Soumick's first rating tournament of his career, Aronyak and Diptayan clinch Rapid and Blitz Open

Soumick Bandopadhyay and Shaswata Paul were the coleaders 7/8 each, going into the last round. Five players were trailing them by a half point at 6.5/8 each. The coleaders Shaswata and Soumick drew against each other, the latter became the champion and the former fourth. Debayan Ray defeated the revered veteran CM K K Chatterjee to secure second place. Debayan finished second at this event for the second consecutive year. Mudil Dharewa lost to Arpan Das who finished third.

Champion - Soumick Bandopadhyay 7.5/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Second Runner-up - Arpan Das 7.5/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Soumick Bandopadhyay scored an unbeaten 7.5/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 24.8 Elo rating points

Champion in Rapid Open - IM Aronyak Ghosh 8/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Runner-up - CM Sarbartho Mani 7.5/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Second Runner-up - Saptorshi Gupta 7.5/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Champion in Blitz Open - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8.5/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Runner-up - IM Aronyak Ghosh 8/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

Second Runner-up - IM Kaustuv Kundu 7.5/9 | Photo: Partha Pratim Manna / Classical Chess Academy

A total of 240 players took part from various parts of India, one from Sweden and USA each. The tournament was organized by Classical Chess Academy at Eastern Railway Sports Complex Majerhat in Kolkata, West Bengal from 18th to 24th December 2025. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Classical Rating

Rk.SNoNameTypsexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5  TB6 
14Soumick BandopadhyayIND1979West Bengal7,5525645,75062
21Debayan RayIND2021West Bengal7,548,55343,25062
32Arpan DasIND2017West Bengal7,548,55342,75073
431Shaswata PaulIND1772West Bengal7,5475140,75072
520Supratim GhoshIND1819West Bengal751,55540,5072
63Santu MondalIND2001Delhi IT7505441064
710BhoopnathIND1909Bihar748,55340051
826Spandan DebnathU12IND1782West Bengal74851,537,5062
925Arghya SenIND1784West Bengal747,55137,25064
1059Sohini LahiriwIND1681West Bengal74243,532,5074
115CMChatterjee K.K.S60IND1970West Bengal6,550,554,536,5062
128Kishan KumarIND1920Bihar6,550,553,536,25052
1316Mudil DharewaU12IND1847West Bengal6,5495235,5062
1470Shlok BharU12IND1634West Bengal6,545,54932,5063
15137Dhruv JhaU14IND1494West Bengal6,541,543,528061
1647Navaneel ChhatuiU14IND1713West Bengal6,538,54229051
176Soumma ChakrabortyIND1957West Bengal6495333,75053
1812Jaiswal SanskritU12USA1886West Bengal647,551,532,25052
1927Aniket DasU10IND1778West Bengal64751,531,75052
2011Mitra SwapanS60IND1895West Bengal646,550,530,75052
219Nath RupankarIND1920West Bengal6465030,75051
2246Spandan RoyIND1716West Bengal6465029,75051
2314Ranit MaityIND1870West Bengal645,55033,25051
2439AIMVineet NayakU12IND1729Odisha645,549,530,75043
2552Sangbit GhoshU14IND1699West Bengal645,54929,75052

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A total of 227 players including four IMs took part from various parts of India, one from England and USA each. The tournament was organized by Classical Chess Academy at Eastern Railway Sports Complex Majerhat in Kolkata, West Bengal on 20th and 21st December 2025. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 10 minutes + 3 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Rapid Open

Rk.SNoNameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11IMAronyak GhoshIND24458515548,2507
217CMMani SarbarthoU10IND18877,5505443,507
38Saptorshi GuptaIND20297,5505442,507
42IMNeelash SahaIND2376756614606
55Bhattacharyya SohamIND222175155,541,2506
66Anustoop BiswasIND21717505441,2505
73IMKaustuv KunduIND2266750544006
836AIMBanik Hrishikesh KumarIND174975053,54006
97Santu MondalIND2090749,553,540,7505
1022Maitreyi MondalF14wIND1839749,553,539,7506
1120BhoopnathIND1861747,55137,507
1214Priyanshu BaruaIND191174751,538,507
1334Srijon SahaIND1753746493507
1419Mitra SwapanIND1866745483407
1511Mayukh MajumderU14IND19397444835,7506
1623Kishan KumarIND1835744483507
1721Rangeet MajumdarIND185474043,533,507
184IMRajdeep SarkarIND22576,553,5584006
1933AIMSoham SahaIND17576,54953,53606
2030Sanjib MaliIND17766,5485234,506

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A total of 166 players including a GM and four IMs took part from various parts of India, one from England, Sweden and USA each. The tournament was organized by Classical Chess Academy at Eastern Railway Sports Complex Majerhat in Kolkata, West Bengal on 22nd December 2025. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.SNoNameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11GMGhosh DiptayanIND25348,552,55753,2508
22IMAronyak GhoshIND2439852564807
38IMKaustuv KunduIND21947,5535847,7507
46IMSubhayan KunduIND22147,55054,542,7507
53Bhattacharyya SohamIND22977,5505441,7507
675Adhiraj MukherjeeIND15737,5475039,7507
727Soumma ChakrabortyIND186674852,537,507
87Anustoop BiswasIND2203747,551,53707
917Arindam MukherjeeIND196974549,53707
105IMSanket ChakravartyIND22477444834,507
1113Srijon SahaIND19906,55256,536,7506
1252Soumick BandopadhyayIND17106,551,555,537,2506
1315Priyanshu BaruaIND19826,547,550,532,506
1412Santu MondalIND20016,545,5503506
1532Soham DeyIND18176,544,548,531,2506

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