Aaryan Varshney perfect at 16th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Blitz Rating Open 2025
IM Aaryan Varshney scored a perfect 9/9 to win 16th LBHM Blitz Rating Open part of Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Chess Festival 2025. Aaryan dominated the tournament with a perfect score 9/9 and finished a full point ahead of the rest. FM Nikhil Dixit, Sarbartho Mani and Ayaan Phutane scored 8/9 each. They secured second, third and fourth place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the entire festival was ₹3033000, for Blitz it was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹21000, ₹15000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each respectively. This is the Aaryan's eleventh overall, sixth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Gaurav Varshney
Two eight-year-olds in top five
IM Aaryan Varshney made a fantastic start by winning eight games in-a-row. He was at a half point ahead of FM Suyog Wagh and Viresh Sharnarthi, going into the final round. Aaryan defeated Viresh Sharnarthi to become the champion with a 100% score. FM Nikhil Dixit won against Suyog to secure second place. CM Vedant Pimpalkhare lost to Sarbartho Mani who finished third. Ayaan Phutane scored a full point against IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi to finish fourth. Sarbartho and Ayaan are two eight-year-olds who finished in top five with an impressive performance.
A total of 518 players including two IMs and a WIM took part from various parts of the country, one from Germany and Sri Lanka each, two from the USA. The one-day nine round Blitz Rating Open tournament was organized by Aryan Enterprises at S K N Sinhgad School of Business Management in Pune, Maharashtra on 21st May 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | TB6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | IM | Aaryan Varshney | IND | 2297 | DL | 9 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 55,50 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | FM | Dixit Nikhil | LBHM | IND | 2278 | MH | 8 | 51,5 | 56,5 | 49,50 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 19 | AFM | Mani Sarbartho | U09 | IND | 1970 | WB | 8 | 49 | 53,5 | 46,50 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 40 | Ayaan Phutane | U09 | LBHM | IND | 1846 | KA | 8 | 49 | 53 | 46,50 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 3 | FM | Wagh Suyog | LBHM | IND | 2310 | MH | 7,5 | 54 | 57 | 45,75 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 7 | FM | Borgaonkar Akshay | IND | 2250 | MH | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 46,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | 25 | Sharnarthi Viresh | U15 | LBHM | IND | 1918 | MH | 7,5 | 51,5 | 56 | 44,75 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 8 | 43 | Badole Shaunak | U13 | IND | 1833 | MH | 7,5 | 51,5 | 56 | 43,25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 36 | Lalitaditaayyanar Boominathan | LBHM | IND | 1858 | MH | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55 | 44,25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 76 | Nirmal L | IND | 1745 | TN | 7,5 | 49 | 53 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 11 | 12 | Sharnarthi Shlok | LBHM | IND | 2053 | MH | 7,5 | 48,5 | 53 | 43,50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | CM | Sherla Prathamesh | U15 | LBHM | IND | 1955 | MH | 7,5 | 45 | 49 | 40,75 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 70 | Wadke Suyog | LBHM | IND | 1755 | MH | 7,5 | 44 | 48 | 39,75 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | CM | Pimpalkhare Vedant | IND | 2169 | MH | 7 | 53,5 | 58,5 | 41,50 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | FM | Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi | LBHM | IND | 2261 | MH | 7 | 53,5 | 56,5 | 39,50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 16 | 21 | Advik Amit Agrawal | U11 | LBHM | IND | 1956 | MH | 7 | 53 | 58 | 44,50 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 17 | 24 | Gaikwad Manas | U15 | IND | 1934 | MH | 7 | 51,5 | 56 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 18 | 46 | Nirgun Keval | IND | 1826 | MH | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 39,50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 19 | 11 | FM | Bagwe Gaurang | LBHM | IND | 2071 | MH | 7 | 50,5 | 53 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 20 | 74 | Ram Kumar R | IND | 1750 | AP | 7 | 49 | 54 | 41,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 21 | 45 | Nishant Abhijeet Jawalkar | U15 | LBHM | IND | 1830 | MH | 7 | 49 | 52,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 22 | 1 | IM | Neelash Saha | LBHM | IND | 2336 | RSPB | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 23 | 121 | Srihari K R | LBHM | IND | 1663 | TN | 7 | 48 | 52 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 24 | 58 | Kadam Arnav | U15 | LBHM | IND | 1777 | MH | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 25 | 30 | FM | Patil Priyanshu | LBHM | IND | 1898 | MH | 7 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
