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SAI Official Ratings: Latest Indian ratings updated 17th August 2024 after the Vadodara 2024 Tournament, 15th-17th July 2024:

Rank	NICK	State	NAME	Junior?	Games	Old Rating	New Rating	Last Rated
1	ABHA	OSI	Akshay Bhandarkar		670	1766	1766	20240517
2	SROD	MUM	Sherwin Rodrigues		1876	1728	1728	20240517
3	AIYE	PUN	Aditya Iyengar		847	1676	1676	20240622
4	MGOP	DEL	Madhav Gopal Kamath	Jr	951	1672	1672	20240705
5	SBHA	DEL	Sunny Bhatia		1610	1606	1606	20240705
6	HSAM	MUM	Hriday Samtani		741	1604	1604	20240517
7	VHIN	MUM	Varisht Hingorani		1419	1602	1602	20240517
8	PSEE	OSI	Prashanth Seetharam		384	1564	1564	20220814
9	GJAY	OSI	Goutham Jayaraman		519	1560	1560	20240315
	PSHA	OS	Puneet Sharma		202	1553	1553	20230126
	ISID	OS	Irfan Siddiqui		380	1535	1535	20230126
10	CCAR	OSI	Charles Carneiro		894	1532	1532	20240419
11	SGUP	BLR	Sanjoy Gupta		1658	1606	1528	20240815
12	RPAR	OSI	Rahil Parkar		756	1526	1526	20240125
13	UGRO	PUN	Udayan Grover		2489	1445	1497	20240815
14	SMAN	BLR	Suyash Manchali	Jr	342	1490	1490	20240622
15	AKRI	CHN	A Krishnan		568	1476	1476	20230126
16	DLOB	GOA	Douglas Lobo		1470	1460	1460	20230519
17	SSIN	MUM	Samrath Singh Bhatia		1126	1459	1459	20240517
18	SSOM	BLR	Sujana Somasekar		854	1427	1450	20240815
19	ISHI	BLR	Ishika Shivalingaiah		724	1462	1449	20240815
20	NSIN	OSI	Nidhi Singhvi		1031	1441	1441	20240125
21	RMEN	HYD	Rajeev Menon		1041	1431	1431	20240419
	RJON	OS	Raghu Jonnalagedda		41	1420	1420	20231201
22	MCHU	CHN	Mohan Chunkath		1202	1399	1399	20240517
23	RRAW	BLR	Rajveer Rawlin		622	1396	1396	20240622
24	VJAI	MUM	Vraj Jain		593	1391	1391	20220312
25	PRAO	MUM	Pramit Rao	Jr	89	1382	1382	20221007
26	PBOL	BLR	Pankaj Bolaki		584	1358	1358	20240622
27	BBAL	OSI	Bharath Balakrishnan		133	1352	1352	20230804
28	SNIT	BLR	Siddharth Nithyanand		552	1348	1348	20240419
29	SAHM	HYD	Shaikh Ahmed		2120	1333	1331	20240815
30	RDEB	MUM	Rustom Deboo		778	1330	1330	20240517
	SSAC	OS	Sumeet Sachdev		769	1330	1330	20240705
31	ASHE	BLR	Anuj Shetty		341	1328	1328	20220527
32	ASOO	PUN	Amit Sood		636	1325	1325	20240705
33	MSOO	BLR	Manju Sood		960	1323	1323	20240419
34	MBHA	PUN	Mangala Bhandarkar		1984	1265	1309	20240815
	RTAN	OS	Rohaina Tanveer		576	1308	1308	20231027
35	YPOT	BLR	Yash Potnis		562	1277	1277	20220527
36	NBHA	MUM	Neeta Bhatia		661	1181	1264	20240815
	SAMA	OS	Shaila Amalean		364	1343	1264	20240815
37	SPOT	BLR	Suchindra Potnis		679	1254	1254	20240705
38	PKAM	GOA	Pramit Kamath		578	1249	1249	20240419
	SDEV	OS	Supriya Devnani		106	1242	1242	20220422
39	EARO	DEL	Ekansh Arora	Jr	217	1237	1237	20240419
40	SKAM	DEL	Sudhir Kamath		1294	1235	1235	20240705
41	SLOB	OSI	Selwyn Lobo		536	1235	1235	20240517
42	BPRA	MUM	Bhushan Pradhan		2315	1219	1219	20240705
43	SPAI	HYD	Sridhar Paidikondala		940	1217	1217	20220904
44	ABAS	KOL	Arindam Basu		631	1215	1215	20240517
45	SS	BLR	Shubha S		418	1205	1205	20240622
46	RNAL	BLR	R Nalini		1076	1189	1189	20240705
