Samyak wins his first rating tournament of the year
Six players - Rudra Mahendra Dhole, Kartavya Anadkat, FM Samyak Dharewa, Shubham Lakudkar, Abhay Bandewar and Shivansh Tiwari were the leaders 7/8, before the final round. Samyak defeated Shivansh to become the champion. Kartavya won against Shubham to secure second place. Abhay drew with Rudra and the latter finished third.
Champion - FM Samyak Dharewa 8/9
Runner-up - Kartavya Anadkat 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
FM Samyak Dharewa scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 29.2 Elo rating points
A total of 281 players took part from all over the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by District Chess & Sports Welfare Association Chhindwara at New Punjab Lawn in Chhindwara, Rajasthan on 13th and 14th September 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | TB6 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | FM | Samyak, Dharewa | IND | 1978 | WB | 8 | 54 | 59,5 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2036 | 40 | 30 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Anadkat, Kartavya | IND | 2022 | Gujrat | 8 | 53 | 55,5 | 48,5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2057 | 20 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | 34 | Rudra, Mahendra Dhole | U15 | IND | 1655 | Nagpur | 7,5 | 54,5 | 58 | 46,3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2015 | 40 | 133,6 | |||
| 4 | 1 | FM | Vaibhav, Jayant Raut | IND | 2127 | Nagpur | 7,5 | 53 | 54 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1976 | 20 | -7,2 | |||
| 5 | 6 | AIM | Abhay, Bandewar | IND | 1902 | MP-CHH | 7,5 | 51 | 56 | 45,8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1871 | 20 | -3 | |||
| 6 | 7 | AGM | Sikka, Sumit | S50 | IND | 1803 | MP | 7,5 | 48 | 53 | 42,8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1800 | 20 | -2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | CM | Aishwin, Daniel | IND | 2019 | MP | 7,5 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1839 | 20 | -14,6 | |||
| 8 | 5 | Shubham, Lakudkar | IND | 1977 | Nagpur | 7 | 53,5 | 57,5 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1871 | 20 | -11,4 | ||||
| 9 | 23 | Solanki, Abhishek | IND | 1681 | MP-CHH | 7 | 50 | 54,5 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1745 | 20 | 5,6 | ||||
| 10 | 20 | Sanskar, Kashyap | IND | 1688 | Chhattisgarh | 7 | 49 | 51,5 | 37,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1797 | 20 | 20,8 | ||||
| 11 | 30 | AIM | Swaraj, Mishra | U09 | IND | 1666 | Nagpur | 7 | 48 | 52,5 | 39,5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1779 | 40 | 48,8 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Tiwari, Shivansh | IND | 1787 | MP | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1806 | 20 | 5,4 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | Soni, Sangharsh | IND | 1726 | MP-CHH | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1842 | 20 | 23,8 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | Diwan, Rajesh | S50 | IND | 1798 | MP | 7 | 47 | 50 | 36,8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1787 | 20 | -2,4 | |||
| 15 | 18 | Vishwaditya, Awasthi | U13 | IND | 1692 | Nagpur | 7 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1842 | 40 | 60 | |||
| 16 | 26 | Sanket, Kumar Shouksey | IND | 1673 | MP-CHH | 7 | 46 | 49 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1843 | 40 | 60 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | Wahane, Spandan | IND | 1673 | Nagpur | 7 | 45,5 | 48,5 | 34,5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1736 | 20 | 24,2 | ||||
| 18 | 28 | Vaibhav, Tomar | IND | 1670 | MP | 7 | 43 | 47 | 34,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1757 | 20 | 12,2 | ||||
| 19 | 259 | Shubham Balmukund, Gupta | IND | 0 | MP | 7 | 41,5 | 45 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1755 | ||||||
| 20 | 21 | Ishan, Das | IND | 1685 | Kolkata | 6,5 | 52,5 | 56 | 37,5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1823 | 20 | 30,8 |
