Kaustuv Kundu dominates 18th G H Raisoni Memorial Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/07/2025

IM Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 10.5/11 to win 18th G H Raisoni Memorial Rating Open 2025. He finished a staggering 1.5 points ahead of the rest. FM Arun Kataria and Shaunak Badole scored 9/10 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the entire Nagpur Chess Festival was ₹451000. The top three prizes were ₹51000 + trophy, ₹31000 and ₹26000 each. The six-day eleven round Rating Open tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation & Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Technology in Nagpur, Maharashtra from 8th to 13th June 2025. This is Kaustuv's second rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Kaustuv's second rating tournament triumph of the year

IM Kaustuv Kundu was the sole leader 9.5/10 heading into the final round. FM Arun Kataria is the only player trailing him by a half point at 9/10. Sahejveer Singh Maras lost to Kaustuv and the latter became champion. Shaunak got the better of Arun who finished second and Shaunak was placed third. Arpita Patankar is the sole female to make a top ten finish. She scored 8.5/11 to claim seventh place.

Champion - IM Kaustuv Kundu 10.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up - FM Arun Kataria 9/11 | Photo: Kingdom of Chess

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd FM Arun Kataria 9/11, 1st IM Kaustuv Kundu 10.5/11 and 3rd Shaunak Badole 9/11 | Photo; Bhushan Shriwas

IM Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 10.5/11, finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the field and gained 7.7 Elo rating points

Group photo of various prize winners | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

A total of 252 players including an IM took part from various parts of India. The six-day eleven round Rating Open tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation & Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Technology in Nagpur, Maharashtra from 8th to 13th June 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	1	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu				IND	2386	West Bengal	10,5	80	84	79,50	10	6
2	2	FM	Arun, Kataria				IND	2350	Rajasthan	9	83,5	88,5	70,00	8	5
3	4		Badole, Shaunak	U13		Nagp	IND	2007	Maharashtra	9	79	84,5	66,25	8	6
4	13		Kushagra, Paliwal	U13		Nagp	IND	1741	Maharashtra	8,5	77	82,5	59,00	8	5
5	9		Deshpande, Suhan			Nagp	IND	1791	Maharashtra	8,5	75	78	56,75	7	5
6	11		Kulkarni, Nilay			Nagp	IND	1752	Maharashtra	8,5	74	79,5	59,75	8	5
7	15		Arpita, Patankar	F13	w		IND	1717	Gujarat	8,5	73,5	77,5	56,25	7	5
8	7		Maras, Sahejveer Singh	U13		Nagp	IND	1849	Maharashtra	8	79,5	84	55,75	7	5
9	3	FM	Kumar, Gaurav				IND	2097	Bihar	8	78	82,5	55,00	7	6
10	36		Divyansh, Singh Katharria				IND	1580	Madhya Pradesh	8	73,5	75,5	48,75	7	5
11	5		Jain, Shrenhik Daklia				IND	2000	Chhattisgarh	8	73	78	51,00	8	6
12	18		Gandhi, Samarth			Mumb	IND	1692	Maharashtra	8	70	73,5	51,50	6	5
13	14		Gouranga, Sonowal				IND	1729	Assam	8	69	73	51,00	6	6
14	10		Ghorghate, Sahil				IND	1771	Maharashtra	8	68	73	51,75	7	6
15	19		Sayam, Vishvesh				IND	1680	Maharashtra	8	63	66	44,50	8	5
16	17		Pratik, Lalit Tambi	U13			IND	1694	Maharashtra	7,5	75	80,5	51,25	6	6
17	90		Arnav, Abhaykumar Moon	U15		Nagp	IND	1454	Maharashtra	7,5	75	80	52,25	5	6
18	26	AIM	Patil, Jaiveer				IND	1632	Maharashtra	7,5	73,5	79	50,25	7	5
19	12		Buxy, Rajanikant				IND	1743	Chhattisgarh	7,5	73	78,5	49,50	7	5
20	23	AFM	Pawar, Sohum				IND	1662	Maharashtra	7,5	70	74	44,50	7	6
21	29		Riyansh, Dwivedi	U11			IND	1617	Maharashtra	7,5	69,5	74,5	47,75	6	5
22	39		Shivam, Joshi				IND	1573	Madhya Pradesh	7,5	68	71	43,25	6	6
23	22		Yodharth, Meghasham Narule	U15			IND	1668	Maharashtra	7,5	67,5	71	43,50	6	5
24	32	AIM	Swaraj, Mishra	U09		Nagp	IND	1600	Maharashtra	7,5	66,5	71,5	44,50	7	5
25	33		Bhagchandani, Mohak	U15		Nagp	IND	1595	Maharashtra	7,5	64	68,5	44,00	7	6