The 1st MAHARATHI International Open Classical Chess Tournament 2025 will take place from September 27 to October 1 in Delhi, India. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from India, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Kaustuv Kundu (2389), FM S Dhananjay (2297), Shaon Chowdhury (1974), CM Hari O.M. Sharma (1967), Mrityunjay Kumar (1963), M K Padmaesh (1905), Kumar T.S. Nanda (1866), Samarth Jain (1851), Vatsal Makol (1850), Arnav Dhamija (1844), Jitendra Kumar Choudhary (1836), Dipesh Seeraj K S (1818), AGM P Karyasheel (1806), Dhruv Gupta (1797), Shivay Singh (1785), Soumik Chattopadhyaya (1755), Rajanikant Buxy (1748), AFM Keshav Sinha (1741), AFM Shreyan Bag (1728), Raj Ravi (1727). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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1st MAHARATHI International Open Classical Chess Tournament 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Kaustuv, Kundu
IND
2389
2
FM
Dhananjay, S
IND
2297
3
Shaon, Chowdhury
IND
1974
4
CM
Sharma, Hari O.M.
IND
1967
5
Mrityunjay, Kumar
IND
1963
6
Padmaesh, M K
IND
1905
7
Nanda, Kumar T.S.
IND
1866
8
Samarth, Jain
IND
1851
9
Vatsal, Makol
IND
1850
10
Arnav, Dhamija
IND
1844
11
Choudhary, Jitendra Kumar
IND
1836
12
Dipesh, Seeraj K S
IND
1818
13
AGM
Karyasheel, P
IND
1806
14
Dhruv, Gupta
IND
1797
15
Shivay, Singh
IND
1785
16
Soumik, Chattopadhyaya
IND
1755
17
Buxy, Rajanikant
IND
1748
18
AFM
Sinha, Keshav
IND
1741
19
AFM
Shreyan, Bag
IND
1728
20
Ravi, Raj
IND
1727
21
Abhinav, Singh
IND
1716
22
Viyom, Bansal
IND
1715
23
Vaibhav, Gautam
IND
1714
24
Devansh, Mahajan
IND
1712
25
Ankur, Khatri
IND
1702
26
AFM
Avighna, Das
IND
1699
27
Aadarsh, Saraswat
IND
1692
28
AFM
Adipto, Nath
IND
1689
29
Radhika, Sharma
IND
1685
30
Nova, Ayer Juyal
IND
1672
31
AFM
Abhibhav, Kumar
IND
1670
32
Nishan, Mondal
IND
1667
33
Paritosh, Dhanaraju
IND
1661
34
AFM
Shaunak, Paramanik
IND
1651
35
Deepthaashri, Ravi Ganesh
IND
1642
36
ACM
Advit, Pandey
IND
1641
37
AIM
Patodekar, Samarth
IND
1634
38
AFM
Dhruvansh, Sethi
IND
1633
39
Rakshit, Batra
IND
1629
40
AFM
Jayant, Atwal
IND
1619
41
Manav,
IND
1615
42
Saksham, Goel
IND
1610
43
Viaan, Jai Singh
IND
1605
44
Vishesh, Srikant
IND
1601
45
AFM
Rudra, Shakti Madan
IND
1566
46
Nimish, Gautam
IND
1566
47
Abhigyan, Singh
IND
1563
48
Mohd, Usman
IND
1554
49
Sastry, P L
IND
1545
50
Saumya, Aggarwal
IND
1544
51
Vivaan, Varoon
IND
1541
52
Bhumica, Bal
