The 34th Boblingen International Grandmasters Tournament 2017 was held at Boblingen, Germany from 26.12.2017 to 30.12.2017. A total of 137 players including 6 GMs, 15 IMs and 22 FMs from 23 countries participated in this tournament. Erode’s rising talent, Iniyan started as the 14th seed.
At the end of the 9th round Iniyan had scored 7 points out of a possible 9 including wins against two German International Masters and two German Fide Master and draws against a Denmark GM, Chinese GM, Serbian GM and German International Master.
In the final game Iniyan was in a must win situation against German International Master Baldauf Marco and won in order to get his second Grand Master Norm and the Second place in this tournament. He also increased 20 rating points.
| Rangliste: Stand nach der 9. Runde | |||||||||||
| Rang | Teilnehmer | Titel | TWZ | At | Verein/Ort | Land | S | R | V | Punkte | GegWr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Braun, Arik | GM | 2583 | M | SV Hockenheim | GER | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 2415 |
| 2. | Panneerselvam, In | IM | 2452 | M | IND | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 2411 | |
| 3. | Andersen, Mads | GM | 2598 | M | Skanderborg Ska | DEN | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 2395 |
| 4. | Pap, Misa | GM | 2491 | M | SRB | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 2315 | |
| 5. | Lin, Chen | GM | 2477 | M | CHN | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 2381 | |
| 6. | Noe, Christopher | IM | 2468 | M | SC Eppingen | GER | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 2374 |
| 7. | Naumkin, Igor | GM | 2421 | M | RUS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 2330 | |
| 8. | Mu, Ke | 2436 | M | CHN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 2380 | ||
| 9. | Krause, Benedict | FM | 2455 | M | SK Norderstedt | GER | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 2361 |
| 10. | Nagy, Gabor | IM | 2469 | M | HUN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 2341 | |
| 11. | Rosner, Jonas | FM | 2418 | M | SK Ettlingen | GER | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 2339 |
FIDE World U9-U17 Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships – 2025 in Antalya, Turkey from 15th to 21st December, 2025 
Certificates:National Under 11 Chess Championship 2025 in Jalgaon 
38th National Under-13 Chess Championship 2025Event Codes: 430540/GOA/2025 & 430541/GOA/2025.Shaunak Badole of Maharashtra and WCM Deekshitha Modipalli of Telangana Crowned National Champions 
27th Asian Youth Chess Championships – 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand from 20th to 30th November, 2025. 
Commonwealth Chess Championship – 2025 – 26 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8th to 17th November, 2025. 
Report :FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad at Barranquilla, Colombia from 17th August to 22nd August 2025.