Nubairshah Shaikh wins Satish Anna Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/11/2025

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh, IM Ameya Audi, IM Ravi Teja S, IM Srijit Paul, IM Suyog Wagh, IM Nitish Belurkar and Shriraj Bhosale scored 8/9 each at Satish Anna Rapid Rating Open 2025. Nubairshah won the tournament on tie-breaks. The remaining six were placed second to seventh respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹50000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Satish Anna Fans Club at Mahaveer Bhavan in Belagavi, Karnataka on 25th and 26th October 2025. This is Nubairshah's fifth tournament triumph of the year.

Nubairshah's fifth triumph of the year, Top seven score 8/9

IM Ameya Audi made a perfect start by winning eight games in-a-row. He was a full point ahead of a dozen players before the final round. IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh defeated FM Joydeep Dutta to become the champion. Ameya lost to IM Nitish Belurkar to secure second place. IM Ravi Teja S won against IM Nikhil Dixit to finish third.

Champion - IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 8/9

Runner-up - IM Ameya Audi 8/9

Second Runner-up - IM Ravi Teja S 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 20.8 Elo rating points

Tournament highlights | Video: Sports Talk-Belgaum

A total of 590 players including two GMs and nine IMs took part from various parts of the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Satish Anna Fans Club at Mahaveer Bhavan in Belagavi, Karnataka on 25th and 26th October 2025. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	5	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2248	Mah	8	55,5	58,5	51	7	3
2	6	IM	Audi, Ameya			IND	2238	Goa	8	55,5	57	49	8	5
3	3	IM	Ravi, Teja S.			IND	2284	AP	8	53	57,5	49,5	8	4
4	2	IM	Srijit, Paul			IND	2288	WB	8	53	56	48	8	5
5	8	FM	Wagh, Suyog			IND	2226	Mah	8	53	55,5	48,75	7	3
6	4	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			IND	2251	Goa	8	52	57	50	8	5
7	14		Bhosale, Shriraj			IND	2042	Mah	8	51	54	46	8	5
8	9	GM	Laxman, R.R.			IND	2223	ICF	7,5	53	57	45	7	3
9	1	GM	Srihari, L R			IND	2403	TN	7,5	52,5	55	44	6	4
10	24		Patil, Divya	F16	w	IND	1859	Mah	7,5	51,5	55,5	44,25	7	4
11	18		Joshua, Mark Telles	U12		IND	1956	Goa	7,5	49	54	43,75	7	4
12	43		Soni, Vivan	U12		IND	1736	Mah	7,5	48	51	39,5	7	3
13	22		Ajeesh, Antony			IND	1871	Ker	7,5	45	48,5	39,5	7	3
14	7	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete			IND	2228	Mah	7	57	61	45	7	4
15	11	IM	Palit, Somak			IND	2169	WB Rlys	7	53,5	57,5	41,5	7	3
16	17	WCM	Pratitee, Bordoloi	F12	w	IND	1958	Kar	7	53,5	56,5	40,5	7	3
17	20	IM	Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam	S50		IND	1901	TN	7	53	56,5	40,75	6	3
18	12	IM	Dixit, Nikhil			IND	2150	Mah	7	52,5	57,5	42	6	2
19	45		Naveen, S Hegde			IND	1733	Kar	7	51	54,5	38,5	7	3
20	47		Karthik, S			IND	1719	Kar	7	50,5	55,5	41,5	7	3
21	85		Vaibhav, Sanganabashettar	U14		IND	1555	Kar	7	49,5	51,5	37	7	4
22	33		Aarth, Siddhesh Shenvi Karapurkar	U16		IND	1777	Goa	7	49	53	39,5	7	5
23	15		Kabnurakar, Rushikesh			IND	2007	Mah	7	49	52	38	7	2
24	48		Nandakumar, Veeresh Sulikeri	U16		IND	1716	Kar	7	49	50	35	7	4
25	34		Patil, Abhishek			IND	1777	Mah	7	48,5	52,5	37,5	7	3
26	13	FM	Dutta, Joydeep			IND	2096	WB	7	48,5	52	36	7	3
27	28		Parab, Rishikesh			IND	1827	Goa	7	48,5	50,5	36,5	7	3
28	38		Jagadale, Ishwari	F16	w	IND	1767	Mah	7	47,5	52	39	7	4
29	37		Nikam, Ravindra			IND	1771	Mah	7	47,5	51,5	37,5	7	2
30	44		Mandar Mohan, Sane			IND	1733	Mah	7	47,5	51,5	37	7	4