Mitrabha Guha wins Rotary Club of Kalyan Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/02/2025

GM Mitrabha Guha, FM Vedant Panesar, IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh and IM Kushagra Mohan scored 8/9 each at Rotary Club of Kalyan Rapid Rating Open 2025. Mitrabha became the champion due to better tie-break score. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹251111. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a huge trophy each respectively. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Rotary Club of Kalyan at Navrang Banquets in Thane, Maharashtra on 23rd February 2025. This is Mitrabha's third tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Top four score 8/9

GM Mitrabha Guha was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Eight players were trailing by a half point at 7/8 each. Mitrabha drew with the top seed, GM Abhimanyu Puranik to become the champion. Sham R and FM Suyog Wagh lost to FM Vedant Panesar and IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh respectively. Vedant and Nubairshah finished at second and third place. The top ten places were claimed by only titled players. WIM Parnali S Dharia is the sole player among them. She scored an impressive 7.5/9 to be placed seventh.

Champion - GM Mitrabha Guha 8/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Runner-up - FM Vedant Panesar 8/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Second Runner-up - IM Nubairshah Shaikh 8/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd IM Nubairshah Shaikh 8/9, 1st GM Mitrabha Guha 8/9 and 2nd FM Vedant Panesar 8/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

GM Mitrabha Guha in action | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 5.8 Elo rating points

4th IM Kushagra Mohan 8/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

5th GM Abhimanyu Puranik 7.5/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

6th IM Kaustuv Kundu 7.5/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

7th WIM Parnali S Dharia 7.5/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

8th IM Sammed Shete 7.5/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

9th FM Suyog Wagh 7/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

10th Himal Gusain 7/9 | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Top boards overlooking the trophies | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Players in action | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Mayur Gondhalekar earned his final FIDE Arbiter norm at this tournament

The tournament hall at Navrang Banquets in Thane, Maharashtra | Photo: Ravindra Potawad

Tournament overview | Video: ChessBase India Marathi

A total of 342 players including 4 GMs, 6 IMs and a WIM took part from various places all over the country. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Rotary Club of Kalyan at Navrang Banquets in Thane, Maharashtra on 23rd February 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha				IND	2476	8	54	58	50,75	7	3
2	9	FM	Panesar, Vedant				IND	2225	8	51,5	55	48,00	8	4
3	8	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh				IND	2233	8	48,5	53	46,75	7	4
4	5	IM	Kushagra, Mohan				IND	2303	8	48,5	52,5	45,50	8	5
5	1	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu				IND	2538	7,5	54	57,5	46,50	6	4
6	6	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu				IND	2300	7,5	51	56	46,50	7	3
7	15	WIM	Parnali, S Dharia		w		IND	2036	7,5	49	53	43,25	7	5
8	10	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete				IND	2197	7	56	59,5	43,50	7	3
9	4	FM	Wagh, Suyog				IND	2316	7	55	58,5	42,50	7	3
10	11	IM	Gusain, Himal				IND	2189	7	54,5	58	42,75	6	4
11	26	ACM	Iyer, Arvind			KB	IND	1917	7	51,5	56,5	42,50	7	3
12	19		Shah, Jeet				IND	1969	7	51,5	56,5	42,00	7	4
13	7	GM	Sriram, Jha				IND	2298	7	51	55	40,00	7	5
14	25	FM	Patil, Priyanshu				IND	1918	7	49,5	54,5	40,00	7	4
15	30	AGM	Lakshith, B Salian				IND	1885	7	49,5	54	41,00	7	3
16	17		Sham, R				IND	1994	7	49	53	39,00	7	5
17	29		Kherdekar, Arnav				IND	1893	7	49	53	38,00	7	4
18	20		Chavan, Nameet				IND	1968	7	48	53	40,00	7	4
19	28		Boricha, Yohan				IND	1903	7	48	52	38,50	7	3
20	23		Soni, Atharv	U15			IND	1928	7	47,5	52	38,25	6	4
21	21		Arnav, Mahesh Koli	U15			IND	1962	7	47,5	51,5	37,00	7	4
22	36		Rachit, H Gurnani				IND	1842	7	47,5	50	36,00	7	3
23	33		Kadam, Rishi R				IND	1871	7	45,5	49	35,50	7	3
24	77		Advait, Iyer	U15			IND	1607	7	43,5	44,5	30,50	7	5
25	27		Nargundkar, Aditya				IND	1908	7	41	45	34,75	6	2
26	46	AFM	Ruhaan, Mathur	U13			IND	1756	6,5	51	54	35,00	6	2
27	24		Majumder, Shrayan				IND	1921	6,5	49	53	35,50	6	3
28	22	CM	Vedant, Nitin Vekhande				IND	1961	6,5	47,5	51,5	34,00	6	3
29	49		Darsh, Shetty				IND	1734	6,5	46	50	33,00	6	2
30	37	CM	Dolas, Aarush	U13			IND	1839	6,5	46	50	32,75	6	3
31	14	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar				IND	2078	6,5	45,5	49,5	34,75	6	3
32	59	AFM	Bakshi, Mandar				IND	1676	6,5	40	44	30,50	6	4
33	3	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi				IND	2328	6	51	56	35,50	6	3
34	71		Thakur, Anuj	U15			IND	1632	6	51	54,5	32,50	6	3
35	18		Dere, Pushkar				IND	1972	6	50,5	53,5	30,50	6	2
36	40	AIM	Dabhade, Arnav	U15			IND	1822	6	50,5	53	31,00	6	4
37	31	CM	Jaivardhan, Raj	U15			IND	1882	6	49	54	32,00	6	4
38	45		Vageesh, Swaminathan	U15			IND	1759	6	49	51,5	31,75	5	2
39	34		Bartakke, Aditya				IND	1857	6	48,5	49,5	27,50	6	2
40	32		Somaiya, Shreyansh				IND	1872	6	48	51,5	30,50	6	3