Arvind Iyer wins All India Chess Masters Rating Open 2025 Season 2

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/09/2025

Arvind Iyer and Darsh Shetty scored 7/8 each at All India Chess Masters Rating Open 2025 Season 2. Arvind won the tournament on tie-breaks and remained undefeated. Darsh secured second place. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, Rushikesh Kabnurakar and Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar scored 6.5/9 each. They secured third, fourth and fifth place respectively. Arvind defeated the eventual runner-up, Darsh in the sixth round and drew against the second runner-up, Vikramaditya in the final round. The total prize fund was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. The six-day eight-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament was organized by and at Mumbai Chess Centre in Mumbai, Maharashtra from 16th to 21st August 2025. This was Arvind's sixth overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Khameshwanan G / Mumbai Chess Center

Arvind's sixth tournament triumph of the year

Arvind Iyer was the sole leader 6.5/7, heading into the final round. Five players - Sahil Prashant Chogle, Darsh Shetty, IM Aaryan Varshney, IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni and Jaiveer Patil were trailing by a half point at 6/7 each. Arvind drew against Vikramaditya to become the champion, Vikramaditya finished third. Darsh defeated Jaiveer to secure second place.

Champion - Arvind Iyer 7/9 | Photo: Khameshwanan G / Mumbai Chess Center

Runner-up - Darsh Shetty 7/9 | Photo: Khameshwanan G / Mumbai Chess Center

Second Runner-up - IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 6.5/9 | Photo: Khameshwanan G / Mumbai Chess Center

Arvind Iyer during one of his games | Photo: Khameshwanan G / Mumbai Chess Center

Arvind Iyer scored an unbeaten 7/8, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 26.8 Elo rating points

A total of 135 players including two IMs took part from various states all over the country and one from the USA. The six-day eight-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament was organized by and at Mumbai Chess Centre in Mumbai, Maharashtra from 16th to 21st August 2025. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	ACM	Iyer, Arvind	IND	2054	7	40,5	44	37,75
2	4		Darsh, Shetty	IND	1915	7	39,5	43,5	36,50
3	2	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya	IND	2169	6,5	36	40	31,50
4	5		Kabnurakar, Rushikesh	IND	1897	6,5	34,5	38,5	30,75
5	12		Rajveer, Pinkesh Nahar	IND	1725	6,5	32,5	35	27,25
6	7	AFM	Chogle, Sahil Prashant	IND	1821	6	40	43,5	30,00
7	1	IM	Aaryan, Varshney	IND	2454	6	37,5	43,5	31,50
8	11	AIM	Patil, Jaiveer	IND	1757	6	37,5	40	27,25
9	6		Gada, Om	IND	1845	6	37	41	28,50
10	9		Apurv, Shekhar Desmukh	IND	1813	6	37	38,5	26,75