Abhijeet Gupta clear first at 21st Delhi GM Open, Diptayan Ghosh third

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/06/2025

GM Abhijeet Gupta made a quick draw against IM Aronyak Ghosh to win 21st Delhi GM Open 2025. Abhijeet became a clear champion with 8.5/10. He won this event for the fourth time since 2008. Five players - GM Mihail Nikitenko, GM Diptayan Ghosh, IM Aronyak Ghosh, GM Aditya S Samant and GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) scored 8/10 each. They were placed second to sixth according to tie-breaks. As many as 16 players scored 7.5/10 each. Out of them, top seed of the tournament, GM S L Narayanan was placed seventh according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹12100000, ₹5100000 in Category A. The top three prizes are ₹700000, ₹600000 and ₹500000 along with a trophy each. This is Abhijeet's first triumph of the year. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Abhijeet's fourth triumph of this event, Five Indians in top ten

GM Abhijeet Gupta has won this event for the fourth time. His previous triumphs were - 6th edition in 2008, 12th edition in 2014, and 18th edition in 2020. Category B and C reports will be published separately.

Champion - GM Abhijeet Gupta 8.5/10

Runner-up - GM Mihail Nikitenko 8/10

GM Diptayan Ghosh (2573) defeated IM Sriram Adarsh Uppala (2460) to finish third.

Second Runner-up - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8/10

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Mihail Nikitenko 8/10, 1st GM Abhijeet Gupta 8.5/10 and 3rd GM Diptayan Ghosh 8/10

GM Abhijeet Gupta scored 8.5/10, finished a half point ahead of the rest, performed at 2630 and gained 17.7 Elo rating points

GM Abhijeet Gupta (2538) made a quick 10-move draw against IM Aronyak Ghosh (2538). The former became champion and the latter fourth.

4th IM Aronyak Ghosh 8/10

GM Aditya S Samant (2498) survived a lost position against GM S L Narayanan (2600) to finish fifth.

5th GM Aditya Samant 8/10

7th GM S L Narayanan 7.5/10

22nd Delhi GM was announced to have a prize fund of ₹1.31 Crore and it will take place from 11th to 18th January 2026 | Photo: Delhi Chess Association

A total of 419 players including 24 GMs, 20 IMs and two WIMs took part from 17 countries across the world. The eight-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 7th to 14th June 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Replay Round 10 games

Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2538	RJ	8	½ - ½	7½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2510	RSPB	11	PGN
2	1	GM	Narayanan S L,	2600	KL	7	½ - ½	7½	GM	Samant Aditya S,	2498	MH	12	PGN
3	2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2573	RSPB	7	1 - 0	7		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2460	TG	14	PGN
4	35	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	KGZ	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2550	AP	4	PGN
5	5	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	ARM	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	ARM	13	PGN
6	7	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	GEO	7	½ - ½	7	IM	Neelash, Saha	2456	RSPB	16	PGN
7	24	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2378	VIE	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2522	SWE	8	PGN
8	37	IM	Nitin, S.	2312	TN	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,	2520	BLR	10	PGN
9	19	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	TN	6½	½ - ½	7	GM	Nguyen Van Huy,	2337	VIE	34	PGN
10	3	GM	Pantsulaia Levan,	2551	GEO	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2272	TN	40	PGN
11	38	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2303	RUS	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	2402	ARM	20	PGN
12	41	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2271	TN	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2392	TN	21	PGN
13	43	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2266	SVK	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Hari Madhavan N B,	2386	TN	22	PGN
14	23	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2384	MGL	6½	1 - 0	6½		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2236	MH	49	PGN
15	25	IM	Slizhevsky Alexander,	2372	RUS	6½	0 - 1	6½		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	2249	MH	47	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	TB6	K	rtg+/-
1	6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet				IND	2538	RJ	8,5	63	67,5	56,00	0	7	2	10	17,7
2	10	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,				BLR	2520	BLR	8	64,5	70,5	54,50	0	8	4	10	7,6
3	2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan				IND	2573	RSPB	8	63,5	68	53,50	0	6	2	10	3,2
4	11	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh				IND	2510	RSPB	8	63	69	54,25	0	6	3	10	3
5	12	GM	Samant Aditya S,				IND	2498	MH	8	61,5	66,5	52,50	0	6	2	10	1
6	24	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa				VIE	2378	VIE	8	60	65	49,50	0	8	3	10	11,1
7	1	GM	Narayanan S L,				IND	2600	KL	7,5	66,5	70,5	51,25	0	5	3	10	0,7
8	13	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon				ARM	2472	ARM	7,5	64	70	50,00	0	6	2	10	8,3
9	5	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel				ARM	2541	ARM	7,5	64	69	50,00	0	5	2	10	4,5
10	7	GM	Paichadze, Luka				GEO	2529	GEO	7,5	62	66	47,00	0	6	3	10	1,4
11	35	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei				KGZ	2322	KGZ	7,5	60,5	65,5	47,50	0	5	3	10	12,6
12	16	IM	Neelash, Saha				IND	2456	RSPB	7,5	59	63,5	45,25	0	5	2	10	7,5
13	27	GM	Fedorov, Alexei				BLR	2370	BLR	7,5	58	62,5	45,50	0	6	3	10	-0,4
14	23	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh				MGL	2384	MGL	7,5	57,5	61,5	43,25	0	7	3	10	-3,7
15	47		Bhoir, Paras Dilip				IND	2249	MH	7,5	57	61,5	44,50	0	6	4	40	30
16	4	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman				IND	2550	AP	7,5	56,5	61	44,50	0	5	2	10	-9,7
17	40	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.				IND	2272	TN	7,5	56	61	42,75	0	7	3	20	17,8
18	34	GM	Nguyen Van Huy,				VIE	2337	VIE	7,5	56	60	43,75	0	6	2	10	-1,1
19	20	IM	Davtyan, Arsen				ARM	2402	ARM	7,5	56	60	42,75	0	7	3	10	-8,2
20	58		Ahaz E U,				IND	2178	KL	7,5	55	58	41,25	0	7	4	40	62
21	32	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.				IND	2357	TN	7,5	51,5	56	42,25	0	6	3	10	-13,8
22	64		Prakhar Tripathi,				IND	2155	UP	7,5	50	54,5	40,25	0	6	2	40	43,6
23	8	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly				SWE	2522	SWE	7	63	68	45,00	0	5	1	10	-9
24	15	GM	Savchenko, Boris				RUS	2456	RUS	7	60	65	42,00	0	6	4	10	-0,4
25	21	IM	Harsh, Suresh				IND	2392	TN	7	59,5	64	42,50	0	5	3	10	-1,5
26	30	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F,				IND	2365	TN	7	58	63	42,00	0	7	3	10	-5,8
27	54		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay				IND	2192	WB	7	58	63	42,00	0	6	3	40	52,8
28	43	GM	Manik, Mikulas				SVK	2266	SVK	7	58	62	40,00	0	5	1	10	11,4
29	19	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.				IND	2410	TN	7	57,5	62	40,50	0	5	2	10	-4,8
30	14		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala				IND	2460	TG	7	57,5	60	39,00	0	5	1	10	-9

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