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Rahul N Kamath Wins 21st Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Below 1800 Rating

by Devansh Singh - 24/06/2026

Rahul N Kamath, Ruturaj Rushikesh Dhotre, and Prabal Pandey scored 8/9 points to finish in the top 3 at the 21st Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Below 1800 Chess Tournament. Rahul secured the 1st place on better tiebreak scores. The tournament was organised at Dhruv Global School with a total prize fund of ₹12,05,010. The top 3 prizes were ₹1,05,010, ₹65,000, and ₹50,000, along with trophies. Photos: Nagnath Halkude



(L to R) Champion: Rahul N Kamath, 3rd Prize: Akshaj Patil, and 2nd Prize: Prabal Pandey

Prize winners with the team

Rahul lost an important encounter in the penultimate round but came back stronger in the last round

A total of 545 players took part in this event from all over the country, 2 from the USA, and 1 from Germany. The time control was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1.

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Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

Name

Typ

sex

Gr

FED

RtgI

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

18

Rahul, N Kamath

PO7473_MUMS_202

IND

1744

MH+LBHM

8

54

58

50

0

8

5

2

38

Ruturaj, Rushikesh Dhotre

PO14164_PUNE_20

IND

1697

MH+PUNE

8

51,5

56

49,25

0

7

4

3

16

Prabal, Pandey

IND

1747

UP

8

45,5

49

41,5

0

7

4

4

2

Patil, Akshaj

PO263_PUNE_2023

IND

1782

MH+PUNE+LBHM

7,5

47,5

51

40,75

0

7

4

5

275

Saket, Kumar

IND

1477

BR+LBHM

7,5

47

51,5

41,25

0

7

3

6

20

Nirmal, L

IND

1742

TN+LBHM

7,5

47

50

38,5

0

7

3

7

8

AGM

Sagar, Praveen

IND

1763

KA

7,5

46,5

50

42

0

7

2

8

36

AGM

Rishi, R

IND

1699

TN+LBHM

7,5

45,5

48,5

40,75

0

7

3

9

28

Rohit, Rahulkumar J

IND

1727

GJ+LBHM

7

51,5

56

41,25

0

6

3

10

55

Prathmesh, Dharmadhikari

PO3710_HING_202

IND

1662

MH

7

51,5

52,5

38,75

0

5

3

11

80

Burli, Pranav

PO2015_PUNE_202

IND

1627

MH+PUNE

7

50

54

39,5

0

6

3

12

6

AIM

Khairmode, Aditya

PO1146_SANG_202

IND

1774

MH

7

49

52

39,5

0

5

3

13

261

Satheesh, Kumar G

IND

1488

TN+LBHM

7

48,5

52,5

39,25

0

6

1

14

99

Ashith, Kiran Reddy

IND

1610

KA

7

48,5

52

37,25

0

6

4

15

4

Karra, Surya Kumara Sridatta

IND

1777

AP+LBHM

7

46,5

51

38,25

0

6

2

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