Vijay Kumar wins 1st Khelo Chess Academy Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/01/2025

Vijay Kumar and IM Subhayan Kundu scored 8/9 each at 1st Khelo Chess Academy Rating Open 2025. Vijay won the tournament due to better tie-break scores. Subhayan secured second place. Five players - Shubham Kumar, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Rishan Debnath, Subhabrata Roy and Vishal Sharma scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to seventh respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹75000, ₹45000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each respectively. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Khelo Chess Academy at City Lounge Resort in Patna, Bihar from 9th to 13th January 2025. Vijay won the first tournament he played in 2025. Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Vijay wins the first tournament he plays in 2025

The top seed of the tournament, IM Subhayan Kundu was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. He drew with Sudhanshu Ranjan to finish second. Vijay Kumar defeated Ankit Das to become the champion. Shubham Kumar won against P K Singh to secure third place. 11-year-old Ankit was the youngest top ten finisher of the event. He scored 7/9 to claim ninth place.

Champion - Vijay Kumar 8/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Runner-up - IM Subhayan Kundu 8/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Second Runner-up - Shubham Kumar 7.5/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Subhayan Kundu 8/9, 1st Vijay Kumar 8/9 and 3rd Shubham Kumar 7.5/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Vijay Kumar scored 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and increased his Elo rating by 25.2 points

Arbiters and organizing team | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

A total of 336 players including two IMs took part from various states all across the country and one from Nepal and Sri Lanka each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Khelo Chess Academy at City Lounge Resort in Patna, Bihar from 9th to 13th January 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	11	AIM	VIJAY, KUMAR			IND	1894	BR-PT	8	53	57,5	50,00	8
2	1	IM	SUBHAYAN, KUNDU			IND	2367	RSPB	8	53	57	50,25	7
3	22		SHUBHAM, KUMAR			IND	1811	BR	7,5	54,5	59,5	47,75	7
4	8		SUDHANSHU, RANJAN			IND	1981	BR	7,5	53	58,5	48,00	6
5	18		RISHAN, DEBNATH			IND	1845	WB	7,5	52	57	46,00	6
6	13	AIM	SUBHABRATA, ROY			IND	1890	WB	7,5	51	56	44,75	6
7	36		VISHAL, SHARMA			IND	1694	BR-PT	7,5	46	48,5	38,75	7
8	10		KISHAN, KUMAR			IND	1896	BR	7	51	55	40,00	6
9	21		ANKIT, DAS	U13		IND	1822	WB	7	49,5	51,5	36,25	6
10	23	AIM	RAHUL, KUMAR			IND	1800	BR-PT	7	49	53,5	38,00	7
11	20		SAURAV, ROOP			IND	1823	BR-PT	7	49	52	38,50	6
12	34		PRAKHAR, TRIPATHI			IND	1704	UP	7	49	51	36,50	7
13	31		CHITRAK, NAHA			IND	1714	WB	7	48	51,5	37,00	7
14	24		VINAYAK, SINGH YADAV			IND	1785	UP	7	47,5	52	37,75	6
15	26	AFM	AISHANI, PATHAK		w	IND	1729	UP	7	46,5	50	37,50	6
16	12		SHARMA, VIVEK			IND	1891	BR-PT	7	46,5	50	36,75	6
17	33		SANDEEP, JAISWAL			IND	1705	UP	7	45,5	49	36,50	7
18	5	CM	THAPA, KRISHNA	S50		NEP	2017	NEP	6,5	51,5	55,5	37,75	6
19	7		SINGH, P K	S50		IND	1996	BR-PT	6,5	50	55	38,00	5
20	16		RUPESH, B RAMCHANDRA			IND	1854	BR-PT	6,5	50	54,5	37,25	6

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