Odisha State Women Chess Championship 2025
27 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 03 Nov 2025 in Kendrapara, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1255, and top seed was Rout Yashita (🇮🇳 IND, 1775).
Mohanty Smaraki (🇮🇳 IND, 1686) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Rout Yashita (7.0) and Jayalakshmi Sahoo (6.0). Smaraki shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Nivrita Pattnaik (1431) beat Biswal Gitashree (1633), a +202-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.0/8, decided on Buchholz.
Mohanty Smaraki held the sole lead from R4 through R8 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.0/8. Smaraki takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.5).
Mohanty Smaraki drew with Rout Yashita (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mohanty Smaraki | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Rout Yashita | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Jayalakshmi Sahoo | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Jyotika Sahoo | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smaraki, Mohanty | 1686 | IND | +24B | +21N | +6B | +3N | =2B | +7N | +5B | =4N | 7.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 32.75 | 1843 | +22.0 |
| 2 | Rout Yashita | 1775 | IND | +19N | +18B | =4N | +5B | =1N | +3B | +8N | +11B | 7.0 | 36.0 | 39.5 | 33.25 | 1772 | +4.8 |
| 3 | Jayalakshmi Sahoo | 1540 | IND | +23B | +12N | +9B | −1B | +11N | −2N | +6B | +10N | 6.0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 25.50 | 1530 | -0.4 |
| 4 | Jyotika Sahoo | 1510 | IND | +16B | +20N | =2B | −7N | +9B | =6N | +12B | =1B | 5.5 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 25.50 | 1563 | +3.6 |
| 5 | Nivrita Pattnaik | 1431 | IND | +25B | +22N | +7B | −2N | =6B | +10N | −1N | =8B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 20.00 | 1541 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Nainika Sahoo | 1520 | IND | +26N | +11B | −1N | +18B | =5N | =4B | −3N | +13B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 17.75 | 1355 | -34.0 |
| 7 | Biswal Gitashree | 1633 | IND | +17N | +27B | −5N | +4B | =8N | −1B | =13N | +14B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 18.50 | 1447 | -20.4 |
| 8 | Dalapati Uma | 1459 | IND | F | +23N | +16B | +15N | =7B | +9N | −2B | =5N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 21.00 | 1488 | +0.8 |
| 9 | FIDE 429066727 | 0 | — | +13N | +14B | −3N | +17B | −4N | −8B | +20N | +12B | 5.0 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 19.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Birua Junu | 0 | IND | F | +26B | =13N | +14B | +21N | −5B | +18N | −3B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 13.50 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Snehasmita Ram | 0 | IND | F | −6N | +12B | +21N | −3B | +20N | +15B | −2N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 14.00 | 802 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 558088784 | 0 | — | +15N | −3B | −11N | +13B | +14N | +17B | −4N | −9N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 36.5 | 16.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Shreyanshi Chhoatray | 0 | IND | −9B | +?N | =10B | −12N | +22B | +24N | =7B | −6N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 10.25 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 558088849 | 0 | — | +?B | −9N | +24B | −10N | −12B | +23N | +16B | −7N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 9.50 | 833 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 537038516 | 0 | — | −12B | F | +19N | −8B | +?N | +18B | −11N | +17B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 558088890 | 0 | — | −4N | +?B | −8N | −19B | +?N | +21B | −14N | +20B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 6.00 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 558087400 | 0 | — | −7B | +?N | +22B | −9N | +24B | −12N | +?B | −15N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 5.50 | 833 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 558088857 | 0 | — | +?B | −2N | +20B | −6N | +23B | −15N | −10B | =?N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 6.00 | 840 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 558088814 | 0 | — | −2B | +25N | −15B | +16N | −20B | =22N | −?N | +26B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.00 | 960 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 558088806 | 0 | — | +?N | −4B | −18N | +26B | +19N | −11B | −9B | −16N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 4.50 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 558088792 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | +27N | −11B | −10B | −16N | +?B | −22N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 0.50 | 885 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 558088873 | 0 | — | F | −5B | −17N | =?B | −13N | =19B | +26N | +21B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.75 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 558088830 | 0 | — | −3N | −8B | +?N | +?B | −18N | −14B | F | +?B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 558088911 | 0 | — | −1N | +?B | −14N | +27B | −17N | −13B | =25N | F | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 1.75 | 885 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 558088881 | 0 | — | −5N | −19B | −?N | F | +26B | −?N | =24B | +27N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 558088865 | 0 | — | −6B | −10N | +?B | −20N | −25N | F | −22B | −19N | 1.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.00 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 558088946 | 0 | — | F | −7N | −21B | −24N | −?B | −?N | =?B | −25B | 0.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 833 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Smaraki, MohantyIND+22.07.0 pts · #1
- 2Nivrita PattnaikIND+21.25.0 pts · #3
- 3Rout YashitaIND+4.87.0 pts · #2
- 1Nainika SahooIND-34.05.0 pts · #6
- 2Biswal GitashreeIND-20.45.0 pts · #4
- 3Jayalakshmi SahooIND-0.46.0 pts · #7
- R3+202 Elo gap