Rupam, Anwesh and Siddhant Gawai are the winners at 15th G H Raisoni Memorial Chess Festival 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/07/2022

Rupam Mukherjee scored an unbeaten 9/10 to win 15th G H Raisoni Memorial Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 to secure second position. He also won the Rapid Rating Open scoring 8.5/9 and finished second in the Blitz Rating Open with the same score. 14-year-old Siddhant Gawai scored 8/10 to secure third place according to tie-breaks in the Classical event. He also won the Blitz event scoring 8.5/9. Total prize fund combining all three tournaments was ₹400000. Top three prizes in the Classical were ₹50000 and a trophy, ₹30000 and ₹25000.

Rupam wins Classical, Anwesh Rapid and Siddhant Gawai Blitz Rating Open

15-year-old Lad Mandar Pradip and Sumedh Ramteke scored 8/9 each. They were placed second and third in the Rapid Rating. Top three prizes in the Rapid event were ₹21000 and a trophy, ₹10000 and ₹5000. Lad Mandar Pradip also secured third place in the Blitz event with the same score 8/9. Top three finishers in the Blitz won a trophy each, the champion won a DGT Clock.

The champions in each format and Top 3 in Classical (L to R) - 2nd IM Anwesh Upadhyay, 1st Rupam Mukherjee and 3rd Siddhant Gawai

Champion in Classical - Rupam Mukherjee 9/10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Rupam Mukherjee scored an unbeaten 9/10, drew with the top seed and eventual runner-up IM Anwesh Upadhyaya and gained 44 Elo rating points

Champion in Rapid - IM Anwesh Upadhyaya 6.5/7

Anwesh scored eight consecutive wins and was a full point ahead heading into the last round

Siddhant Gawai won the Blitz event on tie-breaks

All prize winners

A total of 161 in the Classical, 341 in the Rapid and 259 players in the Blitz including an IM took part in this eight-day three Rating tournaments in three formats of the sport. The events were organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation in Nagpur, Maharashtra from 25th June to 2nd July 2022. The time control for the Classical, Rapid and Blitz Rating Open were 90 minutes + 30 seconds, 15 minutes + 5 seconds and 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment each respectively.

Final standings in Classical

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	5		Rupam Mukherjee			IND	1770	WB	9,0	64,0	67,5	59,75	0,0	8
2	1	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya			IND	2352	Odi	8,5	65,5	69,5	57,00	0,0	7
3	6		Gawai Siddhant	U15		IND	1767	Nag	8,0	63,5	66,5	49,75	0,0	7
4	2		Mahindrakar Indrajeet			IND	2002	Mah	8,0	63,0	65,5	49,75	0,0	7
5	7		Lad Mandar Pradip			IND	1746	Goa	8,0	58,5	61,5	42,00	0,0	6
6	122		Nihaan Pohane	U11		IND	0	Vid	7,5	53,5	58,0	41,50	0,0	6
7	66		Badole Shaunak	U11		IND	1139	Nag	7,5	53,5	57,0	41,75	0,0	6
8	4	AGM	Kiran Panditrao	S55		IND	1798	Mah	7,0	61,0	65,5	43,00	0,0	7
9	120		Mradul Yadav	U15		IND	0	Nag	7,0	60,0	66,0	44,75	0,0	5
10	15		Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	U11		IND	1497	Nag	7,0	60,0	64,5	35,00	0,0	7
11	18		Kherdekar Arnav			IND	1469	Mah	7,0	59,0	62,0	37,00	0,0	7
12	21		Saksham Singh	U15		IND	1458	Nag	7,0	58,0	62,0	41,50	0,0	4
13	23		Pranay Akula	U13		IND	1428	Tel	7,0	57,0	60,0	37,75	0,0	5
14	10		Suthar Pradip			IND	1621	Mah	7,0	56,5	60,5	36,75	0,0	6
15	19		Khedkar Prasad			IND	1467	Mah	7,0	56,0	59,0	37,00	0,0	7

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Final standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya			IND	2348	Odi	8,5	54,5	59,5	55,75	0,0	8
2	17		Lad Mandar Pradip			IND	1513	Goa	8,0	53,5	57,5	49,00	0,0	8
3	38		Ramteke Sumedh			IND	1392	Nag	8,0	51,0	55,0	48,00	0,0	8
4	16		Gawai Siddhant	U15		IND	1514	Nag	7,5	52,0	55,0	43,75	0,0	7
5	3	FM	Thakur Akash			IND	2136	Mah	7,5	51,0	55,0	43,75	0,0	7
6	15		Kherdekar Arnav			IND	1535	Mah	7,5	49,0	53,0	44,25	0,0	7
7	47		Gaigore Sanskar	U13		IND	1345	Nag	7,5	43,5	47,0	39,75	0,0	7
8	6		Mahindrakar Indrajeet			IND	1844	Mah	7,0	55,0	58,0	42,00	0,0	7
9	30		Chandwani Prateek			IND	1438	MP	7,0	52,0	55,0	39,00	0,0	7
10	9		Krishna Karthik N			IND	1661	Tel	7,0	51,5	54,0	38,50	0,0	6
11	77		Sabir Adnan			IND	1219	Nag	7,0	49,5	52,5	37,50	0,0	7
12	8		Nichat Aditya			IND	1730	Mah	7,0	49,0	51,5	37,25	0,0	6
13	31		Prerak Jayant Darvekar	U15		IND	1417	Nag	7,0	48,5	53,0	39,00	0,0	7
14	27		Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	U11		IND	1454	Nag	7,0	48,0	51,5	39,25	0,0	6
15	12		Devansh Ratti			IND	1577	Nag	7,0	47,5	52,0	37,50	0,0	7
16	32		Nihaan Pohane	U11		IND	1406	Mah	7,0	47,5	51,0	37,00	0,0	6
17	10		Gade Bhupesh			IND	1615	Nag	7,0	46,0	49,5	35,00	0,0	7
18	62		Chandrani Shlok	U15		IND	1257	Mah	7,0	45,0	48,0	35,00	0,0	6
19	46		Tahilianey Dhruv			IND	1349	Mah	7,0	43,5	46,0	34,25	0,0	6
20	49		Wadhwani Kapil			IND	1312	Mah	7,0	38,5	41,0	32,00	0,0	7

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	6		Gawai Siddhant	U15		IND	1811	Mah	8,5	56,0	60,0	55,75	0,0	8
2	1	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya			IND	2325	Odissa	8,5	54,0	59,0	55,25	0,0	8
3	18		Lad Mandar Pradip			IND	1528	Goa	8,0	51,5	53,5	45,00	0,0	8
4	3		Mahindrakar Indrajeet			IND	2060	Mah	8,0	50,5	54,5	48,00	0,0	8
5	76		Patil Akshaj	U15		IND	1177	Mah	7,5	50,0	51,5	41,25	0,0	7
6	38		Ramteke Sumedh			IND	1345	Mah	7,5	45,0	48,0	39,75	0,0	7
7	9		Krishna Karthik N			IND	1672	Tel	7,0	53,5	58,5	42,00	0,0	7
8	4	AGM	Kiran Panditrao	S55		IND	2033	Mah	7,0	52,5	56,5	38,00	0,0	7
9	81		Badole Shaunak	U11		IND	1154	Mah	7,0	51,0	54,0	39,00	0,0	7
10	7		Nichat Aditya			IND	1730	Mah	7,0	49,5	53,0	38,50	0,0	7
11	19		Chandwani Prateek			IND	1517	MP	7,0	49,0	51,5	36,50	0,0	7
12	42		Tahilianey Dhruv			IND	1331	Mah	7,0	48,0	52,5	37,50	0,0	7
13	57		Nihaan Pohane	U11		IND	1248	Mah	7,0	46,0	49,0	34,00	0,0	7
14	262		Vedant Nege	U15		IND	0	Mah	7,0	44,0	46,5	30,00	0,0	7
15	83		Chaudhary Bhavik	U15		IND	1146	Mah	7,0	44,0	46,5	29,50	0,0	7
16	85		Vishwaditya Awasthi	U11		IND	1144	MP	7,0	43,5	46,5	34,00	0,0	7
17	28		Sawalakhe Jay	U15		IND	1399	Mah	7,0	43,0	46,5	35,00	0,0	6
18	31		Awghad Shyam			IND	1372	Mah	7,0	41,0	44,5	34,50	0,0	7
19	8		Himanshu S Chhabra			IND	1688	Mah	6,5	52,0	57,0	38,75	0,0	6
20	75	AIM	Kanwar Raj Singh Sodhi			IND	1180	Delhi	6,5	51,5	56,0	38,75	0,0	6

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