Satvik Andabatla superb at 21st Delhi GM Category B Below 1900 Rating 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/06/2025

13-year-old Satvik Andabatla scored an unbeaten 9/10 to win 21st Delhi GM Category B Below 1900 Rating Tournament 2025. Four players - Sundram Kumar, Shaikh Sohil, Prajwal Avhad and Md. Tabsheer Alam scored 8.5/10 each. They secured second to fifth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹12100000, ₹3500000 in Category B. The top three prizes were ₹400000, ₹300000 and ₹200000 along with a trophy each. The four-day ten round Below 1900 Rating tournament was organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 7th to 10th June 2025. This is Satvik's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Satvik's first rating tournament triumph of his career

Four players - Sundram Kumar, Prajwal Avhad, Satvik Andabatla and Roozi Amal were the leaders 8/9 each, heading into the last round. Roozi lost to Satvik and the latter became champion. Prajwal drew with Sundram who secured second place. Shaikh Sohil defeated Naren Gupta to finish third.

Champion - Satvik Andabatla 9/10

Interview with Satvik Andabatla | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - Sundram Kumar 8.5/10

Second Runner-up - Shaikh Sohil 8.5/10

Satvik Andabatla scored 9/10, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 135.2 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 847 players took part from Botswana, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, USA and from various parts of India. The four-day ten round Below 1900 Rating tournament was organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 7th to 10th June 2025. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	103		Andabatla Satvik,	U15		IND	1786	Tg	9	62,5	66	57,75
2	25	AGM	Sundram Kumar,			IND	1867	Dl	8,5	68,5	73,5	60,50
3	3		Shaikh Sohil,			IND	1895	Gj	8,5	67	71,5	58,75
4	38		Avhad, Prajwal			IND	1857	Mh	8,5	63,5	67,5	56,00
5	96		Md Tabsheer Alam,			IND	1795	Br	8,5	60	65	52,75
6	8		Piyush Kumar,			IND	1887	Br	8	65,5	69	53,00
7	252		Godse Anish,			IND	1678	Mh	8	63,5	67,5	50,50
8	75		Amal, Roozi			IND	1809	Kl	8	61,5	66	48,50
9	21		Naveen K S,			IND	1873	Tn	8	60,5	65	50,00
10	26		Kabnurakar Rushikesh,			IND	1865	Mh	8	60,5	65	48,50
11	97		Ujjawal, Bansal			IND	1794	Gj	8	60,5	64	49,00
12	27		Abhijith U,			IND	1864	Kl	8	59,5	63,5	49,25
13	82		Rathi Dhanashree,		w	IND	1803	Mh	8	59	63	47,00
14	43		Himanshu Ranjan,			IND	1845	Br	8	58,5	63	49,75
15	155	AFM	Piyush, Ranjan Dubey			IND	1737	Mp	8	58,5	63	48,25
16	113		Lakshit, Pusri	U15		IND	1779	Pb	8	58	63	49,75
17	158		Vigneshwaran K,			IND	1737	Tn	8	55,5	59,5	46,25
18	53		Gopinath P,			IND	1834	Tn	8	54,5	59,5	47,75
19	170		Neev, Patel			IND	1727	Gj	8	54,5	58,5	45,75
20	63		Gugale, Sunny			IND	1827	Mh	8	52,5	57	45,25
21	128		Raghunandan, Rohit			IND	1770	Mp	8	52,5	56,5	46,00
22	72	WCM	Rajanya Datta,		w	IND	1811	Wb	8	50,5	58,5	44,25
23	320		Rakesh Bhatti,			IND	1641	Gj	7,5	67	70,5	49,50
24	216		Soumyadeep Raha,			IND	1695	As	7,5	66,5	70,5	50,75
25	99		Naren Gupta,	U15		IND	1793	Pb	7,5	60,5	64,5	45,25
26	17		Nandha, Kumar K			IND	1878	Tn	7,5	59,5	64,5	46,00
27	35		Suresh Duvvala,			IND	1858	Tg	7,5	59	64	47,00
28	83		Rishi, Sonker			IND	1802	Mp	7,5	58	63	44,75
29	10		Dilip, Das	S60		IND	1883	Wb	7,5	58	63	44,00
30	61	AIM	Shankhadeep, Maity			IND	1827	Wb	7,5	57	60,5	42,25

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