Anirudhha Potawad wins 3rd G H Raisoni Memorial Pune Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/08/2025

Four players - FM Anirudhha Potawad, IM Kushagra Mohan, Viresh Sharnarthi and IM Akshay Borgaonkar scored 8/9 each at 3rd G H Raisoni Memorial Pune Rapid Rating Open 2025. Anirudhha won the tournament due to better tie-break scores. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Anirudhha lost to Kushagra in the last round. Before that he defeated Viresh and Akshay. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹51000 + trophy, ₹30000 and ₹26000 each respectively. The one-day rapid rating tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Management in Pune, Maharashtra on 13th July 2025. This is Anirudhha's fourth overall, third rapid rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Ravindra Potawad

Top four score 8/9

FM Anirudhha Potawad made a fantastic start by winning eight games in-a-row. Seven players - IM Akshay Borgaonkar, Viresh Sharnarthi, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete, IM Kushagra Mohan, IM Ramnathan Balsubramaniam, Aditya Shripad Joshi and Siddhant Salunke were trailing by a full point at 7/8 each. Kushagra defeated Anirudhha in the last round, still Anirudhha won the tournament as he had better tie-breaks. Kushagra had to settle for second place. Viresh won against Siddhant to finish third.

Champion - FM Anirudhha Potawad 8/9

Runner-up - IM Kushagra Mohan 8/9

Second Runner-up - Viresh Sharnarthi 8/9

Anirudhha Potawad during one of his games

FM Anirudhha Potawad scored 8/9, a last round loss did not affect the overall outcome, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 34 Elo rating points

4th IM Akshay Borgaonkar 8/9

8th IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 7/9

The organizing team

The tournament hall at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Management in Pune, Maharashtra

Overview | Video: ChessBase India Marathi

A total of 347 players including six IMs took part from various places all over the country, one from France and Ireland each, two from Netherlands and USA each. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Management in Pune, Maharashtra on 13th July 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	4	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha				IND	2174	Maharashtra	8	57,5	62	54,00	8	5
2	1	IM	Kushagra, Mohan				IND	2302	Telangana	8	53,5	56,5	48,50	8	4
3	6		Sharnarthi, Viresh	U15		Pune	IND	2142	Maharashtra	8	52,5	57,5	49,50	8	4
4	16	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay			Pune	IND	2028	Maharashtra	8	52	54,5	46,50	8	4
5	2	IM	Sammed, Jaykumar Shete				IND	2236	Maharashtra	7,5	53,5	57,5	45,75	7	4
6	40		Joshi, Aditya Shripad	U13		Pune	IND	1845	Maharashtra	7,5	52	55	44,25	7	4
7	29		Om, Nagnath Lamkane			Pune	IND	1917	Maharashtra	7,5	47	50	40,00	7	5
8	13	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam	S51			IND	2060	Tamil Nadu	7	51,5	55,5	40,00	7	5
9	21		Chandar, Raju				IND	1973	Kerala	7	50,5	54,5	38,50	7	5
10	9	CM	Soham, Datar			Pune	IND	2100	Maharashtra	7	50	55	41,75	6	5
11	19		Kherdekar, Arnav				IND	1981	Maharashtra	7	50	55	40,00	7	5
12	17	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar			Pune	IND	2026	Maharashtra	7	49	53,5	40,00	6	5
13	25		Nihira, Koul	F15	w	Pune	IND	1928	Maharashtra	7	49	53,5	39,00	7	5
14	8	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	U15		Pune	IND	2114	Maharashtra	7	49	53	39,50	7	4
15	12	CM	Gandhi, Anish				IND	2072	Maharashtra	7	48	51	38,25	6	4