Chaitanya Awadh clear first at 1st G H Raisoni Memorial Chhindwara Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/11/2025

Chaitanya Awadh scored 8/9 to win 1st G H Raisoni Memorial Chhindwara Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Six players - Ayush Jugele, Sudhir Kumar Sinha, Shubham Lakudkar, Maras Sahejveer Singh, Vaibhav Nema and Saksham Wadhwa scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to seventh place respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹31000, ₹25000 and ₹20000 each respectively. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni University in Saikheda, Madhya Pradesh on 9th July 2025. This is Chaitanya's third overall, second rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Bhushan Shriwas

Chaitanya's third tournament triumph of the year

Four players - FM Priyanshu Patil, Maras Sahejveer Singh, the reigning Madhya Pradesh State Senior 2025 champion, Chaitanya Awadh and Ayush Jugele were the four leaders 7/8, heading into the final round. Priyanshu lost to Chaitanya and the latter became the champion. Ayush drew against Maras. They were placed second and fifth respectively. Saurabh Lokhande lost to Sudhir Kumar Sinha who finished third.

Champion - Chaitanya Awadh (center) 8/9 with various prize winners | Photo: Bhushan Shriwas

Chaitanya Awadh scored 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 38.8 Elo rating points

A total of 247 players including an IM took part from various places all over the country. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, and Kalpana Prakash Welfare Foundation at G H Raisoni University in Saikheda, Madhya Pradesh on 9th July 2025. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	11	AIM	Awadh, Chaitanya			IND	1837	MadhyaPradesh	8	49,5	52,5	46
2	3		Ayush, Jugele			IND	1951	Maharashtra	7,5	51,5	55	44,5
3	4		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar			IND	1909	Bihar	7,5	50,5	55,5	45,25
4	2		Shubham, Lakudkar			IND	1966	Maharashtra	7,5	50,5	54,5	43
5	10		Maras, Sahejveer Singh	U13		IND	1847	Maharashtra	7,5	50	53	42,25
6	6		Vaibhav, Nema	U19		IND	1893	MadhyaPradesh	7,5	48,5	52,5	43
7	9		Saksham, Wadhwa	U19		IND	1860	Maharashtra	7,5	47	50	40,75
8	1	FM	Patil, Priyanshu			IND	1971	Maharashtra	7	55,5	61	45,75
9	17		Soni, Sangharsh		Chhindwara	IND	1751	MadhyaPradesh	7	51,5	56	41
10	16		Sharma, Sai	U19		IND	1754	Maharashtra	7	50,5	55	40,75
11	31	AFM	Nischay, Sharma			IND	1675	MadhyaPradesh	7	47,5	51,5	36
12	46		Arnav, Abhaykumar Moon	U15		IND	1617	Maharashtra	7	47	51	38,25
13	36		Akshay, Singh Tomar			IND	1654	MadhyaPradesh	7	46,5	48,5	34
14	92		Aaradhya, Swapnil Ubale	U13		IND	1494	Maharashtra	7	46	49	35,5
15	14		Rudra, Mahendra Dhole	U15		IND	1788	Maharashtra	7	43	47	36,75
16	22		Paritosh, Malvi		Chhindwara	IND	1730	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	54,5	57,5	38,75
17	50		Divyansh, Singh Katharria	U19		IND	1606	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	50,5	54,5	36,75
18	13		Rishi, Sonker			IND	1800	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	50	54	36,75
19	20		Saurabh, Lokhande			IND	1737	Maharashtra	6,5	48,5	51,5	33,25
20	5		Mishra, Kamad	U19		IND	1904	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	47,5	51,5	36,25
21	30		Vaibhav, Tomar			IND	1682	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	47	49	32,75
22	24	AIM	Swaraj, Mishra	U09		IND	1716	Maharashtra	6,5	46,5	49,5	32,25
23	34		Satish, Bele	S56	Chhindwara	IND	1657	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	45,5	50	34,25
24	39		Palash, Nagdevte			IND	1633	Maharashtra	6,5	45	49	32,25
25	246		Swapnil, Rawat			IND	0	MadhyaPradesh	6,5	43,5	48	33,5