Chaitanya's third tournament triumph of the year

Four players - FM Priyanshu Patil, Maras Sahejveer Singh, the reigning Madhya Pradesh State Senior 2025 champion, Chaitanya Awadh and Ayush Jugele were the four leaders 7/8, heading into the final round. Priyanshu lost to Chaitanya and the latter became the champion. Ayush drew against Maras. They were placed second and fifth respectively. Saurabh Lokhande lost to Sudhir Kumar Sinha who finished third.

Champion - Chaitanya Awadh (center) 8/9 with various prize winners | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Chaitanya Awadh scored 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 38.8 Elo rating points

A total of 247 players including an IM took part from various places all over the country. 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 University in Saikheda, Madhya Pradesh on 9th July 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.SNoNameTypsexGrFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
111AIMAwadh, ChaitanyaIND1837MadhyaPradesh849,552,546
23Ayush, JugeleIND1951Maharashtra7,551,55544,5
34Sinha, Sudhir KumarIND1909Bihar7,550,555,545,25
42Shubham, LakudkarIND1966Maharashtra7,550,554,543
510Maras, Sahejveer SinghU13IND1847Maharashtra7,5505342,25
66Vaibhav, NemaU19IND1893MadhyaPradesh7,548,552,543
79Saksham, WadhwaU19IND1860Maharashtra7,5475040,75
81FMPatil, PriyanshuIND1971Maharashtra755,56145,75
917Soni, SangharshChhindwaraIND1751MadhyaPradesh751,55641
1016Sharma, SaiU19IND1754Maharashtra750,55540,75
1131AFMNischay, SharmaIND1675MadhyaPradesh747,551,536
1246Arnav, Abhaykumar MoonU15IND1617Maharashtra7475138,25
1336Akshay, Singh TomarIND1654MadhyaPradesh746,548,534
1492Aaradhya, Swapnil UbaleU13IND1494Maharashtra7464935,5
1514Rudra, Mahendra DholeU15IND1788Maharashtra7434736,75
1622Paritosh, MalviChhindwaraIND1730MadhyaPradesh6,554,557,538,75
1750Divyansh, Singh KatharriaU19IND1606MadhyaPradesh6,550,554,536,75
1813Rishi, SonkerIND1800MadhyaPradesh6,5505436,75
1920Saurabh, LokhandeIND1737Maharashtra6,548,551,533,25
205Mishra, KamadU19IND1904MadhyaPradesh6,547,551,536,25
2130Vaibhav, TomarIND1682MadhyaPradesh6,5474932,75
2224AIMSwaraj, MishraU09IND1716Maharashtra6,546,549,532,25
2334Satish, BeleS56ChhindwaraIND1657MadhyaPradesh6,545,55034,25
2439Palash, NagdevteIND1633Maharashtra6,5454932,25
25246Swapnil, RawatIND0MadhyaPradesh6,543,54833,5

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