BIHAR STATE SENIOR FIDE RATING CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS-2025
89 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Jun 2025 to 05 Jun 2025 in Barbigha, India. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1954, and top seed was Sunil Kumar Sinha (🇮🇳 IND, 2139).
Kumar Ashutosh (🇮🇳 IND, 1911) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vipal Subhashi (7.0) and Kumar Vijay (7.0).
The biggest upset came in round 3: Sanjeet Kumar Saurav (1412) beat Sunil Kumar Sinha (2139), a +727-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 6 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.
Kumar Rahul takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
6 players finish on 7.0/9. Ashutosh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (50.0).
Vipal Subhashi drew with Kumar Vijay (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vipal Subhashi | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Kumar Vijay | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3WFMMarium Fatima | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Piyush Kumar | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashutosh, Kumar | 1911 | IND | +29B | +37N | +15B | +13N | =2B | +12N | −3N | +10B | =5N | 7.0 | 50.0 | 54.5 | 40.50 | 2008 | +20.6 |
| 2 | Subhashi, Vipal | 1976 | IND | +52N | +18B | +19N | +5B | =1N | =3B | −11N | +14B | +12N | 7.0 | 50.0 | 54.0 | 41.00 | 2014 | +11.4 |
| 3 | Vijay, Kumar | 1935 | IND | F | +27N | +8B | +34N | +7B | =2N | +1B | +11B | =4N | 7.0 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 42.50 | 2169 | +39.6 |
| 4 | Marium FatimaWFM | 1921 | IND | +45N | +50B | −7N | +31B | +9N | +18B | =12N | +8B | =3B | 7.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 38.50 | 1917 | +3.4 |
| 5 | Rupesh B Ramchandra | 1856 | IND | +71B | +61N | +35B | −2N | +27B | =11N | +7B | +15N | =1B | 7.0 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 34.50 | 1945 | +19.6 |
| 6 | Kumar, Piyush | 1887 | IND | +57N | +80B | +20N | −7B | =65N | =14B | +30N | +26B | +11N | 7.0 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 32.25 | 1900 | +5.6 |
| 7 | Prem Kumar | 1736 | IND | +60B | +32N | +4B | +6N | −3N | =19B | −5N | +22B | +17N | 6.5 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 36.75 | 1938 | +84.4 |
| 8 | Divyanshu Kumar Singh | 1770 | IND | +51N | +21B | −3N | =23B | +61N | +17B | +34B | −4N | +15B | 6.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 31.25 | 1867 | +22.8 |
| 9 | Shiv Priya Bhardwaj | 1709 | IND | +85B | −38N | +24B | +32N | −4B | =21N | +42B | +34N | +16B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 28.75 | 1751 | +11.2 |
| 10 | Jayesh Mishra | 1701 | IND | +46N | +87B | =17N | −16B | +53N | +20B | +40N | −1N | +19B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 42.5 | 27.25 | 1841 | +54.4 |
| 11 | Rahul, Kumar | 1851 | IND | +44N | +28B | =14N | +17B | +16N | =5B | +2B | −3N | −6B | 6.0 | 50.0 | 54.5 | 34.00 | 1904 | +12.6 |
| 12 | Deobrat, Singh | 1936 | IND | +48N | +22B | =16N | +14B | +26N | −1B | =4B | +13N | −2B | 6.0 | 49.0 | 53.5 | 33.25 | 1922 | +1.4 |
| 13 | Harsh, Himanshu | 1799 | IND | +41N | +23B | +26N | −1B | −18N | +22B | +36N | −12B | +32N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 30.00 | 1782 | -0.2 |
| 14 | Piyush Kumar Mishra | 1633 | IND | +83B | +43N | =11B | −12N | +47B | =6N | +50B | −2N | +31B | 6.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 26.50 | 1866 | +44.4 |
| 15 | Shashi Nand Kumar | 1713 | IND | +75N | +36B | −1N | +21B | =22N | +16B | +19N | −5B | −8N | 5.5 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 26.75 | 1752 | +10.2 |
| 16 | Md Tabsheer Alam | 1795 | IND | +49B | +59N | =12B | +10N | −11B | −15N | +28N | +20B | −9N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 28.50 | 1742 | -8.6 |
| 17 | Shubham Kumar | 1877 | IND | +55B | +25N | =10B | −11N | +37B | −8N | +61B | +24N | −7B | 5.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 26.25 | 1698 | -31.6 |
| 18 | Arth Bhardwaj | 1621 | IND | +84B | −2N | +29B | +41N | +13B | −4N | =24B | =35N | =23N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 46.5 | 24.75 | 1659 | +5.2 |
| 19 | Sinha, Sushil Kumar | 1825 | IND | +70B | +42N | −2B | +28N | +38B | =7N | −15B | +58N | −10N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 24.25 | 1654 | -27.8 |
