Prasannaa S wins 2nd Singh's Gambit Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/12/2025

FM Prasannaa S, Vijay Shreeram P, Ajjesh J R and Sparsh Khandelwal scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 each at 2nd Singh's Gambit Rating Open 2025. Prasannaa won the tournament on tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹800000. The top three prizes were ₹100000 + trophy, ₹75000 and ₹60000. The four-day eight-round rating tournament was organized by Guru Nanak College in association with Mount Chess Academy at Guru Nanak Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 27th to 30th November 2025. This was Prasannaa's fifth overall, third rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Guru Nanak College Chennai

Prasannaa's fifth triumph of the year, Top four score 7/8

FM Prasannaa S was the sole leader 6.5/7, heading into the final round. Ten players were trailing him by a half point at 6/7 each. Prasannaa drew against GM Laxman R R to become the champion. Umashankar A lost to Vijay Shreeram P and the latter secured second place. Lakshmi Charan Naidu G suffered defeat against Ajjesh J R who finished third.

Champion - FM Prasannaa 7/8 | Photo: Guru Nanak College Chennai

Inaugural first moves were made by India's 91st Grandmaster Raahul V S | Photo: Guru Nanak College Chennai

The legend IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi with the organizing team | Photo: Guru Nanak College Chennai

FM Prasannaa S scored an unbeaten 7/8, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 19.6 Elo rating points

Players in action | Photo: Guru Nanak College Chennai

A total of 347 players including a GM and two IMs took part from various parts of the country in this four-day eight round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Guru Nanak College (Autonomous) in association with Mount Chess Academy at Guru Nanak Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 27th to 31st November 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	FM	Prasannaa.S,		IND	2167	7	41	45	38,25
2	4		Vijay, Shreeram P		IND	2074	7	40	44	37,75
3	5		Ajjesh, J R	U18	IND	2062	7	39,5	43,5	36,75
4	9	AGM	Sparsh, Khandelwal		IND	2012	7	39	42	35,5
5	3		Hari, Ganesh T	U18	IND	2144	6,5	41	45	35,5
6	1	GM	Laxman, R.R.		IND	2276	6,5	39,5	43,5	33,75
7	12		Shashveen, A K	U14	IND	1993	6,5	37	41,5	33,25
8	30		Samaksh, Ashok	U12	IND	1879	6,5	37	40,5	31,25
9	58		Anecx, Kanjiravila B C	U14	IND	1795	6,5	36,5	39,5	31,5
10	49		Deepak, Raj Hari	U12	IND	1820	6,5	35	38,5	31,25
11	24	IM	Hegde, Ravi Gopal	S55	IND	1905	6,5	33,5	37,5	30,25
12	38		Eshwar, Veerappan Aiyappan	U12	IND	1844	6,5	33	37	30,25
13	20		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	U18	IND	1925	6	42	45	31,25
14	27		Selvabharathy, T		IND	1892	6	38	41,5	28,5
15	11		Umashankar, A		IND	2006	6	37,5	41,5	29,5
16	15	FM	Vinoth Kumar, M.		IND	1960	6	37,5	40	26,5
17	10	AIM	Christy, George	U14	IND	2010	6	37	41,5	30,75
18	8		Chukka, Vineel Radha Karthik	U14	IND	2015	6	37	41	30
19	21	AGM	Rutherford, S		IND	1924	6	37	41	29
20	31		Perecharla, Hariram Saikrishna	U12	USA	1877	6	37	39,5	28,25