Mitrabha Guha triumphs at 2nd Shri Dadaji Dhuniwale Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/11/2025

GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Akshat Khamparia scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 each at 2nd Shri Dadaji Dhuniwale Rapid Rating Open 2025. Mitrabha won the tournament on tie-breaks, Akshat secured second place. IM Aaryan Varshney, Deepak Bamne, IM Anuj Shrivatri and Sangharsh Soni scored 8/9 each. They were placed third to sixth respectively. The total prize fund was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Khandwa District Chess Association at Arvind Kumar Nitin Kumar H S School in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh on 25th and 26th October 2025. This is Mitrabha's 14th overall, twelfth rating tournament triumph of the year.

Mitrabha's 14th overall, twelfth rating tournament triumph of the year

GM-elect IM Ayush Sharma, reigning National Blitz champion - GM Mitrabha Guha, Abhay Bandewar, IM Akshat Khamparia and Bhupendra Jatav were the five leaders at 7.5/8, heading into the final round. The top seed of the event, Mitrabha defeated Abhay to become the champion. Bhupendra lost to Akshat and the latter secured second place. Bhupesh Vishwakarma Anand Vishwakarma lost to IM Aaryan Varshney who claimed third place.

Champion - GM Mitrabha Guha 8.5/9

Runner-up - IM Akshat Khamparia 8.5/9

Second Runner-up - IM Aaryan Varshney 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Mitrabha Guha during one of his games

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 3.7 Elo rating points

Opening ceremony | Photo: Akshat Khamparia / Khandwa District Chess Association

Future Grandmasters of Madhya Pradesh (L to R): IM Anuj Shrivatri, IM Akshat Khamparia and GM-elect IM Ayush Sharma | Photo: Akshat Khamparia / Khandwa District Chess Association

For the first time, all three IMs of Madhya Pradesh played in the same event in their home state.

L to R: IM Ayush Sharma, Aishwin Daniel, GM Sriram Jha and IM Anuj Shrivatri | Photo: Akshat Khamparia / Khandwa District Chess Association

Sri Lanka's first-ever WIM in history - Sachini Ranasinghe took part in this event | Photo: Akshat Khamparia / Khandwa District Chess Association

IAS Rishav Gupta, District Collector of Khandwa, recently got awarded by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, for his outstanding work in water conservation and rainwater harvesting | Photo: Akshat Khamparia / Khandwa District Chess Association

The tournament hall at Arvind Kumar Nitin Kumar H S School in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh | Photo: Akshat Khamparia / Khandwa District Chess Association

A total of 597 players including two GMs, four IMs and a WIM took part from various parts of the country, two from Bhutan and one from Sri Lanka. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Khandwa District Chess Association at Arvind Kumar Nitin Kumar H S School in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh on 25th and 26th October 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	1	GM	Mitrabha Guha			IND	2483	WB	8,5	54	56	52,25	8	4
2	2	IM	Akshat Khamparia			IND	2337	MP	8,5	52,5	56,5	52,75	8	5
3	4	IM	Aaryan Varshney			IND	2288	Delhi	8	54,5	59,5	51	8	5
4	71		Bamne Deepak			IND	1547	MP-Betul	8	54	58,5	51	8	3
5	3	IM	Anuj Shrivatri			IND	2300	MP-Katni	8	51	55	47,5	8	3
6	22		Soni Sangharsh			IND	1750	MP-Chhindwara	8	48	51	45	8	4
7	6	IM	Ayush Sharma			IND	2259	MP-Khandwa	7,5	58	63	50,75	7	2
8	11		Vaibhav Nema			IND	1893	MP-Narsimhapur	7,5	55	57,5	46	6	3
9	10	AIM	Abhay Bandewar			IND	1899	MP-Chhindwara	7,5	55	56	44,25	7	3
10	15	AGM	Sikka Sumit			IND	1801	MP-Bhopal	7,5	52,5	57,5	45,75	7	3
11	18		Jatav Bhupendra			IND	1780	MP-Hoshangabad	7,5	52,5	54,5	42,75	7	3
12	8	CM	Aishwin Daniel			IND	1962	MP-Bhopal	7,5	52	55	43,25	7	4
13	42		Juneja Madanlal	S60		IND	1632	MAH	7,5	51	54	42,75	7	3
14	16		Shrivastav Hritik			IND	1798	MP-Indore	7,5	50,5	53,5	43,25	7	3
15	45		Siddharth Jain			IND	1615	MP-Bhopal	7,5	49,5	54	42,75	7	4
16	50		Harendra Singh Solanki			IND	1594	MP-Rajgarh	7,5	49,5	53,5	41,25	7	4
17	20	AIM	Hend Pravin			IND	1759	MAH	7,5	49	53	42,75	7	5
18	41		Lohit Rushikesh			IND	1634	MAH	7,5	48	51,5	41,75	7	2
19	7		Sharma Harish			IND	1966	Railways	7	53,5	58,5	42,5	7	3
20	35		Satish Bele	S60		IND	1657	MP-Chhindwara	7	51	56	41,25	6	3
21	21		Sidharth Upadhyay			IND	1753	MP-Bhopal	7	51	56	41	7	2
22	34		Bhupesh Vishwakarma Anand Vishwakarma			IND	1665	MP-Burhanpur	7	50	55	40,5	7	3
23	25	AIM	Saikat Nath			IND	1725	Delhi	7	50	52	36,5	7	4
24	76		Gupta Aadvik	U11		IND	1540	MP-Indore	7	49,5	54,5	40,5	7	4
25	38		Akshay Singh Tomar			IND	1653	MP-Khandwa	7	49,5	53,5	40	7	4
26	39		Tarun Gautam			IND	1643	UP	7	49,5	53	37,5	7	3
27	19		Murarilal Kori			IND	1772	MP-Sagar	7	48,5	53,5	39	7	3
28	29		Vaibhav Tomar			IND	1682	MP-Khandwa	7	48	52	37	7	2
29	64		Gawande Devanshi		w	IND	1558	MAH	7	48	51	36,5	7	4
30	66		Dande Pushpak			IND	1554	MAH	7	48	50,5	35,5	7	3