Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Vincent Keymer closes in on title with win | Chess News

Chennai: Vincent Keymer has been an unstoppable power in Chennai and is displaying no indicators of slowing down. At the tip of the seventh spherical, he stays untouchable, and that flawless run propelled him to the World No. 10 spot in stay rankings for the primary time. The German teenager (5.5 factors) transformed his opening benefit right into a win in opposition to Awonder Liang and stretched his result in 1.5 factors, inching nearer to the masters title. A greater end result than Arjun Erigaisi and Karthikeyan Murali — joint second on the desk with 4 factors — on the penultimate day may all however seal the title for him. After the win, Keymer mentioned: “It has been a nice game and the tournament has been really going well for me. I got surprised by the opening and was down for quite a bit, but the game just developed. We reached a rather asymmetrical position which was probably slightly better for me. Then a big mistake from him made me feel it was a game I should win.” Just a few boards away, Anish Giri is making waves of a unique form. Seven attracts in as many video games, and the web troll of ‘Drawnish Giri’ is doing the rounds once more. Speaking after the stalemate with Arjun, who’s down with flu, Anish mentioned: “It’s (the troll) probably not entirely unfair because I am, again, making a lot of draws. It’s because I’m a very good defender. When I have a bad tournament, I often manage not to lose those bad games. Had I been a worse defender, I’d have lost a couple and nobody would be bullying me… so I’m happy with what I have.” The Dutch GM recalled one occasion the place his defence faltered and the losses piled up. “At that moment I told myself: ‘never again will you be ungrateful and annoyed when you make all the draws’.”