Subhayan Kundu clear first at 3rd Lt. Diloo Dhar Memorial Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/02/2025

IM Subhayan Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 3rd Lt. Diloo Dhar Memorial Rating Open 2025. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni and Abhrojyoti Nath scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹750000. The top three prizes were ₹111000, ₹71000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each respectively. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Siddhanandaji Education Trust at Neer The Banquet in Silchar, Assam from 24th to 28th January 2025. This was Subhayan's first rating tournament triumph of 2025. Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Subhayan's first tournament triumph of the year

Top seed of the tournament, IM Subhayan Kundu and Allayar Shirliyev (TKM) were the coleaders, heading into the last round 7/8. Subhayan defeated IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam to become the champion. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni won against Kumar Gaurav to secure second place. Allayar lost to Abhrojyoti Nath who finished third. 13-year-old Sagnik Halder scored 7/9 to finish eighth. He is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.

Champion - IM Subhayan Kundu 8/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Runner-up - IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 7.5/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Second Runner-up - Abhrojyoti Nath 7.5/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Subhayan - Balasubramaniam, Round 9

Position after 20.h5

IM Subhayan Kundu (2366) launched a devastating attack on IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam's (2001) kingside. 18...Rd8 allowed 19.Neg5 g6 20.h5 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Rd7 22.Qh6 Bd8 23.hxg6 Black's kingside got wrecked and White went on to win the game.

IM Subhayan Kundu shares a few words after winning the tournament | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

IM Subhayan Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and maintained his rating

4th Allayar Shirliyev (TKM) 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

5th Subhrajit Dey 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

6th IM D K Sharma 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

7th FM Ram Prakash 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

8th Sagnik Halder 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

9th Mohit Kumar Soni 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

10th Soram Rahul Singh 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Best Veteran Men - Sujay Kumar Dam 6/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Best Women 1st - Emon Nag 5/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Best Women 2nd - Sraddha Dhar 4.5/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Best Veteran Women - Shiuli Deshmukh 2.5/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Closing ceremony | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Mr. Mridul Yadav, IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar District attended the closing ceremony as the Chief Guest. Mr. Rajib Dhar, Honorary General Secretary of All Assam Chess Association was also present in the prize distribution ceremony.

Arbiters team | Photo: Bibendu Das

The tournament hall at Neer The Banquet in Silchar, Assam | Photo: Bibendu Das

Thanks to the Chief Arbiter, FA Pranab Kumar Nath, for sharing the photographs and information about the tournament.

A total of 241 players including four IMs took part from various places all over the country and one from Turkmenistan. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Siddhanandaji Education Trust at Neer The Banquet in Silchar, Assam from 24th and 28th January 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Subhayan Kundu		IND	2366	RSPB	8	51,5	55,5	49,00
2	3	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya		IND	2198	Maharastra	7,5	49	52	42,00
3	12		Abhrojyoty Nath		IND	1951	Assam	7,5	44,5	52	41,00
4	4		Shirliyev Allayar		TKM	2196		7	53,5	58,5	43,50
5	24		Subhrajit Dey		IND	1845	West Bengal	7	51,5	54,5	40,50
6	5	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.		IND	2174	LIC	7	50,5	55	41,50
7	13	FM	Prakash Ram		IND	1927	Punjab	7	50,5	54	40,00
8	19		Sagnik Halder	U14	IND	1874	West Bengal	7	49	50	34,50
9	18		Mohit Kumar Soni		IND	1884	Bihar	7	48	51	38,00
10	14		Singh Soram Rahul		IND	1901	Assam	7	45,5	48,5	36,50
11	41		Lalremruata		IND	1674	Mizoram	7	44	48,5	38,50
12	63		Jitabrata Nath		IND	1615	Assam	7	43,5	46,5	33,00
13	6	FM	Kumar Gaurav		IND	2107	Bihar	6,5	51,5	56	38,75
14	17	ACM	Balanandan Ayyappan	U12	IND	1884	Kerala	6,5	50,5	55	37,25
15	11	AIM	Adhiraj Mitra	U14	IND	1955	Jharkhand	6,5	48,5	53,5	36,75
16	8	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam		IND	2001	Tamilnadu	6,5	48	53	36,25
17	2		Singh S. Vikramjit		IND	2210	SCR	6,5	48	52,5	37,75
18	22		Rishan Debnath		IND	1846	West Bengal	6,5	48	52	35,50
19	70		Ballyr Sinha		IND	1594	Assam	6,5	47	50	34,50
20	20		Sakhawat Hussain		IND	1860	Tripura	6,5	45,5	49,5	32,50