Ashutosh Kumar dominates Late Banwari Lal Agrawal Rapid Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/05/2025

Ashutosh Kumar scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Late Banwari Lal Agrawal Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Jayesh Mishra secured second place scoring 8/9. Aniket Ranjan scored sole 7.5/9 to finish third. The total prize fund was ₹51000. The top three prizes were ₹10000, ₹7000 and ₹5000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid rating tournament was organized by Banka District Chess Association at Indoor Stadium in Banka, Bihar on 13th and 14th April 2025. This is Ashutosh's second rating tournament triumph of the year. Earlier in February, he won a Classical rating tournament in Nepal. Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

No tie-breaks needed for top 3

Aniket Ranjan and Ashutosh Kumar were the coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Ashutosh defeated Aniket to become the champion, Aniket finished third. 13-year-old Jayesh Mishra won against Shubham Kumar to secure a second place finish.

Champion - Ashutosh Kumar 8.5/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Runner-up - Jayesh Mishra 8/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Second Runner-up - Aniket Ranjan 7.5/9 | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Ashutosh Kumar en route his eighth round win over Kishan Kumar | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

Ashutosh Kumar scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 32.4 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Indoor Stadium in Banka, Bihar | Photo: All Bihar Chess Association

A total of 164 players took part from various parts of India. The two-day nine round Rapid rating tournament was organized by Banka District Chess Association at Indoor Stadium in Banka, Bihar on 13th and 14th April 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	4	Ashutosh, Kumar		IND	1870	1870	Bihar	8,5	52	54	50,50	8
2	11	Jayesh, Mishra	U15	IND	1696	1696	Bihar	8	48	51	44,00	8
3	15	Aniket, Ranjan		IND	1647	1647	Bihar	7,5	55,5	58,5	46,50	7
4	5	Kishan, Kumar		IND	1807	1807	Bihar	7	55	58	42,25	6
5	13	Sameer, Bardhan		IND	1673	1673	Bihar	7	52	57	41,50	6
6	1	Singh, P K	S50	IND	1977	1977	Bihar	7	52	56	40,50	7
7	3	Vijay, Kumar		IND	1928	1928	Bihar	7	51,5	56,5	41,25	6
8	14	Shahid, Husain		IND	1665	1665	Bihar	7	51	55	41,00	6
9	51	Ishan, Dutta	U15	IND	1437	1437	West Bengal	7	50	54	40,00	7
10	12	Vijay, Kumar Singh		IND	1674	1674	Bihar	7	49	53	38,50	7
11	6	Shubham, Kumar		IND	1785	1785	Bihar	7	49	52	37,00	7
12	30	Ravi, Shankar Prasad		IND	1509	1509	Bihar	7	44	47	33,00	7
13	8	Shiv, Priya Bhardwaj		IND	1779	1779	Bihar	7	42,5	46	35,00	7
14	7	Subham, Saha		IND	1783	1783	West Bengal	6,5	48,5	52,5	34,25	6
15	9	Jha, R N	S50	IND	1767	1767	Jharkhand	6,5	46,5	49,5	32,00	6
16	33	Rohit, Das		IND	1490	1490	West Bengal	6,5	45	48	29,75	6
17	24	Akshat, Singh		IND	1564	1564	Bihar	6,5	44	50,5	36,50	6
18	56	Samanaway, Pal	U15	IND	1415	1415	West Bengal	6	50	53	32,50	5
19	170	Simanth, Abhishek		IND	0	0	Banka	6	49,5	54,5	32,50	6
20	49	Arkojyoti, Banerjee		IND	1448	1448	West Bengal	6	47,5	50	29,00	6

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