Viresh Sharnarthi decimates 1st SVIS Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/05/2025

Viresh Sharnarthi scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st SVIS Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Top seed - IM Neelash Saha and Atharva Madkar scored 8/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Viresh defeated both runners-up, Neelash and Atharva in Round 6 and 5 respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹70000, ₹50000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by and at Sadhu Vaswani International School, Moshi in Pune, Maharashtra on 1st and 2nd May 2025. This is Viresh's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Ravindra Potawad

Viresh's first rating tournament triumph of the year

The Commonwealth Under-14 2025 double Gold and a Silver medalist - Viresh Sharnarthi and Sourabh Mhamane were coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Four players - Aryan Karmalkar, Atharva Madkar, FM Suyog Wagh and IM Neelash Saha were trailing them by a half point at 7/8 each. Aryan lost to Viresh and the latter became champion. Suyog conceded the full point against the top seed, Neelash who secured second place. Atharva defeated Sourabh to finish third.

Champion - Viresh Sharnarthi 8.5/9

Runner-up - IM Neelash Saha 8/9

Second Runner-up - Atharva Madkar 8/9

Viresh Sharnarthi during one of his games

Viresh Sharnarthi scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 51.2 Elo rating points

Top boards played on the stage

Venue - Sadhu Vaswani International School, Moshi in Pune, Maharashtra

The tournament halls

Tournament overview | Video: ChessBase India Marathi

Replay live stream of the tournament | Video: ChessBase India Games

A total of 320 players including four IMs took part from all over the country and one from USA. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by and at Sadhu Vaswani International School, Moshi in Pune, Maharashtra on 1st and 2nd May 2025. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 15 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5		Sharnarthi, Viresh	IND	2145	8,5	55	59	55,25
2	1	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2359	8	54	59,5	51,00
3	16		Madkar, Atharva	IND	1942	8	52,5	57,5	49,00
4	13	CM	Reyan, Md.	IND	1995	7,5	53	58,5	47,75
5	17		Mhamane, Sourabh	IND	1909	7,5	53	56	43,75
6	4	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2153	7,5	52	56	44,75
7	3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2233	7,5	50,5	54,5	44,25
8	11	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	IND	2046	7,5	49	53	42,25
9	2	FM	Wagh, Suyog	IND	2237	7	55	59,5	44,50
10	15		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet	IND	1958	7	53,5	56,5	41,00
11	7	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya	IND	2112	7	50,5	54	39,50
12	32		Nishant, Abhijeet Jawalkar	IND	1805	7	50,5	52,5	38,00
13	18		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	IND	1907	7	50	53,5	39,25
14	22	CM	Dolas, Aarush	IND	1874	7	50	53	37,50
15	21		Lalitaditaayyanar, Boominathan	IND	1875	7	46,5	50,5	38,00
16	45		Karmalkar, Aryan	IND	1679	7	46	50	35,00
17	41		Salunke, Siddhant	IND	1736	7	46	49	35,00
18	25		Gaurang, Bhandari	IND	1836	7	45,5	50,5	39,50
19	55	AFM	Hrudhan, Moghe	IND	1626	7	45	48,5	36,50
20	6	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	IND	2131	6,5	55,5	57,5	38,75