| 20 | Devansh Keshri | 1677 | IND | +56B | +62N | −6B | +36N | =34B | −10N | +21B | −16N | +38B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 24.25 | 1657 | -6.0 |
| 21 | Sanjeev Kumar Jha | 1472 | IND | +54B | −8N | +88B | −15N | +33B | =9B | −20N | +51N | +35B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 20.75 | 1561 | +18.8 |
| 22 | Arpita Singh | 1598 | IND | +78B | −12N | +55B | +58N | =15B | −13N | +51B | −7N | +46B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 21.25 | 1476 | -21.2 |
| 23 | Aekansh Kumar Bhardwaj | 1504 | IND | +63B | −13N | +62B | =8N | =35B | −26B | +39N | +37N | =18B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 24.25 | 1672 | +44.4 |
| 24 | Bhardwaj Anurag | 1427 | IND | −26N | +64B | −9N | +72B | +43B | +27N | =18N | −17B | +40N | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 23.25 | 1726 | +48.4 |
| 25 | Manoj Choudhary | 1576 | IND | +79N | −17B | −39N | +46B | −52N | +44B | =55N | +29B | +41N | 5.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 22.50 | 846 | -34.4 |
| 26 | Kishan Kumar | 2002 | IND | +24B | +65N | −13B | +50N | −12B | +23N | +37B | −6N | F | 5.0 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 23.00 | 1803 | -31.8 |
| 27 | Avyay Sharma | 1623 | IND | +89N | −3B | +45N | +39B | −5N | −24B | −29N | +78B | +52N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 15.00 | 1464 | -35.2 |
| 28 | Avinash Kumar | 1517 | IND | +69B | −11N | +56B | −19B | +39N | =58N | −16B | =33N | +54B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 20.00 | 1024 | -17.2 |
| 29 | Aayush Vaibhav | 0 | IND | −1N | +89B | −18N | +81B | −40N | +73B | +27B | −25N | +59B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 14.00 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kartikeya Nandan | 1560 | IND | −62B | −77B | +73N | +56N | +55B | +38N | −6B | +54N | F | 5.0 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 19.50 | 1633 | +4.4 |
| 31 | Vishnudev | 1526 | IND | +74B | −34N | +85B | −4N | F | +56N | +71B | +36B | −14N | 5.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 15.50 | 1523 | -6.8 |
| 32 | Shahid Husain | 1474 | IND | +86N | −7B | +87N | −9B | −58B | +83N | +60B | +50N | −13B | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 11.50 | 1508 | +1.6 |
| 33 | Uday Shankar Singh | 0 | IND | −36N | +46B | −53N | +75B | −21N | =45B | +70N | =28B | +?N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 15.25 | 1309 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Srivastava, Y.P. | 1871 | IND | +39N | +31B | +40N | −3B | =20N | +65B | −8N | −9B | F | 4.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 20.25 | 1703 | -29.2 |
| 35 | Shalini Srivastava | 1664 | IND | +76N | +58B | −5N | =53B | =23N | −36B | +52N | =18B | −21N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 18.50 | 1432 | -90.8 |
| 36 | Manas | 1435 | IND | +33B | −15N | +54B | −20B | +63N | +35N | −13B | −31N | =58B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 19.00 | 1438 | -2.0 |
| 37 | Jaif Hussain | 1601 | IND | +73N | −1B | +57N | +51B | −17N | +52B | −26N | −23B | =45N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 17.25 | 1502 | -30.4 |
| 38 | Yashu Yashasvee | 1430 | IND | +66N | +9B | −77N | +40B | −19N | −30B | =64N | +62B | −20N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 19.75 | 1586 | +38.4 |
| 39 | Abhimanyu Kumar | 0 | IND | −34B | +82N | +25B | −27N | −28B | +43N | −23B | =66N | +67B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 17.25 | 1580 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Raj Aryan | 1662 | IND | +67B | +88N | −34B | −38N | +29B | +71N | −10B | =46N | −24B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 13.75 | 807 | -45.2 |
| 41 | Ajay Kumar S | 0 | IND | −13B | +69N | +42B | −18B | +80N | −50N | =59B | +61N | −25B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 15.00 | 1532 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Ashish Maurya | 1507 | IND | +68N | −19B | −41N | +83B | =51N | +62B | −9N | +64B | F | 4.5 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 14.50 | 968 | -14.0 |
| 43 | Sunil Kumar Sinha | 2139 | IND | +53N | −14B | −52N | +85B | −24N | −39B | +79N | +57B | =48N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 13.25 | 1590 | -124.0 |
