Anirudhha's second rating tournament triumph of the year
FM Anirudhha Potawad made a blazing start by winning eight games in-a-row. He had a full point lead heading into the last round. Eight players were trailing him by a full point including the top seed and a local from Thane, IM Krishnater Kushager. Anirudhha drew with CM Vedant Pimpalkhare to become a clear champion. IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh defeated Krishnater to secure second place. GM Sriram Jha lost to IM Nikhil Dixit who finished third.
The tournament was inaugurated by the Chief Guest - Vikas Laddha, Korum Mall Head. He also distributed the prizes at the closing ceremony.
Thanks to IA Mohit Ladhe, Tournament Director, for sharing photographs and information about the tournament.
A total of 459 players including a GM, eight IMs and two WIMs took part from various parts of India and one from Saint Lucia, Netherlands, USA and Zambia each. The one-day nine round Rapid rating tournament was organized by Pinnacle Chess Events at Korum Mall in Thane, Maharashtra on 15th June 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | TB6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | FM | Potawad, Anirudhha | IND | 2126 | 8,5 | 53 | 57 | 53,25 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 4 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2250 | 8 | 51 | 54 | 47,00 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 9 | FM | Dixit, Nikhil | IND | 2145 | 8 | 49,5 | 53 | 47,00 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 25 | ACM | Iyer, Arvind | IND | 2009 | 8 | 48,5 | 53,5 | 47,25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 16 | Shah, Mihir | IND | 2068 | 7,5 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 46,50 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | IM | Senthil, Maran K | IND | 2168 | 7,5 | 53,5 | 58 | 46,25 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 18 | IM | Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam | IND | 2035 | 7,5 | 53 | 58 | 47,00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 10 | CM | Pimpalkhare, Vedant | IND | 2130 | 7,5 | 53 | 57 | 46,25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 14 | CM | Soham, Datar | IND | 2084 | 7,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 45,25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 8 | IM | Saravana, Krishnan P | IND | 2153 | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55,5 | 45,50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 11 | 19 | Jaeel, Atharva | IND | 2033 | 7,5 | 48,5 | 52 | 41,50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | 36 | Mhamane, Sourabh | IND | 1934 | 7,5 | 48 | 51 | 41,75 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | IM | Krishna, C R G | IND | 2268 | 7,5 | 47 | 54,5 | 43,25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 14 | 1 | IM | Krishnater, Kushager | IND | 2286 | 7 | 55,5 | 60,5 | 45,25 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 15 | 3 | GM | Sriram, Jha | IND | 2257 | 7 | 54,5 | 59,5 | 44,25 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 16 | 24 | WIM | Parnali, S Dharia | w | IND | 2017 | 7 | 52 | 56,5 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 6 | FM | Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi | IND | 2176 | 7 | 51,5 | 56 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 18 | 26 | FM | Jaiveer, Mahendru | IND | 2008 | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 19 | 32 | Chavan, Nameet | IND | 1966 | 7 | 51 | 52,5 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | 41 | FM | Kshatriya, Nitin Vekhande | IND | 1899 | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 39,50 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 21 | 39 | Ambarish, Sharma | IND | 1920 | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 22 | 40 | Ankur, Mahesh Gokhale | IND | 1902 | 7 | 50 | 53 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | Daksh, Goyal | IND | 2023 | 7 | 49 | 53,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 24 | 43 | CM | Bartakke, Amardeep S. | IND | 1887 | 7 | 48 | 51 | 39,25 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 25 | 45 | Kabnurakar, Rushikesh | IND | 1862 | 7 | 47,5 | 49 | 34,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 26 | 47 | Sarvade, Mihiir | IND | 1843 | 7 | 47 | 48 | 33,50 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 27 | 101 | Patkar, Samarth | IND | 1598 | 7 | 45 | 48 | 33,50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | FM | Dev, Shah | IND | 2186 | 6,5 | 53 | 58 | 39,75 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 29 | 21 | Arnav, Mahesh Koli | U15 | IND | 2021 | 6,5 | 52 | 57 | 39,00 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 30 | 27 | FM | Deshpande, Aniruddha | IND | 2003 | 6,5 | 52 | 54 | 36,00 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
