Top two score an unbeaten 8.5/9
FM Kashish Manoj Jain and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete were the coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the last round. IM Abhishek Kelkar lost to the top seed, Sammed. Kashish defeated Kushagra Jain to become the champion, Sammed second. CM Prathamesh Sherla won against Utkarsh Agrawal to finish third. 10-year-old Avirat Chauhan scored an impressive 8/9 to be placed fifth. He is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.










Thanks to IA Pavan Rathi, Organizing Secretary, for sharing the photographs.
A total of 547 players including two IMs took part from various places all over the country, three from Iceland, two from the USA and one from Zambia. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by PR Chess World and Shivbhumi Shikshan Trust at Shivray Mangal Karyalay in Pune, Maharashtra on 2nd February 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | FM | Jain Kashish Manoj | IND | 2049 | MH | 8,5 | 57,5 | 60,5 | 56,25 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 1 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2197 | MH | 8,5 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 56,25 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 7 | CM | Sherla Prathamesh | U14 | IND | 2002 | MH | 8 | 54 | 58,5 | 50,00 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Bhosale Shriraj | IND | 1961 | MH | 8 | 53 | 57,5 | 49,00 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Avirat Chauhan | U11 | IND | 1975 | MH | 8 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 49,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 8 | FM | Deshpande Aniruddha | IND | 2000 | MH | 8 | 47 | 49,5 | 43,50 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 10 | Chavan Nameet | IND | 1968 | MH | 7,5 | 53 | 55 | 43,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 14 | Om Nagnath Lamkane | IND | 1880 | MH | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 44,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | 31 | AFM | Maniar Hriday | U13 | IND | 1783 | MH | 7,5 | 50 | 54 | 43,50 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 36 | AIM | Patil Sudip | IND | 1732 | MH | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 41,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 43 | Agraval Shravana | U14 | IND | 1689 | MH | 7,5 | 47 | 52 | 42,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 13 | Nirgun Keval | IND | 1898 | MH | 7 | 54,5 | 58 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | Kadav Omkar | IND | 1810 | MH | 7 | 54,5 | 56,5 | 41,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 26 | Wadke Suyog | IND | 1808 | MH | 7 | 53,5 | 55 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | Nihira Koul | F14 | w | IND | 1833 | MH | 7 | 52,5 | 57 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 12 | AIM | Shejal Sahil Sanjay | IND | 1900 | MH | 7 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 41,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 17 | 3 | Jain Kushagra | U15 | IND | 2109 | MH | 7 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 18 | 39 | AIM | Patel Neehal Trishulkumar | IND | 1705 | GJ-Other | 7 | 52 | 56 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 19 | 4 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2078 | MH | 7 | 51 | 53 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 20 | 2 | FM | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2140 | MH | 7 | 50 | 55 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 49 | Chavan Aditya | U14 | IND | 1673 | MH | 7 | 49 | 52 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 19 | CM | Dolas Aarush | U13 | IND | 1839 | MH | 7 | 48 | 52,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 32 | Kothari Pranit | IND | 1773 | MH | 7 | 48 | 51 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | Ayaan Somani | U14 | IND | 1796 | MH | 7 | 47,5 | 52,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 25 | 45 | Mali Shlok | U13 | IND | 1678 | MH | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 |











