Ratnagiri · 2000–2026
Chess in Ratnagiri
Every tournament conducted in Ratnagiri district, what the newspapers wrote about them, the titled players who came to play, the arbiters who ran them and the district’s FIDE-rated players.
FIDE rated tournaments conducted in Ratnagiri district.
200 clippings95 stories11 newspapers2000–2026
202613 clippings
13 clippings 22 January 2026 · Pudhari, Sakal
Mumbai's Nirvan Shah is champion
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Maharashtra State Amateur FIDE Rating Selection
202516 clippings
3 clippings December 2025 · Pudhari
Saurish Kashelkar is 'king' of Dilip Tikekar memorial chess; wins rapid and blitz titles, Varad Pethe runner-up; spontaneous response to tournament
Late Dilip Tikekar Memorial Rapid & Blitz 2025
29 November 2025 · Punya Nagari
Late Leela Ramchandra Phadke chess scholarship to Ratnagiri's Aayush Raykar
4 clippings 22 August 2025 · Lokmat, Sakal
Yash Gogate wins chess tournament
Tilak Aali Ganeshotsav Centenary District Open Chess 2025
August 2025 · Lokmat
Aniket Redij wins district-level chess championship
Shree Radhakrishna Mandir District Open Chess 2025
2 clippings July 2025 · Lokmat
Saurish Kashelkar wins district-level chess tournament
International Chess Day Ratnagiri District Open 2025
3 clippings 21 May 2025 · Sakal
Aryan, Tanaya, Raghav win district selection chess tournament
G H Raisoni Memorial District Selection 2025
2 clippings April 2025
Varad Pethe first in district chess tournament; Aayush Mayekar runner-up, Leela Phadke memorial chess tournament held with enthusiasm
Late Leela Ramchandra Phadke Memorial U25 District Championship 2025
202417 clippings
December 2024 · Pudhari
Saurish Kashelkar wins chess; Late Vasudeo Sawant memorial tournament — Sahas Narkar runner-up
Late Vasudeo Shivram Sawant Memorial U21 Classical Championship
August 2024 · Loksatta
198 players take part in chess tournament organised by Lions Club of Chiplun Galaxy
Lions Club of Chiplun Galaxy Rapid Chess 2024
5 clippings 18 July 2024 · Sakal, Loksatta
Omkar Savardekar wins open chess tournament; Ratnagiri included in FIDE's world record
FIDE 100 Celebration Open Chess Tournament 2024
4 clippings May 2024 · Sakal, Pudhari
Sai Prabhudesai wins district chess tournament
Late Meera Vasudeo Sawant Memorial U17 District Championship 2024
4 clippings 4 February 2024 · Sakal
Ratnagiri's Yash Gogate wins 'Sapre Memorial Blitz' — organised by KGN Saraswati Foundation; 10th consecutive edition since 2013, 111 players
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Rapid & Blitz 2024
c. 2024
Saurish Kashelkar gets Late Leela Phadke chess scholarship; honour of being first recipient of Phadke scholarship in Ratnagiri district
c. 2024 · Lokmat
Leela Phadke chess scholarship to Saurish Kashelkar; district chess development programme, first year of scholarship
202331 clippings
6 clippings 18 December 2023 · Pudhari, Sakal, Lokmat
Soham Rumde wins chess tournament
Ratnagiri District Chess Development Program 2023-24 – Under 21 Classical
6 clippings 4 October 2023 · Lokmat, Sakal
Manas wins classical chess tournament; tournament for non-FIDE-rated players
3rd Classical Tournament 2023 (Unrated Players Only)
8 clippings 14 August 2023 · Pudhari, Sakal, Tarun Bharat
Saurish Kashelkar wins chess; district classical tournament — Soham Rumde runner-up
2nd Classical Tournament 2023 (U25)
8 clippings 12 June 2023 · Sakal
Siddhant winner, Saurish runner-up
Late Ujjwala Vasant Bhide Memorial Chess Tournament 2023
7 June 2023 · Sakal
Chess development programme to be implemented in Ratnagiri; tournaments in various groups, scholarships for talented players
4 June 2023 · Tarun Bharat
Blueprint of various activities for chess development in Ratnagiri district
