Ayush Sharma wins a double at 2nd Maharathi Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/09/2025

IM Ayush Sharma, Harish Sharma, CM Aarit Kapil and Arnav Agrawal scored 8/9 each at 2nd Maharathi Rapid Rating Open 2025. Ayush won the tournament on tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. The total prize fund was ₹800000, ₹600000 in Rapid and ₹200000 in Blitz. The top three prizes were ₹41000, ₹31000 and ₹21000 along with a trophy each. Ayush also won the Blitz Rating Open. He scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the rest. Gopal Krishna Maheshwari, Aarit and Arnav scored 8/9 each. They secured second to fourth place according to tie-breaks. This is Ayush's second and third rating tournament triumph of the year. With these victories, Ayush has won a rating tournament each in all three formats in 2025. Photo: Maharathi Chess Academy

Ayush's fourth and fifth tournament triumph of the year

FM Harshit Pawar was the sole leader 7.5/8, going into the last round. Nine players were trailing him by a half point at 7/8 each. Shaurya Chaudhary lost to GM-elect IM Ayush Sharma who became the champion in the Rapid Rating Open. Harshit lost to Arnav Agrawal who finished fourth. Harish Sharma defeated CM Nimay Agrawal to secure second place. The newly crowned 38th National Under-11 Open 2025 champion, won against Rishabh Pradhan to claim third place.

Top 3 in Rapid (L to R): 2nd Harish Sharma 8/9, 1st IM Ayush Sharma 8/9 and 3rd CM Aarit Kapil 8/9 | Photo: Maharathi Chess Academy

IM Ayush Sharma and Ashirwad Swain were the coleaders 7.5/8, going into the last round. Half a dozen players were trailing them by a half point at 7/8 each. Ashirwad lost to Ayush who became the champion in the Blitz Rating Open. Gopal Krishna Maheshwari defeated Alok Sinha to secure second place. CM Aarit Kapil won against Divitt Arora to finish third.

Top 3 in Blitz (L to R): 2nd Gopal Krishna Maheshwari 8/9, 1st IM Ayush Sharma 8.5/9 and 3rd CM Aarit Kapil 8/9 | Photo: Maharathi Chess Academy

IM Ayush Sharma scored 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and maintained his rating

IM Ayush Sharma scored 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 13.8 Elo rating points

A total of 480 players including an IM took part from all over the country, one from England and USA. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Maharathi Chess Academy at Silver Grand (Wedding Banquets) in New Delhi on 16th and 17th August 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Ayush, Sharma			IND	2259	MP	8	53	58	50,5
2	10		Sharma, Harish			IND	1998	DL	8	51	55,5	48,8
3	5	CM	Aarit, Kapil	U10		IND	2059	DL	8	50,5	54	48,5
4	2		Arnav, Agrawal	U16		IND	2091	UP	8	47	50	43,5
5	6	FM	Pawar, Harshit			IND	2057	HR	7,5	55	60,5	49
6	8	CM	Aashman, Gupta			IND	2044	DL	7,5	55	59	47,5
7	12		Mahir, Taneja	U14		IND	1955	DL	7,5	52,5	57	46,8
8	14	AGM	Sundram, Kumar			IND	1944	DL	7,5	51	55	44,3
9	22		Shaon, Chowdhury			IND	1878	WB	7,5	50,5	52,5	42,3
10	25		Utkrisht, Tuli	U16		IND	1823	PB	7,5	50	54,5	43,3
11	19		Arshpreet, Singh	U16		IND	1907	HR	7,5	49	53,5	42,3
12	7		Garv, Rai			IND	2055	DL	7,5	47,5	52	42,8
13	16		Mrityunjay, Kumar			IND	1913	BR	7	53,5	58,5	43,8
14	13		Shaurya, Chaudhary	U14		IND	1947	DL	7	52,5	57,5	42,5
15	15	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U14		IND	1938	HR	7	52,5	57,5	41,5
16	53	AFM	Sinha, Keshav	U14		IND	1724	DL	7	52	55,5	40
17	27		Divitt, Arora	U16		IND	1817	DL	7	51	55,5	41,3
18	24		Jagreet, Misra	U14		IND	1831	DL	7	51	54,5	38,5
19	11		Srikanth, K.			IND	1998	SSCB	7	50,5	55,5	41,5
20	29		Ankit, Sen			IND	1812	UP	7	50	54	39
21	95		Rishabh, Pradhan	U16		IND	1622	DL	7	49,5	52,5	37,5
22	17		Ekaaksha, Partap Singh Negi	U16		IND	1912	CH	7	49,5	52	37
23	49		Kaur, Palkin		w	IND	1741	DL	7	48,5	52,5	38,3
24	32		Krishna, Kundu	U16		IND	1796	HR	7	46,5	50,5	35,5
25	91		Atharv, Singh Negi	U12		IND	1626	CH	7	46,5	50	35,5
26	56	AIM	Garth, Pande	U14		IND	1706	DL	7	46,5	48,5	34,5
27	34		Gopalakrishnan, G			IND	1790	DL	7	45,5	50	37
28	33		Amartya, Saumitra Gupta	U14		IND	1790	DL	7	45	49,5	37,8
29	57		Naitik, Sethi	U14		IND	1705	DL	7	45	49,5	36
30	28	AFM	Piyush, Ranjan Dubey	U16		IND	1816	MP	7	43,5	48	35,5

