Mitrabha Guha wins Morde Foundation Rapid Rating Open 2025
GM Mitrabha Guha, GM Abhimanyu Puranik and IM Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at Morde Foundation Rapid Rating Open 2025. Mitrabha won the tournament according to tie-breaks. Abhimanyu and Kaustuv were placed second and third respectively. Mitrabha drew with both runners-up. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹350000. The top three prizes were ₹50001, ₹30001 and ₹20001 along with a trophy each respectively. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Morde Foundation at Jeevan Mangal Karyalaya in Pune, Maharashtra on 26th February 2025. This is Mitrabha's fourth overall, third rating tournament triumph of the year.
Top three score an unbeaten 8/9
GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Kaustuv Kundu were the coleaders 7.5/8 each, heading into the last round. They drew their final round game against each other. Mitrabha became champion and Kaustuv third. GM Abhimayu Puranik defeated IM Kushagra Mohan to secure second place.
A total of 226 players including four GMs, three IMs and a WGM took part from various parts of India and one from the USA. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Morde Foundation at Jeevan Mangal Karyalaya in Pune, Maharashtra on 26th February 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2476 | WB | 8 | 55 | 60,5 | 52,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2538 | MH | 8 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 51,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 6 | IM | Kaustuv Kundu | IND | 2300 | WB | 8 | 51,5 | 56,5 | 49,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 8 | FM | Panesar Vedant | IND | 2225 | MH | 7,5 | 53 | 58 | 46,75 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 19 | FM | Patil Priyanshu | IND | 1918 | MH | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 41,75 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 4 | FM | Wagh Suyog | IND | 2316 | MH | 7 | 55 | 60 | 44,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 5 | IM | Kushagra Mohan | IND | 2303 | TG | 7 | 53,5 | 58 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 9 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2197 | MH | 7 | 53 | 57 | 41,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 40 | Nishant Abhijeet Jawalkar | U15 | IND | 1719 | MH | 7 | 49,5 | 54,5 | 41,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 10 | 18 | Advik Amit Agrawal | U11 | IND | 1945 | MH | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 38,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 14 | FM | Jain Kashish Manoj | IND | 2049 | MH | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 16 | Dere Pushkar | IND | 1972 | MH | 7 | 47,5 | 50,5 | 36,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | 10 | FM | Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi | IND | 2152 | MH | 7 | 47 | 50,5 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 15 | Avirat Chauhan | U11 | IND | 1975 | MH | 7 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 36,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 23 | Madkar Atharva | IND | 1872 | MH | 7 | 46,5 | 50 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | 7 | GM | Sriram Jha | IND | 2298 | LIC | 7 | 46 | 49,5 | 36,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 17 | 33 | Kadam Arnav | U15 | IND | 1760 | MH | 7 | 42 | 45,5 | 34,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 18 | 13 | FM | Matta Vinay Kumar | IND | 2078 | UBI | 6,5 | 51 | 55 | 36,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 19 | 20 | Nirgun Keval | IND | 1898 | MH | 6,5 | 50,5 | 55,5 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | GM | Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi | IND | 2328 | RSPB | 6,5 | 49,5 | 54 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 |
