Siddhant Gawai claims a double at 17th G H Raisoni Memorial Chess Festival 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/07/2024

16-year-old Siddhant Gawai scored an unbeaten 10/11 to win 17th G H Raisoni Memorial Rating Open 2024. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya also scored the same. He secured second place on tie-breaks. Siddhant defeated Anwesh in the sixth round. FM Sauravh Khherdekar scored sole 9/11 to finish third. Sidhant won the Rapid Rating Open scoring 8/9. Four more players - Anwesh, Sauravh, Shaunak Badole and CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut finished with the same score 8/9. They were placed second to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. Vaibhav became champion in the Blitz Rating Open scoring an unbeaten 8.5/9. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Teenagers - CM Arush Chitre, Bhaavan Kolla and Ansh Dhanvij scored 8/9 each to be placed second, third and fourth respectively. The total prize fund combining all three tournaments was ₹451000. Top three prizes in the Classical were ₹51000 and a trophy, ₹31000 and ₹26000 each. Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Vaibhav Jayant Raut dominates Blitz Rating Open

Siddhant Gawai won both Classical and Rapid Rating tournaments. Back in 2022, Siddhant won the 15th edition of Blitz Rating Open. Thus, he has now won all three formats at G H Raisoni Memorial Chess Festival. These two are Siddhant's first two rating tournament triumphs of the year. Top three prizes in the Rapid event were ₹31000 and a trophy, ₹20000 and ₹10000 each. Classical and Rapid events witnessed same top three finishers in the exact same order, only the score is different. The top three finishers in the Blitz won a trophy each, the champion won a DGT Clock. It was also CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut's first rating open tournament victory in 2024.

Champion in Classical - Siddhant Gawai 10/11 | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Top five (L to R): 5th Bhaavan Kolla 8.5/11, 4th Nihaan Pohane 8.5/11, 3rd FM Sauravh Khherdekar 9/11, 1st Siddhant Gawai 10/11 and 2nd IM Anwesh Upadhyaya 10/11 | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Siddhant Gawai scored an unbeaten 10/11, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 91.6 Elo rating points

Group photo of the prize winners in Classical Rating Open | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Advocate Sandeep Shastri, making the inaugural first move of the Rapid Rating Open | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Champion in Rapid - Siddhant Gawai 8/9 | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Siddhant Gawai scored 8/9, made no draws, won the tournament on tie-breaks and increased his Elo rating by 20.4 points

Blitz Champion - CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut (fourth from right) 8.5/9 | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut scored 8.5/9, remained undefeated, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 24.2 Elo rating points

Group photo of the prize winners | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

The organizing team | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

A total of 274 players including an IM took part from various parts of the country in this six-day eleven-round Swiss League Rating Open. The tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology in Nagpur, Maharashtra from 9th to 14th June. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings in Classical

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	3		Gawai, Siddhant				IND	1966	10	82,5	88	79,75	9
2	1	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya				IND	2354	10	80	87	77,00	10
3	2	FM	Sauravh, Khherdekar				IND	2030	9	80,5	85	65,00	9
4	10		Nihaan, Pohane	U13			IND	1747	8,5	78	84	62,50	7
5	4		Kolla, Bhaavan	U13			IND	1922	8,5	77	82,5	60,25	8
6	6		Mishra, Sanjeev				IND	1875	8,5	75	81	61,75	7
7	27		Gandhi, Samarth				IND	1656	8,5	71,5	75	54,75	8
8	28		Rashmika, Maringanti	F18	w	Nagpur	IND	1649	8,5	68	72,5	55,25	8
9	9		Borse, Vaibhav				IND	1758	8	78,5	82,5	55,25	7
10	13		Badole, Shaunak	U13		Nagpur	IND	1716	8	76	82	54,50	8
11	19		Shriram, Kailas Mhasane				IND	1679	8	74	79,5	53,00	7
12	32		Ayaan, Phutane	U09			IND	1635	8	74	78	51,00	7
13	14		Arjun, Singh	U09			IND	1695	8	72	76,5	53,50	7
14	36		Shirbhate, Suryansh				IND	1613	8	70,5	73	47,00	7
15	18		Ehaan, Shaikh	U15			IND	1682	8	70	74,5	52,25	6
16	47		Walde, Harshal				IND	1590	8	70	73	50,00	7
17	51		Nigudkar, Ameya				IND	1576	8	68	71,5	48,00	8
18	23		Sundar, Divij P	U13			IND	1667	8	67	70	47,75	7
19	16		Aole, Sangharsh				IND	1685	7,5	72,5	76,5	48,50	7
20	43		Pari, Tiwari	F15	w		IND	1594	7,5	71	73,5	45,25	7

