Vaclav Finek wins Teplice Open 2025, Sathvik Adiga second

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/07/2025

IM Vaclav Finek (CZE) and IM Sathvik Adiga scored 7.5/9 each at Teplice Open A (≥2099) 2025. Vaclav won the tournament due to better tie-break scores, Sathvik settled for second place. Vaclav defeated the eventual runner-up, Sathvik in the sixth round. They both finished a full point ahead of the rest. Nine players scored 6.5/9 each. Out of them, IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc (VIE) was adjudged third. The total prize fund of the tournament was 336500 CZK combining three categories, 208000 CZK in Open A. The top three prizes were 50000, 40000 and 30000 CZK along with a trophy each. GM Deep Sengupta, FM Yash Bharadia and IM Ameya Audi also scored 6.5/9 each. They secured fourth, seventh and eighth place respectively. Photo: Jayaram Ramanna

Four Indians in top 10

IM Sathvik Adiga had a great event. He scored 7.5/9 with a performance of 2639, suffered sole loss against the eventual winner, IM Vaclav Finek (CZE). Despite a fantastic performance, he did not score a GM-norm as he faced only two GMs and he needed to face at least one more. The total participation in this edition was 269, 150 in Open A (≥2099), 51 in Open B (≤1999) and 68 in Open S50+ (Born in 1975 or earlier).

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc (VIE) 6.5/9, 1st IM Vaclav Finek (CZE) 7.5/9 and 2nd IM Sathvik Adiga 7.5/9 | Photo: Jayaram Ramanna

Runner-up IM Sathvik Adiga in action | Photo: Teplice Chess Club

4th GM Deep Sengupta 6.5/9 | Photo: Teplice Chess Club

7th FM Yash Bharadia 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th IM Ameya Audi 6.5/9 | Photo: Teplice Chess Club

The tournament hall at Sports Hall Teplice in Teplice, Czech Republic | Photo: Teplice Chess Club

A total of 150 players including 6 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and a WIM took part from 27 countries across the world in Open A (≥2099). The nine-day nine round rating tournament was organized by Teplice Chess Club at Sports Hall Teplice in Teplice, Czech Republic from 14th to 22nd June 2025. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes including 30 seconds increment.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	IM	Finek, Vaclav	U18	CZE	2520	Czech Republic	7,5	43	54,5	2325
2	22	IM	Sathvik, Adiga	U18	IND	2341	India	7,5	41	51	2359
3	10	IM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18	VIE	2424	Vietnam	6,5	42	52	2322
4	5	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2502	India	6,5	39,5	50,5	2246
5	15	FM	Kreken, Eivind Grunt		NOR	2382	Norway	6,5	39	49	2209
6	3	GM	Laurusas, Tomas		LTU	2566	Lithuania	6,5	38,5	52,5	2242
7	16	CM	Bharadia, Yash	U18	IND	2377	India	6,5	38,5	49,5	2256
8	12	IM	Audi, Ameya		IND	2407	India	6,5	38	49,5	2248
9	19	FM	Korshunov, Sergey And.		FID	2363	FIDE	6,5	38	48	2267
10	11	GM	Kraus, Tomas		CZE	2420	Czech Republic	6,5	37,5	47,5	2180
11	14	IM	Bures, Jaroslav		CZE	2387	Czech Republic	6,5	36,5	48	2258
12	18	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra		IND	2364	India	6	40	50,5	2297
13	7	FM	Shagbazyan, Taron		UKR	2446	Ukraine	6	38	49,5	2251
14	6	GM	Stocek, Jiri		CZE	2459	Czech Republic	6	38	47,5	2289
15	8	IM	Baenziger, Fabian		SUI	2444	Switzerland	6	37,5	49	2360