Agnivo Chakraborty triumphs at 3rd Nitai Ghosh Memorial Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/10/2025

Agnivo Chakraborty and Rupam Mukherjee scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 3rd Nitai Ghosh Memorial Rating Open 2025. Agnivo won the tournament on tie-breaks, Rupam secured second place. Five players - Srijon Saha, Ankit Das, Hrishikesh Kumar Banik, Rishan Debnath and Mrityunjay Kumar scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to seventh respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹600000. The top three prizes were ₹80000, ₹60000 and ₹40000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Jalpaiguri Chess Academy at Greater Kailash The Palace in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal from 10th to 14th October 2025. This is Agnivo's first tournament triumph of the year. Photo: IA Asit Baran Choudhury / Jalpaiguri Chess Academy

Agnivo's first tournament triumph of the year

Five players - Alekhya Mukhopadhyay, Srijon Saha, Agnivo Chakraborty, Hrishikesh Kumar Banik and Rupam Mukherjee were the leaders at 7/8 each before the last round. Agnivo defeated Alekhya to become the champion. Ruapm won against Rahul Gurung to finish second. Srijon drew against Hrishikesh to claim third place.

Champion - Agnivo Chakraborty 8/9 | Photo: IA Asit Baran Choudhury / Jalpaiguri Chess Academy

Runner-up - Rupam Mukherjee 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - Srijon Saha 7.5/9 | Photo: IA Asit Baran Choudhury / Jalpaiguri Chess Academy

Agnivo Chakraborty scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 74 Elo rating points

Players in action | Photo: Arindam Saha

The tournament banner | Photo: Nondita Modak

A total of 408 players including an IM and a WGM took part from various parts of the country and two from Nepal. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Jalpaiguri Chess Academy at Greater Kailash The Palace in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal from 10th to 14th October 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	10		Agnivo Chakraborty				IND	2019	West Bengal	8	48	52,5	46	7
2	14		Rupam Mukherjee				IND	1963	West Bengal	8	46	50	44,5	7
3	4		Srijon Saha				IND	2060	West Bengal	7,5	52	57,5	47,3	6
4	11		Ankit Das	U12		NB	IND	2017	Jalpaiguri	7,5	51,5	56,5	45,5	7
5	8	AIM	Banik Hrishikesh Kumar				IND	2033	West Bengal	7,5	51,5	55,5	45	6
6	42		Rishan Debnath				IND	1804	West Bengal	7,5	50	53,5	42,3	7
7	13		Mrityunjay Kumar				IND	1963	Bihar	7,5	48,5	53	42,8	7
8	2		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay				IND	2246	West Bengal	7	54,5	59,5	44	6
9	3	WGM	Swati Ghate		w		IND	2102	Maharashtra	7	51	56	42	6
10	19		Aahil Patra	U14			IND	1928	West Bengal	7	50	54	40,5	6
11	16		Neelabhro Bandyopadhyay				IND	1945	West Bengal	7	49	53,5	40,8	5
12	12		Shourya Paul				IND	2002	West Bengal	7	48	52,5	39,8	6
13	6		Shankhodip De				IND	2050	West Bengal	7	48	52,5	39,5	6
14	25		Shreyas Das				IND	1909	Delhi	7	46,5	50,5	36,5	7
15	29		Tamang Thendup				IND	1884	Sikkim	7	45	48,5	36,5	5
16	24		Singh Soram Rahul				IND	1911	Assam	7	43,5	47,5	36,5	6
17	30		Soumyadeep Raha				IND	1874	Assam	7	43,5	47,5	35	6
18	1	IM	Kaustuv Kundu				IND	2389	West Bengal	6,5	56	60	41	5
19	9		Gurung Rahul				IND	2028	Sikkim	6,5	53	58	39,3	6
20	46		Soumyadeep Nath	U12			IND	1800	West Bengal	6,5	52	56	38,3	5
21	17		Gurung Rohit				IND	1943	Sikkim	6,5	49,5	54	36,8	6
22	18	CM	Anurag Jaiswal				IND	1933	West Bengal	6,5	49	53,5	37,8	4
23	36		Akash Tiwari				IND	1847	West Bengal	6,5	48,5	52	34,5	6
24	50	AFM	Arohan Dey	U12			IND	1792	West Bengal	6,5	48	52	35,3	5
25	22		N. Tarun				IND	1917	Delhi	6,5	47,5	52,5	36	5