c. 2023
Doiphode, Kumbhar win chess tournament
Ratnagiri District Under 15 Selection 2023
202215 clippings
2 clippings November 2022 · Sakal, Pudhari
Aniket Redij, Yash Gogte win chess tournaments
Late Anil Kanvinde Memorial District Rapid & Blitz Selection 2022
4 clippings October 2022 · Pudhari
Prathamesh Sherla, Nihira Koul champions in chess tournament
Maharashtra State Under 11 FIDE Rating Championship 2022
April 2022
Soham Rumde, Yash Gogte win
Ratnagiri District Rapid & Blitz Selection, April 2022
4 clippings February 2022 · Loksatta
Indian players triumph in Sapre Memorial open international chess
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Online Chess Tournament 2022
c. 2022
Vedant Shivankar wins chess tournament, Padmashri Vaidya first among girls
Ratnagiri District U15 Selection 2022
c. 2022
Aryan Dhulap, Sai Prabhudesai win in chess
Ratnagiri District U13 Selection 2022
c. 2022
Saurish Kashelkar, Geet Desai win district selection chess
Ratnagiri District U18 Selection 2022
c. 2022
Hrishikesh Kumbhare, Nidhi Mulye win chess titles
Ratnagiri District Under 14 Selection 2022
20211 clippings
January 2021
Uzbekistan's Abdisalimov wins — online event; nine GMs, 17 IMs take part; Pranesh M top Indian scorer
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial International Online 2020 – Category A
20208 clippings
25 December 2020
Argentina's Lucas wins the 'Checkmate' tournament
Lions Club Ratnagiri 'Checkmate' Online Open 2020
2 clippings December 2020
Hungary's Daroczy Donat wins Sapre Memorial online chess — 627 players from 10 countries in two groups; Punjab's Harsimran Singh wins Group C
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Online Tournament 2020 – Category C
March 2020
4 young Ratnagiri chess players selected for state-level championship
Ratnagiri District Under 11 Selection 2020
4 clippings 18 January 2020 · Sakal, Tarun Bharat
Mumbai's Nubairshah Shaikh wins FIDE-rated chess — held at Daivadnya Bhavan, Ratnagiri; Pune FM Nikhil Dixit runner-up
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid FIDE Rating 2020
20196 clippings
3 clippings April 2019
Avadhoot Patwardhan wins rapid chess tournament
Chessmen Invitational Chess Tournament 2019 (Gudhi Padwa)
2 clippings February 2019 · Tarun Bharat
Kolhapur's Sammed Shetye unbeaten champion in rapid chess
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid 2019
c. 2019
4 players selected for chess championship
Ratnagiri District Selection for Maharashtra State Open 2019
20188 clippings
October 2018
Chess selection trial in Ratnagiri on the 14th
Ratnagiri District Selection for Maharashtra State Schools 2018
May 2018
Chess players Siddhant and Ayush selected for state-level tournament
Ratnagiri District U15 Selection 2018 (Round Robin)
May 2018
District-level chess selection tournaments
Ratnagiri District U-7 & U-11 Selection 2018
2 clippings January 2018
Kolhapur's Sammed Shete wins open chess tournament
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid 2018
c. 2018
Ratnagiri dominates youth chess championship
c. 2018
Varad wins youth chess tournament
Ratnagiri District U25 Youth Selection 2018
c. 2018
Neha wins state-level chess championship
20177 clippings
2 clippings December 2017
Suhas Kamtekar wins district-level chess tournament
RDCA Veteran Chess Tournament 2017
May 2017 · Tarun Bharat
Good response to Ratnagiri district-level chess selection tournament
Ratnagiri District Selection 2017 (30 April)
4 clippings February 2017 · Sakal
Rahul Verma wins chess tournament
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Maharashtra State Open Rapid 2017
20165 clippings
3 clippings 4 June 2016 · Sakal
Double title for Muktai in 'Chessmen' chess tournament
