Mitrabha Guha wins a double at Melbourne Open for the second year in-a-row
GM Mitrabha Guha won a double for the second consecutive year at Melbourne International Open 2025. This time he won Rapid and Blitz Rating events, unlike last year when he won the Classical and Blitz events. Mitrabha scored 8/9 and 12.5/13 to become the champion in Rapid and Blitz Rating tournaments respectively. IM Felix Xie (NZL) won the Masters section. He scored an unbeaten 7/9. IM Arghyadip Das, GM Sayantan Das and Mitrabha scored 6.5/9 each. They secured second, third and fourth place respectively. The total prize fund in the Masters was AU $7450. The top three prizes were $2500, $1750 and $1250 each respectively. For Rapid, the total prize fund was AU $1050. The top three prizes were $350, $230 and 150. Blitz prize fund was AU $840. The top three prizes were $300, $200 and $140 each. This was Mitrabha's sixth and seventh overall, fifth and sixth rating tournament triumph of the year.
Classical: Felix first, Arghyadip second and Sayantan third
GM Antonio Rogelio Jr. (PHI) and GM Mitrabha Guha were the coleaders 7/8 going into the final round of Rapid Rating Open. WGM Thi Mai Hung Nguyen (VIE) drew with Antonio and he secured second place. Daniel Zhang (AUS) lost to Mitrabha and the latter became champion.
GM Mitrabha Guha won the Blitz Rating Open with a round to spare 11.5/12, when he defeated Xavier Hong (AUS). Although, any result would have been fine, Mitrabha defeated CM Leo Kalina (AUS) to finish with a whopping 12.5/13 and finished 1.5 points ahead of others. Mitrabha went on to win double at O2C Doeberl Cup 2025 and also at Sydney Open 2025. We will mention them in detail in separate reports.
A total of 28 players including 3 GMs and 2 IMs took part from eight countries all over the world in this six-day nine round Rating tournament in Masters (>2000) category. It was organized by FA Walter Wolffs at Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia from 7th to 14th April 2025. Rest days were on 9th and 12th April for Rapid and Blitz Rating tournaments. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
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Final standings in Major
| Pos | Player | Rtg | Fed | Pts | BH-M1 | BH | SB | ARO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 FM Xie,Felix | 2326 |  NZL | 7.0 | 37.5 | 48.0 | 36.50 | 2246 |
| 2 | 4 IM Das,Arghyadip | 2345 |  IND | 6.5 | 37.0 | 47.5 | 32.50 | 2231 |
| 3 | 2 GM Das,Sayantan | 2416 | IND | 6.5 | 37.0 | 46.5 | 31.50 | 2256 |
| 4 | 1 GM Mitrabha,Guha | 2505 | IND | 6.5 | 36.0 | 47.0 | 31.25 | 2213 |
| 5 | 7 FM Kazarian,Anna-Maja | 2232 |  NED | 5.5 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 24.50 | 2161 |
| 6 | 10 Chen,Marcus Meng Boon | 2188 |  SGP | 5.5 | 33.0 | 41.5 | 25.00 | 2108 |
| 7 | 12 CM Annapureddy,Rheyansh Reddy | 2116 |  AUS | 5.5 | 32.5 | 43.5 | 24.25 | 2118 |
| 8 | 9 FM Soo,Kai Jie | 2206 | AUS | 5.5 | 30.5 | 43.0 | 24.25 | 2080 |
| 9 | 6 FM Liu,Yi | 2263 | AUS | 5.0 | 38.5 | 48.5 | 24.00 | 2235 |
| 10 | 24 Vasu,Sanjay | 1982 | SGP | 5.0 | 35.5 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 2153 |
A total of 84 players including 2 GMs, an IM and a WGM took part from seven countries all over the world in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament. It was organized by FA Walter Wolffs at Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne, Australia on 9th April 2025. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings in Rapid
| Pos | Player | Rtg | Fed | Pts | BH-M1 | BH | SB | ARO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 GM Mitrabha,Guha | 2476 |  IND | 8.0 | 43.0 | 54.0 | 47.00 | 1938 |
| 2 | 3 GM Antonio,Rogelio Jr | 2320 |  PHI | 7.5 | 43.0 | 56.0 | 44.50 | 1895 |
| 3 | 8 IM Bagamasbad,Jose Efren (W) | 1900 | PHI | 7.0 | 43.5 | 56.0 | 41.75 | 1891 |
| 4 | 5 WGM Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung | 2119 |  VIE | 7.0 | 41.5 | 53.5 | 39.25 | 1947 |
| 5 | 7 CM Li,Hui | 2037 |  MAC | 7.0 | 39.5 | 50.0 | 36.50 | 1761 |
| 6 | 14 Nguyen,Anh Kiet | 1735 |  AUS | 6.5 | 39.0 | 50.0 | 32.75 | 1657 |
| 7 | 43 Tran,Kenny | 1544 | AUS | 6.5 | 37.0 | 47.5 | 32.25 | 1667 |
| 8 | 28 Neela,Maanas | 1590 | AUS | 6.5 | 35.5 | 44.5 | 32.00 | 1656 |
| 9 | 15 Khurram,Mikyle | 1724 | AUS | 6.5 | 33.0 | 42.5 | 28.25 | 1649 |
| 10 | 2 FM Liu,Yi (W) | 2347 | AUS | 6.0 | 44.5 | 58.5 | 37.00 | 1955 |
A total of 101 players including 2 GMs and a WGM took part from eleven countries all over the world in this one-day 13 round Blitz Rating tournament. It was organized by FA Walter Wolffs at Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne, Australia on 12th April 2025. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.
Final standings in Blitz
| Pos | Player | Rtg | Fed | Pts | BH-M1 | BH | SB | ARO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 GM Mitrabha,Guha | 2549 |  IND | 12.5 | 93.0 | 109.5 | 105.50 | 2084 |
| 2 | 6 FM Xie,Felix | 2231 |  NZL | 11.0 | 87.5 | 105.5 | 85.00 | 1964 |
| 3 | 8 FM Kazarian,Anna-Maja | 2164 |  NED | 10.0 | 93.5 | 112.0 | 80.00 | 2055 |
| 4 | 2 GM Das,Sayantan | 2365 | IND | 9.5 | 90.5 | 110.0 | 75.75 | 2010 |
| 5 | 10 FM Testolin,Ryder | 2111 |  AUS | 9.0 | 94.5 | 113.0 | 72.50 | 2001 |
| 6 | 20 CM Thogata,Randheer | 1877 | AUS | 9.0 | 91.5 | 111.5 | 72.75 | 1995 |
| 7 | 7 FM Chan,Luis | 2174 | AUS | 9.0 | 89.5 | 109.0 | 71.00 | 2004 |
| 8 | 5 CM Annapureddy,Rheyansh Reddy | 2255 | AUS | 9.0 | 88.5 | 105.5 | 70.25 | 1951 |
| 9 | 11 WGM Nguyen,Thi Mai Hung | 2098 |  VIE | 9.0 | 79.0 | 94.0 | 59.50 | 1772 |
| 10 | 9 CM Zafirakos,Jesse | 2145 | AUS | 8.5 | 92.5 | 111.5 | 67.25 | 2026 |
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Hrant Melkumyan does a hat-trick of winning O2C Doeberl Cup 2024, Arghyadip Das third
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Mitrabha Guha wins a double at Melbourne Open 2024
@ 13/04/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |