Congrats Hubert, Sudhir, Nirupama and Abel on winning the A, B, C and D divisions respectively! Detailed round-wise results and final standings of the divisions can be found on Event Coverage Index .
Tournament stats are below:
Stats for Tournament: 23.01.2025 KSSA Indian Open 2025 generated by Linrat (linear) 2.30
Prior data from DELHIJAN.RT2 after delhijan.tou (20250115)
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| State Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New |
+Section A + + + 33 games + +
+————————–+———–+———+———–+—————-+
| OS Hubert Wee | | 2 2 | 27.2 23.0 | 1957 -85 1872 |
| OS Adheesha Dissanayake | | 6 3 | 15.2 22.0 | 1586 +136 1722 |
| MUM Sherwin Rodrigues | 2 2 | 1 1 | 22.5 21.0 | 1728 -30 1698 |
| OSI Goutham Jayaraman | 9 6 | 3 2 | 17.4 20.0 | 1546 +52 1598 |
| OS Suresh Chinnaiyah | | 5 5 | 17.3 20.0 | 1630 +53 1683 |
| DEL Madhav Gopal Kamath | 3 3 | 1 1 | 22.1 19.5 | 1727 -52 1675 |
| OS Jeremy Khoo | | 3 6 | 19.9 19.0 | 1692 -18 1674 |
| PUN Amit Sood | 20 12 | 3 2 | 13.4 19.0 | 1381 +112 1493 |
| OS Irfan Siddiqui | | 7 8 | 18.6 18.5 | 1578 -3 1575 |
| BLR Pankaj Bolaki | 28 20 | 8 5 | 13.3 18.0 | 1320 +93 1413 |
| HYD Rajeev Menon | 26 17 | 1 1 | 12.8 18.0 | 1328 +104 1432 |
| OS Tony Sim | | 8 7 | 16.7 18.0 | 1563 +25 1588 |
| OS Marlon Prudencio | | 4 11 | 23.6 17.0 | 1651 -131 1520 |
| CHN Mohan Chunkath | 18 18 | 2 2 | 14.7 16.0 | 1399 +27 1426 |
| BLR Danish Shahna | 52 39 | 16 12 | 10.6 15.0 | 1130 +89 1219 |
| OS Paul Richards AUS | | 14 17 | 19.5 14.0 | 1497 -110 1387 |
+————————–+———–+———+-32 games -+—————-+
|OS Liew Kian Boon | | 4 | 20.0 | 1688 |
| OS Indunil Amarasinghe | | 11 12 | 19.6 19.0 | 1527 -11 1516 |
| BLR Ishika Shivalingaiah | 10 9 | 2 1 | 16.8 18.0 | 1525 +24 1549 |
| BLR Sujana Somasekar | 23 19 | 6 4 | 12.7 17.0 | 1334 +87 1421 |
| PUN Udayan Grover | 12 13 | 2 3 | 17.7 16.5 | 1501 -25 1476 |
| DEL Sunny Bhatia | 15 23 | 2 2 | 19.7 16.0 | 1461 -74 1387 |
| BLR Sanjoy Gupta | 13 16 | 3 3 | 17.9 16.0 | 1481 -38 1443 |
| OSI Nidhi Singhvi | 21 26 | 5 5 | 16.8 15.5 | 1364 -25 1339 |
| CHN A Krishnan | 14 15 | 1 1 | 16.9 15.5 | 1476 -28 1448 |
| MUM Rustom Deboo | 25 24 | 5 5 | 13.7 15.5 | 1330 +37 1367 |
| PUN Mangala Bhandarkar | 33 31 | 4 4 | 12.6 15.0 | 1251 +48 1299 |
| OS Sumeet Sachdev | | 12 15 | 20.5 15.0 | 1526 -109 1417 |
| MUM Neeta Bhatia | 39 37 | 7 6 | 14.0 15.0 | 1214 +19 1233 |
| BLR Vignesh S | 30 29 | 10 9 | 14.7 15.0 | 1316 +5 1321 |
| OS Michael Tang | | 9 14 | 18.7 14.0 | 1534 -94 1440 |
| OSI Shaila Amalean | 31 32 | 6 6 | 12.3 14.0 | 1264 +35 1299 |
| KER Venkataraman Sridev | 65 46 | 1 1 | 7.4 14.0 | 1047 +132 1179 |
| OS Karen Richards | | 16 16 | 14.8 14.0 | 1407 -15 1392 |
| BLR Suchindra Potnis | 43 41 | 12 13 | 12.3 13.5 | 1189 +24 1213 |
| OS Anand Buddhdev | | 20 18 | 12.0 13.0 | 1295 +19 1314 |
| BLR Samarth Manchali | 37 38 | 11 11 | 12.7 12.5 | 1224 -4 1220 |
