Samyak Dharewa wins 2nd Sansad Cup Chhindwara Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/10/2025

FM Samyak Dharewa and Kartavya Anadkat scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 2nd Sansad Cup Chhindwara Rapid Rating Open 2025. Samyak became champion on tie-breaks, Kartavya secured second place. Five players - Rudra Mahendra Dhole, FM Vaibhav Jayant Raut, Abhay Bandewar, Sumit Sikka and CM Aishwin Daniel scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to seventh respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹25501, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by District Chess & Sports Welfare Association Chhindwara at New Punjab Lawn in Chhindwara, Rajasthan on 13th and 14th September 2025. This is Samyak's fourth overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year.

Samyak wins his first rating tournament of the year

Six players - Rudra Mahendra Dhole, Kartavya Anadkat, FM Samyak Dharewa, Shubham Lakudkar, Abhay Bandewar and Shivansh Tiwari were the leaders 7/8, before the final round. Samyak defeated Shivansh to become the champion. Kartavya won against Shubham to secure second place. Abhay drew with Rudra and the latter finished third.

Champion - FM Samyak Dharewa 8/9

Runner-up - Kartavya Anadkat 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Samyak Dharewa scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 29.2 Elo rating points

A total of 281 players took part from all over the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by District Chess & Sports Welfare Association Chhindwara at New Punjab Lawn in Chhindwara, Rajasthan on 13th and 14th September 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	TB4	TB5	TB6	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	4	FM	Samyak, Dharewa			IND	1978	WB	8	54	59,5	52	0	7	2	2036	40	30
2	2		Anadkat, Kartavya			IND	2022	Gujrat	8	53	55,5	48,5	0	7	2	2057	20	14
3	34		Rudra, Mahendra Dhole	U15		IND	1655	Nagpur	7,5	54,5	58	46,3	0	6	3	2015	40	133,6
4	1	FM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut			IND	2127	Nagpur	7,5	53	54	42	0	7	4	1976	20	-7,2
5	6	AIM	Abhay, Bandewar			IND	1902	MP-CHH	7,5	51	56	45,8	0	6	3	1871	20	-3
6	7	AGM	Sikka, Sumit	S50		IND	1803	MP	7,5	48	53	42,8	0	7	5	1800	20	-2
7	3	CM	Aishwin, Daniel			IND	2019	MP	7,5	45,5	49,5	40	0	7	3	1839	20	-14,6
8	5		Shubham, Lakudkar			IND	1977	Nagpur	7	53,5	57,5	42	0	7	3	1871	20	-11,4
9	23		Solanki, Abhishek			IND	1681	MP-CHH	7	50	54,5	41	0	7	3	1745	20	5,6
10	20		Sanskar, Kashyap			IND	1688	Chhattisgarh	7	49	51,5	37,5	0	7	3	1797	20	20,8
11	30	AIM	Swaraj, Mishra	U09		IND	1666	Nagpur	7	48	52,5	39,5	0	6	4	1779	40	48,8
12	9		Tiwari, Shivansh			IND	1787	MP	7	48	52	38,5	0	7	3	1806	20	5,4
13	12		Soni, Sangharsh			IND	1726	MP-CHH	7	47,5	51,5	38	0	7	3	1842	20	23,8
14	8		Diwan, Rajesh	S50		IND	1798	MP	7	47	50	36,8	0	6	3	1787	20	-2,4
15	18		Vishwaditya, Awasthi	U13		IND	1692	Nagpur	7	46,5	49,5	34	0	7	4	1842	40	60
16	26		Sanket, Kumar Shouksey			IND	1673	MP-CHH	7	46	49	34	0	7	4	1843	40	60
17	27		Wahane, Spandan			IND	1673	Nagpur	7	45,5	48,5	34,5	0	7	5	1736	20	24,2
18	28		Vaibhav, Tomar			IND	1670	MP	7	43	47	34,5	0	7	3	1757	20	12,2
19	259		Shubham Balmukund, Gupta			IND	0	MP	7	41,5	45	36	0	7	4	1755
20	21		Ishan, Das			IND	1685	Kolkata	6,5	52,5	56	37,5	0	5	3	1823	20	30,8