Kaustuv Kundu triumphs at 2nd Guwahati Smart City Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/09/2025

IM Kaustuv Kundu, IM Mayank Chakraborty and Alekhya Mukhopadhyay scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 each at 2nd Guwahati Smart City Rating Open 2025. Kaustuv won the tournament due to better tie-break score. Mayank and Alekhya were placed second and third respectively. Kaustuv drew against the top seed and eventual runner-up, Alekhya in the seventh round. The total prize fund was ₹510000. The top three prizes were ₹70000, ₹50000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each. The five-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by All Assam Chess Association at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati, Assam from 4th to 8th August 2025. This is Kaustuv's fourth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Bibendu Das

Kaustuv's fourth rating tournament triumph of the year

The top seed of the tournament, IM Mayank Chakraborty was the sole leader 8/9, heading into the last round. Four players - Tanmay Rajbongshi, IM Kaustuv Kundu, Alekhya Mukhopadhyay and Shankhodip De were trailing by a half point at 7.5/9 each. Soni Krishan lost to Kaustuv who became champion. Shankhodip drew against Mayank and the latter secured second place Tanmay lost to Alekhya and he finished third. Kaustuv went on to win two more rating tournaments in August. We will mention it in detail in separate reports.

Champion - IM Kaustuv Kundu 8.5/10 | Photo: Bibendu Das

Runner-up - IM Mayank Chakraborty 8.5/10 | Photo: Bibendu Das

Second Runner-up - Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 8.5/10 | Photo: Bibendu Das

Top 3 (L to R): 1st IM Kaustuv Kundu 8.5/10, 2nd IM Mayank Chakraborty 8.5/10 and 3rd Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 8.5/10 | Photo: Bibendu Das

Soni - Kaustuv, Round 10

Position after 24...Be5

Soni Krishan (1902) made a big positional mistake of giving up his dark square bishop 25.Bxd4?? Bxd4-+ 26.gxh5 Kg7 27.Ne2 Rh8! IM Kaustuv Kundu (2386) made a great decision to continue his attack on the h-file and ignore defending the d4-bishop 28.Nxd4 cxd4 Black went on to convert his positional advantage into a win.

IM Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 8.5/10, won the tournament on tie-breaks and maintained his rating

A total of 291 players including two IMs took part from all over the country and two from Nepal. The five-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by All Assam Chess Association at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati, Assam from 4th to 8th August 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	TB6	K	rtg+/-
1	2	IM	Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2386	WB	8,5	66	71,5	59,5	0	7	4	10	-0,9
2	1	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	U16		IND	2452	AS	8,5	66	71	59	0	7	3	10	-2
3	3		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay			IND	2253	WB	8,5	61,5	67	55,3	0	8	4	40	12
4	12		Shankhodip De	U16		IND	1964	WB	8	64,5	70	53,8	0	7	4	40	75,6
5	5		Arpan Das			IND	2035	WB	8	62,5	67	52,5	0	7	3	20	22,8
6	24		Tadam Dupit			IND	1871	AR	8	57	62	48,8	0	7	4	20	21,4
7	7		Tanmay Rajbongshi	U14		IND	2014	AS	7,5	68	74,5	53,3	0	7	2	40	64,8
8	4	FM	Kumar Gaurav			IND	2062	BR	7,5	62,5	67,5	47,5	0	6	3	20	14,2
9	22		Rangeet Majumdar	U16		IND	1875	WB	7,5	61	65,5	46,5	0	6	4	40	46,4
10	29		Sameer Choudhary			IND	1831	DL	7,5	59	64,5	45,3	0	7	2	20	25
11	16		Singh Soram Rahul			IND	1921	AS	7,5	58,5	63	45,8	0	5	1	20	-1,6
12	27		Dupit Tachung			IND	1861	AR	7,5	57,5	61	42	0	7	3	20	22,6
13	28		Madhab Sarma			IND	1841	AS	7,5	56,5	61	43,5	0	6	4	20	22,4
14	17		Shreyas			IND	1915	DL	7,5	55,5	60	44,3	0	6	4	40	-27,2
15	41		Abinash P Gogoi			IND	1754	AS	7,5	55	59	39,8	0	7	4	20	28,8
16	18		Soni Krishan			IND	1902	CCSCSB	7	63,5	69	44,8	0	6	3	20	26
17	10	FM	Prakash Ram			IND	1972	PB	7	63,5	67	43,5	0	6	3	20	-0,6
18	19		Kishan Kumar			IND	1899	BR	7	62	67	45	0	6	2	20	9,2
19	6		Santu Mondal			IND	2016	CCSCSB	7	60,5	65,5	44,3	0	4	2	20	-14,6
20	25		Yuwan Das	U16		IND	1867	AS	7	59	64	40,5	0	7	3	40	24
21	43		Talin Nimpu			IND	1743	AP	7	59	62,5	42,3	0	4	2	20	30,4
22	13		Bhoopnath			IND	1935	BR	7	58	63	41,5	0	7	2	20	-8,8
23	23		Soumyadeep Raha			IND	1873	AS	7	58	62,5	41,8	0	6	3	40	2,8
24	32		Divyanshu Kumar Singh			IND	1814	BR	7	58	62	41,5	0	6	2	20	22,6
25	15	CM	Anurag Jaiswal			IND	1925	WB	7	57,5	62,5	41,5	0	6	3	20	-16
26	49	AFM	Abhinava Nath	U14		IND	1716	TR	7	57,5	60,5	38,8	0	6	2	40	42,4
27	14		Imbung Jwala			NEP	1926	NEP	7	57	62	41	0	7	2	20	-23,6
28	9		Sinha Sujit Kumar	S51		IND	1995	BR	7	56,5	63,5	42,5	0	6	4	20	-11,8
29	40		Mehekdwip Gope	U12		IND	1758	TR	7	55	57,5	38	0	5	2	40	-16
30	33		Sayan Barua	U12		IND	1796	WB	7	54	57,5	36,5	0	6	2	40	6,8