Mohamed Anees M dominates 3rd Chairman's Trophy SRM Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/08/2025

IM Mohamed Anees M scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 3rd Chaairman's Trophy SRM Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four players - IM Senthil Maran K, FM Adharsh K, Sham R and WIM Tejaswini G scored 8/9 each. They secured second to fifth place respectively The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹25000 + trophy, ₹20000 and ₹15000 each. The one-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Golden Knights Chess Academy and Master Mind Chess Academy at Padma Bhushan Major Dhyan Chand Indoor Stadium, SRM Institute of Science & Technology in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu on 13th July 2025. This is Anees' first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: SRM IST Official site

Anees' first rating tournament triumph of the year

IM Mohamed Anees M made a blazing start by winning eight games in-a-row. 14 players were trailing him by a full point. IM Nitin S drew against him in the final round and Anees became a clear champion. IM Senthil Maran K defeated FM Arnav Maheshwari to secure second place. FM Adharsh K won against FM S Prasannaa to finish third. Former WIM Tejaswini G scored an impressive 8/9 to finish fourth. She is the only female finisher among top 15.

Champion - IM Mohamed Anees M 8.5/9 | Photo: SRM IST official site

Runner-up - IM Senthil Maran K 8/9 | Screenshot: Directorate of Sports SRM IST KTR

IM Mohamed Anees M scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 39.2 Elo rating points

Tournament overview | Video: Directorate of Sports SRM IST KTR

A total of 607 players including a GM, five IMs and a WIM took part from various states across the country, one from Canada, Denmark and England each, two from the USA. The one-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Golden Knights Chess Academy and Master Mind Chess Academy at Padma Bhushan Major Dhyan Chand Indoor Stadium, SRM Institute of Science & Technology in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu on 13th July 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	6	FM	Mohamed, Anees M			43491KGI2025	IND	2118	8,5	55	60	56,25	8
2	4	IM	Senthil, Maran K			11833TLR2025	IND	2196	8	54,5	59,5	51,00	8
3	16	FM	Adharsh, K	U15		2393CHE2025	IND	1921	8	53	59	51,50	8
4	9		Sham, R			4872CHE2025	IND	2071	8	51,5	55	48,50	7
5	17	WIM	Tejaswini, G		w	8029TLR2025	IND	1918	8	51	55	47,00	8
6	5		Kaushik, S			54636CHE2025	IND	2126	7,5	56	61	48,75	7
7	2	GM	Laxman, R.R.			LM	IND	2230	7,5	53	57,5	46,75	6
8	10		Sivan, S Roshan			23673CHE2025	IND	1980	7,5	52,5	56	45,00	6
9	15		Hari, Ganesh T			10337CGL2025	IND	1932	7,5	52	56,5	45,25	6
10	48		Vakeesh, S			3122CGL2025	IND	1755	7,5	51	54,5	43,50	7
11	3	IM	Nitin, S.			21114SLM2024	IND	2210	7,5	50	54,5	43,75	6
12	41		Prajit, Ravishankar			9771CHE2025	IND	1767	7,5	50	53	41,25	7
13	19		Aakash, K P			2283CGL2025	IND	1894	7,5	49,5	52,5	41,25	7
14	14		Vijay, Shreeram P			2888CHE2025	IND	1933	7,5	47,5	52,5	44,00	7
15	23		Barath, L			36983CHE2025	IND	1877	7	52,5	57	40,50	7
16	11	FM	Arnav, Maheshwari			2285TLR2025	IND	1972	7	52	56	42,00	7
17	13		Sailesh, R			2615CHE2025	IND	1943	7	52	56	41,25	6
18	24	WFM	Harini, S.		w	24084CGL2025	IND	1873	7	51,5	56,5	42,50	6
19	38		Femil, Chelladurai		w	5060KKI2025	IND	1823	7	51	56	41,50	7
20	8	FM	Prasannaa.S,			11203TLR2025	IND	2089	7	50,5	55,5	40,00	7
21	7		Ajjesh, J R			9596CHE2025	IND	2105	7	50,5	54,5	40,00	7
22	60		Poorna, Sri M.K		w	8669CHE2025	IND	1715	7	49	54	39,50	6
23	53		Kesavamoorthy, G	U15		1281CGL2025	IND	1736	7	48,5	52,5	38,00	7
24	27		Rahul, Ramakrishnan	U11		NA	IND	1862	7	48	52	38,50	7
25	29		Karthick, Sai P	U13		2341CHE2025	IND	1859	7	47,5	52	38,00	7
26	42		Divesh, G			24363CHE2025	IND	1763	7	47,5	49,5	36,50	7
27	36		Chujeeth, Vignesh A			11932THE2025	IND	1827	7	47	47	35,25	5
28	43		Sripathi, Surendar			11180CHE2025	IND	1763	7	45,5	50	37,50	7
29	49		Iniyan, R S	U15		7907TLR2025	IND	1754	7	45,5	49,5	37,50	7
30	34		Premshankar, B U	U15		2329CHE2025	IND	1841	7	45	49,5	37,00	7