| 44 | Abhishek Nand Bharti | 0 | IND | −11B | +74N | =61B | −47N | =54B | −25N | +69N | =53B | +63N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 15.25 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Aarush Kumar | 0 | IND | −4B | +84N | −27B | −63N | +82B | =33N | =57B | +74N | =37B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 13.25 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Apoorav Singh | 0 | IND | −10B | −33N | +82B | −25N | +87N | +80B | +?N | =40B | −22N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 6.75 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Akarsh Anand | 1411 | IND | =77N | −53B | +79N | +44B | −14N | −51B | −62N | +76N | +66B | 4.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 14.25 | 1351 | -10.8 |
| 48 | Shashi Prakash | 1410 | IND | −12B | +83N | −65B | +74N | −50B | −54N | +87B | +56N | =43B | 4.5 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 11.75 | 1380 | -7.2 |
| 49 | Amam Modi | 0 | IND | −16N | +68B | −50N | =66B | −64N | =69B | =63N | +72B | +62N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 15.00 | 873 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Prakash Bhardwaj | 1552 | IND | F | −4N | +49B | −26B | +48N | +41B | −14N | −32B | +55N | 4.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 17.50 | 1438 | -34.4 |
| 51 | Amber Srivastava | 0 | IND | −8B | +63N | +59B | −37N | =42B | +47N | −22N | −21B | =53N | 4.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 16.25 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Sanjeet Kumar Saurav | 1412 | IND | −2B | +67N | +43B | −65N | +25B | −37N | −35B | +60N | −27B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 17.50 | 1520 | +26.4 |
| 53 | Parthavah | 1428 | IND | −43B | +47N | +33B | =35N | −10B | =60N | −54B | =44N | =51B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 41.5 | 18.00 | 1568 | +21.2 |
| 54 | Simanth Abhishek | 0 | IND | −21N | +75B | −36N | =57B | =44N | +48B | +53N | −30B | −28N | 4.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 15.75 | 1347 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Abhijeet Bharti | 0 | IND | −17N | +73B | −22N | +88B | −30N | +63B | =25B | =59N | −50B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 11.25 | 1336 | 0.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 33484295 | 0 | — | −20N | +66B | −28N | −30B | +72N | −31B | +81N | −48B | +69B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 11.50 | 738 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Abhay Kumar Rajak | 0 | IND | −6B | +78N | −37B | =54N | +69B | −61B | =45N | −43N | +74B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 12.25 | 987 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Shivansh Baranwal | 0 | IND | F | −35N | +?B | −22B | +32N | =28B | +65N | −19B | =36N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 13.25 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Siddharth Shandilya | 1486 | IND | +81N | −16B | −51N | +87B | =62N | =64B | =41N | =55B | −29N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 10.25 | 994 | -5.6 |
| 60 | Amrit Raj Patel | 0 | IND | −7N | +81B | =80N | −61N | +70B | =53B | −32N | −52B | +78N | 4.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 10.00 | 1248 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Naitik Mishra | 1522 | IND | +72N | −5B | =44N | +60B | −8B | +57N | −17N | −41B | F | 3.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 13.25 | 1035 | -16.4 |
| 62 | Prabal Singh | 0 | IND | +30N | −20B | −23N | +?B | =59B | −42N | +47B | −38N | −49B | 3.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 11.50 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 63 | FIDE 547075295 | 0 | — | −23N | −51B | +89N | +45B | −36B | −55N | =49B | +70N | −44B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 9.75 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Divyansh Kumar | 0 | IND | −65B | −24N | =69B | +78N | +49B | =59N | =38B | −42N | F | 3.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 12.25 | 1254 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Priyadarshi Alok | 1636 | IND | +64N | −26B | +48N | +52B | =6B | −34N | −58B | F | F | 3.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 15.50 | 1717 | +8.6 |