IND
1539
53
Vinay, Santosh
IND
1538
54
Shwaant, Sharma
IND
1537
55
AFM
Yuvir, Raj Aggarwal
IND
1535
56
Gupta, Oas
IND
1532
57
Rohan,
IND
1526
58
Sachin, Kumar
IND
1522
59
Singh, Ajay Veer
IND
1518
60
Shivansh, Poddar
IND
1514
61
Ahaan, Mishra
IND
1510
62
Anshika, Chadha
IND
1505
63
Tanmay, Srivastava
IND
1494
64
Yuvan, Saini
IND
1491
65
Kartikeya, Pathak
IND
1488
66
Aran, Gupta
IND
1484
67
Advay, Aggarwal
IND
1483
68
Anju, Agrawal
IND
1483
69
Himanshu,
IND
1483
70
Arihant, Singh
IND
1482
71
AFM
Dhairya, Bagga
IND
1479
72
Tanish, Kapoor
IND
1478
73
Vijay, Kumar
IND
1477
74
Param, Kaliraman
IND
1475
75
Arjun, Verma
IND
1464
76
Diwan, Singh
IND
1459
77
ACM
Arham, Jain
IND
1457
78
Ishaan, Agnihotri
IND
1457
79
Cheetransh, Malhotra
IND
1453
80
Tika, Ram Nauriyal
IND
1453
81
Devak, Mittal
IND
1449
82
Dhruv, Sanket Bafna
IND
1446
83
Shaurya, Sharma
IND
1442
84
S, Jyoshika
IND
1440
85
Devansh, Joshi
IND
1432
86
Khakhai, Zou
IND
1429
87
Dinesh, Kumar Gupta
IND
1428
88
Kushagra, Bahuguna
IND
1422
89
Shaurik, Paramanik
IND
1416
90
ACM
Anurup, Ghosh
IND
1415
91
Ketav, Malhotra
IND
1408
92
Nilavo, Pal
IND
1401
93
AFM
Manan, Kapoor
IND
0
94
Aaditya Chaudhary,
IND
0
95
Abhijeet, Shrivastava
IND
0
96
Acchintya, Sinha
IND
0
97
Aditya, Gupta
IND
0
98
Advait, Sharma
IND
0
99
Advika, Kumar
IND
0
100
Adyashis, Biswas
IND
0
101
Agastya, Gupta
IND
0
102
Akshaj, Raj
IND
0
103
Aman Srivastava,
IND
0
104
Anay, Gupta
IND
0
105
Anmol, Dangi
IND
0
106
Anuj Midha,
IND
0
107
Aradhy, Srivastava
IND
0
108
Aryan Singh Chandel,
IND
0
109
Atharv Singh,
IND
0
110
Avighna Gupta,
IND
0
111
Disha, Kumari
IND
0
112
Ekansh, Sippy
IND
0
113
Gauransh, Tyagi
IND
0
114
Harshal Jangra,
IND
0
115
Himank Nagdali,
IND
0
116
Ishank, Singh Yadav
IND
0
117
Kairav, Jain
IND
0
118
Kavita Chaddha,
IND
0
119
Krishan Kumar Sharma,
IND
0
120
Manan Bhalla,
IND
0
121
Manoj Kumar Singh,
IND
0
122
Naksh, Chauhan
IND
0
123
Nitesh, Yadav
IND
0
124
Priyam, Singh
IND
0
125
Raghavendra, Pal
IND
0
126
Rajesh Vajpayee,
IND
0
127
Ramanarayana, Murty Chebolu
IND
0
128
Ramesh, Kumar
IND
0
129
Rivansh, Jain
IND
0
130
Samvid, Reddy Padamati
IND
0
131
Shashank, Mishra
IND
0
132
Shivanshu Agarwal,
IND
0
133
Shrivastava, Krishiv
IND
0
134
Shubh, Kumar Valmeeki
IND
0
135
Souren, Chauhan
IND
0
136
Syed, Mohammad Hisham
IND
0
137
Tannay Chakravorty,
IND
0
138
Tuhin Robin Chakravorty,
IND
0
139
Ujjwal, Dubey
IND
0
140
Vihaan, Wadhwa
IND
0
141
Zayd, Saeed
IND
0