Ameya Audi dominates České Budějovice IM Round-Robin 2025, Apoorv Kamble third
IM Ameya Audi scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win České Budějovice Chess Festival IM Round-Robin 2025. He finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the field. FM Nico Marakovits (AUT) secured second place scoring sole 6/9. FM Apoorv Kamble was placed third scoring 5.5/9. The top three prizes were CZK 4000, 3000 and 2000 along with a cup each. This is the second time since 2023, Ameya won an event at the festival. Last time, he won the Open event back in 2023. IM Anuj Shrivatri scored 6/9 to finish third in GM B Round-Robin. IM Stepan Hrbek (CZE) won that event scoring 7/9. FM Robert Ernst (AUT) was second 6.5/9. The top three prizes were CZK 5000, 4000 and 3000 along with a cup each. Photos: Queen Chess Club
Ameya amazing at České Budějovice Chess Festval for the second time since 2023, Anuj third in GM B
The total participation in the festival was 167, ten each in GM A, GM B and IM Round-Robin events, 76 in Open A and 61 in Open B.
Each of the three Round-Robin events had ten players. The nine-day nine-round Rating tournaments (Swiss League for Open A and B) were organized by Chess University QCC České Budějovice at Clarion Congress Hotel in České Budějovice, Czech Republic from 28th June to 6th July 2025. The time control of the tournament was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Final standings in IM Round-Robin
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | IM | Audi, Ameya | IND | 2407 | India | 7,5 | 30,25 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | FM | Marakovits, Nico | AUT | 2291 | Austria | 6 | 25,00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | FM | Apoorv, Kamble | IND | 2251 | India | 5,5 | 20,00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 7 | GM | Haba, Petr | CZE | 2416 | Czech Republic | 5 | 23,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3 | FM | Hak, David | CZE | 2296 | Czech Republic | 5 | 17,00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 5 | Lee, Jayden | USA | 2262 | State of United America | 4 | 15,00 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 9 | CM | Ocelak, Jakub | CZE | 2257 | Czech Republic | 3,5 | 14,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | GM | Rasik, Vitezslav | CZE | 2426 | Czech Republic | 3,5 | 12,75 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | FM | Topencik, Bruno | CZE | 2276 | Czech Republic | 3 | 12,75 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | Lang, Simon | CZE | 2241 | Czech Republic | 2 | 8,25 | 0 | 0 |
Final standings in GM B
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | IM | Hrbek, Stepan | CZE | 2420 | Czech Republic | 7 | 26,25 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | FM | Ernst, Robert | AUT | 2340 | Austria | 6,5 | 26,00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 7 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | IND | 2416 | India | 6 | 24,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 9 | IM | Svanda, Ondrej | CZE | 2351 | Czech Republic | 5 | 22,75 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Kraus, Tomas | CZE | 2420 | Czech Republic | 4,5 | 18,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | WGM | Rakshitta, Ravi | IND | 2303 | India | 4 | 16,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 5 | GM | Polak, Tomas | CZE | 2476 | Czech Republic | 3,5 | 13,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 3 | GM | Stefansson, Hannes | ISL | 2424 | Iceland | 3,5 | 11,00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 10 | FM | Simek, Petr | CZE | 2339 | Czech Republic | 2,5 | 10,50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 4 | FM | Mica, Marek | CZE | 2383 | Czech Republic | 2,5 | 10,00 | 0 | 0 |
