Aradhya Garg and Daksh Goyal dominate 2nd New Delhi Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/06/2025

IM Aradhya Garg scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 2nd New Delhi Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Seven players scored 8/9 each. Out of them, IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi and CM Aarit Kapil secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Daksh Goyal won the Blitz Rating Open with a 100% score 9/9. He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Half a dozen players scored 8/9. Among them, IM Aaryan Varshney and Garv Rai was placed second and third respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹800000, ₹600000 in Rapid and ₹200000 in Blitz. The top three prizes in Rapid were ₹51000, ₹31000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each, for Blitz they were ₹21000, ₹11000 and ₹8000 along with a trophy each. This is Aradhya's second and Daksh's first rating tournament triumph of the year.

Daksh Goyal clinches Blitz Rating Open with a 100% score

IM Soham Kamotra made a perfect start by winning eight games in-a-row in the Rapid event. IM Aradhya Garg was the only player trailing him by a half point at 7.5/8. Aradhya defeated Soham in the final round to become the champion. Arshpreet Singh lost to IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi who secured second place. CM Aarit Kapil defeated Harish Sharma to finish third. 9-year-old Aarit is the youngest top ten finisher of the event. WFM Shubhi Gupta is the sole female player to make it in top ten. She scored an impressive 8/9 to claim eighth place.

Champion in Rapid - IM Aradhya Garg 8.5/9

Runner-up - IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - CM Aarit Kapil 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Aradhya Garg scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 19 Elo rating points

Both Daksh Goyal and IM Aaryan Varshney won eight consecutive games respectively in the Blitz tournament. They were a full point ahead of others, heading into the last round. Daksh defeated Aaryan to become a clear champion with a perfect score. Aaryan had to settle for second place. Garv Rai won against FM Namitbir Singh Walia to finish third.

Champion in Blitz - Daksh Goyal 9/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up - IM Aaryan Varshney 8/9

Second Runner-up - Garv Rai 8/9

Daksh Goyal scored a perfect 9/9, finished a full point ahead of the rest and increased his Elo rating by 163.2 points

A total of 637 players including six IMs took part from all over the country and one from Germany, USA and Zimbabwe each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Sara Foundation at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi on 24th and 25th May 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	5	IM	Aradhya, Garg			IND	2222	Delhi	8,5	52,5	58	54,50	8
2	6	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi			IND	2156	Maharashtra	8	53,5	58	50,00	8
3	29	CM	Aarit, Kapil	U10		IND	1901	Delhi	8	53,5	57,5	49,50	8
4	8	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia			IND	2148	Punjab	8	53	57,5	50,75	7
5	7	IM	Soham, Kamotra			IND	2154	J & K	8	52	55,5	47,00	8
6	1	IM	Aaryan, Varshney			IND	2295	Delhi	8	51	55,5	48,25	7
7	14		Daksh, Goyal			IND	2007	Delhi	8	51	54,5	48,50	8
8	13	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	F16	w	IND	2034	Uttar Pradesh	8	50	54,5	48,50	7
9	4	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.			IND	2233	Uttar Pradesh	7,5	55,5	60	49,00	7
10	10	IM	Dushyant, Sharma			IND	2086	Punjab	7,5	54,5	60	48,75	7
11	3	IM	Aaditya, Dhingra			IND	2252	Haryana	7,5	52,5	56	44,25	7
12	26	FM	Aarav, Sinha	U16		IND	1926	Delhi	7,5	50,5	54,5	42,25	7
13	15		Joshi, Govind Ballabh	S55		IND	2002	Delhi	7,5	49	53,5	44,25	7
14	11	FM	Rosh, Jain	U14		IND	2052	Delhi	7,5	46,5	51	41,75	7
15	12		Sharma, Harish			IND	2046	Delhi	7	54	59	42,50	7
16	16	FM	Daaevik, Wadhawan	U16		IND	1997	Delhi	7	54	58	42,75	6
17	24	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari			IND	1942	Uttar Pradesh	7	53	57	41,50	7
18	2	FM	Aditya, Vikram Paul			IND	2287	West Bengal	7	52,5	58	43,00	7
19	35		Kolla, Bhaavan	U14		IND	1850	Andhra Pradesh	7	52,5	55,5	40,50	7
20	68	WCM	Prishita, Gupta	F14	w	IND	1743	Delhi	7	52,5	55,5	39,50	7
21	20		Garv, Rai			IND	1968	Delhi	7	51,5	54,5	39,50	6
22	32		Apoorv, Anand			IND	1875	Punjab	7	50,5	54,5	39,50	7
23	27		Raj, Kapoor			IND	1918	Rajasthan	7	49,5	54,5	40,75	6
24	92	AFM	Aarush, Uday Khanna			IND	1698	Delhi	7	49,5	52,5	38,00	7
25	57		Abhinav, Raj	U16		IND	1769	Delhi	7	49	52	36,50	7
26	55		A, K Kalshyan	S55		IND	1772	Delhi	7	48,5	53,5	40,50	7
27	23	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U14		IND	1950	Haryana	7	48,5	53,5	40,25	6
28	17		Arshpreet, Singh	U16		IND	1986	Haryana	7	48,5	53	38,00	7
29	56	CM	Vyom, Malhotra	U12		IND	1770	Haryana	7	48,5	51,5	37,00	7
30	18	CM	Jain, Naveen			IND	1979	Haryana	7	47,5	52	38,25	6