Details

A total of 443 players including an IM took part from various locations all over India and one from the Netherlands Antilles in this two-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open. The tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology in Nagpur, Maharashtra on 15th and 16th June. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	6		Gawai, Siddhant			Nagpur	IND	1937	Maharashtra	8	54	59	52,00	8
2	1	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya				IND	2309	Orissa	8	54	56,5	49,00	7
3	4	FM	Sauravh, Khherdekar				IND	1961	Maharashtra	8	49,5	53,5	48,00	8
4	13		Badole, Shaunak	U13		Nagpur	IND	1835	Maharashtra	8	49	54	48,00	8
5	2	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut			Nagpur	IND	2104	Maharashtra	8	49	53	47,00	8
6	12	CM	Chitre, Arush	U15		Nagpur	IND	1840	Maharashtra	7,5	52,5	56,5	44,50	7
7	10		Dishank, Sachin Bajaj			Nagp	IND	1867	Maharashtra	7,5	51	55,5	44,00	7
8	3	FM	Thakur, Akash			Nagpur	IND	2082	Maharashtra	7,5	50,5	55,5	45,50	7
9	55		Pal, Vedika	F11	w		IND	1615	Rajasthan	7,5	46,5	50	40,50	7
10	57		Bajaj, Shraddha	F15	w	Nagpur	IND	1608	Maharashtra	7	53,5	57,5	41,50	7
11	18		Kolla, Bhaavan	U13			IND	1803	Andhra Pradesh	7	53	56,5	40,50	7
12	5		Aishwin, Daniel				IND	1939	Madhya Pradesh	7	52	56	42,25	6
13	26		Prerak, Jayant Darvekar			Nagpur	IND	1698	Maharashtra	7	52	56	40,00	7
14	48		Gaikwad, Santosh				IND	1636		7	49,5	52,5	37,75	6
15	15		Mishra, Sanjeev				IND	1825	Maharashtra	7	49,5	51,5	36,50	7
16	21		Wairagade, Khush			Nagpur	IND	1772	Maharashtra	7	48,5	52,5	40,00	7
17	34		Maras, Sahejveer Singh	U11		Nagpur	IND	1666	Maharashtra	7	48	51,5	36,75	6
18	29	AFM	Vandan, Alankar Sawai	U13			IND	1688	New Delhi	7	47	50	36,50	7
19	24		Thakur, Aarit	U13		Nagpur	IND	1726	Maharashtra	7	47	49,5	35,50	7
20	20		Aadish, Shah	U15			IND	1774	Gujarat	7	46,5	50,5	37,50	7

Details

A total of 345 players including an IM took part from various places all over the country and one from the Netherlands Antilles in this one-day nine-round Swiss League Blitz Rating Open. The tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology in Nagpur, Maharashtra on 16th June. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut		Nagp	IND	2106	Maharashtra	8,5	53,5	58	54,00	8
2	3	CM	Chitre, Arush	U15	Nagp	IND	2064	Maharashtra	8	53,5	56	48,00	7
3	12		Kolla, Bhaavan	U15		IND	1776	Andhra Pradesh	8	50	54	46,50	8
4	11		Dhanvij, Ansh	U18	Nagp	IND	1804	Maharashtra	8	49,5	54,5	47,50	8
5	1	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya			IND	2337	Orissa	7,5	55,5	61	48,50	7
6	9		Mishra, Sanjeev			IND	1835		7,5	50	55	46,00	7
7	7	AIM	Abhay, Bandewar			IND	1902	Madhya Pradesh	7,5	48,5	51	41,75	7
8	28		Sai, Shravan R			IND	1657	Tamilnadu	7,5	47	51	40,75	7
9	65		Aadish, Shah	U15		IND	1551	Gujarat	7	56	60	43,50	7
10	26	AFM	Vandan, Alankar Sawai	U15		IND	1688	New Delhi	7	54	59	44,50	7
11	4		Gawai, Siddhant	U18	Nagp	IND	2005	Maharashtra	7	51,5	56	42,00	7
12	48		Gaigore, Sanskar	U15	Nagp	IND	1580	Maharashtra	7	51	53,5	39,50	7
13	20		Nihaan, Pohane	U15		IND	1713	Maharashtra	7	50	53	38,00	7
14	118		Palaash, Suyog Mapara	U11		IND	1486	Maharashtra	7	49,5	53,5	40,00	7
15	18		Prerak, Jayant Darvekar	U18		IND	1725	Maharashtra	7	48,5	52,5	40,00	7
16	29		Spandan, P Seth		Nagp	IND	1654	Maharashtra	7	48,5	52,5	38,50	7
17	40		Chirag, Lahoti	U11	Nagp	IND	1612	Maharashtra	7	47,5	52	38,00	7
18	84		Gupta, Pratham Arpit	U18		IND	1522	Maharashtra	7	45,5	48,5	35,00	7
19	31		Mudliyar, Kshitij		Nagp	IND	1650	Maharashtra (Aicf & Mca Due)	7	45	47	33,00	7
20	88		Ansh, Kabra	U11		IND	1520	Uttar Pradesh	7	44,5	48	34,50	7