| 66 | Yuvraj Adyan | 0 | IND | −38B | −56N | +84B | =49N | −?N | =75B | +73N | =39B | −47N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 10.50 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 67 | FIDE 429010837 | 0 | — | −40N | −52B | −81N | −73B | +68N | =72B | +84N | +75B | −39N | 3.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 9.50 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Sanskar Bhai | 0 | IND | −42B | −49N | =70B | −69N | −67B | +82N | −76B | +84N | +87B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 5.50 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 69 | FIDE 547022108 | 0 | — | −28N | −41B | =64N | +68B | −57N | =49N | −44B | +79B | −56N | 3.0 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 9.50 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 70 | FIDE 547076070 | 0 | — | −19N | −72B | =68N | +79B | −60N | +76N | −33B | −63B | =73N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 8.25 | 1025 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Abhishek Kumar | 0 | IND | −5N | =79B | +72N | =80B | F | −40B | −31N | −?B | +81N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.00 | 1239 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Rishit Sinha | 0 | IND | −61B | +70N | −71B | −24N | −56B | =67N | +82B | −49N | =76B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 8.25 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 73 | FIDE 429082234 | 0 | — | −37B | −55N | −30B | +67N | +86B | −29N | −66B | =87N | =70B | 3.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 6.25 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Rishika Sinha | 0 | IND | −31N | −44B | +76N | −48B | +85N | −?B | +75N | −45B | −57N | 3.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 7.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 75 | Ani, Parmar | 0 | IND | −15B | −54N | =78B | −33N | +84B | =66N | −74B | −67N | +86B | 3.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 5.25 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Arfeen Ul Haque | 0 | IND | −35B | −?N | −74B | =84N | +88N | −70B | +68N | −47B | =72N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 5.75 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 77 | Vijay Kumar | 1956 | IND | =47B | +30N | +38B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.75 | 1831 | -5.2 |
| 78 | FIDE 429079381 | 0 | — | −22N | −57B | =75N | −64B | =79N | +88B | F | −27N | −60B | 2.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 2.50 | 813 | 0.0 |
| 79 | FIDE 547075279 | 0 | — | −25B | =71N | −47B | −70N | =78B | +86N | −43B | −69N | F | 2.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 3.50 | 909 | 0.0 |
| 80 | Ravi Kumar | 1549 | IND | +82B | −6N | =60B | =71N | −41B | −46N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 5.50 | 1087 | -4.8 |
| 81 | FIDE 33319731 | 0 | — | −59B | −60N | +67B | −29N | −83N | F | −56B | +86N | −71B | 2.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 4.50 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 82 | FIDE 429081998 | 0 | — | −80N | −39B | −46N | +89B | −45N | −68B | −72N | +88B | F | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Harsh Ranjan | 0 | IND | −14N | −48B | +86N | −42N | +81B | −32B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.00 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 84 | FIDE 547075392 | 0 | — | −18N | −45B | −66N | =76B | −75N | F | −67B | −68B | +88N | 1.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 1.50 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 85 | FIDE 547076097 | 0 | — | −9N | +86B | −31N | −43N | −74B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 1.00 | 992 | 0.0 |
| 86 | FIDE 547075384 | 0 | — | −32B | −85N | −83B | F | −73N | −79B | +88N | −81B | −75N | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 87 | FIDE 547075341 | 0 | — | F | −10N | −32B | −59N | −46B | F | −48N | =73B | −68N | 0.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 1.50 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 88 | FIDE 547075350 | 0 | — | F | −40B | −21N | −55N | −76B | −78N | −86B | −82N | −84B | 0.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 89 | Harshit Raj | 0 | IND | −27B | −29N | −63B | −82N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Prem KumarIND+84.46.5 pts · #8
- 2Jayesh MishraIND+54.46.5 pts · #15
- 3Bhardwaj AnuragIND+48.45.5 pts · #21
- 1Sunil Kumar SinhaIND-124.04.5 pts · #41
- 2Shalini SrivastavaIND-90.84.5 pts · #31
- 3Raj AryanIND-45.24.5 pts · #67
- R3+727 Elo gap
- R5+712 Elo gap
- R2+506 Elo gap