27th-29th March 2026 at the Chancery 1, Hotel Aurora Towers, Moledina Road, Camp, Pune
| Standings | Name | Wins | Losses | Spread |
| 1 | Akshay Bhandarkar | 19 | 5 | 1661 |
| 2 | Suyash Manchali | 17 | 7 | 1019 |
| 3 | Aditya Iyengar | 15 | 9 | 1413 |
| 4 | Udayan Grover | 15 | 9 | 1238 |
| 5 | Sherwin Rodrigues | 15 | 9 | 399 |
| 6 | Madhav Gopal Kamath | 14 | 10 | 958 |
| 7 | Nakul Prabhu | 14 | 10 | 702 |
| 8 | Sunny Bhatia | 14 | 10 | 547 |
| 9 | Sujana Somasekar | 14 | 10 | 173 |
| 10 | Selwyn Lobo | 13 | 11 | 1153 |
| 11 | Shubha S | 13 | 11 | 460 |
| 12 | Bhushan Pradhan | 13 | 11 | 447 |
| 13 | Pankaj Bolaki | 13 | 11 | -169 |
| 14 | Suthiraphan Assarat | 12.5 | 11.5 | 30 |
| 15 | Vignesh S | 12.5 | 11.5 | -580 |
| 16 | Sudhir Kamath | 12 | 12 | 151 |
| 17 | Vimisha Patel | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| 18 | Kala Ganesh | 12 | 12 | -269 |
| 19 | Virendra Braganza | 12 | 12 | -331 |
| 20 | Nidhi Singhvi | 11 | 13 | 259 |
| 21 | Rehet Singh Bhatia | 11 | 13 | 175 |
| 22 | Mangala Bhandarkar | 11 | 13 | -211 |
| 23 | Arindam Basu | 11 | 13 | -450 |
| 24 | Suchindra Potnis | 11 | 13 | -549 |
| 25 | Triambak Eashwar | 11 | 13 | -655 |
| 26 | Komal RG | 10 | 14 | -547 |
| 27 | Neelanjana Bid | 10 | 14 | -622 |
| 28 | Ritu Chadha | 9 | 15 | -386 |
| 29 | Aruna Grover | 9 | 15 | -564 |
| 30 | Kedarnath Awati | 9 | 15 | -640 |
| 31 | Utkarsh Lal | 8 | 16 | -652 |
| 32 | Sanchita Bid | 2 | 22 | -4091 |
STATISTICS
Stats for Tournament: 29.03.2026 KaizenOpen2026 generated by Linrat (linear) 2.30
Prior data from MARCHOW.RT2 after marchow.tou (20260322)
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| State Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New |
+Section Open + + + 24 games + +
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| BLR Suyash Manchali | 5 5 | 1 1 | 16.3 17.0 | 1596 +14 1610 |
| MUM Aditya Iyengar | 7 7 | 3 3 | 16.1 15.0 | 1565 -23 1542 |
| PUN Udayan Grover | 6 6 | 1 1 | 14.3 15.0 | 1595 +13 1608 |
| MUM Sherwin Rodrigues | 4 4 | 2 2 | 15.1 15.0 | 1638 -3 1635 |
| DEL Madhav Gopal Kamath | 1 2 | 1 1 | 15.6 14.0 | 1713 -32 1681 |
| MUM Nakul Prabhu | 16 15 | 6 5 | 12.7 14.0 | 1427 +26 1453 |
| DEL Sunny Bhatia | 26 22 | 3 2 | 11.8 14.0 | 1342 +43 1385 |
| BLR Sujana Somasekar | 27 21 | 8 7 | 11.4 14.0 | 1337 +52 1389 |
| GOA Selwyn Lobo | 22 28 | 2 3 | 16.0 13.0 | 1370 -61 1309 |
| BLR Shubha S | 33 30 | 10 10 | 11.2 13.0 | 1270 +35 1305 |
| MUM Bhushan Pradhan | 31 35 | 9 9 | 14.6 13.0 | 1285 -32 1253 |
| BLR Pankaj Bolaki | 20 19 | 6 6 | 12.2 13.0 | 1383 +16 1399 |
| OS Suthiraphan Assarat | | 22 22 | 11.0 12.5 | 1280 +29 1309 |
| BLR Vignesh S | 44 32 | 12 11 | 8.9 12.5 | 1205 +71 1276 |
| DEL Sudhir Kamath | 23 25 | 2 3 | 13.5 12.0 | 1367 -30 1337 |
| GUJ Vimisha Patel | 50 46 | 1 1 | 10.6 12.0 | 1143 +27 1170 |
| MUM Kala Ganesh | 34 43 | 10 11 | 14.8 12.0 | 1269 -55 1214 |
| PUN Virendra Braganza | 76 72 | 8 7 | 10.2 12.0 | 980 +35 1015 |
| PUN Nidhi Singhvi | 25 37 | 2 3 | 16.3 11.0 | 1345 -105 1240 |
| MUM Rehet Singh Bhatia | 51 62 | 14 16 | 14.7 11.0 | 1142 -73 1069 |
| PUN Mangala Bhandarkar | 43 40 | 4 4 | 10.2 11.0 | 1210 +16 1226 |
| KOL Arindam Basu | 42 51 | 1 1 | 14.8 11.0 | 1215 -76 1139 |
| BLR Suchindra Potnis | 53 50 | 14 14 | 10.9 11.0 | 1138 +3 1141 |
| CHN Triambak Eashwar | 35 38 | 3 3 | 12.6 11.0 | 1267 -33 1234 |
| DEL Komal RG | 67 69 | 9 9 | 11.1 10.0 | 1050 -22 1028 |
| DEL Neelanjana Bid | 92 86 | 11 10 | 7.1 10.0 | 883 +58 941 |
| MUM Ritu Chadha | 85 87 | 22 22 | 9.8 9.0 | 944 -16 928 |
| PUN Aruna Grover | 122 116 | 10 10 | 6.8 9.0 | 708 +44 752 |
| BLR Kedarnath Awati | 136 135 | 36 36 | 8.0 9.0 | 600 +20 620 |
| MUM Utkarsh Lal | 140 130 | 29 28 | 4.2 8.0 | 584 +77 661 |
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| OSI Akshay Bhandarkar | 2 1 | 1 1 | 14.0 18.0 | 1682 +80 1762 |
|^DEL Sanchita Bid | 171 171 | 31 31 | 5.9 1.0 | 500 500 |
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Notes:
Tournament placings by wins and margins.
^ denotes a player with fewer than 50 rated games
The floor of 500 was imposed in section Open
