Fire breaks out at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 hotel, round postponed
A fire has broken out at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Chennai, the venue of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. All players are safe, but had to be relocated temporary to another hotel. The round has been postponed for a day and the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters will start Thursday August 7.
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Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is taking place August 6-15 in Chennai, India. The tournament was previously known as Chennai Chess Masters. Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is among the major tournaments of The Chess Calendar
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Chessbase India reports, “Close to midnight there was an emergency in Hotel Hyatt Regency in Chennai. Due to an electric fire on the 9th floor, the entire hotel became smoky and everyone had to evacuate the hotel before it became difficult to breathe. All the players of Chennai Grand Masters in the Masters and Challengers section were staying in this hotel. For a few minutes everyone was confused, but when it became clear that it would take more than a few hours for smoke to clear, the organizers did two things: 1. Postponed round 1 from 6th to 7th of August 2025. This was made possible as the tournament had a rest day on 11th of August before. Now there will be no rest day. 2. All the players and officials were given a room in Hotel Pullman for the night.”
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chennai, venue of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025