Jeet Jain dominates 1st Pinnacle Blitz Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/05/2025

FM Jeet Jain scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Pinnacle Blitz Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Pushkar Dere and Mihir Shah scored 8/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively. Jeet defeated both runners-up, Pushar and Mihir in Round 6 and 8 respectively. The total prize fund was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. The one-day Blitz rating tournament was organized by IA Mohit Ladhe at Korum Mall in Thane, Maharashtra on 13th April 2025. This is Jeet's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: IA Mohit Ladhe

Jeet's first tournament triumph of the year

FM Jeet Jain scorched the field by winning eight games in-a-row. He had a full point lead 8/8, heading into the final round. Four players - Mihir Shah, Pushkar Dere, FM Gaurang Bagwe and Janhavi Soneji were trailing by a full point at 7/8 each. Jeet needed a draw to become a clear champion and that's what he did against Janhavi. Gaurang lost to Pushkar and the latter secured a second place finish. Vansh Aggarwal suffered defeat against Mihir who finished third. Janhavi claimed an impressive fifth place finish scoring 7.5/9. She is the sole female among the top 20 finishers.

Champion - FM Jeet Jain 8.5/9 | Photo: IA Mohit Ladhe

Runner-up - Pushkar Dere 8/9 | Photo: IA Mohit Ladhe

Second Runner-up - Mihir Shah 8/9 | Photo: IA Mohit Ladhe

FM Jeet Jain scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 24.8 Elo rating points

The tournament was inaugurated by the Chief Guest - Vikas Laddha, Korum Mall Head, Milind Nagare, President, Thane District Chess Association, Dharmu Vanjani, Former President of Rotary Club North. They also distributed the prizes at the closing cermony.

A bird's eye view of players in action | Photo: IA Mohit Ladhe

The tournament hall at Korum Mall in Thane, Maharashtra | Photo: IA Mohit Ladhe

Thanks to the organizer - IA Mohit Ladhe for sharing photographs and information about the tournament.

A total of 273 players including two IMs took part from various parts of India and two from Norway. The one-day nine round Blitz rating tournament was organized by IA Mohit Ladhe at Korum Mall in Thane, Maharashtra on 13th April 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	6	FM	Jeet, Jain			IND	2060	8,5	55,5	60	56,25	8	4
2	9		Dere, Pushkar			IND	1987	8	53,5	56,5	48,00	8	5
3	12		Shah, Mihir			IND	1900	8	51	55	46,50	8	4
4	23		Shah, Veer Kunjan			IND	1780	7,5	50	55,5	45,25	7	2
5	21		Soneji, Janhavi		w	IND	1795	7,5	49	52	41,25	7	4
6	3	FM	Bagwe, Gaurang			IND	2184	7	54	56	40,00	7	4
7	1	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2308	7	52	57	42,75	6	2
8	20		Shreyas, Ghadi			IND	1806	7	50,5	55	39,75	6	2
9	16		Kherdekar, Arnav			IND	1828	7	48,5	52,5	39,50	7	3
10	26		Gada, Om			IND	1756	7	48,5	52,5	38,00	7	2
11	32		Samarth, Gaba			IND	1695	7	46,5	49,5	35,00	7	2
12	4	CM	Snehal, Bhosale			IND	2170	7	46	49	35,25	6	2
13	209		Multani, Lakshya			IND	0	7	43,5	46,5	34,50	7	3
14	14	FM	Patil, Priyanshu			IND	1894	7	42,5	49,5	35,00	7	3
15	19		Nirgun, Keval			IND	1806	7	42	49	35,00	7	4
16	44		Rajveer, Pinkesh Nahar			IND	1623	7	37,5	40	31,00	7	3
17	8		Aggarwal, Vansh			IND	1988	6,5	55	59,5	39,50	6	3
18	30		Dhanush, Nagula			IND	1721	6,5	50	54	36,25	6	2
19	72		Aditya, Amonkar			IND	1536	6,5	49,5	52,5	35,50	5	3
20	2	IM	Tilak, Sharad S	S55		IND	2272	6,5	49	54	37,25	6	2