Chola Chess GM Norm RR Round 4: Mayank Chakraborty gets his first victory

by Devansh Singh - 07/02/2026

The fourth round of the Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026 was played on 6th January in Chennai. In round four of the event, it was an all-Indian clash where all six International Masters from India played against each other, we saw three decisive results where Mayank Chakraborty scored his first win of the event against Ethan Vaz, Audi Ameya scored an important victory over Harsh Suresh, and in the last decisive game it was Aronyak Ghosh who won his game against Akshay Borgaonkar to secure his second win of the event. The other two games ended in a quick draw. The 5th round starts on 7th February at 2 PM IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

GM Alisher Suleymenov maintains his lead

After four rounds of the Chola Chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament, GM Alisher Suleymenov of Kazakhstan leads with 3/4 points, scoring 2 wins and 2 draws. In the second place, it's a three-way tie between Ethan Vaz, Aronyak Ghosh, and Audi Ameya with 2.5/4 points.

Mayank Chakraborty vs Ethan Vaz (1-0)

Mayank Chakraborty scored his first victory in his first Indian clash of the event against Ethan Vaz. Mayank got a nice king-side space advantage in the middlegame against Ethan that helped him in gaining a few extra pawns in the rook pawn endgame to secure the win

Harsh Suresh vs Audi Ameya

Black to Play, find the best move

Ameya Audi played an attacking game against Harsh Suresh to secure his second win of the event. It is Ameya's second win with the black pieces. In the above position, Harsh played 24.Rae1, he could have exchanged the queens on d8 to keep the position equal, but he completely missed 24.Qh4 with so many attacking ideas near his king. Ameya got a big advantage and eventually won his game in 35 moves.

Harsh Suresh vs Audi Ameya (0-1)

Aronyak Ghosh - Akshay Borgaonkar (1-0)

Playing with the white pieces, Aronyak got a comfortable position out of the opening, and the space advantage helped him in outplaying Akshay to secure his second win of the event after losing to Ethan in the last round. Aronyak won both of his games with white pieces.

Girel Joseph vs Boyer Mahel played a quick draw in 13 moves after repeating the moves (0.5-0.5)

Delgando Ramirez Neuris Vs Suleymenov Alisher (0.5-0.5)

Can you name all the Grandmasters in the above photo??

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Tournament hall during round 4

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Replay Round 4 Games

Round 4 Results

Bo.	FED	Rtg		White	Result		Black	FED	Rtg	PGN
1	IND	2443	IM	Harsh, Suresh	0 - 1	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2418	PGN
2	IND	2533	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	1 - 0	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	IND	2381	PGN
3	IND	2473	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	1 - 0	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2518	PGN
4	FRA	2499	GM	Girel, Joseph	½ - ½	GM	Boyer, Mahel	FRA	2486	PGN
5	PAR	2511	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	½ - ½	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2500	PGN

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Rankings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2500	3	0	5,75	2	1
2	5	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2518	2,5	1	5,75	2	1
3	8	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2533	2,5	2	4	2	0
4	7	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2418	2,5	2	3,25	2	2
5	9	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2473	2	0	4	1	0
6	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2511	2	0	4	0	0
7	10	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2443	1,5	1	2,5	0	0
8	6	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay	IND	2381	1,5	2	3,25	0	0
9	1	GM	Girel, Joseph	FRA	2499	1,5	2	2,25	0	0
10	4	GM	Boyer, Mahel	FRA	2486	1	0	1,75	0	0

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Round 5 Pairings

Bo.	FED	Rtg		White	Result		Black	FED	Rtg	PGN
1	KAZ	2500	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher		IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2443
2	FRA	2486	GM	Boyer, Mahel		GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2511
3	IND	2518	IM	Vaz, Ethan		GM	Girel, Joseph	FRA	2499
4	IND	2381	IM	Borgaonkar, Akshay		IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2473
5	IND	2418	IM	Audi, Ameya		IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2533