Chessmen Top 30 Tournament 2016
2016
Three new coaches for chess students
c. 2016 · Sakal
Tamil Nadu's Narayanan Shrinath champion — National rapid chess in Ratnagiri: Thane's Rakesh Kulkarni runner-up
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial National Rapid 2016
201515 clippings
20 December 2015 · Tarun Bharat
Chessmen's Chess in School initiative in the district; trainers needed, MCA to run programme in a thousand schools
December 2015
Chess training for 50,000 students; Chessmen: 'Train the Trainers' through 'Chess in School'
3 clippings 29 November 2015 · The Sunday Express
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial FIDE Rating Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2015
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial 1st FIDE Rating Open Rapid 2015
6 clippings 26 October 2015 · Sakal, Pudhari
Ratnagiri youngsters give Grandmaster Abhijit a fight; simultaneous exhibition against 22: Chessmen initiative
GM Abhijit Kunte Simultaneous Exhibition, Ratnagiri 2015
2 clippings c. 2015
Vallabh Mahabal wins
Chessmen Chess Tournament for School Children 2015
2 clippings c. 2015
Lanja's Akshay Kher unbeaten champion
Chessmen Selected Players Rapid Tournament 2015
20148 clippings
3 clippings November 2014 · Sakal
Kolhapur's Sammed Shetye tops chess tournament; Ratnagiri's Neha Mulye best woman player, Gopal Shah best veteran
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid 2014
8 June 2014 · Tarun Bharat
Modi and Gokhale joint winners of chess tournament
Chessmen Selected Players Rapid Tournament 2014
20 May 2014 · Sakal
Soham Rumde unbeaten champion in children's chess tournament
Chessmen District Children's Chess Tournament 2014
c. April 2014 · Tarun Bharat
Chess training by Chessmen from the 16th
c. 2014
Success for Shreyas Vidwans
Chessmen Ratnagiri District Under-11 Tournament
c. 2014
Chess training at the deaf-mute school
20137 clippings
3 clippings 17 November 2013 · Sakal, Tarun Bharat
Avadhoot Patwardhan wins chess tournament; Ramchandra Sapre Memorial: Prasad Vanjale tops U-14 group
Late Ramchandra Sapre Memorial District Chess Tournament 2013
2 clippings 28 August 2013 · Sakal
Good response to children's chess tournament; organised by Chessmen: title to Tejas Sakhalkar
Chessmen Ratnagiri District Under-13 Tournament 2013
2 clippings 25 February 2013 · Sakal
Purval Jadhav wins rapid chess tournament
Chessmen Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2013
20122 clippings
19 April 2012 · Sagar
District Top-10 chess tournament concluded
Giants Group & Chessmen District Top-10 2012
c. 2012
Students, focus on fitness too: Collector; rapid chess tournament inaugurated
Chessmen Ratnagiri Open Rapid (Phatak Highschool)
20081 clippings
24 July 2008 · Tarun Bharat
Chessmen's Chaitanya Bhide wins
Govindrao Nikam Birthday District Rapid, Sawarde
20077 clippings
3 clippings 6 December 2007 · Lokmat
Chess tournament in Ratnagiri today
Chessmen District Chess Tournament 2007
3 clippings 6 February 2007 · Tarun Bharat, Pudhari
Ratnagiri's Viraj Athalye is district chess champion
Chessmen District School Selected Players Championship 2007
c. 2007
Chaitanya Bhide wins rapid chess title
Chessmen Rapid Tournament for Selected Players
20061 clippings
c. 2006
Chiplun's Pravin Sawardekar wins selected players' chess tournament
Chessmen District Selected Players Tournament
20053 clippings
2 clippings 13 August 2005 · Bhairav Times, Ratnagiri Times
Nagaradhyaksha Chashak South Maharashtra zonal chess tournament from the 12th
Nagaradhyaksha Chashak Maharashtra South Zone Chess 2005
9 March 2005 · Tarun Bharat
Chaitanya Bhide wins 'Top in Eight' chess tournament
Chessmen 'Top in Eight' Rapid 2005
