Nitish's fourth tournament triumph of the year
IM Nitish Belurkar made a blazing start by winning eight consecutive games. IM Sanket Chakravarty was the only player trailing him by a half point at 7.5/8. Nitish drew against Sanket to become the champion, Sanket finished second. IM Ratnkaran K defeated Aditya Savalkar to claim third place. The total participation in the entire festival was 1573 - 448 in Classical, 571 in Rapid and 554 in Blitz. Rao's Chess Corner is run by Karnataka's top chess couple - IM Sharan Rao (Founder) and WIM Isha Sharma.
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A total of 571 players including a GM and seven IMs took part from all over the country, one from Canada, Kenya and USA each, and four from Sri Lanka. The two-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Rao's Chess Corner at Sharada Vidyalaya Kodialbail in Mangaluru, Karnataka on 27th and 28th September 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | IM | Nitish Belurkar, | IND | 2251 | Goa | 8,5 | 53,5 | 58 | 54 | ||
| 2 | 2 | IM | Sanket Chakravarty, | IND | 2231 | Wb | 8 | 55 | 59 | 51,5 | ||
| 3 | 11 | IM | Ratnakaran K., | IND | 2114 | Kl | 8 | 54,5 | 58 | 50 | ||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Laxman R.R., | IND | 2219 | Tn | 8 | 53 | 58 | 50 | ||
| 5 | 28 | AIM | Christy George, | U16 | IND | 1863 | Kl | 8 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 46,5 | |
| 6 | 43 | Gowrishankar Jayaraj, | U16 | IND | 1793 | Kl | 7,5 | 54,5 | 59,5 | 47,3 | ||
| 7 | 7 | IM | Senthil Maran K, | IND | 2168 | Tn | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56 | 44,3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Singh S. Vikramjit, | IND | 2222 | Mn | 7,5 | 51,5 | 57 | 47,3 | |||
| 9 | 32 | Sidharth Mohan, | IND | 1837 | Kl | 7,5 | 51,5 | 57 | 46,3 | |||
| 10 | 21 | AGM | Lakshith B Salian, | IND | 1905 | Kar-Dk | 7,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 43,8 | ||
| 11 | 10 | IM | Sai Agni Jeevitesh J, | IND | 2126 | Tg | 7,5 | 51 | 55,5 | 46 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Manigandan S S, | IND | 1963 | Tn | 7,5 | 50 | 55,5 | 44,8 | |||
| 13 | 5 | Lad Mandar Pradip, | IND | 2176 | Goa | 7,5 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 43,3 | |||
| 14 | 16 | Dhanush Ram M, | IND | 1957 | Kar | 7,5 | 45 | 49,5 | 42 | |||
| 15 | 6 | Tiwari Arjun, | IND | 2172 | RSPB | 7 | 53 | 58 | 42,5 | |||
| 16 | 8 | Nithin Babu, | IND | 2168 | Kl | 7 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 42,3 | |||
| 17 | 18 | Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan, | IND | 1931 | Tn | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 41,3 | |||
| 18 | 86 | Inban R, | U16 | IND | 1681 | Tn | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 46 | Kambli Datta, | IND | 1779 | Goa | 7 | 49,5 | 54,5 | 39,5 | |||
| 20 | 24 | Abdallah M Nisthar, | IND | 1881 | Kl | 7 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 38,8 | |||
| 21 | 22 | Aditya Savalkar, | IND | 1900 | Mh | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 37,8 | |||
| 22 | 52 | Akshay A R, | U16 | IND | 1753 | Kl | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38 | ||
| 23 | 36 | WCM | Swara Lakshmi S Nair, | w | IND | 1821 | Kar | 7 | 47 | 51 | 38,5 | |
| 24 | 41 | Darsh Shetty, | IND | 1798 | Mh | 7 | 47 | 51 | 35,5 | |||
| 25 | 30 | WCM | Shanmathi Sree S, | F16 | w | IND | 1847 | Tn | 7 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 39,8 |
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