| OS Rohaina Tanveer | | 18 21 | 14.9 12.0 | 1308 -58 1250 |
| OS Suthiraphan Assarat | | 17 20 | 17.9 12.0 | 1393 -118 1275 |
+————————–+———–+———+-29 games -+—————-+
| MUM Bhushan Pradhan | 34 50 | 6 8 | 12.7 8.0 | 1250 -94 1156 |
+————————–+———–+———+-27 games -+—————-+
|OS Rood Ramlochun | | 31 | 6.0 | 997 |
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+Section B + + + 33 games + +
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| GOA Rajiv Antao | 54 44 | 4 3 | 17.6 22.0 | 1117 +88 1205 |
| BLR R Nalini | 51 43 | 15 14 | 18.2 22.0 | 1131 +76 1207 |
| GUJ Vimisha Patel | 48 47 | 1 1 | 19.4 21.0 | 1147 +31 1178 |
| DEL Komal RG | 58 57 | 8 8 | 19.0 20.0 | 1092 +20 1112 |
| KOL Rajnikant Singh | 57 59 | 2 2 | 19.3 19.5 | 1106 +4 1110 |
| DEL Ela Ghose | 47 52 | 7 7 | 20.0 19.5 | 1151 -10 1141 |
| OS Priya Fernando | | 22 24 | 21.3 19.5 | 1148 -35 1113 |
| CHN Raman Viswanathan | 76 64 | 5 4 | 15.1 18.5 | 981 +69 1050 |
| BLR Gajanan Patil | 73 70 | 22 22 | 18.0 18.0 | 1000 +0 1000 |
|OS Ramith Siriwardana | | 25 | 18.0 | 1073 |
| OSI Pradyot Anand | 79 71 | 8 8 | 16.6 18.0 | 966 +28 994 |
|OS Kessen Budhoo | | 30 | 17.5 | 1005 |
|^OS Arnav Pandey | | 21 26 | 21.7 17.0 | 1207 -140 1067 |
| BLR Suhaas Khandelwal | 108 87 | 30 26 | 10.7 17.0 | 758 +126 884 |
|^OS Kaveri Warriar | | 35 32 | 11.8 17.0 | 812 +157 969 |
|OS Doorgaduth Dina | | 29 | 17.0 | 1006 |
| BLR Abhijit Shilotri | 82 68 | 24 21 | 13.4 17.0 | 940 +72 1012 |
| BLR Abdul Waheed | 80 78 | 23 23 | 15.6 16.0 | 958 +8 966 |
| MUM Nikheel Ruparel | 67 76 | 11 15 | 19.0 15.5 | 1043 -70 973 |
|OS Rehdy Khairil | | 40 | 15.0 | 908 |
|OS Muhammad Rasyad | | 35 | 15.0 | 933 |
+————————–+———–+———+-32 games -+—————-+
| BLR Abid Hussain | 49 53 | 14 16 | 20.2 19.0 | 1146 -24 1122 |
| DEL Ahana Goyal | 86 79 | 10 10 | 14.1 18.0 | 887 +78 965 |
| GOA Jacky Fernandes | 59 56 | 5 4 | 16.7 18.0 | 1086 +27 1113 |
| CHN Jyothi Budhia | 69 73 | 4 5 | 18.7 17.0 | 1027 -34 993 |
| DEL Archana Aggarwal | 71 69 | 9 9 | 16.8 16.5 | 1015 -6 1009 |
| BLR Lennie D’Souza | 84 82 | 25 24 | 15.3 16.0 | 904 +13 917 |
| KER Asha Namdev Kamath | 93 86 | 2 2 | 13.4 16.0 | 839 +52 891 |
| HYD Swagat Nukala | 60 74 | 3 3 | 20.2 15.5 | 1076 -93 983 |
| RAJ Arvind Lath | 92 95 | 1 1 | 14.8 15.0 | 842 +4 846 |
| BLR Monica Agarwala | 87 88 | 26 27 | 15.0 15.0 | 878 -1 877 |
| BLR Saraswathi Ramm | 89 85 | 27 25 | 12.8 15.0 | 858 +44 902 |
|OS Chandrasekar Seetohu | | 42 | 14.5 | 881 |
| BLR Mayank Khandelwal | 99 91 | 28 29 | 11.9 14.5 | 804 +52 856 |
| HYD Hyder Quraishi | 103 99 | 4 4 | 12.6 14.0 | 785 +28 813 |
| GOA Joe Rodrigues | 45 80 | 3 6 | 24.2 14.0 | 1166 -205 961 |
| OS Lalantha Amarasinghe | | 36 44 | 12.7 14.0 | 798 +26 824 |
| OS Wimal Fernando | | 26 37 | 17.4 13.0 | 1019 -88 931 |
| BLR Kaveri Raviraj | 70 89 | 21 28 | 20.4 13.0 | 1021 -147 874 |
| BLR Gaurav Bhargava | 109 106 | 31 31 | 11.7 13.0 | 750 +25 775 |
