Chennai Grand Masters 2024: Perfect Pranav racks up fourth straight win, Arjun goes on top

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fill="#fff"/></svg> Join our Whatsapp channel</a></div> <div class="content count-br" itemprop="articleBody"> <br/><p>Chennai (Tamil Nadu)[India], November 9 (ANI): <a href="/topic/pranav-v">Pranav V</a> prolonged his perfect start to the <a href="/topic/chennai-grand-masters">Chennai Grand Masters</a> 2024 by registering his fourth win in as many games against Vaishali R on Friday in Chennai. Meanwhile, World no. 2 <a href="/topic/arjun-erigaisi">Arjun Erigaisi</a> beat <a href="/topic/amin-tabatabaei">Amin Tabatabaei</a> in a clash of the leaders to go top of the Masters' standings.<br/>The <a href="/topic/chennai-grand-masters">Chennai Grand Masters</a> 2024 features two categories Masters and Challengers. With a rating average of 2729, the Masters presents a more competitive field this time around. The debuting Challengers, meanwhile, is designed to provide emerging Indian talent the chance to compete in a top-class tournament.<br/>Coming into the match on the back of a perfect start, Pranav sacrificed his Queen early, taking away Vaishali's corresponding piece in a bold play. With the field levelled, the pair exchanged heavy blows across the board before Pranav, playing with black pieces, forced his opponent into a corner and claimed the win.<br/></p><div id="M58040ScriptRootC713570"> </div> <script src="https://jsc.mgid.com/a/n/aninews.in.713570.js" async></script><p>In the Masters category, Arjun continued his unbeaten run in the tournament by defeating Tabatabaei in a battle of the table-toppers; the recently-crowned World no. 2 has accumulated 3.5 points after four rounds and now stands alone on top of the charts. Furthermore, <a href="/topic/vidit-gujrathi">Vidit Gujrathi</a> and <a href="/topic/aravindh-chithambaram">Aravindh Chithambaram</a> held Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian, respectively, to stalemates, while Parham Maghsoodloo and Alexey Sarana, too, played out a draw.<br/>Elsewhere in the Challengers category, Leon Mendonca and Abhimanyu Puranik fought to a balanced draw, while Karthikeyan Murali secured a strong win over Harika Dronavalli, showcasing his skill in a competitive game. Raunak Sadhwani and Pranesh M also concluded their match with a well-contested draw but lost ground on runaway leader Pranav as a consequence.<br/>The <a href="/topic/chennai-grand-masters">Chennai Grand Masters</a> 2024 is taking place at the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai from November 5 to November 11. Additionally, the tournament can be streamed online on ChessBase India's YouTube channel. (ANI)<br/></p> </div> </article> <div class="social-tags"> <div class="tags"> <div class="box-head"> <h3 class="title">Tags</h3> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/all-india-chess-federation/"> <p class="text">All India Chess Federation</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/aicf/"> <p class="text"> AICF</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/chennai-grand-masters/"> <p class="text"> Chennai Grand Masters</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/pranav-v/"> <p class="text"> Pranav V</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/arjun-erigaisi/"> <p class="text"> Arjun Erigaisi</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/amin-tabatabaei/"> <p class="text"> Amin Tabatabaei</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/vidit-gujrathi/"> <p class="text"> Vidit Gujrathi</p> </a> </div> <div class="box-tag"> <a href="/topic/aravindh-chithambaram/"> <p class="text"> Aravindh Chithambaram</p> </a> </div> </div> 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