Arvind's 1st Triumph of 2026

After the 8th round, Prakash Ram was leading the tournament with 7.5/8. In the final round on the top board, Indrajeet Mahindrakar defeated Prakash Ram, and Arvind Iyer defeated FM Arun Kataria to secure the 1st place.

Champion: Iyer Arvind

After scoring 7/7, Arvind lost against Prakash Ram but won on demand in the final round. Check out his performance

Runner Up: Srijit Paul

Second Runner up: Indrajeet Mahindrakar

Top 3 finishers

Prize Winners

A total of 287 players took part in this two-day Rapid Rating tournament. The time control was 15 minutes plus a 10-second bonus from move 1. The tournament was organised at TIT Group of Institutions, Bhopal.

Organising Team

Tournament Hall

Final Standing

Rk.

SNo

Name

FED

RtgI

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB6 

1

2

ACM

Iyer, Arvind

IND

2151

MH

8

54,5

58,5

51

3

2

1

IM

Srijit, Paul

IND

2283

WB

8

54

58,5

50,5

4

3

6

Mahindrakar, Indrajeet

IND

2003

MH

8

52

55

47

3

4

33

Mishra, Kamad

IND

1698

MP

8

46

48

41

3

5

4

FM

Prakash, Ram

IND

2019

PB

7,5

51,5

55,5

44,75

4

6

5

AFM

Choubey, Saurabh

IND

2004

MP

7

53

56,5

42,5

4

7

20

Vikramaditya, Mukhija

IND

1788

RJ

7

52

57

41,5

3

8

11

Kishan, Kumar

IND

1937

BR

7

52

56

40

5

9

29

Alokik, Maheshwari

IND

1729

RJ

7

51

55

39

4

10

3

FM

Arun, Kataria

IND

2141

RJ

7

50,5

54,5

39,5

3

Details

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