47	SBIJ	MUM	Sanjay Bijlani		696	1188	1188	20240517
48	VS	BLR	Vignesh S		677	1171	1171	20240705
49	KGAN	MUM	Kala Ganesh		1676	1117	1169	20240815
50	JROD	GOA	Joe Rodrigues		1145	1166	1166	20240517
51	ASRI	MUM	Aaradhya Srivastava		98	1166	1166	20230519
52	PMUK	BLR	Prithwiraj Mukherjee		409	1135	1165	20240815
53	RMAH	BLR	Radhika Mahalingaiah		1030	1161	1161	20240419
54	SBHA	DEL	Sushanto Bhattachary		720	1102	1161	20240815
55	SGUP	DEL	Shreyas Gupta	Jr	89	1155	1155	20220904
56	KGAN	DEL	Karthik Ganesan		210	1154	1154	20220904
57	VPAT	GUJ	Vimisha Patel		760	1138	1140	20240815
58	RANT	GOA	Rajiv Antao		1212	1136	1136	20240705
59	EGHO	DEL	Ela Ghose		308	1099	1119	20240815
60	MBAK	PUN	Meena Bakhru		428	1110	1110	20240705
61	DSHA	BLR	Danish Shahna		853	1109	1109	20240705
62	RSIN	KOL	Rajnikant Singh		322	1106	1106	20240125
63	ADE	MUM	Alan De Mello		195	1103	1103	20221007
64	ABHA	GUJ	Amogh Bhamerkar		80	1095	1095	20221118
65	RSIN	MUM	Rehet Singh Bhatia		1011	1090	1090	20240517
66	DCHA	BLR	Dipankar Chatterjee		753	1088	1088	20240622
67	JFER	GOA	Jacky Fernandes		1158	1086	1086	20240517
68	VRAM	MUM	V Ramachandran		1491	1084	1084	20240125
69	HSOO	BLR	Harsh Sood		216	1059	1059	20240125
70	BD’S	MUM	Brian D’Souza		235	1055	1055	20220422
71	TEAS	CHN	Triambak Eashwar	Jr	161	1055	1055	20240517
72	VSRI	KER	Venkataraman Sridev		145	1047	1047	20240705
73	SSUK	BLR	Sree Sukumar		50	1047	1047	20240125
74	NRUP	MUM	Nikheel Ruparel		1241	1045	1045	20240517
75	PJOS	MUM	PC Jose		1408	1030	1030	20220422
76	JBUD	CHN	Jyothi Budhia		106	1019	1019	20230903
77	STHA	GUJ	Sneha Thadhani		176	1005	1018	20240815
78	HACH	BLR	Hemanth Achaya		299	1013	1013	20220527
79	SREB	GOA	Savio Rebello		241	994	994	20220527
80	AAGG	DEL	Archana Aggarwal		701	975	992	20240815
81	SMAN	BLR	Samarth Manchali	Jr	133	989	989	20240622
82	AHUS	BLR	Abid Hussain		608	1063	986	20240815
83	AJOT	MUM	Aarush Jotwani	Jr	241	985	985	20231027
84	VBRA	PUN	Virendra Braganza		582	969	969	20240705
85	SNUK	HYD	Swagat Nukala		579	968	968	20240517
86	PANA	OSI	Pradyot Anand		70	966	966	20240125
87	LD’S	BLR	Lennie D’Souza		1341	963	963	20240622
88	HPRA	HYD	Hari Prasad		612	962	962	20221216
89	SRAM	BLR	Siddarth Raman		421	952	952	20230126
90	SMER	MUM	Sonal Merchant		227	943	943	20240705
91	RVIS	CHN	Raman Viswanathan		190	942	942	20240622
92	ASHI	BLR	Abhijit Shilotri		989	988	940	20240815
93	PPER	MUM	Patrick Pereira		620	952	938	20240815
94	HBHA	MUM	Harvinderjit Bhatia		855	880	929	20240815
95	AWAH	BLR	Abdul Waheed		792	909	909	20240125
96	RCHA	MUM	Ritu Chadha		1297	907	907	20240517
97	VRAM	MUM	Viji Ramachandran		1324	897	897	20240125
	ATOD	DEL	Aparna Todi		6	897	897	20230903
98	IPOD	MUM	Ishika Poddar		140	879	879	20240517
99	VSIN	DEL	Vihaan Singhvi	Jr	46	878	878	20240125
100	MPAI	PUN	Manju Pai		683	877	877	20220715
101	MKAL	PUN	Meena Kalyan		581	877	877	20240705
102	PPAE	MUM	Phil Paes		951	876	876	20220422
103	KKHA	MUM	Karan Khanna		97	872	872	20231027
104	MAGA	BLR	Monica Agarwala		187	864	864	20240622
