Mandar Pradip Lad scores a hat-trick of winning Late Shri Chandrakant Naik Memorial Rapid Rating Open
The reigning Goa State Under-19 Open champion, Mandar Pradip Lad scored a perfect 9/9 to win 8th Late Shri Chandrakant Naik Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025. This is the third consecutive year he has won this event with a 100% score. In 2023, he scored 8/8 and in 2024 he did 9/9. He finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the rest. Five players - Ravindra Nikam, Saras Summer Powar, Aarav Chopdekar, Sagar G Shenoy and Rishikesh Parab scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹100000. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹12000 and ₹8000 along with a trophy each. This is Mandar's tenth overall tournament triumph of the year. He won eight of them with a perfect score. Photo: Shekhar Sirsat
Mandar wins the tournament with a 100% score for the third consecutive year
The top seed of the tournament, Mandar Pradip Lad made a fantastic start of winning eight games in-a-row. He had a full point lead heading into the last round. Chaitanya V Gaonkar, Saras Summer Powar, Rishikesh Parab, Sagar G Shenoy and Arnav Chopdekar were at 7/8 each. Even though a draw would have sufficed for him to become a clear champion, Mandar went for the maximum. Chaitanya lost to Mandar and the latter became the champion for the third consecutive year with a 100% score. Ravindra Nikam defeated Arthav Shirodker to secure second place. Saras drew against Rishikesh to finish third. Mandar won another rapid rating open a fortnight later. It will be mentioned in detail in a separate report.
A total of 282 players took part from all over the country and one from Israel. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Quepem Taluka Chess Association at Govt. College of Arts Commerce and Science Quepem Goa in Goa on 4th and 5th October 2025. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lad, Mandar Pradip | IND | 2191 | Bardez-Goa | 9 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 56,5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Nikam, Ravindra | IND | 1771 | Maharashtra | 7,5 | 54 | 57 | 44,3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 18 | Saras, Summer Powar | U13 | IND | 1677 | Salcete-Goa | 7,5 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 44,8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 30 | Chopdekar, Aarav | U15 | IND | 1598 | Mormugao-Goa | 7,5 | 49 | 53 | 43,8 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | 14 | Sagar, G Shenoy | IND | 1751 | Maharashtra | 7,5 | 49 | 52,5 | 41,8 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Parab, Rishikesh | IND | 1827 | Mormugao-Goa | 7,5 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 42,8 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Joshua, Mark Telles | U11 | IND | 1955 | Salcete-Goa | 7 | 53 | 57,5 | 42,5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 | 4 | Chaitanya, V Gaonkar | U15 | IND | 1952 | Bicholim-Goa | 7 | 53 | 57,5 | 41 | 0 | 7 | |
| 9 | 5 | Colaco, Reuben | IND | 1945 | Salcete-Goa | 7 | 53 | 57 | 40,5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Aarth, Siddhesh Shenvi Karapurkar | U15 | IND | 1776 | Bardez-Goa | 7 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 39 | 0 | 7 | |
| 11 | 8 | Nadar, Thangraj | IND | 1783 | Maharashtra | 7 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 38,5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 20 | Shubh, Vishnu Borkar | U13 | IND | 1651 | Salcete-Goa | 7 | 49 | 51 | 38 | 0 | 7 | |
| 13 | 19 | Katkar, Atharv | IND | 1663 | Salcete-Goa | 7 | 48 | 52 | 39 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 16 | Tanvi, Vasudev Hadkonkar | S18 | IND | 1719 | Tiswadi-Goa | 7 | 47,5 | 51 | 37,5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 15 | 22 | Gaude, Sachin | IND | 1646 | Ponda-Goa | 7 | 46,5 | 51,5 | 38,5 | 0 | 7 |
