Niladri Banerjee decimates 25th KT Global School Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/10/2025

Niladri Banerjee scored 8.5/9 to win 25th KT Global School Rating Open 2025. He finished a full point ahead of the rest. The current Odisha State 2025 champion, Tapan Badamundi and reigning National Under-9 Open 2025 champion, Sattwik Swain scored sole 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Niladri defeated both eventual runners-up, Tapan and Sattwik in Round 8 and 7 respectively. The total prize fund was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹25000, ₹20000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by IIG Sports Academy at KT Global School in Khordha, Odisha from 3rd to 7th October 2025. This is Niladri's first tournament triumph of the year.

Niladri's first tournament triumph of the year

Niladri Banerjee was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the last round. Tapan Badamundi and Rachishnu Datta were trailing by a half point at 7/8 each. Niladri defeated Rachishnu to become a clear champion. Sattwik Swain won against Nilsu Pattnayak to secure second place. Manish Mishra drew against Tapan and the latter finished third.

Champion - Niladri Banerjee 8.5/9

Runner-up - Tapan Badamundi 7.5/9

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd Tapan Badamundi 7.5/9, 1st Niladri Banerjee 8.5/9 and 3rd Sattwik Swain 7.5/9

Niladri Banerjee scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a full point ahead of the rest and gained 73.2 Elo rating points

Players in action | Photo: IIG Sports Academy

A total of 263 players including two IMs took part from all over the country and one from Zimbabwe. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by IIG Sports Academy at KT Global School in Khordha, Odisha from 3rd to 7th October 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	K	rtg+/-
1	2	Niladri, Banerjee	U13		IND	1998	West Bengal	8,5	52,5	56,5	53,3	40	73,2
2	3	Badamundi, Tapan			IND	1973	Odisha (KTGS)	7,5	55	60,5	48,5	20	21
3	5	Sattwik, Swain	U09		IND	1905	Odisha	7,5	53,5	58	46	40	72
4	11	Karjee, Manindra			IND	1816	Odisha (KISS)	7	50,5	55,5	41	20	19,4
5	4	Rachishnu, Datta			IND	1920	West Bengal	7	50,5	55,5	40,5	40	-2
6	8	Ranit, Maity	U15		IND	1831	West Bengal	7	50,5	52,5	39	40	35,6
7	10	Mishra, Manish	U11		IND	1824	Odisha	7	50	53	39	40	25,2
8	9	Shrihan, Sabat	U15		IND	1827	Odisha	7	48	51,5	37	40	18
9	21	Khillo, Purna			IND	1722	Odisha (KISS)	7	44,5	47,5	35	20	14
10	7	Rangeet, Majumdar	U15		IND	1886	West Bengal	6,5	52	57	40	40	5,6
11	6	Majhi, Fakir			IND	1902	Odisha (KISS)	6,5	52	56,5	39,3	20	-6,6
12	1	Pattnayak, Nilsu			IND	2202	Odisha	6,5	50,5	55,5	37,5	20	-31,2
13	19	Aditya, Sur	U15		IND	1743	West Bengal	6,5	50	54,5	36,8	40	62
14	13	Shreyaskar, Tanti	U13		IND	1797	West Bengal	6,5	47,5	52	35,8	40	-18,8
15	20	Soyam, Laxmidatt D Sabat			IND	1741	Odisha	6,5	47,5	50	34	40	-1,2
16	29	Souhardya, Prosad Sinha			IND	1667	West Bengal	6,5	47,5	49,5	33	40	65,6
17	18	Mohapatra, Ayush Aryan	U15		IND	1745	Odisha	6,5	47	52	34,8	40	32,4
18	16	Rabindra, Kumar Ojha			IND	1784	Odisha	6,5	47	51	36,3	20	-14,6
19	15	Sai, Shakti Panda	U15		IND	1787	Odisha	6,5	47	51	33,5	40	-2
20	36	Aadarsh, Kumar Beriha	U13		IND	1626	Odisha	6,5	47	50,5	33,5	40	14,8