Sethuraman S P dominates 1st Diamond City Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/09/2025

Top seed GM Sethuraman S P scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 each in to win both 1st Diamond City Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest on both occasion. IM Neelash Saha and IM Aronyak Ghosh scored 8/9 each in both Rapid and Blitz events. Neelash claimed second in Rapid and third in Blitz, while Aronyak secured third in Rapid and second in Blitz. All three of them remained undefeated. The total prize fund was ₹700000, ₹500000 in Rapid and ₹200000 in Blitz. The top three prizes in Rapid were ₹100000, ₹60000 and ₹40000 along with a trophy each. For Blitz they were, ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹15000 with a trophy each. This is Sethuraman's first and second rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh, Surat

Sethuraman, Neelash and Aronyak claim the podium

In the Rapid Rating event, four players - IM Neelash Saha, GM Sethuraman S P, IM Aronyak Ghosh and Pushkar Dere were the leaders at 7.5/8 each, before the final round. Sethuraman defeated Pushkar to become a clear champion. Aronyak drew against Neelash. The former finished third and the latter second.

Champion in Rapid - GM Sethuraman S P 8.5/9 | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh, Surat

Runner-up - IM Neelash Saha 8/9 | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

Second Runner-up - IM Aronyak Ghosh 8/9 | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

GM Sethuraman S P during one of his games | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

GM Sethuraman S P scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished half point ahead of the rest and gained 4.3 Elo rating points

In the Blitz Rating event, IM Aronyak Ghosh, GM Sethuraman S P and IM Neelash Saha were the three leaders at 7.5/8 each before the final round. IM Rahul Sangma lost to Sethuraman who became champion. Aronyak drew against Neelash and they finished at second and third place respectively.

Champion in Blitz - GM Sethuraman S P 8.5/9 | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

Runner-up - IM Aronyak Ghosh 8/9 | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

Second Runner-up - IM Neelash Saha 8/9 | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

GM Sethuraman S P scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 5.8 Elo rating points

Top boards | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

Players in action | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

The tournament hall at | Photo: Rushi Shah / Shatranj Sangh Surat

A total of 600 players including two GMs and seven IMs took part from various states all over the country, one from Norway and Sri Lanka each. The two-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Shatranj Sangh, Surat at Samast Patidar Samaj in Surat, Gujarat on 16th and 17th August 2025. The time control of the tournament was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2522		8,5	54	58	54	8	3
2	3	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2358		8	56	61,5	53,3	7	3
3	2	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2428		8	54	58	50,3	7	3
4	8		Sharnarthi, Viresh	U16	IND	2186		8	53	57,5	49	8	5
5	5	IM	Sammed, Jaykumar Shete		IND	2240		8	52,5	56	49,5	8	3
6	17		Jihan, Tejas Shah	U16	IND	1971	Gujarat	8	51	56	48	8	4
7	12		Dhyey, Agarwal	U16	IND	2133	Gujarat	7,5	53	57	45,8	7	4
8	14		Dere, Pushkar		IND	2044		7,5	53	56	43,5	7	4
9	20		Rishit, Sharma	U14	IND	1946	Gujarat	7,5	50,5	55	43,5	7	3
10	19		Mehta, Jwalin		IND	1947	Gujarat	7,5	50	54	43,5	7	3
11	31		Mann, Akbari	U16	IND	1877	Gujarat	7,5	49	52	40,8	7	2
12	13	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam		IND	2077		7,5	48	52	42,3	7	3
13	6	IM	Gusain, Himal		IND	2206		7	55,5	60,5	44	7	3
14	9	IM	Deshmukh, Anup	S55	IND	2179		7	54	59	43,5	7	2
15	29		Aditya, P Melani		IND	1884	Gujarat	7	53	57,5	42,5	6	2
16	7	IM	Sangma, Rahul		IND	2199	Gujarat	7	52	57	42,3	6	3
17	11	FM	Jeet, Jain		IND	2146	Gujarat	7	51	56,5	43	7	3
18	23		Sharnarthi, Shlok	U16	IND	1915		7	51	54,5	39,5	7	4
19	25	CM	Bartakke, Amardeep S.		IND	1904		7	51	53	37	7	4
20	4	GM	Shyaam, Nikhil P		IND	2351		7	50,5	55	41,5	7	4
21	10	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	U12	IND	2170		7	50	54	40	6	2
22	15		Advik, Amit Agrawal	U10	IND	2024		7	49,5	54	39,5	7	4
23	40	CM	Vedant, Rupeshbhai Varasada	U16	IND	1765	Gujarat	7	49,5	53	38	7	4
24	77		Tanna, Krish Alpeshbhai	U16	IND	1629	Gujarat	7	49,5	52,5	38,8	5	1
25	24		Bartakke, Aditya		IND	1912		7	49	52	38,3	6	3
26	33		Wankhede, Avishkar		IND	1853		7	48,5	53,5	39,8	6	4
27	35		Aadish, Shah	U16	IND	1821	Gujarat	7	48,5	53,5	39	7	3
28	21		Darpan, Inani		IND	1945	Gujarat	7	48,5	53	40	5	3
29	18		Joshi, Aditya Shripad	U12	IND	1961		7	48,5	53	39	7	3
30	48		Madhav, Jaydeepbhai Vora	U14	IND	1732	Gujarat	7	47	50	36,5	7	5

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A total of 391 players including a GM and six IMs took part from various states all over the country and one from Norway. The one-day nine-round Swiss League Blitz Rating Open tournament was organized by Shatranj Sangh, Surat at Samast Patidar Samaj in Surat, Gujarat on 17th August 2025. The time control of the tournament was 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment.

Final standings in Blitz Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2489		8,5	55,5	59,5	55,5	8	5
2	2	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2434		8	57	61,5	53,3	7	3
3	3	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2373		8	51,5	53,5	46	7	4
4	9		Sharnarthi, Shlok	IND	2050		8	51	53,5	45,5	8	4
5	19		Advik, Amit Agrawal	IND	1969		8	48,5	50,5	42,5	8	4
6	8	FM	Jeet, Jain	IND	2085	Gujarat	7,5	51,5	56	44,8	7	4
7	18		Mehta, Jwalin	IND	1970	Gujarat	7,5	49,5	52,5	40,8	7	3
8	29		Raj, D Vyas	IND	1887	Gujarat	7,5	47,5	52,5	43,3	7	5
9	22		Aditya, P Melani	IND	1941	Gujarat	7,5	45	49	39,3	7	3
10	6	IM	Sammed, Jaykumar Shete	IND	2188		7	54,5	57,5	41	7	3
11	20		Sharnarthi, Viresh	IND	1969		7	53	56	39,5	7	4
12	7	IM	Sangma, Rahul	IND	2143	Gujarat	7	52,5	57,5	42,3	6	3
13	36		Shreyas, Ghadi	IND	1833		7	52,5	56	40,5	6	1
14	21	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	IND	1967		7	52,5	54,5	38,5	7	4
15	53		Neel, Prakash Nankani	IND	1697	Gujarat	7	50,5	54,5	40,5	7	4
16	14		Dere, Pushkar	IND	2012		7	50	54	40	7	3
17	4	IM	Gusain, Himal	IND	2272		7	49	53	39	7	3
18	25		Tanna, Krish Alpeshbhai	IND	1923	Gujarat	7	49	52	37,5	7	3
19	35		Joshi, Aditya Shripad	IND	1834		7	48	53	38,5	7	5
20	11		Jihan, Tejas Shah	IND	2025	Gujarat	7	48	50	37,8	6	4

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