Kaustuv Kundu wins North 24 Parganas Rating Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/01/2026

IM Kaustuv Kundu, Soumick Bandopadhyay and FM Jaiveer Mahendru scored 8/9 each at North 24 Parganas All India Rating Open 2025. Kaustuv won the tourament due to better tie-breaks, Soumick and Jaiveer secured second and third place respectively. Both Kaustuv and Soumick remained undefeated. The total prize fund combining all three tournaments was ₹600000. The top three prizes were ₹75000 + trophy, ₹50000 and ₹25000 each. The tournament was organized by North 24 Parganas District Chess Association at Eastern Metropolitan Club in Kolkata, West Bengal from 26th to 30th December 2025. This was Kaustuv's eighth overall, seventh rating tournament triumph in 2025. Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

Kaustuv's eighth overall, seventh rating tournament triumph in 2025

The top seed of the event, IM Kaustuv Kundu was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the last round. Six players - Soumick Bandopadhyay, FM Jaiveer Mahendru, Ritabrata Chakraborty, Arpan Das, Debayan Ray and IM Sourath Biswas were trailing by a half point at 7/8 each. Kaustuv drew against Ritabrata to become the champion. Soumma Chakraborty lost to Soumick and the latter finished second. Arpan suffered defeat against Jaiveer who claimed third place.

Top two - 2nd Soumick Bandopadhyay 8/9 and 1st IM Kaustuv Kundu 8/9 | Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

Second Runner-up - FM Jaiveer Mahendru 8/9

IM Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 4.1 Elo rating points

Tournament banner | Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

Players in action | Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

India's second GM in history - Dibyendu Barua delivering his speech | Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

The tournament hall at Eastern Metropolitan Club in Kolkata, West Bengal | Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

A total of 483 players including an IM took part from various parts of India, one from Canada and USA each, and two from Sweden. The tournament was organized by North 24 Parganas District Chess Association at Eastern Metropolitan Club in Kolkata, West Bengal from 26th to 30th December 2025. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2357	West Bengal	8	55	59,5	51,75
2	8		Soumick Bandopadhay			IND	1979		8	52	56,5	49
3	4	FM	Jaiveer Mahendru			IND	2237	Mumbai	8	51	54	46
4	12		Aharsi Ghosh			IND	1923	West Bengal	7,5	51,5	56,5	46
5	2	FM	Arun Kataria			IND	2321	Rajasthan	7,5	51	55,5	44,25
6	5		Ritabrata Chakraborty			IND	2032	West Bengal	7,5	50,5	56	46
7	6		Debayan Ray			IND	2021		7,5	49,5	53,5	44,25
8	3	FM	Sourath Biswas			IND	2251	West Bengal	7,5	48,5	51	41
9	13		Kishan Kumar			IND	1920	Bihar	7	50	54	40
10	39		Shreyas Kar Tanti	U13		IND	1777		7	50	53,5	39
11	19		Triparno Ghosh			IND	1885	West Bengal	7	49,5	53,5	39
12	7		Arpan Das			IND	2017	West Bengal	7	49,5	52,5	37,5
13	22		Ranit Maity			IND	1870	West Bengal	7	49	51	37,5
14	61		Navaneel Chhatui	U13		IND	1713	West Bengal	7	48	52,5	39,5
15	30	ACM	Thavish S	U11		IND	1814	Tamil Nadu	7	47,5	51,5	37,5
16	28		Sanjeeban Mandal			IND	1831		7	47	51	39
17	41		Shaswata Paul			IND	1772	West Bengal	7	46,5	50,5	36,5
18	26	AIM	Swapnabha Neogi			IND	1843	West Bengal	7	45,5	50	37,5
19	11	CM	Anurag Jaiswal			IND	1934	West Bengal	7	42	44,5	33,25
20	10		Soumma Chakraborty			IND	1957	West Bengal	6,5	55	59	39,25
21	16		Swapan Mitra	S60		IND	1895		6,5	54	58,5	39,75
22	17	WCM	Wankhade Sanskruti		w	IND	1888	Maharashtra	6,5	51	56	37,25
23	20		Soumyadeep Nath	U11		IND	1884	West Bengal	6,5	49,5	54,5	37,5
24	15		Aritrya Pal			IND	1911	West Bengal	6,5	48	52,5	35,25
25	58		Arijit Ghosh	U13		IND	1721	Jharkhand	6,5	48	52	34,75
26	32		Abir Mitra	U11		IND	1808		6,5	47,5	52	35
27	82		RWITIK CHAKRABORTY			IND	1682		6,5	47	49,5	32,75
28	91		Viraat Jalan	U13		IND	1657		6,5	46	50,5	35,75
29	35		Kathakali Dey		w	IND	1791		6,5	46	50,5	33,75
30	42		Sayan Barua	U13		IND	1769		6,5	46	50	34,75