Arun Kataria convincingly clinches 2nd Jaipur Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/05/2025

Top seed, FM Arun Kataria scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 2nd Jaipur Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Five players - IM Rahul Sangma, Shrayan Majumder, Manav Kumar, Deepak Batra and Sree Veeramani P scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹1150000. The top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹75000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Royal Chess Club and Services at Jaipur Club in Jaipur, Rajasthan from 23rd to 27th April 2025. This is Arun's third tournament triumph of the month and year. Photo: Official site

Arun's third tournament triumph of the month

FM Arun Kataria was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the last round. IM Rahul Sangma and FM Kumar Gaurav were trailing by a half point at 7/8 each. Arun drew with Rahul to become a clear champion and Rahul secured second place. Shrayan defeated Kumar to finish third.

Champion - FM Arun Kataria 8/9 | Photo: Official site

Runner-up - IM Rahul Sangma 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - Shrayan Majumder 7.5/9 | Photo: Official site

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Rahul Sangma 7.5/9, 1st FM Arun Kataria 8/9 and 3rd Shrayan Majumder 7.5/9 | Photo: Official site

FM Arun Kataria en route his penultimate round victory over Shrayan Majumder | Photo: Official site

FM Arun Kataria scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and maintained his Elo rating

Children won various prizes | Photo: Official site

Trophies and medals for the prize winners | Photo: Official site

The tournament hall at Jaipur Club in Jaipur, Rajasthan | Photo: Official site

A group photo | Photo: Official site

A total of 311 players including an IM took part from various parts of India and one from USA. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Royal Chess Club and Services at Jaipur Club in Jaipur, Rajasthan from 23rd to 27th April 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	FM	Arun, Kataria		IND	2353	Rajasthan	8	54	59	51,50
2	2	IM	Sangma, Rahul		IND	2121	Railways	7,5	54	57	45,50
3	3		Majumder, Shrayan		IND	2110	Maharashtra	7,5	52	56,5	44,75
4	8		Manav, Kumar	U14	IND	1892	Rajasthan	7,5	50,5	55	43,75
5	26		Deepak, Batra		IND	1812	Punjab	7,5	47	51	40,50
6	18		Sree, Veeramani P		IND	1831	Tamil Nadu	7,5	45,5	49,5	42,25
7	6	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U14	IND	1995	Haryana	7	52,5	56,5	41,75
8	30		Bhanushali, Neemay	U14	IND	1792	Maharashtra	7	48	52,5	37,75
9	4	FM	Kumar, Gaurav		IND	2079	Bihar	7	47,5	50	36,50
10	17		Pranay, Chordia		IND	1840	Rajasthan	7	46,5	50,5	37,50
11	42		Rishen, Jilowa	U12	IND	1750	Jpr - Raj	7	44,5	49	37,50
12	11		Tanna, Krish Alpeshbhai	U16	IND	1881	Gujarat	6,5	50	54	37,00
13	25	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari		IND	1812	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	49,5	54,5	37,00
14	66		Mathur, Raj	U16	IND	1666	Gujarat	6,5	48,5	49,5	31,75
15	20	AFM	Maniar, Hriday	U14	IND	1828	Maharashtra	6,5	48	53	37,00
16	14		Srivastava, Y.P.	S55+	IND	1859	Bihar	6,5	48	51,5	35,50
17	5		Joshi, Govind Ballabh	S55+	IND	2017	Delhi	6,5	47,5	52	36,50
18	13	AIM	Saikat, Nath		IND	1866	Delhi	6,5	47,5	51,5	35,50
19	22		Raj, Kapoor		IND	1817	Jpr - Raj	6,5	47,5	51	36,25
20	33	AIM	Shankhadeep, Maity		IND	1788	West Bengal	6,5	47	51,5	34,50