Indrajeet Mahindrakar wins Bihar Open Classical FIDE Rating 2026

by Devansh Singh - 28/04/2026

Indrajeet Mahindrakar scored 8/9 points to clinch the title of Bihar Open Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2026. Indrajeet Mahindrakar, GM Petr Kiriakov, and Prithvi Sharma, all three players, scored 8/9 points to secure top-3 positions on tiebreak scores. Indrajeet lost just one game against Petr, while Prithvi and Petr were unbeaten throughout the tournament. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹10,00,000, with top 3 prizes of ₹1,00,000, ₹60,000, and ₹40,000 along with trophies. The tournament was organised by All Bihar Chess Association from 25th to 29th March 2026 at Patliputra Sports Complex Indoor Stadium, Patna, Bihar. Photos: Aman Kumar/ All Bihar Chess Association

Indrajeet's 1st Triumph of 2026

Indrajeet Mahindrakar is playing some solid chess this year. He was very close to becoming the Maharashtra Amateur Champion, but finished in 2nd place. He also secured 2nd position in the Maharashtra State Rapid Championship. He kept his consistent form going on and barely missed the National Amateur (B-2300) title by half a point.

Champion: Indrajeet Mahindrakar

Here at Bihar Open 2026, Indrajeet's luck and hard work favoured him as going into the last round. GM Petr Kiriakov was leading with 7.5/8 points, and he drew his game while Indrajeet won his last round against Parambrata Sarkar with black pieces to catch up with Petr and eventually secured 1st place on tiebreaks.

Indrajeet Mahindrakar with a beautiful trophy and ₹1,00,000 prize

Runner-up: GM Petr Kiriakov

Second runner up: Prithvi Sharma

Top 3 finishers with Chief Guests

Marium Fatima secured 1st place in 15+ Women category and won ₹20,000

Indrajeet started in 4th rank and lost just one game against GM Petr Kiriakov to secure 1st place. He also increased 23.8 rating points

Tournament hall at Patliputra Sports Complex Indoor Stadium, Patna, Bihar

A total of 613 players from all across India took part in this event. There were a total of 7 international players: 5 from Nepal, 1 from Zimbabwe, and GM Petr representing FIDE. The time control of this 5-day FIDE Classical Rating event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds bonus from move 1.

Check out some Amazing photos by Aman Kumar

6-year-old, Rudra Pratap, with his family, after he held IM Mamombe Kudzanai for a draw

GM Petr Kiriakov played a Simultaneous Exhibition with kids

Rupesh Jaiswal (Nepal)

Guess her age!!

It was a tough event for the 2nd-seeded Reyan Md as he finished in 28th position

Kishan Kumar defeated Reyan Md in the last round to finish in 9th place

WFM Marium Fatima (Bihar)

Focused!

Small hands, big ambitions

From Lakhisarai, Bihar, player Vaibhav Anand competed alongside his sister Vaishnavi, their mother Sushmita Kumari, and their grandfather Kamal Kishore Singh!!!

The man behind the lens: Aman Kumar

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Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	4		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet			IND	2117	Maharashtra	8	54	59	51	8	4
2	1	GM	Kiriakov, Petr			FID	2477	FIDE	8	53,5	58,5	51,25	7	3
3	30		Prithvi, Sharma			IND	1904	Haryana	8	47,5	50,5	43,75	7	4
4	29	CM	Chatterjee, K.K.	S60		IND	1905	West Bengal	7,5	51,5	54,5	42,75	7	2
5	3		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay			IND	2137	West Bengal	7,5	50	54,5	45	6	3
6	21	AGM	Sundram, Kumar			IND	1952	New Delhi	7,5	50	53	42,5	6	3
7	8	FM	Kumar, Gaurav			IND	2033	Bihar	7,5	50	51,5	42,25	6	3
8	12		Ankit, Das	U13		IND	1998	West Bengal	7,5	49	54	43,75	7	4
9	23		Kishan, Kumar		100192BEGU25	IND	1938	Bihar	7,5	48	50,5	40,75	7	2
10	28	AIM	Sharma, Vivek		0	IND	1911	Bihar	7,5	47	51,5	42,25	6	4
11	17		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar		100650PATN25	IND	1967	Bihar	7,5	47	51	42	6	2
12	46		Sameer, Choudhary			IND	1819	Delhi	7	54	56,5	42,5	5	3
13	32		Shrihan, Sabat			IND	1898	Odisha	7	53	58	42,75	6	3
14	10	AFM	Parambrata, Sarkar	U15		IND	2011	West Bengal	7	52	55,5	40,25	6	3
15	6	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh			NEP	2103	Nepal	7	51,5	55	40	6	3

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