Aurionpro Mumbai International GM+Junior Chess 2025 R5-7: Madhesh leads Juniors, Aleksandrov ahead in GM Open

by Himank Ghosh - 22/06/2025

Going into the final two rounds of the Aurionpro Mumbai International Chess tournament, we have sole leaders in both the GM Open and Juniors Tournament. Madhesh Kumar S has captured the sole lead among the Juniors scoring 6.5/7 points, while GM Aleksej Aleksandrov is the sole leader in the GM Open with 6.5/7 points. With just 2 more rounds to go, the fight is still very much on for the top spot! Catch all that happened from Round 5-7 at the tournament. Photos: Himank Ghosh, Vivek Sohani

Madhesh Kumar S takes the sole lead in Juniors

CM Madhesh Kumar S (2243, IND) is in scintillating form so far at the Aurionpro International Mumbai Juniors Chess Tournament. After 7 rounds of play, he is the sole leader with 6.5/7 points! In the 7th round, Madhesh took down Ramanuj Mishra (1748) in convincing fashion with the White pieces.

Madhesh (left) en route to defeat Ramanuj (right) | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2166) scored a fine win over Adhiraj Mitra (1996) with the Black pieces in the 7th round, keeping the chase going. He is one of two players with 6/7 points at the moment.

Madhvendra all smiles before the game! | Photo: Vivek Sohani

Advik Amit Agrawal (2218) took down Aadik Theophone Lenin (2018) with the Black pieces as well, joining Madhvendra in chasing the leader with 6/7 points. An excellent game with many interesting turns!

Advik in great spirits with a friend before the round! | Photo: Vivek Sohani

In the GM Open, it is GM Aleksej Aleksandrov who took down GM Sanikidze Tornike in a wild game, turning around a lost position to a winning one! With this win, Aleksej became the sole leader scoring 6.5/7 points.

Starting moments of the game between Aleksej and Sanikidze | Photo: Himank Ghosh

GM Neelotpal Das scored a win over Nithin Babu, while GM Lalit Babu drew against GM Mamikon Gharibyan. These are the two Indian players who are within half a point of the leader - on 6/7 points.

Neelotpal on focus mode, photographed right before the round starts | Photo: Himank Ghosh

GM Deepan Chakravarthy held the top seed GM Levan Pantsulaia to a draw with the Black pieces in a very interesting game. Deepan is on 5.5/7 points now.

Deepan is always in a jolly mood! | Photo: Vivek Sohani

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GM tournament standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	2370	BLR	6,5	28,5	30	27,25	6
2	6	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	ARM	2472	ARM	6	32	35	29,25	5
3	5	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2499	AP	6	32	35	29,00	5
4	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2541	ARM	6	31,5	35,5	29,75	5
5	12	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2378	VIE	6	30,5	34	28,00	6
6	11	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	ARM	2402	ARM	6	29	31,5	25,50	5
7	15	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2370	BLR	6	28	31,5	25,50	6
8	17	GM	Neelotpal, Das	IND	2361	WB	6	27,5	30,5	25,00	6
9	4	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	BLR	2520	BLR	5,5	31,5	35,5	26,75	5
10	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka	GEO	2529	GEO	5,5	31	35	26,00	5
11	1	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2551	GEO	5,5	30,5	34	25,50	4
12	19	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2337	VIE	5,5	29,5	31,5	23,25	4
13	7	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2456	RUS	5,5	29	31,5	22,50	5
14	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2410	TN	5,5	28,5	32	24,75	4
15	61		Sri, Charan Sandipagu	IND	2018	TG	5,5	28,5	31	22,75	5

GM tournament Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	6½		6	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	6
2	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	6		6	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2378	12
3	5	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2499	6		6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2370	15
4	17	GM	Neelotpal, Das	2361	6		6	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	2402	11
5	20	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	5½		5½	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2551	1
6	21	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2303	5½		5½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	3
7	4	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2520	5½		5½		Siddhanth, Poonja	2167	35
8	32		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay	2192	5½		5½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	7
9	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	5½		5½		Arshpreet, Singh	2075	49
10	61		Sri, Charan Sandipagu	2018	5½		5½	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2337	19
11	46	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh	2081	5		5	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2425	9
12	50		Alluri, Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy	2074	5		5	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2372	13
13	16	IM	Budhidharma, Nayaka	2369	5		5	ACM	Iyer, Arvind	2101	41
14	24	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2259	5		5		Daksh, Goyal	2100	42
15	26	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	2243	5		5	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	2086	45

