Massive Round 1 Upsets at 360 One Global Chess Masters 2026

by Devansh Singh - 11/06/2026

The 9th Edition of 360 One Global Chess Festival kicks off in Mumbai. The tournament features 3 sections: Masters, Challengers, and Junior Masters. In the Masters section, a total of 56 players are taking part, and the rating average of the tournament is 2356, which makes this tournament one of the strongest open of India and gives a lot of chances to players to score norms. Check out what happened on the 1st day. Photos: Ayush Jain/ ChessBase India

Exciting chess for the next 9 days

Organised by the Indian Chess School, the festival has brought together a stellar field from 16 countries, featuring 13 Grandmasters and 33 International Masters, all competing for a massive ₹60 lakh prize fund across the Masters, Challengers, and Junior Masters sections.

Top seed Iniyan Pa starts with a win over Srihari L

Akshay Borgaonkar defeated the 3rd-seeded Abhijeet Gupta

De Silva, L M S T of Srilanka, defeated the 2nd-seeded Sankalp Gupta

Tournament Hall

Kashish Manoj Jain drew against Anuj Shrivatri

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (Right) is the top-seeded player in the Junior Masters and Challengers

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Replay Round 1 Games

Round 1 Results

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Srihari, L	2386
2	IM	De Silva, L M S T	2382	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2553
3	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2540	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	2380
4	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	2374	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2503
5	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2492	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Bivor, Adak	2371
6	IM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	2365	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2483
7	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2479	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Wagh, Suyog	2365
8	FM	Bhagat, Kush	2362	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2479
9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2478	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Daaevik, Wadhawan	2356
10	IM	Sahib, Singh	2350	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2456
11	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2448	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Matyakubov, Miraziz	2346
12	GM	Golubka, Petro	2344	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2440
13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2435	0	1 - 0	0	WIM	Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini	2340
14	FM	Vivaan, Vishal Shah	2335	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2433
15	IM	Apoorv, Kamble	2431	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Vijayakumar, Rishi	2332

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Round 2 Pairings

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg
1	IM	Dixit, Nikhil	2394	1		1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573
2	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2388	1		1	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2479
3	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	2380	1		1	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2435
4	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2301	1		1	IM	Apoorv, Kamble	2431
5	IM	Audi, Ameya	2419	1		1	IM	De Silva, L M S T	2382
6	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2297	1		1	IM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas	2408
7	IM	Soham, Kamotra	2405	1		1	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2323
8	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2275	1		1	FM	Jval, Saurin Patel	2400
9	IM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2503	½		½	IM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	2365
10	IM	Daaevik, Wadhawan	2356	½		½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2492
11	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2483	½		½	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	2374
12	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2479	½		½	IM	Sahib, Singh	2350
13	FM	Bivor, Adak	2371	½		½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2478
14	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2456	½		½	FM	Bhagat, Kush	2362
15	WIM	Smirnova, Ekaterina	2086	½		½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2448

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Prizes

The tournament features an impressive prize fund of INR 35,00,000/- (around 37,207 USD), with a record first prize of INR 8,00,000/- (around 8,500 USD), one of the highest ever offered in an open chess tournament in India. This reflects our continued commitment to elevating the standards of professional chess events in the country.

Venue: Expo Center, The Arcade, World Trade Center, Mumbai

The event will be hosted at the state-of-the-art venue at the iconic World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, located in the heart of Mumbai. With world-class playing conditions and seamless organisation, players can expect a truly professional tournament experience.