Sathwik D S S U and Aditya Varun Gampa win Vizag Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/09/2025

Sathwik D S S U, Sravyasree Bheemarasetty and Nyna Gorli scored 8/9 each at Vizag Rapid Rating Open 2025. Sathwik won the tournament on tie-breaks. Sravyasree and Nyna were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Sathwik defeated the evetual runner-up, Sravyasree in Round 6 and lost to the second runner-up, Nyna in Round 7. The total prize fund in Rapid Rating was ₹150000. The top three prizes were ₹10500, ₹8000 and ₹7000 along with a trophy each. FM Aditya Varun Gampa, Arav Baid, Sathwik D S S U and Ram Charan Teja Majji scored 8/9 each in the Blitz Rating Open. Aditya became champion. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. The total prize fund in Blitz Rating was ₹50000. The top three prizes were ₹5000, ₹3000 and ₹2000 along with trophy each. This is Sathwik's fourth overall and first rating tournament triumph of the year. For Aditya, it is his first tournament victory in 2025. Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Sathwik's fourth overall, Aditya's first tournament triumph of the year

Nyna Gorli made a brilliant start by winning eight games in-a-row in Rapid Rating Open. Three players - the reigning Andhra Pradesh State Junior Open 2025 champion, Sathwik D S S U, Sravyasree Bheemarasetty and Vamsi Krishna R were trailing by a full point at 7/8 each. Sathwik defeated Vamsi to win the tournament. Sravyasree won against Nyna to secure second place, Nyna finished third.

Champion in Rapid - Sathwik D S S U 8/9 | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Runner-up - Sravyasree Bheemarasetty 8/9 | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Second Runner-up - Nyna Gorli 8/9 | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Top 3 in Rapid (L to R): 1st Sathwik D S S U 8/9, 3rd Nyna Gorli 8/9 and 2nd Sravyasree Bheemarasetty 8/9 | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

In Blitz Rating Open, FM Aditya Varun Gampa was the sole leader 7.5/8, going into the final round. Six players - Arav Baid, Sri Akhil Prasad, Eswar Sai Akhlil Ch, Sathwik D S S U, Ram Charan Teja Majji and Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy Alluri were trailing by a half point at 7/8 each. Aditya drew against Sri Akhil to become the champion. Eswar lost to Arav who finished second. The winner of the Rapid Rating Open, Sathwik won against Nischala Y to claim third place.

Champion in Blitz - FM Aditya Varun Gampa 8/9 | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Top 3 in Blitz (L to R): 3rd Sathwik D S S U 8/9, 1st FM Aditya Varun Gampa 8/9 and 2nd Arav Baid 8/9 | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Sathwik D S S U scored 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 51.2 Elo rating points

FM Aditya Varun Gampa scored an unbeaten 8/9 and won the tournament on tie-breaks

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

The tournament was graced by eminent dignitaries and special invitees, whose presence added immense prestige to the event: Mr. Shankar Bharathi Bagchi, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Ms. Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi, Woman FIDE Master, Mr. Dasari Surya Prakasa Rao, Vice Chancellor of DSNL University, Mr. R Venkateswara Rao, Chairman, RVR Group, Mr. Seshagiri Rao, President, Waltair Club, Mr C Bala Satish, Secretary, Waltair Club and Mr. Kankatala Mullikarjuna Rao, Kankatala, attended the inauguration ceremony. Vice Chancellor and Commissioner of Police inaugurated the tournament in presence of Alana Meenakshi, from Visakhapatnam. Mr. A Suresh, President, Andhra Chess Association presided the function. While addressing the gathering, the Commissioner of Police assured all support for the chess players of Visakhapatnam from police side.

Mr. A Suresh, President, Andhra Chess Association | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Mr. K V V Sarma, Chief Advisor, Andhra Chess Association | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Mr. M V Ramana, Founder and Chairman of CMR Group | Photo: Surisetti Manikanta Rao / Andhra Chess Association

Prizes were distributed by Mr. M V Ramana, Founder and Chairman of CMR Group, Mr. A Suresh, President, Andhra Chess Association and Mr. K V V Sarma, Founder and Chief Advisor of Andhra Chess Association.

Thanks to Surisetti Manikanta Rao, Tournament Director, for sharing the photographs and information about the tournament.

