Check out some photos from the 1st day

Inauguration of the National Rapid and Blitz Championship

Top seed Abhimanyu Puranik is on 4.5/5 points

Murali Karthikeyan (on right) will be facing sole leader Mitrabha in the 6th round

Games in action during the first day of the tournament

Poster of National Rapid and Blitz 2025-26

Replay Available games

Rank after Round 5

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

sex

FED

Rtg

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

3

GM

Mitrabha, Guha

IND

2514

West Bengal

5

15,5

17,5

17,5

0

5

2

2

4

GM

Ghosh, Diptayan

IND

2474

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4,5

15,5

18,5

16,25

0

4

2

3

8

GM

Harikrishnan.A.Ra,

IND

2388

Tamil Nadu

4,5

15,5

17,5

15,25

0

4

3

4

2

GM

Karthikeyan, Murali

IND

2522

Tamil Nadu

4,5

15

18

15,75

0

4

2

5

6

IM

Aronyak, Ghosh

IND

2453

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4,5

15

17

14,75

0

4

2

6

7

GM

Arjun, Kalyan

IND

2393

Tamil Nadu

4,5

14,5

16,5

14,25

0

4

2

7

9

IM

Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad

IND

2380

Andhra Pradesh

4,5

14,5

16,5

14,25

0

4

2

8

23

GM

Sriram, Jha

IND

2243

Life Insurance Corporation

4,5

13,5

16

13,75

0

4

2

9

1

GM

Puranik, Abhimanyu

IND

2539

Maharashtra

4,5

13,5

16

13,75

0

4

1

10

24

IM

Kaustuv, Kundu

IND

2238

West Bengal

4,5

13,5

15,5

13,25

0

4

3

11

35

FM

Rosh, Jain

IND

2171

Delhi

4,5

13,5

15,5

13,25

0

4

1

12

22

IM

Aradhya, Garg

IND

2253

Delhi

4,5

12

14

12,75

0

4

2

13

29

IM

Sanket, Chakravarty

IND

2201

West Bengal

4

15,5

17,5

12,5

0

4

1

14

5

GM

Iniyan, Pa

IND

2456

Tamil Nadu

4

14,5

17,5

13,5

0

4

1

15

40

IM

Ratnakaran, K.

IND

2119

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4

14

16,5

11,5

0

4

2

Details

Round 6 Pairing

Bo.

 

White

Rtg

Club/City

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Black

Rtg

Club/City

 

1

GM

Karthikeyan, Murali

2522

Tamil Nadu

4½

5

GM

Mitrabha, Guha

2514

West Bengal

2

IM

Aradhya, Garg

2253

Delhi

4½

4½

GM

Puranik, Abhimanyu

2539

Maharashtra

3

GM

Ghosh, Diptayan

2474

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4½

4½

GM

Sriram, Jha

2243

Life Insurance Of Corporation

4

IM

Aronyak, Ghosh

2453

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4½

4½

FM

Rosh, Jain

2171

Delhi

5

IM

Kaustuv, Kundu

2238

West Bengal

4½

4½

GM

Arjun, Kalyan

2393

Tamil Nadu

6

GM

Harikrishnan.A.Ra,

2388

Tamil Nadu

4½

4½

IM

Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad

2380

Andhra Pradesh

7

IM

Ratnakaran, K.

2119

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4

4

GM

Iniyan, Pa

2456

Tamil Nadu

8

IM

Hari, Madhavan N B

2312

Tamil Nadu

4

4

IM

Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J

2137

Telangana

9

IM

Ayush, Sharma

2302

Railway Sports Promotion Board

4

4

FM

Rohit, S

2081

Tamil Nadu

10

IM

Sharan, Rao

2283

Karnataka

4

4

AIM

Premshankar, B U

1914

Tamil Nadu

Details