Vedant Panesar triumphs at Motilalji Firodiya Rating Open 2025
FM Vedant Panesar and IM Rahul Sangma scored 8/9 each at Motilalji Firodiya Rating Open 2025. Vedant won the tournament due to better tie-break scores, Rahul secured second place. Viresh Sharnarthi, IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, IM N Krishna Teja and Indrajeet Mahindrakar scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to sixth respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹502500. The top three prizes were ₹101000, ₹71000 and ₹51000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Ahmednagar District Chess Circle at Saptak Sadan in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra from 7th to 11th May 2025. This is Vedant's fourth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Vedant's fourth rating tournament triumph of the year
The winner of the tournament, FM Vedant Panesar shared the following with us - This tournament honestly wasn’t part of the plan. It was more of a spontaneous decision during a training camp I was having with Suyog Wagh, Indrajeet Mahindrakar, and a certain GM (whose name I’ll keep a mystery for now). Suddenly the thought came that why not just play this tournament for fun? So I ended up playing two rounds a day while still keeping the main focus on the camp. Most of our work sessions went deep into the night sometimes even till 4 AM. I wasn't really preparing seriously for this tournament and spent most of my energy for the training camp Not the most conventional way to play a tournament but definitely one of the most memorable.
One of the goals was to get better at handling worse positions. So the idea was to deliberately play offbeat or frankly, trash openings from both sides. I even started games with 1.b4 as White. It helped build resilience and also had the bonus of not needing to worry about opponents prepping for you. - Vedant added.
A total of 304 players including three IMs took part from all over the country. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Ahmednagar District Chess Circle at Saptak Sadan in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra from 7th to 11th May 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | TB6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | FM | Panesar Vedant | IND | 2455 | MH | 8 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 51,00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 6 | IM | Sangma Rahul | IND | 2115 | RSPB | 8 | 53,5 | 58 | 50,00 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Sharnarthi Viresh | IND | 2220 | MH | 7,5 | 55,5 | 61 | 49,25 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 5 | IM | Kulkarni Vikramaditya | IND | 2156 | MH | 7,5 | 54 | 59 | 48,00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | IM | Krishna Teja N | IND | 2303 | AP | 7,5 | 53,5 | 57 | 45,00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Mahindrakar Indrajeet | IND | 2055 | MH | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55 | 43,75 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Bhosale Shriraj | IND | 2110 | MH | 7 | 53,5 | 58,5 | 43,00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 13 | Arnav Mahesh Koli | IND | 1976 | MH | 7 | 52 | 57 | 41,50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 12 | Chaudhari Ashish | IND | 1980 | MH-Nagar | 7 | 51,5 | 56,5 | 42,25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 20 | Apurv Shekhar Desmukh | IND | 1766 | MH | 7 | 50 | 52,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 11 | 18 | Tikam Aradhya | IND | 1774 | MH | 7 | 49 | 52 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 12 | 2 | FM | Arun Kataria | IND | 2353 | RJ | 7 | 48 | 55 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Badole Shaunak | IND | 1968 | MH | 7 | 46,5 | 51 | 37,00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 14 | 9 | Bartakke Aditya | IND | 2044 | MH | 7 | 46 | 51 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 15 | 11 | Ghadge Harsh | IND | 2012 | MH-Nagar | 7 | 46 | 49,5 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 16 | 19 | Ayya Ayush Umesh | IND | 1771 | MH-Nagar | 7 | 46 | 47 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 17 | 10 | Soni Atharv | IND | 2032 | MH | 6,5 | 54 | 57,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 38 | Ghorghate Sahil | IND | 1623 | MH | 6,5 | 51,5 | 55 | 37,00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 19 | 21 | Bhuvan Suhas Shitole | IND | 1749 | MH | 6,5 | 50,5 | 54 | 35,75 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 20 | 15 | Chaitanya V Gaonkar | IND | 1834 | GA | 6,5 | 48 | 51,5 | 34,00 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
