Michael Concio Jr. perfect at 1st Bangkok Summer Open 2025, Nithin Babu second and Sayantan Das third

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/08/2025

IM Michael Concio Jr. won 1st Bangkok Summer Open 2025 with a 100% score 9/9. He won the tournament with a round to spare and finished a whopping two points ahead of the rest. Nithin Babu and GM Sayantan Das scored 7/9 each to secure second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The top three prizes were THB 70000 + trophy, 30000 + Gold medal and 12000 + Silver medal each. Shubham Shukla won the Challegers (<2000) event scoring 8.5/9. N Tarun finished third in it 6.5/9. They won THB 20000 + trophy and 3500 + Silver medal respectively. Nithin finished third in the Blitz Open scoring 7/9. He got THB 2500 + Silver medal. This is Shubham's fifth overall, second rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Miguel Concio

Challengers: Shubham Shukla dominates, Tarun third; Blitz: Nithin third

Champion - IM Michael Concio Jr. (PHI) 9/9 | Photo: Miguel Concio

Runner-up - Nithin Babu 7/9 | Photo: Big Rook Chess Academy, Bangkok

Second Runner-up - GM Sayantan Das 7/9 | Photo: Big Rook Chess Academy, Bangkok

Challengers: Champion - Shubham Shukla 8.5/9 | Photo: Big Rook Chess Academy, Bangkok

Shubham Shukla scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished 1.5 points ahead of the field to win the event and gained 42.2 Elo rating points

Blitz second runner-up: Nithin Babu 7/9| Photo: Big Rook Chess Academy, Bangkok

The tournament hall at Away Bangkok Riverside Kene Hotel | Photo: Big Rook Chess Academy, Bangkok

A total of 66 players including 2 GMs and 2 IMs took part from 19 countries across the world. The six-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament was organized by IA Cholapat Chongstitwattana at Away Bangkok Riverside Kene Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from 4th to 9th July 2025. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings in Classical Rating Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.			PHI	2396	9	46,5	49	49,00
2	6		Nithin Babu,			IND	2298	7	49	52,5	38,00
3	1	GM	Das, Sayantan			IND	2434	7	47,5	52	36,50
4	2	GM	Quizon, Daniel			PHI	2430	6,5	48	52	33,25
5	4	FM	Chernyavsky, Alexander			FID	2332	6,5	47,5	51,5	33,50
6	25		Dayal, Samar	U18		ENG	1926	6	40,5	43,5	27,00
7	26		Liu, Zhengcheng	U18		CHN	1890	6	37	40	23,50
8	20		Morris-Suzuki, Alan H			USA	1986	5,5	47,5	51	25,75
9	7		Batashevs, Arsens			LAT	2206	5,5	47	51	27,00
10	9	WFM	Morris-Suzuki, Sophie		w	USA	2145	5,5	43,5	47	25,25

Details

A total of 63 players took part from 16 countries across the world. The six-day nine-round Swiss League Under-2000 Rating tournament was organized by IA Cholapat Chongstitwattana at Away Bangkok Riverside Kene Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from 4th to 9th July 2025. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings in Challengers

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	Shubham Shukla,		IND	1868	8,5	0	49	52,5	49,50
2	50	Guo, Shangwei		CHN	0	7	0	49	52,5	38,00
3	10	N. Tarun,		IND	1742	6,5	0	49,5	54	35,50
4	7	Culasing, Michael		PHI	1776	6,5	0	47	51,5	33,75
5	6	Dharmanto, Clayton Valentino	U18	INA	1796	6,5	0	46,5	51	33,25
6	1	Bartolome, Remark		PHI	1987	6,5	0	45,5	50	34,50
7	3	Sajjapornthep, Jarunpol		THA	1862	6	1	50,5	55	34,00
8	12	Mahapiyasilp, Spa		THA	1659	6	2	41	44,5	27,75
9	55	Kvitkin, Anton		FID	0	6	2	36,5	40	25,50
10	5	Tun, Naung		MYA	1816	5,5	0	50	54	29,50

Details

A total of 63 players including 2 GMs and 2 IMs took part from 15 countries across the world. The one-day nine-round Swiss League Blitz Rating tournament was organized by IA Cholapat Chongstitwattana at Away Bangkok Riverside Kene Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 5th July 2025. The time control of the tournament was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	GM	Quizon, Daniel	PHI	2411	8	0	49,5	53,5	47,50
2	16		Aba-A, Reynaldo	PHI	2028	7	0	50	53	39,00
3	17		Nithin Babu,	IND	2026	7	0	49,5	52,5	37,50
4	1	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.	PHI	2457	7	0	48	53	39,00
5	8		Morris-Suzuki, Alan H	USA	2187	7	0	46,5	50,5	35,50
6	10		Salvador, Louie	PHI	2142	6,5	1	49,5	54	35,75
7	23		Nguyen Minh,	VIE	1887	6,5	2	46	50,5	35,25
8	26		Siddharth, Sai	SGP	1833	6,5	3	47	49	31,25
9	7	FM	Villanueva, Nelson	PHI	2210	6	0	46,5	50,5	31,25
10	20		Dayal, Samar	ENG	1937	6	0	45,5	48,5	29,50

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