GM Iniyan Dominates 360 One Masters 2026, Walks Away with ₹8 Lakhs

by Devansh Singh - 19/06/2026

Top Seed Iniyan Panneerselvam scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win the 360 One Masters Chess Tournament 2026. Iniyan entered the last round with a full point lead over the field, and he drew his final round against Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy. Iniyan delivered a performance rating of 2699 and also increased 12.4 rating points. Boris Savchenko drew his last game to finish in 2nd place. The top 3 prizes were ₹8,00,000, ₹6,50,000, and ₹5,00,000 along with trophies. Photos: Tushar Damor/ ChessBase India

One-Sided Victory!

Iniyan started the tournament as the top seed and claimed an early lead. Going into the last round, only Boris Savchenko could have stopped him, but the last round saw some early and solid draws on the top board. Iniyan drew against Ajay Santhosh, Boris Savchenko drew against Akash Daalvi, and Apoorv Kamble drew against Harsh Suresh.

Champion: Iniyan Panneerselvam with his hard-earned trophy and ₹8,00,000

GM Boris Savchenko finishes as a runner-up after scoring 6.5/9

Second Runner up: Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy

Top 3 finishers (L to R): 3rd Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy, 1st Iniyan P, and 2nd Boris Savchenko

Aakash Dalvi secured the 4th place

5th Place IM Harsh Suresh

9th IM Ayush Sharma

Prize List

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Replay Round 9 Games

Round 9 Results

Bo.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	PGN
1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2573	7	½ - ½	5½	IM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2503	PGN
2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2478	6	½ - ½	5½	IM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2402	PGN
3	IM	Apoorv, Kamble	2431	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2435	PGN
4	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2492	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2433	PGN
5	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2479	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2388	PGN
6	IM	Soham, Kamotra	2405	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2440	PGN
7	IM	Shahil, Dey	2423	4½	½ - ½	5	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2400	PGN
8	CM	Matyakubov, Miraziz	2346	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Gorovets, Andrey	2427	PGN
9	IM	De Silva, L M S T	2382	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2275	PGN
10	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2297	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	2380	PGN

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Final Ranking

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2573	7,5	44,5	48	39,25	6	2
2	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2478	6,5	44,5	49	33,5	5	3
3	4	IM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	IND	2503	6	45	49,5	31,5	4	3
4	23	IM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	IND	2402	6	44,5	47,5	29,75	4	2
5	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2435	6	43	46	29	3	1
6	15	IM	Apoorv, Kamble	IND	2431	6	40,5	44	28,75	3	1
7	28	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2388	5,5	44	47	25,5	4	2
8	12	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2440	5,5	43	47	25,5	4	1
9	22	IM	Soham, Kamotra	IND	2405	5,5	43	46	25	3	2
10	34	IM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	IND	2365	5,5	42	46,5	28	2	1
11	24	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2400	5,5	41	44	25	3	1
12	5	GM	Paichadze, Luka	GEO	2492	5,5	40,5	44	26,25	3	1
13	8	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2479	5,5	40,5	43,5	25,75	2	1
14	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	2433	5,5	38,5	42,5	26,25	3	1
15	30	IM	De Silva, L M S T	SRI	2382	5,5	36	39	21,5	4	0

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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.