Top four score 8/9
Mihir Shah has won six out of 20 editions of our monthly rapid tournament at ChessBase India Club in Mumbai. So it is fitting that he also won the first-ever rapid rating tournament organized by us on International Chess Day, marking FIDE's 100-year anniversary. After this, Mihir went on to play fantastic chess and win Silver at the inaugural World Blitz Team Championship 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Despite heavy rainfall on the day of the tournament, a total of 331 players turned up to play and celebrate chess.
Champion - Mihir Shah 8/9
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Runner-up - FM Anirudhha Potawad 8/9
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Second Runner-up - CM Aansh Nandan Nerurkar 8/9
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Top 3 (L to R): 2nd FM Anirudhha Potawad 8/9, 1st Mihir Shah 8/9 and 3rd CM Aansh Nandan Nerurkar 8/9 with GM Pravin Thipsay and IM Sagar Shah
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Mihir Shah during one of his games
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Mihir Shah scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 51.4 Elo rating points
4th Arnav Kherdekar 8/9
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5th FM Vedant Panesar 7.5/9
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7th Pushkar Dere 7.5/9
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8th Vedant Nagarkatte 7.5/9
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9th Rachit H Gurnani 7/9
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10th Veer Kunjan Shah 7/9
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Best Female 1st - Mysha Perwez 6.5/9
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Best Female 2nd - WCM Kriti Mayur Patel 6/9
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The Asian Youth Under-8 Girls double Gold medalist - Narayani Umesh Marathe receives a gift award worth ₹25000 for her performance
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Narayani Umesh Marathe selected Judit Polgar's from GM to Top 10 when she was asked which book she wanted to have
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Sneha Waykar received ₹25000 from the HelpChess Foundation for her unwavering dedication and accomplishments in Chessboxing
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Best Veteran 1st - Gurudatta Madhukar Sabnis 3/9
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Best Veteran 2nd - Milind Shripad Mahajan 2/9
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Arjun awardees - WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay and GM Pravin Thipsay with our Cofounder and CEO - IM Sagar Shah
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Sowmya Anand, one of the parents, who was sitting there made this painting during the tournament and presented it to GM Pravin Thipsay and WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay | Photo: Tanmesh Mokal
A total of 331 players who braved a heavy rain, in action
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The tournament hall at Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai, Maharashtra | Photo: Tanmesh Mokal
The organizing team of ChessBase India with the legends - GM Pravin Thipsay and WIM Bhagyashree Thipsay | Photo: Tanmesh Mokal
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A total of 331 players including an IM took part from various parts of India and one Netherlands each in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by us, ChessBase India at Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 20th July 2024. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Shah, Mihir | IND | 1903 | PO626_MUMC_2023 | 8 | 57 | 61 | 53,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | FM | Potawad, Anirudhha | IND | 2000 | Po7056_than_2024 | 8 | 56,5 | 61 | 53,00 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 9 | CM | Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar | U12 | IND | 1956 | PO7800_MUMS_2024 | 8 | 55 | 56,5 | 48,75 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 14 | Kherdekar, Arnav | IND | 1897 | Po57_mums_2024 | 8 | 51 | 54 | 46,00 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | FM | Panesar, Vedant | IND | 2218 | PO8156_MUMS_2024 | 7,5 | 57,5 | 62,5 | 50,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 16 | Nirgun, Keval | IND | 1868 | PO8140_PUNE_2024 | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 45,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | Dere, Pushkar | IND | 2036 | Po6980_mums_2024 | 7,5 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 44,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 13 | FM | Nagarkatte, Vedant | IND | 1898 | PO3552_MUMS_2023 | 7,5 | 46,5 | 50 | 39,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 20 | Rachit, H Gurnani | IND | 1816 | PO3897_MUMC_2023 | 7 | 49,5 | 53 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | 29 | Shah, Veer Kunjan | IND | 1758 | Po151_mums_2023 | 7 | 49,5 | 52,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | 8 | Sherla, Prathamesh | U14 | IND | 1962 | Po184_pune_2023 | 7 | 49 | 52 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 2 | IM | Kulkarni, Vikramaditya | IND | 2152 | PO465_THAN_2023 | 7 | 48,5 | 51,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 23 | Advik, Amit Agrawal | U10 | IND | 1784 | Po6344_pune_2024 | 7 | 48,5 | 51 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 25 | Aayush, Kabra | U16 | IND | 1769 | Po2811_than_2023 | 7 | 47,5 | 52 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 24 | Kochrekar, Vishwesh | IND | 1778 | Po6685_mums_2024 | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | 26 | Somaiya, Shreyansh | U16 | IND | 1769 | Po426_mums_2023 | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 17 | 50 | Kush, Ajay Agarwal | U16 | IND | 1652 | PO6375_MUMS_2024 | 7 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 35,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 18 | 27 | Gupta, Rajesh R.S. | IND | 1764 | PO7948_MUMS_2024 | 7 | 46 | 50 | 36,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | Mishra, Sanjeev | IND | 1824 | PO445_mums2023 | 7 | 46 | 49,5 | 35,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 20 | 15 | Om, Nagnath Lamkane | IND | 1873 | Po889_pune_2023 | 7 | 40,5 | 44 | 32,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | Chandar, Raju | IND | 1925 | Kerala | 6,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 38,25 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | FM | Mithil, Ajgaonkar | IND | 2024 | PO1196_MUMC_2023 | 6,5 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 36,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 23 | 22 | Gada, Om | IND | 1791 | Po599_mums_2023 | 6,5 | 50 | 54 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | Soni, Atharv | U14 | IND | 1837 | PO27_than_2023 | 6,5 | 48,5 | 50,5 | 33,50 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 25 | 36 | Vispute, Mayur | IND | 1719 | PO2347_THAN_2023 | 6,5 | 47 | 51,5 | 34,25 | 0 | 6 |