105	SRAM	BLR	Saraswathi Ramm		875	858	858	20240622
106	ANAM	KER	Asha Namdev Kamath		996	939	848	20240815
107	SPRA	BLR	Shankar Prasad		401	847	847	20230617
108	YDIG	GUJ	Yuvraj Dighe	Jr	70	845	845	20230804
109	SADI	CHN	Solai Adithya		103	832	832	20240125
	ADAS	DEL	Amrita Dasgupta		15	825	825	20220904
110	ADAL	MUM	Anika Dalwani	Jr	135	783	824	20240815
111	SSAH	DEL	Shalini Sahdev		166	820	820	20240414
112	MKHA	BLR	Mayank Khandelwal		349	819	819	20240622
113	GBHA	BLR	Gaurav Bhargava		793	817	817	20240419
114	GPAT	BLR	Gajanan Patil		61	806	815	20240815
115	AGOY	DEL	Ahana Goyal	Jr	177	812	812	20240414
	KWAR	OS	Kaveri Warriar		47	812	812	20240125
116	RSAN	MUM	Rekha Sanzgiri		994	867	808	20240815
117	NBID	DEL	Neelanjana Bid		125	803	803	20240218
118	ZSUL	MUM	Zeba Sultan		287	801	801	20231027
119	RKAT	GOA	Ronilla Kataria		170	799	799	20240419
120	HQUR	HYD	Hyder Quraishi		1661	785	785	20240705
121	ASHA	DEL	Abhay Sharma		102	782	782	20220904
122	ALAT	BLR	Arvind Lath		419	746	781	20240815
123	NMAH	KOL	Neha Maheshwari		144	774	774	20240517
124	VE	HYD	Varshini E		24	772	772	20231201
125	TBIN	DEL	Tanvi Binani		57	771	771	20240414
126	JNAG	BLR	Jayashree Nagaraj		180	769	769	20240125
127	RTHA	PUN	Romilla Thakur		884	766	766	20230707
128	SGAN	MUM	Srushti Gandhi		301	675	765	20240815
129	GRAM	MUM	Ganesh Ram		298	756	756	20240705
130	MHIN	MUM	Mimi Hingorani		246	752	752	20240517
131	NSHA	PUN	Neena Shahani		920	746	746	20240705
132	SSUB	GOA	Sudharsha Subbiah		104	746	746	20240419
133	JK	GOA	Josh K		54	741	741	20240125
134	TSRI	MUM	Tanmay Srivastava		96	739	739	20220527
135	PRAM	BLR	Pranav Ramkumar		30	732	732	20240622
136	PRAG	MUM	Parvathy Raghunathan		1259	728	728	20240517
137	CGON	PUN	Caryl Gonsalvez		883	728	728	20240705
138	AGRO	PUN	Aruna Grover		2291	801	726	20240815
139	AKRI	BLR	Abhyuday Krishna		30	720	720	20240622
140	SKHA	BLR	Suhaas Khandelwal	Jr	212	714	714	20240622
141	DKAM	DEL	Dhruv Kamath	Jr	145	708	708	20230126
142	DRAT	GUJ	Dhaval Rathod		231	641	693	20240815
143	MGOY	BLR	Mohit Goyal		30	666	666	20240125
144	MRAM	PUN	Mahesh Ramanathan		44	663	663	20240705
145	VMOH	DEL	Vasudha Mohanka		25	663	663	20230903
146	DMAL	MUM	Devansh Malpani	Jr	190	649	649	20220422
147	HSHA	BLR	Hema Shah		155	646	646	20230126
148	NSIV	BLR	Nirupama Sivaraman		38	635	635	20240622
149	MARO	DEL	Manit Arora	Jr	32	630	630	20230903
150	KSAS	GUJ	Kalpana Sastry		119	578	615	20240815
151	MMOH	BLR	Manisha Mohite		129	609	609	20240125
152	KAWA	BLR	Kedarnath Awati		114	600	600	20240125
153	DGAR	DEL	Dev Garg		115	596	596	20230903
154	DRIS	GUJ	Dev Rishi		46	595	595	20221118
155	SDAN	BLR	Suguna Dandi		43	593	593	20240125
156	KKAR	MUM	Kamna Karamchandani		185	587	587	20240125
157	MHAZ	ASM	Madhulekha Hazarika		153	579	579	20240419
158	JSAS	GUJ	Jayant Sastry		68	578	578	20230804
159	RGOM	BLR	Rama Gomatam		45	577	577	20240622
	JMOS	OS	Joanna Moss		135	561	561	20240315
160	STAL	DEL	Shiv Talwar	Jr	32	546	546	20240218
