Subhayan Kundu superb at 3rd Unity Club Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/05/2025

IM Subhayan Kundu scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 3rd Unity Club Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Pushkar Dere scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. He also remained undefeated. Paarth P Salvi edged past four more players on tie-breaks to finish third with a score of 7.5/9. The total prize fund was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹25000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Unity Club at Ravindra Bhavan Fatorda in Margao, Goa on 26th and 27th April 2025. Subhayan also won the Blitz Open with a perfect score 7/7. The total prize fund in the Blitz Open was ₹20000. The top three prizes were ₹5000, ₹3500 and ₹2500 each along with a trophy each. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Subhayan perfect in Blitz Open

IM Subhayan Kundu and Paarth P Salvi were coleaders 7.5/8 each, heading into the final round. Paarth lost to Subhayan and he became champion, Paarth finished third. Pushkar Dere won against Rushikesh Kabnurakar to secure second place. IM Subhayan Kundu scored 100% in the Blitz to become champion. He defeated Edrick Vaz in the final round to finish first.

Champion in Rapid Rating and Blitz Open - IM Subhayan Kundu 8.5/9 and 7/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up - Pushkar Dere 8/9

IM Subhayan Kundu scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 16.8 Elo rating points

Various prize winners | Photo: Live news Goa

A total of 332 players including two IMs took part from various parts of India. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Unity Club at Ravindra Bhavan Fatorda in Margao, Goa on 26th and 27th April 2025. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	IM	Subhayan, Kundu			IND	2188	West Bengal	8,5	52,5	57	53,50
2	4		Dere, Pushkar			IND	1994	Maharashtra	8	49	51	44,25
3	8		Paarth, P Salvi			IND	1847	Goa_Tiswadi	7,5	54	57,5	45,75
4	6	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik			IND	1889	Karnataka	7,5	53,5	58	46,00
5	3	IM	Kathmale, Sameer			IND	2167	Maharashtra	7,5	53	57	45,75
6	16		Joshua, Mark Telles	U11		IND	1778	Goa_Salcete	7,5	51	55	42,75
7	12		Vigneshwaran, S			IND	1812	Tamil Nadu	7,5	47,5	52,5	43,25
8	1	FM	Kulkarni, Chinmay			IND	2295	Maharashtra	7	52,5	57	42,00
9	27		Aaryavrat, Rasiket Naik Desai	U11		IND	1686	Goa_Canacona	7	50,5	51,5	36,00
10	17		Shirodkar, Aayush			IND	1756	Goa_Salcete	7	50	54,5	39,50
11	13		Mayuresh, Laxlabh Desai			IND	1801	Goa_Sattari	7	50	53,5	39,25
12	10		Kabnurakar, Rushikesh			IND	1828	Maharashtra	7	49,5	53,5	39,00
13	25		Vihaan, Tari	U11		IND	1705	Goa_Tiswadi	7	48	52	38,50
14	11	AIM	Aarush, Bhat	U13		IND	1821	Karnataka	7	47,5	52	37,50
15	20	AFM	Iyer, Aarav			IND	1731	Maharashtra	7	47,5	49,5	36,00
16	9		Bezstrakhov, Dmitry	S40		RUS	1844		7	46,5	50,5	38,00
17	26	AFM	Vaz, Edrick			IND	1698	Goa_Salcete	7	44	47	34,75
18	23		Arav, Vinod	U11		IND	1710	Kerala	6,5	52	57	39,50
19	31		Sumeetkumar, M S			IND	1670	Karnataka	6,5	52	53	34,75
20	5		Chaitanya, V Gaonkar	U15		IND	1911	Goa_Bicholim	6,5	50	54,5	37,25
21	28		Kakodkar, Joy			IND	1679	Goa_Tiswadi	6,5	49	53	35,75
22	15		Kochrekar, Vishwesh			IND	1784	Maharashtra	6,5	48,5	50,5	32,75
23	14		Nadar, Thangraj	S40		IND	1790	Maharashtra	6,5	48	52	34,25
24	18		Aarth, Siddhesh Shenvi Karapurkar	U15		IND	1754	Goa_Bardez	6,5	47	50	34,25
25	47		Manjunath, D Naik			IND	1569	Karnataka	6,5	46	49,5	35,00
26	37		Shriya, Patil	F15	w	IND	1622	Goa_Salcete	6,5	46	48	32,25
27	24		Rajveer, Patil	U13		IND	1706	Goa_Mormugoa	6,5	45,5	49	32,00
28	142		Lad, Raghav Pradip			IND	1424	Goa_Bardez	6,5	45,5	48,5	33,25
29	77		Adarsh, Anand Patekar			IND	1501	Goa_Pernem	6,5	45	49,5	33,75
30	7		Shubham, R Sawaikar			IND	1858	Goa_Ponda	6,5	43,5	48	33,50

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A total of 204 players including an IM took part from various parts of India. The one-day nine round Blitz Open tournament was organized by Unity Club at Ravindra Bhavan Fatorda in Margao, Goa on 27th April 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Subhayan, Kundu			IND	2213	West Bengal	7	33,5	37,5	37,50
2	12		Kabnurakar, Rushikesh			IND	1777	Maharashtra	6	31	35	28,00
3	8	AFM	Vaz, Edrick			IND	1810	Goa_Salcete	6	30,5	33	26,00
4	40		Kanishk, Sagar Sawant	U15		IND	1556	Goa_Bicholim	6	28,5	31,5	26,50
5	18		Sairaj, Dilip Vernekar			IND	1677	Goa_Salcete	6	28,5	31	24,00
6	2		Dere, Pushkar			IND	1987		6	28	31	26,00
7	26		Joshua, Mark Telles	U11		IND	1631	Goa_Salcete	6	27,5	30,5	23,50
8	4	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik			IND	1885	Karnataka	6	27	29	24,00
9	48		Saurish, Kashelkar			IND	1531	Maharashtra	6	26	29	23,50
10	36		Rajveer, Patil	U13		IND	1570	Goa_Mormugoa	5,5	30	32,5	22,75
11	10		Nadar, Thangraj			IND	1798	Maharashtra	5,5	29,5	33	24,75
12	47		Rachel, Pereira	F15	w	IND	1537	Goa_Salcete	5,5	29,5	32,5	23,75
13	3		Bezstrakhov, Dmitry			RUS	1912		5,5	28	31	23,25
14	13		Shirodkar, Aayush			IND	1777	Goa_Salcete	5,5	27,5	30	22,75
15	16		Chaitanya, V Gaonkar	U15		IND	1727	Goa_Bicholim	5,5	27	29	21,25

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