Aronyak Ghosh convincingly clinches Fr. P C Mathew Memorial Rapid Rating 2026

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India’s 95th GM Aronyak Ghosh scored an unbeaten 10/11 to win Fr. P C Mathew Memorial Rapid Rating 2026.

Aronyak’s seventh overall, fifth rating tournament triumph of the year

GM Aronyak Ghosh and Ujan Chanda were coleaders 9/10 each, heading into the final round. Aronyak defeated FM Bivor Adak to become a clear champion. Ujan drew against IM Souhardo Basak to secure second place, Souhardo was third.

Aronyak is currently at an 105 game unbeaten streak since January this year, including – 23 Classical, 31 Rapid, 28 Blitz rated and 13 non-rated rapid games.

The total prize fund was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹18000 along with a huge wooden chess set each.

Interview with Ujan Chanda

*Second Runner-up – IM Souhardo Basak 9/11*

Interview with Srijon Saha

*Best College – Jadavpur University* 26/33

Interview with Jadavpur University

*Runner-up – St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) Kolkata 24/33*

GM Aronyak Ghosh vs FM Bivor Adak, Round 9

GM Aronyak Ghosh scored an unbeaten 10/11, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 4.1 Elo rating points

*The tournament hall at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) in Kolkata, West Bengal*

Video Gallery

FIDE World Cup Cadet Under-10 Gold medalist vs India’s 95th GM – FM Sarbartho Mani v GM Aronyak Ghosh

Why did the 5-year-old hide his face? Anish Sarkar v Matrideep Bhattacharyya

Grandmaster arrives 3 minutes late to a 15 minutes game – Reyansh Jagnani vs GM Aaryan Varshney

Wrong Castle causes Queen blunder – Mayukh Majumder v Ujan Chanda

12-year-old sacrifices his queen against an IM – Ujan Chanda v IM Souhardo Basak

Defending a Rook and Bishop vs Rook endgame – GM Aaryan Varshney v Srijon Saha

Positionally Sensible, Tactically Alert – GM Aronyak Ghosh v Ujan Chanda

The almost draw against a GM – Aritrya Pal v GM Aaryan Varshney

India’s 95th vs 92nd GM – Aronyak Ghosh v Aaryan Varshney

She scored 96.5% in Class 12 boards, then made a strong comeback

Aronyak Ghosh’s first rated game after becoming a Grandmaster

Interview with the Chief Guest of the Opening Ceremony – India’s 94th and NorthEast’s first GM Mayank Chakraborty

Check the Playlist containing over 50 games. More will be added over time.

Replay few games

A total 583 players including two GMs and two IMs participated from various school, college and universities across the country. The three-day eleven-round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by St. Xavier’s College Calcutta Alumni Association at St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata, West Bengal from 16th to 18th May 2026. The time control was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final standings

Links

St. Xavier’s College Calcutta Alumni Association: Official site, facebook and instagram

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