Juniors Tournament standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	TB6	K	rtg+/-
1	2	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	U13		IND	2243	PY	6,5	29,5	33	30,00	0	6	2	40	42,8
2	1	FM	Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar	U13		IND	2356	MAH-MUM	6	30,5	34	28,00	0	5	3	20	-2,2
3	5	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	U13		IND	2166	MP	6	30	34	27,50	0	6	3	40	20,4
4	3		Advik, Amit Agrawal	U10		IND	2218	MAH	6	27	30	25,50	0	5	3	40	-5,6
5	9		Badole, Shaunak	U13		IND	2007	MAH	5,5	28,5	32	24,00	0	5	3	40	29,2
6	11	CM	Vyom, Malhotra	U13		IND	1975	HR	5,5	27,5	31,5	23,50	0	5	3	40	28,8
7	8		Samuel, Stephen Noble S	U13		IND	2008	AP	5,5	26	29	21,75	0	5	2	40	13,2
8	20		Goutham, Ramesh	U13		IND	1904	TN	5	30	32,5	21,00	0	4	2	40	70
9	7	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	U13		IND	2018	KL	5	29	32	21,75	0	4	3	40	12,4
10	19		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	U13		IND	1904	AP	5	27,5	30,5	19,50	0	5	3	40	24,4
11	10	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	U13		IND	1996	JH	5	27,5	30,5	18,50	0	5	3	40	30,4
12	13		Ramanuj, Mishra	U13		IND	1948	UP	5	27	29,5	18,50	0	5	3	40	-2,4
13	4		Avirat, Chauhan	U13		IND	2168	MAH	5	26,5	29,5	21,25	0	3	2	40	-50,8
14	15		Nijesh, R	U13		IND	1931	TN	5	26,5	29,5	19,25	0	4	2	40	12,4
15	16		Salunke, Siddhant	U13		IND	1915	MAH	5	26	29,5	19,25	0	4	1	40	20,8

Juniors Tournament Round 7 pairings

Bo.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City
1		Advik, Amit Agrawal	U10	2218	MAH	6		6½	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	U13	2243	PY
2	FM	Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar	U13	2356	MAH-MUM	6		6	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	U13	2166	MP
3	CM	Vyom, Malhotra	U13	1975	HR	5½		5½		Samuel, Stephen Noble S	U13	2008	AP
4		Krishay, Jain	U13	2059	WB	5		5½		Badole, Shaunak	U13	2007	MAH
5		Shubh, Atha	U13	1911	GJ	5		5		Avirat, Chauhan	U13	2168	MAH
6		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	U13	1904	AP	5		5	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	U13	2018	KL
7		Goutham, Ramesh	U13	1904	TN	5		5	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	U13	1996	JH
8		Samvid, Bhadri	U13	1456	MAH-MUM	5		5		Jagreet, Misra	U13	1971	DL
9		Ramanuj, Mishra	U13	1948	UP	5		5		Anvita, Sathi	U13	1627	KA
10	AFM	Maniar, Hriday	U13	1787	MAH-MUM	5		5		Nijesh, R	U13	1931	TN
11		Perecharla, Hariram Saikrishna	U13	1906	USA	4½		5		Salunke, Siddhant	U13	1915	MAH
12		Mahir, Taneja	U13	1896	DL	4½		4½		Jai, Prakash Vanum	U13	1768	AP
13	AIM	Pratham, Nayyar	U13	1751	HR	4½		4½		Ayaan, Trikha	U13	1817	UP
14		Kartikeya, Chunchu	U13	1702	TG	4½		4½	AIM	Saranya, Devi Narahari	U13	1810	TG
15		Arjun, Singh	U10	1808	MAH-MUM	4½		4½		Kushagra, Paliwal	U13	1741	MAH

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