Kartavya Anadkat wins 2nd Royal Jaipur Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/09/2025

Kartavya Anadkat and Shrayan Majumder scored 8/9 each at 2nd Royal Jaipur Rapid Rating Open 2025. Kartavya won the tournament as he had the better tie-break score. Shrayan secured second place. Four players - FM Garv Gaur, Daksh Goyal, IM Anuj Shrivatri and Vivek Sharma scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to sixth respectively. Only Kartavya remained undefeated. The total prize fund was ₹750000. The top three prizes were ₹75000, ₹50000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Royal Jaipur Chess Club and Services in collaboration with Waves at Hotel Amar Palace in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 6th and 7th September 2025. This is Kartavya's fifth overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Kwinbee / Waves NGO

Kartavya's first rating tournament triumph of the year

Six players - IM Aradhya Garg, IM Suyog Wagh, IM Anuj Shrivatri, FM Garv Gaur, Kartavya Anadkat ad Shrayan Majumder were in the lead 7/8, before the last round. The reigning Gujarat State Blitz 2025 champion, Kartavya defeated Aradhya to become the champion. Suyog lost to Shrayan and the latter secured second place. Anuj drew against Garv who finished third. Kartavya went on to win another rapid rating open a fortnight later. It will be mentioned in detail in a separate report.

Champion - Kartavya Anandkat 8/9 | Photo: Kwinbee / Waves NGO

Runner-up - Shrayan Majumder 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - FM Garv Gaur 7.5/9 | Photo: Kwinbee / Waves NGO

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd Shrayan Majumder 8/9, 1st Kartavya Anadkat 8/9 and 3rd FM Garv Gaur 7.5/9 | Photo: Kwinbee / Waves NGO

Kartavya Anadkat scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 24 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Hotel Amar Palace in Jaipur, Rajasthan | Photo: Kwinbee / Waves NGO

A total of 253 players including four IMs took part from various parts of the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Royal Jaipur Chess Club and Services in collaboration with Waves at Hotel Amar Palace in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 6th and 7th September 2025. The time control of the event was 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7		Anadkat, Kartavya		IND	2022	GJ	8	51,5	56,5	49,5
2	11		Majumder, Shrayan		IND	2003	MH	8	49	53	46
3	5	FM	Garv, Gaur		IND	2114	HR	7,5	52,5	57	46,3
4	10		Daksh, Goyal		IND	2011	DL	7,5	52	57	46
5	1	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		IND	2304	MP	7,5	51	55,5	44,8
6	13	AIM	Sharma, Vivek		IND	1905	BR	7,5	49,5	53,5	43
7	3	FM	Wagh, Suyog		IND	2232	MH	7	55	58	43
8	2	IM	Aradhya, Garg		IND	2241	DL	7	54,5	59	43,8
9	6		Arnav, Agrawal	U16	IND	2106	UP	7	54	58,5	44,5
10	24		Prakhar, Tripathi	U14	IND	1838	UP	7	50	54,5	39,5
11	68		Siddhant, Chaturvedi	U16	IND	1632	RJ-JP	7	50	54	39
12	12		Shreyash, Singh	U16	IND	1961	UP	7	48	52	39
13	20		Shaikh, Sohil		IND	1857	GJ	7	47,5	51,5	36,5
14	34		Amartya, Saumitra Gupta	U14	IND	1790	DL	7	46,5	50	36
15	26		Ujjwal, Deep		IND	1826	RJ-JP	7	46	50,5	37
16	32	AIM	Venkatesh, Das	U14	IND	1794	WB	7	44,5	47,5	36,3
17	63		Chandwani, Prateek		IND	1642	MP	7	44	47	34,3
18	22	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari		IND	1842	UP	6,5	50	54,5	36,3
19	72		Neelabhro, Bandyopadhyay	U16	IND	1621	WB	6,5	50	53	35,5
20	4	IM	Sangma, Rahul		IND	2159	Rlwys	6,5	49,5	54,5	36,3
21	16	AIM	Suraj, Dahiya		IND	1876	HR	6,5	48,5	53,5	37,3
22	18		Akshat, Negi		IND	1862	DL	6,5	48	51,5	34,8
23	41		Punit, Indora		IND	1751	HR	6,5	46	48,5	32,3
24	74		Gouransh, Sharma	U16	IND	1619	RJ-JP	6,5	45,5	50	34,8
25	29		Aritrya, Pal		IND	1812	WB	6,5	45,5	49,5	33,3