200413 clippings
4 clippings 28 November 2004 · Bhairav Times, Tarun Bharat
Thanks to my moves in political chess, I too can checkmate: MLA Uday Samant / Prize distribution of the Bhairav Times-sponsored chess tournament
Bhairav Chashak District Chess Tournament 2004
c. October 2004
'Golden Dozen' chess tournament today by Chessmen Ratnagiri
Chessmen 'Golden Dozen' Invitational
21 September 2004 · Bhairav Times
Madhav Kane wins district rapid chess tournament
Shri Dev Rameshwar Devasthan District Rapid 2004
23 July 2004 · Tarun Bharat
Commendable performance by Shirdhankar and Gandhi
22 July 2004 · Tarun Bharat
Chess tournament in Ratnagiri on 1 August
Patwardhan Bandhu Janmashtami Ratnagiri City Rapid 2004
27 April 2004 · Sagar
Chess and carrom training classes concluded at Oni
27 April 2004 · Sagar
Chessmen to hold chess classes from 2 to 28 May
27 April 2004 · Tarun Bharat
Chess classes in Ratnagiri from the 2nd
April 2004
Spontaneous response to chess classes in Ratnagiri city
c. 2004
Devale wins taluka-level chess tournament / Aniket Redij and Ashwin Raje joint winners in U-12
Chessmen Ratnagiri Taluka Chess Tournament (U-16 & U-12)
20037 clippings
3 clippings 23 November 2003 · Tarun Bharat, Bhairav Times
District-level chess tournament in Ratnagiri from the 22nd
Bhairav Chashak District Chess Tournament 2003
5 November 2003 · Tarun Bharat
Ratnagiri's Chaitanya Bhide wins (Top-in-24 chess tournament)
Chessmen 'Top in 24' Chess Tournament 2003
27 July 2003
Sustaining the enthusiasm of chess players is the real challenge
18 May 2003 · Tarun Bharat
Participants in the final tournament of Chessmen's junior and senior chess classes
13 May 2003
Chess training camp in Ratnagiri held with enthusiasm
20026 clippings
2 clippings 4 December 2002 · Ratnagiri Times
Bhakti Kulkarni wins invitational chess tournament
Chessmen Invitational Chess Tournament 2002
4 clippings 14 October 2002 · Sakal, Dainik Bhairav Times, Bhairav Times
Swapnil Birange wins Bhairav Chashak chess tournament
Bhairav Chashak District Chess Tournament 2002
20012 clippings
2 September 2001
Use your head..! (chess basics column)
c. 2001
Vinod Bhagwat wins Late Pratap Salvi Memorial chess tournament
Late Pratap Salvi Memorial District Invitational
20001 clippings
November 2000
Vinod Bhagwat wins the open group
Chessmen First District Chess Tournament 2000
Grandmasters, International Masters and other FIDE-titled players who have played in — or visited — our events.
The arbiters who officiate chess in Ratnagiri district — open a card for their officiating record and photos.
Rated player
Krish Doiphode
- FederationIND
- Highest classical1481
- Highest rapid1513
- Highest blitz1476
- Our events21
- Press clippings7
Played in our events
In the press
25 December 2020
Argentina's Lucas wins the 'Checkmate' tournament
Lions Club Ratnagiri 'Checkmate' Online Open 2020
January 2020
Mumbai's Nubairshah Shaikh wins FIDE-rated chess — held at Daivadnya Bhavan, Ratnagiri; Pune FM Nikhil Dixit runner-up
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid FIDE Rating 2020
April 2019
Avadhoot Patwardhan wins rapid chess tournament
Chessmen Invitational Chess Tournament 2019 (Gudhi Padwa)
February 2019
Kolhapur's Sammed Shetye unbeaten champion in rapid chess
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid 2019
c. 2019
4 players selected for chess championship
Ratnagiri District Selection for Maharashtra State Open 2019
January 2018
Kolhapur's Sammed Shete champion — Sapre Memorial open chess: Ravindra Nikam runner-up; 120 participants
Late R. B. Sapre Memorial Open Rapid 2018
May 2017 · Tarun Bharat
Good response to Ratnagiri district-level chess selection tournament
Ratnagiri District Selection 2017 (30 April)