Dinesh Kumar H triumphs at 21st Delhi GM Category C Below 1700 Rating 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/07/2025

Dinesh Kumar H and 12-year-old Naitik Sethi scored 9/10 each at 21st Delhi GM Category C Below 1700 Rating Tournament 2025. Dinesh won the tournament on tie-breaks, Naitik secured second place. Sibi M edged past seven more players to claim third place scoring 8.5/10. The total prize fund was ₹12100000, ₹3500000 in Category C. The top three prizes were ₹400000, ₹300000 and ₹200000 along with a trophy each. The four-day ten round Below 1700 Rating tournament was organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 11th to 14th June 2025. This is Dinesh's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Dinesh's first rating tournament triumph of his career

Six players - Sibi M, Ansh Kabra, Dinesh Kumar H, Yajat Vyas, Naitik Sethi and Abhinav Raj V S were the leaders 8/9, going into the last round. 8-year-old Ansh lost to Dinesh and he became the champion. Naitik defeated Abhinav to be placed second. Sibi drew against Yajat to finish third. The total participation at 21st Delhi GM Open was - 2503, 419 in GM Open A, 847 in Category B (Below 1900) and 1237 in Category C (Below 1700).

Champion - Dinesh Kumar H 9/10

Interview with Dinesh Kumar H | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - Naitik Sethi 9/10

Second Runner-up - Sibi M 8.5/10

Dinesh Kumar H scored an unbeaten 9/10, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 63.6 Elo rating points

Players, parents and accompanying persons at the closing ceremony

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22nd Delhi GM was announced to have a prize fund of ₹1.31 Crore and it will take place from 11th to 18th January 2026 | Photo: Delhi Chess Association

A total of 1237 players took part from Australia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, USA and from various parts of India. The four-day ten round Below 1700 Rating tournament was organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 11th to 14th June 2025. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	172		Dinesh Kumar H,		IND	1629	Tn	9	61,5	65,5	58,25
2	156		Naitik Sethi,	U15	IND	1635	Dl	9	59,5	64	57,00
3	187		Sibi M,		IND	1623	Tn	8,5	68	73,5	61,25
4	98		Gitansh Phogat,	U15	IND	1652	Hr	8,5	67	73	61,00
5	359		Sai Krishna S.,		IND	1572	Tg	8,5	65	68,5	57,00
6	62	AGM	Yogesh, Kumar Gupta		IND	1669	Dl	8,5	62,5	67,5	56,00
7	60		Plavit Chandalia,		IND	1670	Rj	8,5	60	63	55,75
8	154		Yajat Vyas,		IND	1636	Rj	8,5	59	63	52,75
9	226		Vispute Mayur,		IND	1611	Mh	8,5	59	63	52,50
10	5		Akash Srivastav,		IND	1695	Up	8,5	58,5	64	54,50
11	12		Om, Nilesh Deorukhakar		IND	1693	Mh	8	66,5	70,5	54,25
12	111		Ansh Kabra,	U09	IND	1648	Up	8	63,5	65,5	49,25
13	492		Saket, Kumar		IND	1536	Br	8	63	66,5	51,00
14	112		Paritosh Dhanaraju,	U15	IND	1648	Up	8	62	67,5	52,00
15	73		Soumen Mondal,		IND	1663	Wb	8	61	65	49,50
16	23		Swet Kamal Shukla,		IND	1687	Up	8	59	64	49,50
17	93		Gaurav Saini,	U15	IND	1654	Hr	8	58	62,5	46,50
18	33		Pandya Raj,		IND	1683	Mh	8	58	62	47,75
19	168		Salik Nawaz Manihaar,	U15	IND	1630	Ct	8	58	62	47,75
20	225		Jothi Anandan S,		IND	1611	Tn	8	58	62	46,25
21	337		Sharma Sachin,		IND	1579	Mp	8	58	61	44,50
22	403		Abhinav Raj V S,		IND	1560	Kl	8	57	60,5	47,50
23	26		Singhal Keshav,		IND	1686	Up	8	56,5	61	45,50
24	25		Saksham,	U15	IND	1686	Hr	8	56,5	60	46,75
25	285		Bala, Ganesan		IND	1595	Kl	8	56	60,5	47,75
26	19		Kunal Sharma,		IND	1690	Pb	8	56	59,5	46,50
27	90		Chouhan N.C.,	S60	IND	1655	Wb	8	55,5	59,5	46,50
28	213		Vihaan Garg,	U12	IND	1615	Dl	8	54	56,5	45,25
29	118	AGM	Pathak Anshu Kr,		IND	1646	Up	8	52,5	56,5	45,50
30	683		Sumesh, Kabeer		IND	1475	Kl	7,5	65	70,5	51,25

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