Chennai, July 17 -- French Grand Master Alireza Firouzja eked out yet another gruelling victory to register his second straight win in the fourth edition of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026, India's most prestigious classical chess tournament, at the Westin Hotel here on Friday.
Firouzja, who had defeated GM M Pranesh with black pieces on the opening day, got the better of world champion D Gukesh after 69 moves to take his tally to two points after two rounds.
Oganised by MGD1, the tournament witness eight grandmasters face-off in a double-round robin format and offers a prize purse of Rs 75,00,000 and valuable FIDE Circuit points.
After Deepraj Mukherjee, General Manager Westin Chennai Velachery made the ceremonial first move bet...