Chennai, July 20 -- India's Arjun Erigaisi pounced on world champion, D Gukesh errors to storm into joint lead after Round 5 in the fourth edition of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026, India's most prestigious classical chess tournament, at The Westin Chennai Velachery Hotel on Tuesday while GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov also registered a win with black to throw his hat in the title race.
With just two rounds left to play, Erigaisi is tied with French GM Alireza Firouzja on 3.5 points while Abdusattorov is half a point behind on 3.
Organised by MGD1, the tournament witness eight grandmasters face-off in a round robin format and offers a prize purse of Rs 75,00,000 and valuable FIDE Circuit points.
After the fourth round ending in all dr...