Nilsu Pattnayak perfect at 4th Ganjam District Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/06/2025

Nilsu Pattnayak won 4th Ganjam District Rating Open 2025 with a perfect score 9/9. He won the tournament with a round to spare and finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the rest. 10-year-old Manish Mishra scored 7.5/9 to secure second place. Four players - Fakir Majhi, Jagdish Barik, Meher Bhabanee Prasad and Rabindra Kumar Ojha scored 7/9 each. They secured third to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament 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 Ganjam District Chess Association at Takshashila Residential School in Ganjam, Odisha from 21st to 25th May 2025. This is Nilsu's second tournament triumph of the year. He is the reigning Odisha State Rapid 2025 champion. Photo: K K Sarma

Nilsu clinches the tournament with a round to spare, finishes with a 100% score

The top seed of the tournament, Nilsu Pattnayak became champion when he defeated Aditya Ranjan Das. He was the only player at 8/8. Five players were 1.5 points behind him - Swapnil Priyadarshi, Fakir Majhi, Jagdish Barik, Shankhadeep Maity and Manish Mishra. The last round result was immaterial towards his first place. However, Nilsu still went for maximum, defeated Shankhadeep to become champion with a perfect score 9/9. 10-year-old Manish won against Swapnil to secure second place. Jagdish drew with Fakir and the latter finished third. Apart from Nilsu, Manish also delivered an impressive performance.

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Fakir Majhi 7/9, 1st Nilsu Pattnayak 9/9 and 2nd Manish Mishra 7.5/9 | Photo: K K Sarma

Nilsu Pattnayak scored a perfect 9/9, finished a massive 1.5 points ahead of the rest and gained 15.4 Elo rating points

Players in action | Photo: K K Sarma

A total of 143 players took part from all over the country. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Ganjam District Chess Association at Takshashila Residential School in Ganjam, Odisha from 21st to 25th May 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	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1		Pattnayak Nilsu				IND	2219	OR	9	51	53,5	53,50
2	11		Mishra Manish	U11			IND	1761	OR	7,5	49,5	52,5	42,00
3	2		Majhi Fakir				IND	1957	OR	7	53,5	57,5	41,75
4	3		Barik Jagdish				IND	1849	OR	7	53,5	57	40,75
5	16		Meher Bhabanee Prasad				IND	1662	OR	7	46,5	49,5	36,00
6	6		Rabindra Kumar Ojha				IND	1816	OR	7	45,5	48,5	36,50
7	5		Swapnil Priyadarshi				IND	1835	OR	6,5	53,5	58,5	38,50
8	17		Aditya Ranjan Das				IND	1651	OR	6,5	51,5	56,5	37,75
9	7	AIM	Shankhadeep Maity				IND	1794	WB	6,5	50,5	55,5	36,25
10	8		Mohapatra Ayush Aryan	U15			IND	1777	OR	6,5	50	54,5	38,00
11	4		Shrihan Sabat	U15		LB	IND	1848	OR	6,5	50	54	36,75
12	33		Aharnish Nanda	U09			IND	1479	WB	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,50
13	18		Soyam Laxmidatt D Sabat				IND	1636	OR	6,5	46	48	31,25
14	20		Shradha Smaranika Nanda	F15	w		IND	1616	OR	6,5	45	47	29,25
15	23		Yashvardhan Katjhare	U13			IND	1598	WB	6,5	44	47	31,00
16	9		Ranit Maity	U15			IND	1775	WB	6,5	43	49,5	33,25
17	13		Khillo Purna				IND	1685	OR	6	47,5	50	28,50
18	12		Pallab Bala				IND	1745	WB	6	46,5	51,5	32,00
19	21		Behera Snehayukta		w	LG	IND	1613	OR	6	46	50	30,25
20	27		Hrudesh Panigrahi	U11		LB	IND	1561	OR	6	46	48,5	28,00