Levan Pantsulaia wins 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM 2025, Anuj Shrivatri second

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/04/2025

GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) drew with GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) in Round 10 to become the champion at 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM 2025. Just like the inaugural edition champion, GM Mitrabha Guha, Levan also won both Classical and Blitz Rating tournaments. IM Anuj Shrivatri and GM Alexei Fedorov also scored 8/10 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. A dozen players scored 7.5/10 each. Among them, Nithin Babu was placed fourth. He is the sole untitled and non GM/IM finisher among top 20. Nithin also earned his final IM-norm at this event. The total cash prize fund was ₹2500000. The top three prizes are ₹450000, ₹350000 and ₹250000 along with a trophy each. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Levan clinches a double, Nithin Babu earns his final IM-norm

GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) won both Classical and Blitz Rating tournaments. The Blitz report will be published soon. Unlike the inaugural edition, Nithin Babu became the sole player to score a norm as the field was quite strong.

Champion - GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) 8/10

Runner-up - IM Anuj Shrivatri 8/10

Interview with IM Anuj Shrivatri | Video: ChessBase India

Second Runner-up - GM Alexei Fedorov 8/10

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM Alexei Fedorov 8/10, 1st GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) 8/10 and 2nd IM Anuj Shrivatri 8/10

4th Nithin Babu 7.5/10

Nithin Babu scored an unbeaten 7.5/10, drew with the eventual champion, performed at 2543 to earn his final IM-norm and gain 78 Elo rating points in the process

5th GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) 7.5/10

6th GM Iniyan Pa 7.5/10

Interview with National Rapid 2025 champion - GM Iniyan Pa | Video: ChessBase India

7th GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) 7.5/10

8th IM Ethan Vaz 7.5/10

9th IM Nitish Belurkar 7.5/10

10th IM Ameya Audi 7.5/10

Best Female 1st - IM Padmini Rout 6.5/10

Best Female 2nd - IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 6/10

Best Female 3rd - WIM Sarayu Velpula 5.5/10

Various trophies for the prize winners

For more Round 10 and Prize distribution ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.

A total of 316 players including 20 GMs, 40 IMs, 2 WGMs and 5 WIMs took part from 11 countries across the world in Open A (>1900). The eight-day ten round GM tournament was organized by The Golden Aura Trust at Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 10th to 18th April 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Replay Round 10 games

Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2544	7	½ - ½	7½	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2532	5	PGN
2	20	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2400	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2525	6	PGN
3	7	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	2485	7	½ - ½	7		Nithin, Babu	2242	66	PGN
4	21	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2396	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2418	16	PGN
5	23	IM	Hari, Madhavan N B	2393	7	½ - ½	7	IM	Audi, Ameya	2404	18	PGN
6	2	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	2556	6½	1 - 0	7	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2177	88	PGN
7	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2578	6½	1 - 0	6½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2389	27	PGN
8	38	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2355	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2485	8	PGN
9	10	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2459	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2352	40	PGN
10	11	GM	Stany, G.A.	2454	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2312	48	PGN
11	133		Ashwin, Sairam	2074	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2441	14	PGN
12	101	FM	Kshatriya, Nitin Vekhande	2133	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2430	15	PGN
13	25	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2391	6½	½ - ½	6½	FM	Aarav, Sinha	2187	84	PGN
14	92	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2157	6½	0 - 1	6	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	2449	12	PGN
15	19	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2404	6	½ - ½	6	FM	Arnav, Maheshwari	2305	52	PGN
16	57	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2291	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2394	22	PGN
17	69		Varun, V	2231	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2378	30	PGN
18	81		Vignesh, B	2191	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2370	32	PGN
19	33	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2363	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2307	50	PGN
20	83		Ahaz, E U	2190	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2361	34	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	5	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2532	GEO	8	62,5	65,5	50,00	7
2	20	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2400	MP	8	58,5	63,5	49,50	7
3	21	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2396	BLR	8	54,5	59	47,50	6
4	66		Nithin, Babu	IND	2242	KER	7,5	63	66	47,50	5
5	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2544	ARM	7,5	61,5	64,5	46,25	5
6	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2578	TN	7,5	60,5	65	47,00	7
7	2	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	2556	ARM	7,5	58,5	63,5	47,00	6
8	15	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2430	GOA	7,5	58,5	60,5	42,75	6
9	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2441	GOA	7,5	56,5	61,5	45,25	6
10	18	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2404	GOA	7,5	56	60	44,00	5
11	23	IM	Hari, Madhavan N B	IND	2393	TN	7,5	55	59	42,75	5
12	11	GM	Stany, G.A.	IND	2454	KAR	7,5	55	59	42,75	5
13	7	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2485	WB	7,5	52,5	56,5	42,00	5
14	8	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2485	MP	7,5	52	56,5	40,25	7
15	10	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2459	RUS	7,5	49,5	53,5	39,75	7
16	43	IM	Rajesh, V A V	IND	2331	SCR	7	59,5	63,5	41,50	6
17	88	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2177	TN	7	59	64	41,00	7
18	6	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2525	RSPB	7	58	63	42,00	6
19	25	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2391	MAH	7	57,5	62,5	40,50	6
20	12	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2449	KER	7	57,5	62	41,75	6

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