Rapid: Anustoop emerges victorious

Anustoop is having a great time in 2026. He started the year by winning the 12th Kalutara Open International Rating Chess Festival 2026. In the 3rd Maharathi Open Rapid Rating, Anustoop scored an unbeaten 8/9 points to win the title as he had a better tiebreak score than 6 players

Champion: Anustoop Biswas won ₹51,000

Runner-up: Aradhya Garg won ₹35,000

Second runner-up: Dhrupad Kashyap won ₹20,000

Anustoop Biswas drew 2 of his games against Aradhya Garg and Soham Kamotra to score 8/9 points, and he also increased his rating by 24.6 points

Top 3 finishers in Rapid with beautiful trophies

Games were played at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi

Rapid Prize List

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

Typ

FED

Rtg

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

1

6

Anustoop, Biswas

IND

2178

WB

8

53,5

58

50

2

3

IM

Aradhya, Garg

IND

2253

DL

8

53,5

56,5

48,75

3

22

Dhrupad, Kashyap

IND

1988

AS

8

53

58

50

4

4

IM

Soham, Kamotra

IND

2213

JK

8

53

56

48,5

5

2

IM

Kushagra, Mohan

IND

2309

GJ

8

51,5

55

48,5

6

12

Dayal, Samar

U13

ENG

2094

DL

8

46,5

50

44,5

7

1

IM

Anuj, Shrivatri

IND

2321

MP

8

45,5

53,5

45,5

8

5

IM

Namitbir, Singh Walia

IND

2193

PB

7,5

55

60

48,75

9

14

CM

Aashman, Gupta

IND

2080

DL

7,5

52,5

56,5

45

10

10

Garv, Rai

IND

2128

DL

7,5

51,5

56,5

45,25

11

17

IM

Daaevik, Wadhawan

IND

2058

DL

7,5

50,5

55,5

44,75

12

8

FM

Aarav, Sinha

IND

2129

DL

7,5

49,5

53,5

43,75

13

24

Sharma, Harish

IND

1971

DL

7,5

49

53,5

43,25

14

28

WFM

Sachi, Jain

IND

1918

DL

7,5

48,5

53,5

43,5

15

80

Sambhav, Setiya

U15

IND

1710

HR

7,5

46,5

51

41,5

Details

Blitz: Anuj's 5th-rated tournament triumph of 2026

In the first 3 months of 2026, Anuj already won 5 tournaments, including Rapid and Blitz events. Anuj won the 2nd Rejoice Chanakya CTF Fide Rapid Rating 2026, the SBI GIC Fide Rated Rapid Tournament 2026, and the 2nd Khelo Chess India Blitz and Rapid.

Here at the 3rd Maharathi Blitz 2026, Anuj scored 8/8 points in starting 8 rounds and drew his last game against Rosh Jain to clinch the title.

Champion: Anuj Shrivatri won ₹30,000

Runner up: Namitbir Singh Walia won ₹20,000

Second runner up: Aradhya Garg won ₹11,000

Smooth victory after scoring 8.5/9 points

Top 3 finishers of Blitz

Tournament Hall

Blitz Prize List

This wonderful team, led by Gaurav Sharma, made this event a huge success

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

Typ

sex

FED

Rtg

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

1

1

IM

Anuj, Shrivatri

IND

2368

MP

8,5

56

60,5

56,5

2

5

IM

Namitbir, Singh Walia

IND

2192

PB

8,5

52,5

57,5

53,75

3

3

IM

Aradhya, Garg

IND

2291

DL

8

54

59

51,75

4

8

FM

Rosh, Jain

U15

IND

2165

DL

8

54

57

48,75

5

13

FM

Aarav, Sinha

IND

2103

DL

8

49,5

53,5

47,5

6

19

FM

Arshpreet, Singh

IND

2014

HR

7,5

54,5

59,5

48,25

7

4

Anustoop, Biswas

IND

2206

WB

7,5

54,5

59

46,25

8

12

FM

Garv, Gaur

IND

2104

HR

7,5

53

58

45,75

9

11

Dayal, Samar

U13

ENG

2127

ENG

7,5

53

57

47,25

10

25

Naren, Gupta

IND

1974

PB

7,5

51

56

46,25

Details

Maharathi Chess