Rajendra Kumar Sahu clinches SR All Odisha Rating Open 2025, in memory of Bhagyashree

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/10/2025

Rajendra Kumar Sahu scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win SR All Odisha Rating Open 2025, in memory of Bhagyashree. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Five players - Omm Aditya Khadanga, Shrihan Sabat, Sourav Mohapatra, Majhi Khetrabar and Sai Shakti Panda scored 7/8 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹200100. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The four-day eight round Rating Open tournament was organized by SR Chess Centre, Odisha at The Amrapali Resort in Cuttack, Odisha from 27th to 30th September 2025. This is Rajendra's third tournament of the year and he won it convincingly. Photo: GM Debashis Das

Rajendra's first rating tournament triumph of his career

Rajendra Kumar Sahu made a perfect start by winning seven games in-a-row. Omm Aditya Khadanga and Shrihan Sabat were trailing by a half point at 6.5/7 each. Rajendra drew against Omm Aditya to become a clear champion. Omm secured second place. Manindra Karjee shared the point with Shrihan and the latter finished third.

Champion - Rajendra Kumar Sahu 7.5/8 | Photo: GM Debashis Das

Runner-up - Shrihan Sabat 7/8 | Photo: GM Debashis Das

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd Omm Aditya Khadanga 7/8, 1st Rajendra Kumar Sahu 7.5/8 and 3rd Shrihan Sabat 7/8 | Photo: GM Debashis Das

Rajendra Kumar Sahu scored an unbeaten 7.5/8, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 41.4 Elo rating points

A total of 326 players took part from various districts across Odisha. The four-day eight round Rating Open tournament was organized by SR Chess Centre, Odisha at The Amrapali Resort in Cuttack, Odisha from 27th to 30th September 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	CM	Sahu Rajendra Kumar			IND	1803	Khordha	7,5	42	45,5	42
2	2		Khadanga Omm Aditya			IND	1963	Khordha	7	43	46	39,3
3	6		Shrihan Sabat	U15		IND	1827	Ganjam	7	40	43	36,5
4	27		Sourav Mohapatra			IND	1611	Khordha	7	37	40	33
5	44		Khetrabar Majhi	U13		IND	1545	KISS	7	37	40	32,5
6	13		Sai Shakti Panda	U15		IND	1777	Cuttack	7	36	39	34,5
7	7		Karjee Manindra			IND	1815	Gajapati	6,5	42	47	37,5
8	10		Nayak Sanjeeban			IND	1783	Jajpur	6,5	39,5	42,5	33,8
9	11		Rabindra Kumar Ojha			IND	1783	Cuttack	6,5	39,5	42,5	32,8
10	1	FM	Mishra Soumyaranjan			IND	2095	Khordha	6,5	39,5	42,5	32
11	15		Soyam Laxmidatt D Sabat			IND	1717	Cuttack	6,5	39	43,5	34,3
12	5		Nayak Sajan Kumar			IND	1868	KISS	6,5	39	43	32,3
13	4		Lalit Ranjan Sahu	U15		IND	1899	Cuttack	6	45	47,5	33
14	9		Aditya Ranjan Das			IND	1794	Khordha	6	42	45,5	32
15	22		Leli Jakaka			IND	1646	Rayagada	6	41	45	31,5
16	33		Muna Sabar			IND	1568	Khordha	6	39,5	44	31
17	14		Sarangi Susanta Kumar			IND	1748	Khordha	6	39	43	31,3
18	18		Raj Kumar Ray	S60		IND	1689	Sambalpur	6	39	43	30
19	19		Binoda Kanhar			IND	1684	KISS	6	38,5	43	31,3
20	36		Sujit Kumar Champati			IND	1561	Puri	6	38	42	28,5
21	50		Siddhartha Mallick	U09		IND	1537	Khordha	6	37,5	40,5	27
22	96		Swastik Ranjan Swain	U13		IND	1446	Khordha	6	37	40,5	28,3
23	47		Dibyansu Das	U13		IND	1541	Khordha	6	35,5	39	27,5
24	48		Mishra Pankaj			IND	1541	Jajpur	6	35,5	38,5	26
25	102		Padmini Panigrahi		w	IND	1441	Ganjam	6	35	38	27
26	78		Jani Rabindra			IND	1467	KISS	6	34,5	38,5	27
27	29		Kadraka Jogendra			IND	1596	KISS	6	34	37,5	25,5
28	88		Om Swarup Padhi	U13		IND	1456	Khordha	6	34	37	26
29	55		Chatur Murmu			IND	1513	KISS	6	33,5	36	23
30	17		Pradhan Mohan Das			IND	1691	Koraput	6	32,5	38,5	26,5

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