Arpan Das clear first at Sivasagar Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/05/2025

Arpan Das scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 to win Sivasagar Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Soram Rahul Singh and FM Kumar Gaurav scored 8/10 each. They secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹35000, ₹25000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each respectively. The six-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by Sivasagar Chess Academy at Milan Mondir in Sivasagar, Assam from 5th to 10th April 2025. This is Arpan's third overall, second consecutive rating tournament triumph of the year in Assam.

Top seed domination

Arpan Das was the sole leader 8/9, going into the last round. Soram Rahul Singh and Iftikar Alom Mazumdar were the only two players trailing by a half point at 7.5/9 each. Arpan drew with Pulakesh Sahu to become a clear champion. Iftikar shared the point with Soram and the latter secured second place. FM Kumar Gaurav defeated Bijit Chetia to claim the third place.

Champion - Arpan Das 8.5/10

Runner-up - Soram Rahul Singh 8/10

Second Runner-up - FM Kumar Gaurav 8/10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Arpan Das scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 and finished a half point ahead of the rest

Various prize winners

The tournament hall at Milan Mondir in Sivasagar, Assam | Photo: SNA Apurba Sonowal

A total of 213 players including an IM took part from various parts of India. The six-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by Sivasagar Chess Academy at Milan Mondir in Sivasagar, Assam from 5th to 10th April 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1		Arpan Das (Jr)		IND	2361	8,5	64,5	69	57,50
2	6		Singh Soram Rahul		IND	1897	8	62	65	49,75
3	3	FM	Kumar Gaurav		IND	2079	8	61,5	65,5	50,25
4	5		Iftikar Alom Mazumdar		IND	1945	8	61,5	64	48,50
5	4	FM	Dutta Joydeep		IND	2074	7,5	63,5	66,5	47,00
6	8		Elangbam Shashikanta Singh	S50	IND	1793	7,5	61,5	65,5	46,75
7	9		Pulakesh Sahu		IND	1764	7,5	59,5	64,5	47,00
8	13		Supritom Boruah	U15	IND	1712	7,5	58,5	63	46,50
9	23		Abhilekh Hridoy Gogoi	U15	IND	1634	7,5	57	61	44,50
10	2	IM	Palit Somak		IND	2214	7	64	69	45,25
11	11		Hitarth Pratim Buragohain	U17	IND	1725	7	60	64,5	41,25
12	21		Bora Mahendra	S50	IND	1653	7	58,5	63,5	43,00
13	10		Monodeep Dhar	U11	IND	1727	7	58,5	60,5	40,50
14	14		Sudhirsana Singh R.K.		IND	1700	7	57	61,5	39,50
15	29		Siddharth Borgohain	U15	IND	1585	7	57	61	38,50
16	33		Kalpamoy Konwar		IND	1569	7	56	60	40,00
17	72		Syed Jahan Hussain		IND	1465	7	55	59,5	38,50
18	22		Subham Bhattacharjee		IND	1652	7	54,5	59	39,75
19	18		Bitupon Saika		IND	1678	7	54,5	59	39,25
20	16		Bhargab Debnath	U11	IND	1691	7	53,5	57,5	38,75