Vivaan Vishal Shah perfect at Pilsen Open Blitz 2025 with a 2855 performance

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/03/2025

CM Vivaan Vishal Shah scored a perfect 11/11 to win Pilsen Open E Blitz Rating Open at 13th International Chess Festival. He finished a staggering two points ahead of the rest. GM Petr Neuman (CZE) secured second place scoring 9/11. Jonas Eret (CZE) was placed third scoring 8/11. Vivaan defeated both of them in Round 2 and 5 respectively. He performed at 2855. The top three prizes Blitz were CZK 1000, 7000 and 500 each. Neuman won the D Rapid Open scoring an unbeaten 6.5/7. Pavan B N B and Nikolajs Krilovs (LAT) scored 5.5/7 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The top three prizes in Rapid were CZK 1500, 1000 and 500 each. Photo: Official site

Vivaan finishes two points ahead of the rest; Pavan B N B second in Rapid

Top 3 (L to R) in E Blitz - 2nd GM Petr Neuman (CZE) 9/11, 1st CM Vivaan Vishal Shah 11/11 and 3rd Jonas Eret (CZE) 8/11 | Photo: Official site

CM Vivaan Vishal Shah during the A GM Round-Robin tournament | Photo: Official site

CM Vivaan Vishal Shah scored a perfect 11/11, performed at 2855, finished two points ahead of others and gained a whopping 252.8 Elo rating points

Top 3 (L to R) in D Rapid: 2nd Pavan B N B 5.5/7, 1st GM Petr Neuman (CZE) 6.5/7 and 3rd Nikolajs Krilovs (LAT) 5.5/7 | Photo: Official site

Players in action | Photo: Official site

The tournament hall at Park hotel in Pilsen, Czech Republic | Photo: Official site

A total of 34 players including a GM and an IM took part from seven countries in the E Blitz Open and 38 players including a GM and an IM from seven countries participated in the D Rapid Open. The eleven and seven round Swiss league Blitz and Rapid Rating tournament respectively were organized by AVE Chess z s. The Blitz was held on 20th March, while the Rapid took place on 16th March 2025 at Park hotel in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The time control for the events were 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment for Blitz, for Rapid it was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final standings in E Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	11	CM	Vivaan, Vishal Shah		IND	1958		11	68,5	72,5	72,50	40	252,8
2	1	GM	Neuman, Petr		CZE	2323		9	69,5	75	57,50	10	1
3	2		Eret, Jonas		CZE	2244		8	71,5	76,5	50,00	20	-3,4
4	9		Pavan, B N B		IND	2062		7,5	67,5	68,5	38,00	20	33,6
5	4		Vaculik, Jakub		CZE	2176		7	69,5	74,5	42,50	20	-11,6

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Final standings in D Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Neuman, Petr		CZE	2429	6,5	28,5	31	28,25	10	1,4
2	8		Pavan, B N B		IND	1927	5,5	29,5	33	23,75	20	23,4
3	2		Krilovs, Nikolajs		LAT	2109	5,5	28,5	32	24,25	20	8,2
4	3		Holy, Filip		CZE	2077	5	26	28	17,00	20	0,4
5	37		Simakhin, Martin		CZE	0	5	25	28	18,00