Peng Li Min prevails at 4th Annemasse Masters 2026, Harsh Suresh second

GM Peng Li Min scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 4th Annemasse Masters 2026. IM Harsh Suresh scored sole 7.5/9 to finish second.

Snehal Bhosale scores an IM-norm, Two Indians in top ten

GM Peng Li Min (SUI) became the champion scoring 8/9 and remained undefeated. IM Harsh Suresh finished second 7.5/9. IM Vadym Petrovskiy (GER) scored 6.5/9 to claim third place. The legend, GM Sasikiran Krishnan scored 6/9 to finish fifth. He won the Maurice David Rapid Rating tournament. Neel Prakash Nankani won the Accession event, Eman P D finished second. They will be mentioned in separate reports.

The total prize fund was €16000. The top three prizes were €3000, €2300 and €1700 with a trophy each.

Runner-up – IM Harsh Suresh 7.5/9 | Photo: Manuel Maulet / CE du Bassin Annemassien – CABE

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Harsh Suresh 7.5/9, 1st GM Peng Li Min 8/9 and 3rd IM Vadym Petrovskiy (GER) 6.5/9 | Photo: Manuel Maulet / CE du Bassin Annemassien – CABE

5th GM Sasikiran Krishnan 6/9 | Photo: Manuel Maulet / CE du Bassin Annemassien – CABE

CM Snehal Bhosale defeated GM Ibragim S Khamrakulov (ESP), drew against IM Yueheng Jin (CHN) and IM Hari Madhavan N B en route his second IM-norm. He scored 6/9, finished 11th overall, performed at 2433 and gained 56.8 Elo rating points.

CM Snehal Bhosale scored his second IM-norm, ten years after scoring his first one in Spain | Photo: Manuel Maulet / CE du Bassin Annemassien – CABE

Sneha Bhosale scored 6/9, performed at 2433 and gained 56.8 Elo rating points en route his IM-norm

Women Top five (L to R): 5th WIM Srishti Pandey 4.5/9, 4th WFM Marium Fatima 4.5/9, 3rd WFM Sharvaanica A S 5/9, 1st WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI) 5.5/9 and 2nd WGM Luong Phuong Hanh (VIE) 5/9 | Photo: Manuel Maulet / CE du Bassin Annemassien – CABE

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A total of 93 players including four GMs, ten IMs, a WGM and two WIMs took part from 20 countries across the world. The seven-day nine-round Rating Masters (≥1900) tournament was organized by CE du Bassin Annemassien – CABE at Martin Luther King Sports Complex in Annemasse, France from 17th to 23rd October 2026. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

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