| MUM Harvinderjit Bhatia | 75 92 | 15 20 | 18.4 12.0 | 982 -127 855 |
| OS Hema Abeysinghe | | 28 41 | 16.5 12.0 | 978 -90 888 |
| ASM Madhulekha Hazarika | 139 131 | 1 1 | 8.9 11.0 | 569 +43 612 |
|OS Ajaykumar Rambhursy | | 49 | 11.0 | 681 |
+————————–+———–+———+-31 games -+—————-+
| DEL Sudhir Kamath | 42 33 | 5 3 | 18.8 24.0 | 1193 +104 1297 |
| GUJ Dhaval Rathod | 118 122 | 2 2 | 12.6 12.0 | 726 -13 713 |
+————————–+———–+———+-27 games -+—————-+
| PUN Aruna Grover | 120 129 | 10 11 | 10.1 6.0 | 712 -81 631 |
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+Section C + +
+ 15 games + + +————————–+———–+———+———–+—————-+
| MUM Ganesh Ram | 123 121 | 26 26 | 7.9 11.0 | 665 +62 727 |
| GOA Sudharsha Subbiah | 111 108 | 8 8 | 8.9 10.0 | 746 +27 773 |
| BLR Krieshna Parmar | 121 116 | 34 34 | 7.9 10.0 | 689 +46 735 |
|^KER Teresa Joseph | 179 133 | 4 5 | 5.9 9.0 | 500 +111 611 |
|^BLR Chandru Bolaki | 140 128 | 43 38 | 6.7 9.0 | 563 +70 633 |
|^BLR Pranav Ramkumar | 114 114 | 32 33 | 8.9 9.0 | 732 +6 738 |
|KER Pallavi Praveen | 117 | 3 | 9.0 | 734 |
|^CHN Ramchander Koushik | 98 113 | 7 7 | 10.3 8.0 | 808 -68 740 |
| BLR Suguna Dandi | 148 149 | 46 46 | 7.4 8.0 | 523 +11 534 |
| BLR Hema Shah | 126 125 | 36 36 | 7.4 8.0 | 646 +12 658 |
|^OS Zora Wahab | | 48 57 | 6.7 7.0 | 500 +9 509 |
| GUJ Jayant Sastry | 137 141 | 4 4 | 6.9 7.0 | 578 +3 581 |
|^BLR Meena Chinappa | 143 147 | 44 45 | 7.1 7.0 | 538 -1 537 |
|OS Azad Jowahir | | 68 | 6.0 | 500 |
|BLR Sunita De Sousa | 201 | 56 | 5.0 | 500 |
+————————–+———–+———+-14 games -+—————-+
|^BLR Nirupama Sivaraman | 127 102 | 37 30 | 7.8 12.0 | 635 +164 799 |
| GUJ Kalpana Sastry | 129 139 | 3 3 | 8.2 7.0 | 615 -21 594 |
|^BLR Rama Gomatam | 138 143 | 42 44 | 7.5 7.0 | 577 -15 562 |
| OS Percy Fernando | | 41 50 | 8.5 7.0 | 686 -30 656 |
| MUM Mehjabeen Peeradina | 153 158 | 28 29 | 7.0 6.0 | 515 500 |
|^MUM Aria Kapadia | 169 171 | 32 32 | 7.3 6.0 | 500 500 |
|MUM Archana Lalwani | 199 | 34 | 5.0 | 500 |
|^BLR Bhanumathi Ganesh | 178 180 | 52 52 | 7.0 4.0 | 500 500 |
||BLR Rajalakshmi Ponnuswa | 200 | 55 | 4.0 | 500 |
+————————–+———–+———+-13 games -+—————-+
|^BLR Abhyuday Krishna | 119 127 | 33 37 | 7.7 5.0 | 720 -79 641 |
|^BLR Jayakishore Satla | 165 167 | 51 51 | 7.1 1.0 | 500 500 |
+————————–+———–+———+- 9 games -+—————-+
|^BLR Abhishek Nithyanand | 147 137 | 45 42 | 3.8 6.0 | 529 +78 607 |
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Notes:
Tournament placings by wins and margins.
- denotes a previously unrated player
^ denotes a player with fewer than 50 rated games
The floor of 500 was imposed in section C
Dates 23rd to 26th Jan 2025, details below:
Divisions
Division A: 1200 or above
Division B: 800-1199
Division C: below 800
Division D: Enthusiast/Corporate (Only unrated players can participate)
Note:
- Assignment to divisions for all Indian players will be based on SAI ratings as on Jan 1, 2025.
