Shantanu Bhambure dominates 1st GCH Sharad Pawar Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/01/2023

One of the latest IMs of India, Shantanu Bhambure scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st GCH Sharad Pawar Rapid Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Four players scored 8/9. Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi and Shailesh Baria were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Aakash also remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹25000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. A total of 412 players including 5 IMs and a WIM took part from various part of the country. This is the first tournament Shantanu played after becoming an IM in December 2022 and he won it with an emphatic performance. Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

IM Shantanu makes a perfect start to 2023

IM Shantanu Bhambure has won many tournaments before. However, winning the first tournament he played after becoming an International Master, is certainly going to be special, that also in his home city of Mumbai.

Champion - IM Shantanu Bhambure 8.5/9 | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

Runner-up - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 8/9 | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

Second Runner-up - Shailesh Baria 8/9 | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, 1st IM Shantanu Bhambure and 3rd Shailesh Baria | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

IM Shantanu Bhambure defeated CM Dev Shah in the final round to become the champion | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

IM Shantanu Bhambure scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and gained 10 Elo rating points

India's third and Maharashtra's first GM Pravin Thipsay lighting up the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

Arjuna Awardee GM Pravin Thipsay makes the ceremonial first move | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

Round 8: IM Nubairshah Shaikh - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

Maharashtra's very own - IM Soumya Swaminathan and... | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

WIM Srishti Pandey were the two titled women players who took part | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

The tournament hall | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

The trophies which were given away as prizes | Photo: Ganesh Patil/Garware Club House

A total of 412 players including 5 IMs and a WIM took part from all over India and one from Singapore. The one-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by and at Garware Club House, Mumbai, Maharashtra on 7th January 2023. The time control of the tournament was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	7	FM	Bhambure Shantanu			IND	2186		8,5	54	58,5	55,75	8	0	9	8,5	8,00	0,50	20	10
2	10		Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi			IND	2154		8	51,5	55	47,75	7	0	8	7	5,62	1,38	20	27,6
3	25		Baria Shailesh			IND	1780		8	51,5	55	47,00	8	0	8	7	5,49	1,51	40	60,4
4	8	CM	Pimpalkhare Vedant			IND	2182		8	51	54	47,00	8	0	9	8	8,71	-0,71	20	-14,2
5	23		Ankur Mahesh Gokhale			IND	1799		8	49,5	51,5	45,00	8	0	8	7	5,42	1,58	20	31,6
6	5	CM	Dev Shah			IND	2234		7,5	57	62	49,50	7	0	9	7,5	7,65	-0,15	40	-6
7	22		Potawad Anirudhha			IND	1800		7,5	54	58	42,00	7	0	8	6,5	3,48	3,02	40	120,8
8	14	CM	Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	U15		IND	1980		7,5	52	56	44,75	7	0	8	6,5	6,16	0,34	40	13,6
9	20		Siddharth Venkatesh			IND	1826		7,5	51,5	54,5	44,25	7	0	8	6,5	6,53	-0,03	20	-0,6
10	3	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya			IND	2256		7	57,5	61	44,50	7	0	9	7	8,46	-1,46	10	-14,6
11	1	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2339		7	56	61	45,75	6	0	9	7	8,52	-1,52	20	-30,4
12	46		Keshri Abhishek			IND	1523		7	52	56	39,50	7	0	8	6	5,18	0,82	20	16,4
13	2	FM	Panesar Vedant			IND	2279		7	51,5	56,5	43,50	6	0	9	7	8,68	-1,68	20	-33,6
14	4	IM	Gusain Himal			IND	2250		7	49,5	52,5	39,75	6	0	9	7	8,74	-1,74	20	-34,8
15	33		Rachit H Gurnani			IND	1627		7	49	53	38,00	7	0	8	6	4,52	1,48	20	29,6
16	12	CM	Vedant Nitin Vekhande	U15		IND	2032		7	48,5	53	39,00	7	0	8	6	6,98	-0,98	40	-39,2
17	79		Atharva Parag Koranne	U11		IND	1352		7	48,5	51	36,50	7	0	8	6	3,20	2,80	40	112
18	27	ACM	Iyer Arvind	U15		IND	1772		7	48	52	36,00	7	0	8	6	5,65	0,35	40	14
19	98		Ram Vishal Parab	U13		IND	1269		7	47	50	36,00	7	0	7	5	1,40	3,60	40	144
20	17		Morvekar Kedar			IND	1895		7	46,5	50	37,50	7	0	8	6	7,64	-1,64	20	-32,8
21	45		Dhruv Swapnil Haldankar	U15		IND	1523		7	46	47,5	32,50	7	0	8	6	4,98	1,02	40	40,8
22	52	AGM	Ankit Bhattacharya			IND	1473		7	45,5	48	32,50	7	0	8	6	4,64	1,36	20	27,2
23	35		Rohnit G Amin			IND	1601		7	45,5	47	34,00	7	0	8	6	6,06	-0,06	20	-1,2
24	68		Godse Anish			IND	1391		7	45	49	34,50	7	0	8	6	4,32	1,68	20	33,6
25	55		Arnav Mahesh Koli	U13		IND	1466		7	44,5	47	32,50	7	0	7	5	3,02	1,98	40	79,2
26	192		Aaditya Anand	U13		IND	1070		7	42,5	44,5	32,50	7	0	6	4	1,00	3,00	40	120
27	29		Bhoir Paras Dilip	U15		IND	1699		6,5	53,5	57,5	38,25	6	0	7	4,5	4,64	-0,14	40	-5,6
28	13		Dere Pushkar			IND	2007		6,5	52	55,5	37,25	6	0	8	5,5	5,21	0,29	20	5,8
29	50		Guru Prakash	U15		IND	1493		6,5	51	54	34,75	6	0	8	5,5	2,89	2,61	40	104,4
30	39		Hriday Dharmesh Sheth			IND	1566		6,5	50,5	54	35,75	6	0	8	5,5	4,55	0,95	40	38
31	37		Shah Mihir			IND	1583		6,5	50	53	35,75	5	0	8	5,5	3,48	2,02	20	40,4
32	66		Jagesia Daksh	U15		IND	1397		6,5	49	52	33,00	6	0	8	5,5	3,36	2,14	40	85,6
33	15		Boricha Ketan			IND	1956		6,5	48,5	53	36,25	6	0	8	5,5	6,73	-1,23	20	-24,6
34	114		Aditya Kunal Patil	U13		IND	1228		6,5	48	51	33,25	6	0	7	4,5	1,32	3,18	40	127,2
35	64		Bopardikar Veer	U15		IND	1410		6,5	47,5	51,5	34,25	6	0	8	5,5	3,57	1,93	40	77,2
36	24		Aggarwal Vansh			IND	1783		6,5	47,5	50	32,75	6	0	8	5,5	6,78	-1,28	40	-51,2
37	83		Gogte Soumil			IND	1341		6,5	47	51	32,75	6	0	8	5,5	3,97	1,53	40	61,2
38	16		Bartakke Amardeep S.			IND	1911		6,5	47	49	32,00	6	0	8	5,5	6,21	-0,71	20	-14,2
39	48		Suthar Pradip			IND	1507		6,5	46,5	50,5	35,75	6	0	8	5,5	5,96	-0,46	20	-9,2
40	84		Kshaunish Prakash Jaiswal	U15		IND	1340		6,5	46	49,5	34,50	5	0	7	4,5	2,11	2,39	40	95,6