Prasannaa S dominates 1st Warrior Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/09/2025

FM Prasannaa S scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Warrior Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Half a dozen players - Ajjesh J R, Sailesh R, GM Laxman R R, Hari Ganesh T, P R Hrithickkesh and Vignesh N scored 8/9 each. They were placed second to seventh respectively according to tie-breaks. Prasannaa defeated both runners-up - Ajjesh and Sailesh in Round 7 and 9 respectively. The total prize fund was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹25000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Warrior Chess Academy at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 9th August 2025. This is Prasannaa's second overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

Prasannaa's first rating tournament triumph of the year

FM Prasannaa S made a fantastic start by winning eight games in-a-row. Sailesh R was the sole player trailing him by a half point at 7.5/8. Sailesh drew against Prasannaa and the latter became champion as a draw was enough for him to become a clear winner. Sailesh finished third. Ajjjesh J R defeated WCM Shanmathi Sree S to secure second place.

Champion - FM Prasannaa S 8.5/9 | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

Runner-up - Ajjesh J R 8/9 | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

Second Runner-up - Sailesh R 8/9 | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

FM Prasannaa S scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 30.6 Elo rating points

4th GM Laxman R R 8/9 | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

5th Hari Ganesh T 8/9 | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

Players in action | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

The tournament hall at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Photo: Warrior Chess Academy

A total of 620 players including a GM, an IM, a WGM and a WIM took part from all over the country, one from Canada, England, Germany and South Korea, and four from the USA. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Warrior Chess Academy at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 9th August 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	2	FM	Prasannaa.S	S16		11203TLR2025	IND	2082	TN-Tiruvallur	8,5	57,5	63	59	8	4
2	8		Ajjesh J R	S16		9596CHE2025	IND	1988	TN-Chennai	8	55,5	59	50,5	8	4
3	11		Sailesh R	S16		2615CHE2025	IND	1965	TN-Chennai	8	54	59	50,8	7	4
4	1	GM	Laxman R.R.	S16		41/CHE/LIFE	IND	2215	ICF	8	54	57,5	50	7	2
5	5		Hari Ganesh T	S16		10337CGL2025	IND	2013	TN-Kanchipuram	8	52	56	47,5	8	3
6	3		Hirthickkesh Pr	S16		9644CUD2025	IND	2081	TN-Cuddalore	8	51	55,5	48,5	8	3
7	47	AGM	Vignesh N	S16		51763KAN2025	IND	1794	TN-Kanchipuram	8	49	53	45	8	3
8	4	WFM	Kalyani Sirin	F15	w	KL	IND	2061	KL-Thrissur	7,5	53,5	58,5	47	7	4
9	37		Chujeeth Vignesh A	S16		11932THE2025	IND	1822	TN-Theni	7,5	50	55	44,5	7	3
10	69		Sripathi Surendar	S16		11180CHE2025	IND	1718	TN-Chennai	7,5	50	53	41,5	7	3
11	17		Barath L	S16		36983CHE2025	IND	1942	TN-Chennai	7,5	49,5	53,5	44	7	2
12	34		Richard Solomon M	S16		2302CHE2025	IND	1832	TN-Chennai	7,5	48	52	42,8	7	4
13	10		Kolla Bhaavan	U15		AP	IND	1966	AP-Vijayawada	7,5	48	51	40,3	7	4
14	23		Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan	S16		9606CHE2025	IND	1898	TN-Chennai	7	55	58,5	42,8	6	3
15	32		Pranav Sai Ram R S	U15		8359TLR2025	IND	1843	TN-Tiruvallur	7	54	58	42,8	6	2
16	15		Yogit S	S16		42877CHE2025	IND	1949	TN-Chennai	7	52,5	56,5	40	7	3
17	25		Mridav M	U15		2327CHE2025	IND	1883	TN-Chennai	7	52,5	56,5	40	7	3
18	26	AIM	Farhaan M	S16		9103VPM2025	IND	1857	TN-Villupuram	7	52	57	42	7	4
19	52		Maddipati Srihas	U12		USA	USA	1755	United States Of America	7	51	55	40	7	4
20	12	WGM	Srija Seshadri	S16	w	19844CUD2025	IND	1963	TN-Cuddalore	7	51	54,5	39,5	7	4
21	19		Vijay Shreeram P	S16		2888CHE2025	IND	1929	TN-Chennai	7	50,5	54,5	39	7	3
22	38	WCM	Shanmathi Sree S	F15	w	24410CHE2025	IND	1813	TN-Chennai	7	50	54	39	7	3
23	6		Saisarvesh S	U15		2336TLR2025	IND	1991	TN-Tiruvallur	7	49,5	53,5	38,5	7	4
24	29		Nijesh R	U12		2902CHE2025	IND	1849	TN-Chennai	7	48,5	53,5	40,3	6	3
25	53	ACM	Vishruth B	U12		3020CHE2025	IND	1753	TN-Chennai	7	48,5	52,5	37,3	6	2
26	56		Iniyan R S	U15		7907TLR2025	IND	1750	TN-Tiruvallur	7	48	52	36,5	7	4
27	7	WIM	Tejaswini G	S16	w	8029TLR2025	IND	1988	TN-Tiruvallur	7	48	51	38	7	2
28	121		Kavin B	S16		9597CHE2025	IND	1618	TN-Chennai	7	48	50,5	36,5	7	3
29	31		Abinandhan R	S16		25899CHE2025	IND	1845	TN-Chennai	7	47,5	51,5	38,8	5	2
30	21		Naveen K S	S16		25824CHE2025	IND	1921	TN-Chennai	7	47	52	39,3	6	2