Anirudhha Potawad wins The Chembur Gymkhana 1st Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/09/2023

Anirudhha Potawad and IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 each at The Chembur Gymkhana 1st Rapid Rating Open 2023. Anirudhha won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Vikramaditya secured second place. Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, Pushkar Dere, Ankur Mahesh Gokhale and Jeet Shah scored 8/9 each. They were placed third to sixth according to tie-breaks. Anirudhha's sole draw occurred in the final round against the eventual second runner-up, Aakash. The total prize fund of the was ₹200000 and trophies. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹10000 and ₹8000. This is Anirudhha's sixth overall, first rating tournament triumph and 14th podium finish of 2023. Aniudhha is certainly delivering great performances this year consistently. Photos: Gajengi Rajababu

Anirudhha's first open rating tournament triumph

Anirudhha Potawad made a blazing start by winning eight games in-a-row. With an 8/8 score, he drew his final round game against Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi who finished third 8/9. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni defeated Mihir Shah to secure second place 8.5/9. This is Anirudhha's first open rating tournament victory of his career. The only other rating tournament he won was a Below 1600 event over five years ago in 2018.

Champion - Kartavya Anadkat 8.5/9

Runner-up - IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 8.5/9

Second Runner-up - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 8/9

Anirudhha Potawad scored 8.5/9 and gained 78.8 Elo rating points

4th Pushkar Dere 8/9

5th Ankur Mahesh Gokhale 8/9

7th Mihir Shah 7.5/9

8th CM Gaurang Bagwe 7.5/9

Lighting of the lamp

Players in action

The tournament hall at The Chembur Gymkhana in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Thanks to Gajengi Rajababu for sharing the photos.

