Vaibhav Raut

FM Vaibhav Jayant Raut of Nagpur secured first place with an unbeaten 8 out of 9 points at the inaugural G H Raisoni Memorial FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament in Jalna, Maharashtra. Kartavya Anadkat finished second with the same score, while CM Naitik Mehta took third on tiebreaks from a five-way tie at 7.5 points. The one-day event drew 245 players from six states and offered a total prize fund of ₹200,000.