Santu Mondal wins 1st Sipajhar Rating Open 2025
Five players - Santu Mondal, Soni Krishnan, Tanmay Rajbongshi, Barnil Kumar Das and Iftikar Alom Mazumdar scored 7.5/9 each at 1st Sipajhar Rating Open 2025. Santu won the tournament due to better tie-break score. The remaining four were placed second to fifth respectively. Santu drew with both runners-up. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹351000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each respectively. The five-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by All Assam Chess Association at Sipajhar College in Darrang, Assam from 3rd to 7th January 2025. This is the first tounament Santu played in this year, he remained undefeated and he won it. Photo: Northeast Chess India
Top five score 7.5/9
Santu Mondal and Barnil Kumar Das were the coleaders 7/8, heading into the final round. Santu drew with Barnil to become the champion. Soni Krishnan defeated Sasanka Shandilya to secure second place. Tanmay Rajbongshi won against IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni to be placed third. Apart from Tanmay, two more teenagers - Barnil Kumar Das and Koshin Das made a top ten finish. They scored 7.5/9 and 7/9 to claim fourth and seventh place respectively.
A total of 135 players including an IM took part from various parts of India. The five-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by All Assam Chess Association at Sipajhar College in Darrang, Assam from 3rd to 7th January 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Santu, Mondal | IND | 1945 | CCSCSB | 7,5 | 55,5 | 59,5 | 48,25 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Soni, Krishan | IND | 1870 | CCSCSB | 7,5 | 52 | 56,5 | 45,25 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Tanmay, Rajbongshi | U15 | IND | 2000 | NE-ASS | 7,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 45,25 | ||
| 4 | 15 | Barnil, Kumar Das | U15 | IND | 1695 | NE-ASS | 7,5 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 41,25 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Iftikar, Alom Mazumdar | IND | 1896 | NE-ASS | 7,5 | 47 | 51,5 | 41,75 | |||
| 6 | 10 | Himanshu, Moudgil | IND | 1741 | CCSCSB | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,00 | |||
| 7 | 12 | Koshin, Das | U15 | IND | 1710 | NE-ASS | 7 | 46,5 | 50 | 36,00 | ||
| 8 | 116 | Riturparna Sarma, | IND | 0 | NE-ASS | 7 | 44 | 47,5 | 36,50 | |||
| 9 | 1 | IM | Kulkarni, Vikramaditya | IND | 2198 | MAH | 6,5 | 53 | 57 | 38,75 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Sasanka, Shandilya | IND | 1714 | NE-ASS-DAR | 6,5 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 34,75 |
