Iniyan Maintains Flawless Sole Lead at 360 One Global Chess Masters

by Devansh Singh - 14/06/2026

GM Iniyan Panneerselvam is in a red-hot form as he scored a perfect 4/4 to maintain his sole lead at the 360 One Global Chess Masters 2026. In the 4th round, Iniyan defeated GM Boris Savchenko in the 4th round with black pieces. Ayush Sharma defeated Jval Saurin Patel and will go against Iniyan in the 5th round. In Junior Masters, Madhvendra Pratap Sharma gained a sole lead. Photos: Ayush Jain/ ChessBase India

Iniyan P. is leading the field at the top seed

Boris Savchenko vs. Iniyan P (0-1)

Ayush Sharma vs. Jval Saurin Patel (1-0)

Soham Kamotra (L) defeated Audi Ameya to get into joint second place with Ayush Sharma

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Round 4 Results

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2478	2½	0 - 1	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573
2	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2440	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Jval, Saurin Patel	2400
3	IM	Soham, Kamotra	2405	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Audi, Ameya	2419
4	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2297	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2402
5	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2388	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2540
6	IM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2503	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2435
7	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	2380	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2492
8	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2483	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Apoorv, Kamble	2431
9	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2479	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Shahil, Dey	2423
10	GM	Golubka, Petro	2344	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2448
11	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2275	2	½ - ½	1½	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2553
12	FM	Bivor, Adak	2371	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2479
13	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2456	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	2374
14	IM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	2365	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2433
15	GM	Gorovets, Andrey	2427	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	2075

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Round 5 Pairings

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	4		3½	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2440
2	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2479	3		3½	IM	Soham, Kamotra	2405
3	IM	Apoorv, Kamble	2431	3		3	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2297
4	IM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2402	3		3	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	2380
5	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2540	2½		2½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2400
6	IM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas	2408	2½		2½	IM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2503
7	FM	Jval, Saurin Patel	2400	2½		2½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2478
8	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2448	2½		2½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2388
9	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2435	2½		2½	IM	Daaevik, Wadhawan	2356
10	GM	Golubka, Petro	2344	2½		2½	GM	Gorovets, Andrey	2427

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Prizes

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

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