Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi dominates Great Minds Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/07/2025

IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Great Minds Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. IM Md. Imran, IM Srihari L and B Vignesh scored 8/9 each. They secured second, third and fourth place respectively. Imran also remained undefeated. Their final round battle against each other ended in a draw. The total prize fund was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹30000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The one-day nine round Rapid rating tournament was organized by Great Minds Chess Academy at Rahul Convention Hall in Mysore, Karnataka on 22nd June 2025. This is Aakash's third overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Aakash's first rating tournament triumph of the year

IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi made a fantastic start by winning eight games in-a-row. He had a half point lead heading into the last round. IM Md. Imran was the sole pursuer at 7.5/8. Aakash drew with him to become the champion, Imran finished second. IM Srihari L defeated S Vishwajit to claim third place.

Champion - IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 8.5/9 | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Runner-up - IM Md. Imran 8/9 | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Second Runner-up - IM Nikhil Dixit 8/9 | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 37.6 Elo rating points

The prizes were distributed by H V Rajeev, Ex-MUDA Chairman Mysore, S Murthy, Vice President of Karnataka State Chess Aassociation, GM Thejkumar M S and Jayashree M K.

Best Academy 1st - Chessklub | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Best Academy 2nd - Great Minds Chess Academy | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Best Academy 3rd - Mandya Chess Academy | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Organizing team | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Players, parents and accompanying persons at the closing ceremony | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

The tournament hall at Rahul Convention Hall in Mysore, Karnataka | Photo: Great Minds Chess Academy

Thanks to Great Minds Chess Academ for sharing the photos and information about the tournament.

A total of 462 players including two GMs and eight IMs took part from various parts of India and two from Australia and USA each. The one-day nine round Rapid rating tournament was organized by Great Minds Chess Academy at Rahul Convention Hall in Mysore, Karnataka on 22nd June 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	TB6	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	5	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi				IND	2176	8,5	54,5	59	55,00	0	8	4	8	7,5	5,62	1,88	20	37,6
2	8	IM	Md, Imran	U16			IND	2139	8	54,5	59	51,00	0	7	4	8	7	5,66	1,34	40	53,6
3	7	IM	Srihari, L				IND	2147	8	54	58	49,50	0	8	4	8	7	5,60	1,40	20	28
4	9	AGM	Vignesh, B				IND	2135	8	48	52	45,00	0	8	5	8	7	6,28	0,72	20	14,4
5	10	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J				IND	2127	7,5	55	60	47,75	0	7	3	8	6,5	6,14	0,36	20	7,2
6	2		Arpith, S Bijoy				IND	2255	7,5	55	59	47,25	0	7	3	8	6,5	6,36	0,14	40	5,6
7	1	GM	Stany, G.A.				IND	2420	7,5	54	58,5	47,50	0	7	4	8	6,5	7,18	-0,68	10	-6,8
8	6	IM	Senthil, Maran K				IND	2168	7,5	52	56,5	44,75	0	7	3	8	6,5	5,76	0,74	20	14,8
9	21	AIM	Vivaan, Sachdev	U16			IND	1948	7,5	51	55,5	44,75	0	6	3	8	6,5	6,19	0,31	40	12,4
10	19	FM	Pranav, K P	U16			IND	2016	7,5	48,5	50,5	39,75	0	7	3	8	6,5	6,24	0,26	40	10,4
11	17	IM	Prasad, Devaki V	S55			IND	2034	7,5	46,5	49,5	38,75	0	7	3	8	6,5	6,40	0,10	20	2
12	4	IM	Nitin, S.				IND	2212	7	54,5	58,5	42,50	0	7	4	8	6	6,21	-0,21	10	-2,1
13	12	IM	Ratnakaran, K.				IND	2115	7	52,5	56,5	41,00	0	7	4	8	6	6,11	-0,11	10	-1,1
14	3	GM	Laxman, R.R.				IND	2245	7	52,5	54,5	40,50	0	6	3	8	6	6,78	-0,78	10	-7,8
15	18		Arul, Anandh S P K				IND	2031	7	51	55,5	42,00	0	7	3	8	6	5,78	0,22	20	4,4
16	29	WCM	Swara, Lakshmi S Nair		w		IND	1773	7	50,5	55,5	40,50	0	7	5	8	6	4,83	1,17	20	23,4
17	15	AGM	Syed, Abdul Khader	U14			IND	2036	7	50,5	53,5	39,00	0	7	4	8	6	5,95	0,05	40	2
18	11		Ajjesh, J R				IND	2117	7	50,5	53,5	38,50	0	6	4	8	6	6,31	-0,31	40	-12,4
19	14	FM	Syed Anwar, Shazuli				IND	2041	7	50	55	41,50	0	6	2	8	6	6,52	-0,52	20	-10,4
20	34	FM	Aarav, Sarbalia	U12			IND	1730	7	50	54	39,75	0	5	2	8	6	4,40	1,60	40	64
21	57	AFM	Vishwajit, S	U16			IND	1632	7	50	53,5	39,00	0	6	3	7	5	1,61	3,39	40	135,6
22	16	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam				IND	2035	7	48,5	53	37,50	0	7	3	8	6	6,72	-0,72	20	-14,4
23	13	FM	Ojas, Kulkarni				IND	2103	7	48	51	37,50	0	7	4	8	6	6,74	-0,74	20	-14,8
24	31		Sreerag, Padman				IND	1752	7	47,5	49	35,00	0	7	5	8	6	4,94	1,06	40	42,4
25	39		Gagan, Bharadwaj K				IND	1704	7	47	51	36,50	0	7	4	7	5	4,00	1,00	20	20
26	32		Nivaan, Raghavendra	U14			IND	1741	7	47	51	36,50	0	7	3	8	6	4,76	1,24	40	49,6
27	35		Prasiddhi, Bhat		w		IND	1728	7	46,5	50,5	36,50	0	7	4	8	6	5,73	0,27	20	5,4
28	56		Eshwar, Veerappan Aiyappan	U12			IND	1639	7	46,5	50,5	36,00	0	7	2	7	5	3,46	1,54	40	61,6
29	45		Anurag, M S	U16			IND	1683	7	46	48,5	34,50	0	7	4	7	5	4,10	0,90	40	36
30	101		Naveen, T S				IND	1520	7	43,5	47,5	35,50	0	7	3	5	4	1,86	2,14	40	85,6