- For international players without a SAI rating, the assignment to division will depend on the old WESPA rating system, as on Aug 25, 2024.
- If neither SAI nor WESPA ratings are available, KSSA will decide on the player’s division. They will base the decision on the player’s Woogles/ISC ratings and history.
- Winner and first-runner-up of last year’s B, C and D divisions must play in one division above. This is mandatory, regardless of their current rating.
- Organizers reserve the options to move participants up a division if needed to deliver an optimal tournament experience.
Venue
The tournament will be held at the MuSigma campus in Bengaluru. Set amidst a bustling Technology Park, there are several hotels and restaurants and a mall in the area.
MuSigma, Aviator Building, ITPL, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 560066.
Rules
Word List: Collins Scrabble Wordlist (CSW24)
Challenge: 5-point penalty per word, the player does not lose turn.
Rating: Tournament will be SAI and WESPA rated.
Prizes
INR 12,00,000/- guaranteed prize purse. Prize Pool details will be shared shortly.
Prizes are subject to tax deduction at source as per Indian laws.
Food & Beverages
Registration fees include lunch, tea-time snacks, tea, coffee, and drinking water. Only vegetarian food is served at the MuSigma cafeteria. Players may avail non-vegetarian food services elsewhere on the campus at their own expense.
Schedule
The tournament will start at 8:30 am on Jan 23. Games start at 9.00 am every day, except on the first day. Prize distribution at 4.30 pm on Sunday, Jan 26.
Divisions A & B (4 days, 33 games)
Jan 23 – 8.30 am: attendance/ fellowship, games to start at 10.00 am.
9 games each on Jan 23-25 and 6 games to be played on day 4.
Chew pairing for first 25 games. Repeats from day 3. KOTH pairing for last 8 games.
Gibson rules apply.
Division C (2 days, 15 games)
Jan 25 – 8.30 am: reporting time, games to start at 9.30 am.
9 games on Jan 25 and 6 games to be played on day 2.
Chew pairing for first 9 games. KOTH pairing for last 6 games.
Gibson rules apply.
Division D – Enthusiasts (1 day, 6 games)
Bring your friends and family to the “Enthusiasts” Division – 1 day, 6 games on Sunday Jan 26th, 2025
Jan 26 – 8.30 am: reporting time, games to start at 9.30 am.
Chew pairing for first 4 games. KOTH pairing for last 2 games.
Disclaimer: The committee holds the right to change the number of games if required and this would be communicated accordingly. Decisions made by the organizing committee are final regarding chew pairing and repeats and will be communicated before start of tourney
Registration Fees
Registration for Division A, B and C automatically avails you KSSA membership for the calendar year 2025.
| Type | Division A | Division B | Division C |
| Indian Nationals | INR 7500 | INR 5500 | INR 3500 |
| International participant | USD 100 | USD 75 | USD 50 |
| Senior & Youth (Indian/Intl) | INR 4000 / USD 50 | INR 3000 / USD 35 | INR 2000 / USD 25 |
NOTE:
- Early bird discount of INR 1000/USD 10 is available for Div A & B. Div C gets an early bird discount of INR 500/USD 5. These discounts apply to the above rates only for registration and payment completed before December 15th, 2024.
- Only participants above the age of 65 years can opt for Senior player discounts. Participants below the age of 18 years can opt for Youth player discounts. To be eligible, participants must comply with the birth date requirements. Seniors must be born on or before 1st Jan 1960. Youth must be born on or after 1st Jan 2007.
- Early bird discounts do not apply to discounted rates for senior/youth players.
- Flat fees of INR 1000 for Division D (Enthusiasts).
- MuSigma employees can play in Division D without any fees payment.
Registration Process
Fill the registration form and send your registration fees as indicated above to complete your registration. Registrations close Jan 15th, 2025 and no refund would be made after Jan 15th, 2025.
UPI Payments (GPay, PhonePe, PayTM) – kssascrabble@ybl. It may indicate that the payment has been made to pbolaki – or Pankaj Bolaki who is our ex-treasurer. You may also scan the QR code below:
Paypal ID – kssa.scrabble@gmail.com
Bank Transfer Details
HDFC Bank
Account name: Karnataka State Scrabble Association
Account number: 50100265175859
Type of account: Savings
IFSC code: HDFC0000133
Refunds
Registration fees, once paid, are not refundable. Refunds are given if KSSA is forced to cancel the tournament due to COVID or any other unusual occurrence. However, if someone needs to withdraw due to a personal emergency before Jan 15th, 2025, they may request a refund. They should write to kssa.scrabble@gmail.com and drop a WhatsApp message including your UPI ID to Siddhartha at +919990475138. Refunds won’t be entertained after 15th Jan 2025.