Ahaz E U clear first at 34th CUSAT Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/06/2025

The reigning Kerala State Under-17 champion, 14-year-old Ahaz E U scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win 34th CUSAT Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Six players - Safal Fazil, Padmaesh M K, Abdallah M Nisthar, Karan J P, Sreehari S Mecheril and Pranav Chandra Mohan scored 7/8 each. They were placed second to seventh according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹350000. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹25000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. The four-day eight round Rating tournament was organized by Department of Physical Education CUSAT at CUSAT Campus in Cochin, Kerala from 24th to 27th May 2025. This is Ahaz's seventh overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Dr. Ajith Mohan K R / CUSAT Chess Club Cochin

Ahaz's first rating tournament triumph of the year

Abdallah M Nisthar made a perfect start by winning seven games in-a-row. Three players - Padmaesh M K, Pranav Chandra Mohan and Ahaz E U were trailing by a half point at 6.5/7 each. Abdallah lost to Ahaz in the final round. Thus, Ahaz became a clear champion. Safal defeated Amanlal A to secure second place. Padmaesh drew with Pranav to finish third. This was the first time a foreign GM participated in this tournament.

Champion - Ahaz E U 7.5/9 | Photo: Dr. Ajith Mohan K R / CUSAT Chess Club Cochin

Ahaz E U scored an unbeaten 7.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 12.8 Elo rating points

Dr. Junaid Bushiri, Vice-Chancellor of CUSAT, inaugurated the tournament with Grandmaster Manik Mikulas | Photo: Dr. Ajith Mohan K R / CUSAT Chess Club Cochin

The event was inaugurated by the Honorable Vice Chancellor, Dr. Junaid Bushiri, in a function presided by Dr. Aruna U, Registrar of CUSAT.

Thanks to Dr. Ajith Mohan K R, Organizing Secretary, for sharing the photographs and information about the tournament.

A total of 573 players including a GM took part from various parts of the country, one from England, Slovakia and the USA each. The four-day eight round Rating tournament was organized by Department of Physical Education CUSAT at CUSAT Campus in Cochin, Kerala from 24th to 27th May 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2		Ahaz E U	U15	IND	2126	Kerala	7,5	38	42	39,25	7
2	9		Safal Fazil		IND	1893	Kerala	7	43	47,5	41,00	6
3	11		Padmaesh M K		IND	1881	Kerala	7	41,5	44,5	37,75	6
4	6		Abdallah M Nisthar		IND	1949	Kerala	7	41,5	44,5	37,00	7
5	4		Karan J P		IND	2033	Kerala	7	41	43,5	36,50	7
6	35		Sreehari S Mecheril	U13	IND	1731	Kerala	7	39,5	43,5	36,50	7
7	14		Pranav Chandra Mohan		IND	1851	Kerala	7	39	42	35,75	6
8	17		Joy Lazar M.A.	S50	IND	1829	Kerala	6,5	41	45	34,75	6
9	26		Anurag M S		IND	1781	Kerala	6,5	40,5	44,5	34,25	5
10	1	GM	Manik Mikulas	S50	SVK	2297	Slovakia	6,5	40	42,5	33,25	5
11	28		Jagadeesh A.K.	S50	IND	1778	Kerala	6,5	39	42,5	33,75	6
12	22	AIM	Christy George	U15	IND	1804	Kerala	6,5	39	42	33,00	5
13	21		Giridhar A		IND	1811	Kerala	6,5	39	42	31,75	6
14	54		Mithun K	U15	IND	1685	Tamil Nadu	6,5	39	41,5	31,25	6
15	38		Adarsh P.B		IND	1722	Kerala	6,5	38,5	42	32,75	6
16	27		Sreehari S		IND	1781	Kerala	6,5	38,5	41,5	31,25	6
17	7		Hari Suresh		IND	1936	Kerala	6,5	38	41	32,50	6
18	72		Johan Sunil	U13	IND	1644	Kerala	6,5	37	40	30,75	6
19	5		Sidharth Mohan		IND	1955	Kerala	6,5	37	39,5	30,25	6
20	3		Abhishek T M		IND	2074	Kerala	6,5	36,5	40,5	31,75	6
21	48		Rajeev V M		IND	1704	Kerala	6,5	36,5	40,5	31,75	6
22	64		Vaishnav S	U15	IND	1660	Kerala	6,5	36,5	38,5	29,25	5
23	59		Hariharan J		IND	1672	Tamil Nadu	6,5	36	38,5	29,50	6
24	47	AFM	Aarav Ajith	U15	IND	1704	Kerala	6,5	35,5	38	29,25	6
25	20		Joseph Tom	U15	IND	1812	Kerala	6	41,5	43,5	29,50	6
26	23		Ryan Dominic	U13	IND	1796	Kerala	6	40	43	30,25	5
27	13		Unnikrishnan M A		IND	1862	Kerala	6	39,5	42	29,50	6
28	45		Mohanan U.C.	S60	IND	1707	Kerala	6	38	41	28,00	6
29	70		Madhav S Nair	U15	IND	1645	Kerala	6	37,5	41	28,25	5
30	41		Dhakshniga T		IND	1712	Tamil Nadu	6	37,5	39,5	26,50	6

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