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A total of 438 players including an IM took part from all over the country, one from England, Ghana, Nepal and USA. The one-day nine round Blitz Rating Open tournament was organized by Maharathi Chess Academy at Silver Grand (Wedding Banquets) in New Delhi on 17th August 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Ayush, Sharma		IND	2286	MP	8,5	54,5	58	54
2	15	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari		IND	1962	UP	8	52,5	56,5	48,5
3	7	CM	Aarit, Kapil	U10	IND	2092	DL	8	50	54	45,5
4	5		Arnav, Agrawal	U16	IND	2163	UP	8	49	53	46
5	8		Swain, Ashirwad		IND	2087	OR	7,5	53	58	45,5
6	14		Arshpreet, Singh	U16	IND	1984	HR	7,5	51,5	55,5	45,5
7	25		Utkrisht, Tuli	U16	IND	1859	PB	7,5	51,5	55,5	44,3
8	12		Sharma, Harish		IND	2006	DL	7,5	48,5	52	42,5
9	6	FM	Pawar, Harshit		IND	2155	HR	7,5	48,5	52	41
10	23		Naren, Gupta	U16	IND	1879	PB	7	54,5	58,5	42,8
11	22		Amartya, Saumitra Gupta	U14	IND	1901	DL	7	53	57,5	42,8
12	70	AFM	Sinha, Keshav	U14	IND	1694	DL	7	52,5	55,5	40,8
13	10	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U14	IND	2050	HR	7	52	57	42,8
14	41		Shaurya, Chaudhary	U14	IND	1770	DL	7	51	55	41,8
15	4		Alok, Sinha		IND	2163	DL	7	50,5	55	40
16	18		Divitt, Arora	U16	IND	1916	DL	7	49,5	54,5	40,5
17	27		Ekaaksha, Partap Singh Negi	U16	IND	1848	CH	7	49,5	54,5	38,5
18	55		Sameer, Singh Shergill	U14	IND	1724	PB	7	49,5	54	39,3
19	21	AGM	Sundram, Kumar		IND	1909	DL	7	49	54	40,5
20	35		Aman, Balana		IND	1798	RJ	7	48,5	52,5	39
21	201		Ishan, Sminesh	U14	IND	1492	DL	7	46,5	50	37,3
22	30		A K, Kalshyan	S56	IND	1817	DL	7	46	50,5	37,8
23	74		Atharv, Singh Negi	U12	IND	1687	CH	7	46	49	37
24	102		Kanav, Bansal	U12	IND	1639	DL	7	45,5	48,5	33,5
25	81		Krish, Jaidka		IND	1665	DL	7	45,5	48	34,5
26	13		Jagreet, Misra	U14	IND	2005	DL	7	45	48	36
27	59		Abhishek,		IND	1718	DL	7	44	47	33
28	82		Aarav, Agarwal	U14	IND	1664	UP	7	42,5	45,5	35,5
29	87	AFM	Goransh, Goyal	U16	IND	1654	UP	7	42	45,5	34,8
30	53		Rudra, Kavia	U12	IND	1730	RJ	7	41,5	45,5	33,5

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