikram Chanda
IND
1648
252
Dharunbhoopathy, Ganesan
IND
1639
253
Vashishtha, Ankesh
IND
1634
254
Dev, Dharshan S
IND
1631
255
Pondhiya, S
IND
1628
256
Kumaragurubaran, R
IND
1617
257
Deepthaashri, Ravi Ganesh
IND
1615
258
Hrishaan, Singh Sajwan
IND
1613
259
Nova, Ayer Juyal
IND
1612
260
AFM
Pranavaaditya, Ginjupally
IND
1599
261
Mishra, Rahul
IND
1597
262
Ansuman, Bhatta
IND
1594
263
Shahid, Husain
IND
1594
264
Johan, Blessitt
IND
1591
265
AFM
K, Rajaraman
IND
1583
266
Trivikram, Narvekar
IND
1574
267
Juan, Dominic
IND
1568
268
Jain, Medant
IND
1564
269
Daivya, Nagda
IND
1559
270
Kaustubh, Balaji
IND
1554
271
Saathvik, Chakravarthy Ramayanam
IND
1550
272
Jayapriyan, Prakash
IND
1534
273
Arjun Srinivasan, Perathur
IND
1531
274
ACM
Harris, Sukumar
IND
1518
275
Vishwakarthi, Vihaan
SGP
1510
276
Vishwakarthi, Vikram
SGP
1508
277
Vijay, Kumar Pakkurti
IND
1503
278
Balaji, Sai Sivesh
AUS
1499
279
Aadhya, Karthik
IND
1453
280
Aiyer, Chandrasekhar
IND
1453
281
Harshal, Sai R
IND
1445
282
Monish, Krishna
IND
1439
283
Sairam, Kishore M
IND
1401
284
Trishika, Patnaik
IND
1401
285
ACM
Sri, Jayanthinathan V
IND
0
286
Aadhya, Krishnavajjala
IND
0
287
Guruswami, Raaga
USA
0
288
Kathir, Sakthivel
IND
0
289
Ravindran, R I A
IND
0
290
Shah, Soumil
IND
0