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A total of 610 players including six IMs took part from all over the country and one from Ukraine, USA and Zimbabwe each. The one-day nine round Blitz Rating Open tournament was organized by Sara Foundation at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi on 25th May 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	19		Daksh, Goyal		IND	2016	Delhi	9	54,5	58,5	58,50
2	2	IM	Aaryan, Varshney		IND	2297	Delhi	8	54	58	49,00
3	13		Garv, Rai		IND	2105	Delhi	8	53,5	58	49,00
4	4	FM	Aditya, Vikram Paul		IND	2261	West Bengal	8	53,5	57,5	50,00
5	18	FM	Daaevik, Wadhawan	U16	IND	2027	Delhi	8	53,5	55,5	47,50
6	15	FM	Aarav, Sinha	U16	IND	2048	Delhi	8	53	57	49,00
7	1	IM	Aradhya, Garg		IND	2376	Delhi	8	52	57	48,00
8	14	CM	Aarit, Kapil	U10	IND	2050	Delhi	7,5	55	60	47,50
9	5	IM	Aaditya, Dhingra		IND	2232	Haryana	7,5	52	55	43,75
10	29	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari		IND	1921	Uttar Pradesh	7,5	51	55	44,75
11	27	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U14	IND	1935	Haryana	7,5	50,5	55,5	45,25
12	6	IM	Soham, Kamotra		IND	2231	J&K	7,5	50	54	44,25
13	47		Nirnay, Garg	U16	IND	1815	Haryana	7,5	47	51,5	41,25
14	10		Alok, Sinha		IND	2154	Delhi	7	54	59,5	44,50
15	3	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		IND	2261	Maharashtra	7	54	57	43,00
16	12	FM	Garv, Gaur		IND	2114	Haryana	7	53,5	58	42,50
17	28		Mehul, Sondhi	U12	IND	1923	Delhi	7	52,5	56,5	40,50
18	37		Arshpreet, Singh	U16	IND	1867	Haryana	7	52	59	44,00
19	73		Shreyas,		IND	1743	Delhi	7	51	55	40,75
20	11	IM	Dushyant, Sharma		IND	2117	Punjab	7	50,5	55,5	41,00
21	41		Prakhar, Tripathi	U14	IND	1844	Uttar Pradesh	7	50,5	54,5	39,50
22	53		Mahir, Taneja	U14	IND	1801	Delhi	7	50	54	40,00
23	8	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia		IND	2210	Punjab	7	49	53	38,00
24	43		Naren, Gupta	U16	IND	1841	Punjab	7	49	52,5	37,25
25	72	AFM	Abhibhav, Kumar	U14	IND	1746	Delhi	7	48,5	53	41,00
26	7	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.		IND	2216	Uttar Pradesh	7	48,5	52,5	38,75
27	108	AIM	Garth, Pande	U14	IND	1681	Delhi	7	48,5	52,5	37,50
28	88		Shaurya, Chaudhary	U14	IND	1712	Delhi	7	48,5	51,5	37,50
29	21		Kolla, Bhaavan	U14	IND	1997	Andhra Pradesh	7	47,5	52,5	40,00
30	75		Mrityunjay, Kumar		IND	1739	Bihar	7	47,5	52	37,00

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