Kashish Manoj Jain clinches PR 1st Late SSK Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025
FM Kashish Manoj Jain and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 each at PR 1st Late Shikshanmaharshi Shivajirao Konde Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025. Kashish won the tournament due to better tie-break scores, Sammed was placed second. Four players - CM Prathamesh Sherla, Shriraj Bhosale, Avirat Chauhan and FM Aniruddha Deshpande scored 8/9 each. They secured third to sixth position respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200001. The top three prizes were ₹25000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each respectively. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by PR Chess World and Shivbhumi Shikshan Trust at Shivray Mangal Karyalay in Pune, Maharashtra on 2nd February 2025. This is Kashish's second tournament triumph of the year. Photo: IA Pavan Rathi
Top two score an unbeaten 8.5/9
FM Kashish Manoj Jain and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete were the coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the last round. IM Abhishek Kelkar lost to the top seed, Sammed. Kashish defeated Kushagra Jain to become the champion, Sammed second. CM Prathamesh Sherla won against Utkarsh Agrawal to finish third. 10-year-old Avirat Chauhan scored an impressive 8/9 to be placed fifth. He is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.
Thanks to IA Pavan Rathi, Organizing Secretary, for sharing the photographs.
A total of 547 players including two IMs took part from various places all over the country, three from Iceland, two from the USA and one from Zambia. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by PR Chess World and Shivbhumi Shikshan Trust at Shivray Mangal Karyalay in Pune, Maharashtra on 2nd February 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | FM | Jain Kashish Manoj | IND | 2049 | MH | 8,5 | 57,5 | 60,5 | 56,25 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 1 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2197 | MH | 8,5 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 56,25 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 7 | CM | Sherla Prathamesh | U14 | IND | 2002 | MH | 8 | 54 | 58,5 | 50,00 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Bhosale Shriraj | IND | 1961 | MH | 8 | 53 | 57,5 | 49,00 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Avirat Chauhan | U11 | IND | 1975 | MH | 8 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 49,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 8 | FM | Deshpande Aniruddha | IND | 2000 | MH | 8 | 47 | 49,5 | 43,50 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 10 | Chavan Nameet | IND | 1968 | MH | 7,5 | 53 | 55 | 43,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 14 | Om Nagnath Lamkane | IND | 1880 | MH | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 44,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | 31 | AFM | Maniar Hriday | U13 | IND | 1783 | MH | 7,5 | 50 | 54 | 43,50 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 36 | AIM | Patil Sudip | IND | 1732 | MH | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 41,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 43 | Agraval Shravana | U14 | IND | 1689 | MH | 7,5 | 47 | 52 | 42,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 13 | Nirgun Keval | IND | 1898 | MH | 7 | 54,5 | 58 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | Kadav Omkar | IND | 1810 | MH | 7 | 54,5 | 56,5 | 41,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 26 | Wadke Suyog | IND | 1808 | MH | 7 | 53,5 | 55 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | Nihira Koul | F14 | w | IND | 1833 | MH | 7 | 52,5 | 57 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 12 | AIM | Shejal Sahil Sanjay | IND | 1900 | MH | 7 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 41,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 17 | 3 | Jain Kushagra | U15 | IND | 2109 | MH | 7 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 18 | 39 | AIM | Patel Neehal Trishulkumar | IND | 1705 | GJ-Other | 7 | 52 | 56 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 19 | 4 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2078 | MH | 7 | 51 | 53 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 20 | 2 | FM | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2140 | MH | 7 | 50 | 55 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 49 | Chavan Aditya | U14 | IND | 1673 | MH | 7 | 49 | 52 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 19 | CM | Dolas Aarush | U13 | IND | 1839 | MH | 7 | 48 | 52,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 32 | Kothari Pranit | IND | 1773 | MH | 7 | 48 | 51 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | Ayaan Somani | U14 | IND | 1796 | MH | 7 | 47,5 | 52,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 25 | 45 | Mali Shlok | U13 | IND | 1678 | MH | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 |