A total of 563 players including 3 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from various places all over the country and one from USA in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Institute for Chess Excellence with the support of and at The Chembur Gymkhana in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 10th September 2023. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Bdld	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	10		Potawad, Anirudhha			IND	1914			8,5	55	57	53,00	0	8	2018	8	7,5	5,53	1,97	40	78,8
2	2	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya			IND	2173			8,5	54	58,5	54,50	0	8	1965	9	8,5	8,41	0,09	10	0,9
3	4		Aakash, Sharadchandra Dalvi			IND	2148			8	58	63	55,00	0	7	1913	9	8	8,25	-0,25	20	-5
4	9		Dere, Pushkar			IND	1946			8	54,5	57,5	49,50	0	8	1787	8	7	6,95	0,05	20	1
5	13		Ankur, Mahesh Gokhale			IND	1838			8	52,5	57,5	50,00	0	7	1844	8	7	5,95	1,05	20	21
6	14		Shah, Jeet			IND	1828			8	52	54	47,00	0	8	1709	8	7	7,22	-0,22	40	-8,8
7	17		Shah, Mihir			IND	1747			7,5	54,5	59	47,00	0	7	1996	8	6,5	3,39	3,11	20	62,2
8	11	CM	Bagwe, Gaurang	U15		IND	1882			7,5	52,5	56	45,75	0	7	1604	8	6,5	7,63	-1,13	40	-45,2
9	3	IM	Tilak, Sharad S	S60		IND	2159			7,5	51	55,5	43,75	0	7	1703	9	7,5	8,63	-1,13	20	-22,6
10	37		Ram, Vishal Parab	U13		IND	1487			7,5	50,5	53,5	41,75	0	7	1732	8	6,5	3,86	2,64	40	105,6
11	16	ACM	Iyer, Arvind	U15		IND	1791			7,5	50,5	52,5	41,75	0	7	1643	8	6,5	6,72	-0,22	40	-8,8
12	15		Siddharth, Venkatesh			IND	1827			7,5	49	53	41,75	0	7	1618	8	6,5	6,85	-0,35	20	-7
13	38		Jagesia, Daksh	U15		IND	1472			7,5	48,5	48,5	36,75	0	7	1587	8	6,5	5,17	1,33	40	53,2
14	29		Pandey, Arpit			IND	1587			7,5	45,5	49,5	40,25	0	7	1475	8	6,5	7,05	-0,55	20	-11
15	5	FM	Mithil, Ajgaonkar			IND	2036			7	53,5	58,5	41,50	0	7	1751	9	7	7,68	-0,68	20	-13,6
16	19		Subhash, K V			IND	1728			7	52	55	38,50	0	7	1636	8	6	5,98	0,02	20	0,4
17	34		Boricha, Yohan			IND	1523			7	51,5	55,5	39,00	0	7	1584	8	6	5,19	0,81	40	32,4
18	31		Gada, Om			IND	1583			7	50,5	54,5	39,50	0	7	1598	8	6	5,42	0,58	20	11,6
19	36		Soni, Atharv	U13		IND	1496			7	50	54	40,50	0	7	1551	8	6	5,27	0,73	40	29,2
20	70		Parkar, Mayuresh			IND	1343			7	49	54	39,00	0	7	1554	8	6	4,07	1,93	40	77,2
21	45		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	F15	w	IND	1436			7	49	53	37,50	0	7	1569	8	6	4,89	1,11	40	44,4
22	44		Dharia, Vishal			IND	1442			7	49	52,5	38,50	0	7	1444	8	6	5,86	0,14	20	2,8
23	24		Arnav, Mahesh Koli	U13		IND	1688			7	47,5	51,5	34,00	0	7	1523	8	6	6,72	-0,72	40	-28,8
24	26	AFM	Dabhade, Arnav	U13		IND	1636			7	47,5	51	38,00	0	7	1550	8	6	6,32	-0,32	40	-12,8
25	66		Kush, Ajay Agarwal	U15		IND	1351			7	47,5	51	38,00	0	6	1601	8	6	4,03	1,97	40	78,8
26	68		Vivaan, Sardana	U13		IND	1351			7	47	50	37,00	0	7	1617	7	5	2,73	2,27	40	90,8
27	28		Rohnit, G Amin			IND	1600			7	47	49	36,00	0	7	1621	8	6	5,40	0,60	20	12
28	20		Aaron, Sanju Thomas			IND	1727			7	46,5	51	37,00	0	7	1573	8	6	6,59	-0,59	40	-23,6
29	203		Thakur, Anuj	U13		IND	1139			7	46,5	50,5	36,50	0	7	1571	8	6	1,55	4,45	40	178
30	101		Karan, Pandita			IND	1268			7	46,5	50,5	35,50	0	7	1490	7	5	3,44	1,56	40	62,4
31	85		Shetty, Vihaan			IND	1299			7	45,5	49,5	36,50	0	7	1505	8	6	3,88	2,12	20	42,4
32	1	IM	Udeshi, Aditya			IND	2421			7	44,5	47,5	34,50	0	7	1536	9	7	8,98	-1,98	10	-19,8
33	78		Arjun, Singh	U09		IND	1319			7	42,5	45,5	34,50	0	7	1426	7	5	4,11	0,89	40	35,6
34	88		Bhanushali, Neemay	U11		IND	1294			7	40,5	42,5	34,00	0	7	1327	5	4	3,17	0,83	40	33,2
35	6	WIM	Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe	S60	w	IND	2035			6,5	53,5	57,5	39,25	0	5	1598	8	5,5	7,40	-1,90	20	-38
36	50		Godse, Anish			IND	1427			6,5	52,5	56	36,25	0	6	1694	8	5,5	3,16	2,34	20	46,8
37	109		Shah, Veer Kunjan			IND	1256			6,5	49	53,5	35,25	0	6	1549	8	5,5	2,91	2,59	40	103,6
38	49		Aaryan, Amol Waghmare	U11		IND	1427			6,5	48,5	52,5	36,25	0	6	1458	7	4,5	4,15	0,35	40	14
39	42		Iyer, Aarav	U15		IND	1458			6,5	48	48,5	31,75	0	6	1577	8	5,5	4,94	0,56	40	22,4
40	269		Vij, Aarush	U13		IND	1033			6,5	47,5	52	35,25	0	6	1516	8	5,5	1,03	4,47	40	178,8

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