A total of 329 players took part from all over the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Andhra Chess Association at Waltair Club in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on 30th and 31st August 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4		Sathwik, D S S U			IND	1886	Andhra Pradesh	8	55,5	57,5	49,5
2	11		Sravyasree, Bheemarasetty	F13	w	IND	1798	Andhra Pradesh	8	54,5	58	50
3	15	AFM	Gorli, Nyna	F15	w	IND	1739	AP(VSP)	8	53	56	48
4	1	FM	Aditya, Varun Gampa			IND	2183	AP(VSP)	7,5	52	55,5	43,8
5	12	AIM	Ravi, Krishna G			IND	1787	AP(VSP)	7,5	52	54	42,3
6	2		Alluri, Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy			IND	1909	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	52	53,5	43,3
7	27		Raman, Siddhardh B	U15		IND	1629	AP(VSP)	7,5	47	51,5	41,3
8	33		Vakada, Sriram Jayin	U13		IND	1602	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	45,5	47,5	38,8
9	14		Sri, Akhil Prasad	U13		IND	1744	AP(VSP)	7,5	45	48	39,8
10	28		Ravikumar, K			IND	1629	AP(VSP)	7	49,5	53	38
11	108	AFM	Suchitra, Christy Patchala	F15	w	IND	1446	Andhra Pradesh	7	49,5	52	37
12	35	AIM	Chandra, Mouli K R G V			IND	1598	Andhra Pradesh	7	48,5	51,5	37,5
13	20		Surada, Yashaswi Satya Gangadhar	U15		IND	1692	Andhra Pradesh	7	48,5	51,5	37
14	23		Vamsi Krishna, R			IND	1674	AP(VSP)	7	47,5	50,5	37,8
15	55		Eastam, Setty Keerthi Sai			IND	1510	Andhra Pradesh	7	46	49,5	35
16	36		Srinivas, Gopal Reddy K			IND	1582	Andhra Pradesh	7	46	48	34,5
17	34	AIM	Tripurambika, V	F13	w	IND	1599	Andhra Pradesh	7	46	47,5	33,5
18	3		Ramana, Babu B.			IND	1906	AP(VSP)	7	45	49	38
19	40		Midde, Dhanush			IND	1571	Andhra Pradesh	7	44,5	49	37,3
20	29		Vasireddy, Arjun	U13		IND	1622	AP(VSP)	6,5	52,5	54,5	35,3
21	9	WFM	Potluri, Supreetha		w	IND	1831	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	51,5	56,5	37,5
22	111		Venkateswara, Rao Vemparala	U15		IND	1440	AP(VSP)	6,5	50	54	36,8
23	7		Vijaya, Kumar A.V.S.			IND	1839	AP(VSP)	6,5	50	52	34,8
24	24	AFM	Aryan, Sista			IND	1667	AP(VSP)	6,5	49	53,5	37,5
25	18		Majji, Ram Charan Teja			IND	1710	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	48,5	52,5	34,3
26	17		Chukka, Vineel Radha Karthik	U15		IND	1726	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	47,5	54	36,8
27	19	AIM	Bhargav, Yarnagula			IND	1703	AP(VSP)	6,5	47,5	52	34,3
28	89		Harsha, Vardhan Yadav K	U13		IND	1467	AP(VSP)	6,5	46	49,5	32,3
29	37		Taneesh, Choppa	U15		IND	1582	AP(VSP)	6,5	45,5	49,5	33,3
30	53		Pavan, Kumar Yellapu			IND	1517	AP(VSP)	6,5	45	48	30,8

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A total of 278 players took part from all over the country and one from England. The one-day nine round Blitz Rating Open tournament was organized by Andhra Chess Association at Waltair Club in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on 31st August 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	FM	Aditya, Varun Gampa	IND	2308	AP(VSP)	8	56	59,5	52
2	13	AFM	Baid, Arav	IND	1802	AP(VSP)	8	53	56	48
3	29		Sathwik, D S S U	IND	1672	Andhra Pradesh	8	49	51	43,5
4	20		Majji, Ram Charan Teja	IND	1740	Andhra Pradesh	8	48,5	53	46
5	8	CM	Mummana, Venkata Ruthvik	IND	1886	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	54	59	47
6	15		Sri, Akhil Prasad	IND	1800	AP(VSP)	7,5	52,5	56,5	46,5
7	33		Vakada, Sriram Jayin	IND	1647	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	45	49,5	40,8
8	21		Alluri, Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy	IND	1731	Andhra Pradesh	7	52	56	40
9	5	CM	Nikhil, M	IND	1929	AP(VSP)	7	51	56	40,5
10	39		Eswar, Sai Akhlil Ch	IND	1609	Andhra Pradesh	7	51	55	40,5
11	12		Simhadri, Sai Hrushikesh	IND	1803	Andhra Pradesh	7	49,5	52,5	37,5
12	6		Ramana, Babu B.	IND	1890	Andhra Pradesh	7	48,5	53	39
13	28		Vamsi Krishna, R	IND	1674	AP(VSP)	7	48,5	50,5	35,5
14	22	AFM	Gorli, Nyna	IND	1721	Andhra Pradesh	7	46,5	50	38
15	31		Srinivas, Gopal Reddy K	IND	1642	Andhra Pradesh	7	45,5	49	34
16	40		Raman, Siddhardh B	IND	1606	AP(VSP)	7	45,5	48,5	35
17	42	AIM	Chandra, Mouli K R G V	IND	1601	Andhra Pradesh	7	41,5	44,5	31
18	38		Ravikumar, K	IND	1627	AP(VSP)	7	38,5	41,5	31
19	19		Kancharla, Kalyan Kumar	IND	1741	AP(VSP)	6,5	51,5	52,5	34,3
20	4		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	IND	1932	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	49,5	55	37,8
21	46	AFM	Nischala, Y	IND	1561	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	48	51,5	33,3
22	32		Pidintla, Saikumar	IND	1641	AP(VSP)	6,5	47	50,5	33,3
23	17		Trinadh, Virothi	IND	1764	AP(VSP)	6,5	46	50,5	33,8
24	94		Taneesh, Choppa	IND	1466	AP(VSP)	6,5	46	50	33,3
25	50	AIM	Tripurambika, V	IND	1551	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	45,5	49,5	33,5

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