161	VKAN	GUJ	Viral Kansara		62	542	542	20240125
162	PKSH	PUN	Priya Kshirsagar		274	537	537	20240705
163	AMAH	GUJ	Arjun Maheshwari	Jr	72	565	535	20240815
164	AHIR	DEL	Akshay Hiremath		160	532	532	20240218
165	ANIT	BLR	Abhishek Nithyanand		21	529	529	20240218
166	ANEI	DEL	Anjana Neira Dev		60	517	517	20230903
167	MPEE	MUM	Mehjabeen Peeradina		196	515	515	20240517
168	VBHA	DEL	Vishesh Bhatia	Jr	166	515	515	20220904
169	LBRA	PUN	Laura Braganza		402	511	511	20230707
170	SCOE	GOA	Sylvia Coelho		1433	502	502	20240705
171	ACHA	DEL	Anuradha Chagti		123	502	502	20230903
172	BSAR	MUM	Bhushan Sarmalkar		426	500	500	20240815
173	CCOE	PUN	Caroline Coelho		90	500	500	20240705
174	MGHO	HYD	Mohamed Ghouse Mohiu		83	500	500	20231201
175	SBAB	HYD	Sukanya Baba		54	500	500	20230126
176	GCHA	MUM	Gaurika Chaudhari		50	500	500	20240125
177	VMAH	GUJ	Vikas Maheshwari		47	500	500	20240815
178	AKAN	GUJ	Ark Kansara	Jr	39	500	500	20240815
178	DSAM	MUM	Dirgha Sampat		39	500	500	20230519
179	BSAT	BLR	Bhuvanesh Satla		38	500	500	20240622
180	JSAT	BLR	Jayakishore Satla		34	500	500	20240622
181	PNAL	HYD	Padma Nalini		23	500	500	20231201
181	SMEH	GUJ	Sankhini Mehta		23	500	500	20230804
181	ATHA	MUM	Arhav Thakkar	Jr	23	500	500	20230519
181	RTAN	MUM	Raksha Tanna		23	500	500	20230519
	ULAL	MUM	Utkarsh Lal		18	500	500	20240517
	AKOS	OSI	Ashwini Koshti		17	500	500	20240705
	TJOS	KER	Teresa Joseph		15	500	500	20240125
	BCHE	KER	Bhawani Cheerath		14	500	500	20240125
	ISHA	BLR	Ikksheta Sharma		14	500	500	20230617
	SJAI	DEL	Sharv Jain	Jr	13	500	500	20240414
	MMAL	DEL	Mayank Malik	Jr	13	500	500	20240218
	TBAG	DEL	Tavishi Bagga	Jr	12	500	500	20240121
	AGUP	DEL	Amay Gupta	Jr	6	500	500	20230903
	RAKH	DEL	Romilla Akham		3	500	500	20240414

* OS = Overseas foreign player (no rank)
OSI = Indian National currently residing overseas (ranked)
<20 games have a provisional rating (no rank)
Jr – Is a Junior (below 18 years of age) player

Upcoming Events

Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championships 2024

Start date: November 10, 2024

End date: November 12, 2024

All-day event

Location: Delhi

More info

Front Page

The Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championships 2024 will be held in Delhi from 10th – 12th Novembers 2024. Visit the Tournament Details page to view more details (including the parallel Open Tournament) and to register for the event.

This will be followed by The Delhi Open Scrabble Cup 2024

Asia Cup Open Masters

Start date: November 10, 2024

End date: November 12, 2024

Time: 9:45 am - 6:30 am

There will be a 3 day Tournament, open to all, during the ACYSC

Delhi Open Scrabble Cup 2024

Start date: November 15, 2024

End date: November 17, 2024

All-day event

Location: Delhi

15th-17th November following the Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championships 2024

Deccan Cup 2024

Start date: December 13, 2024

End date: December 15, 2024

All-day event

Deccan Cup, Hyderabad from 13th to 15th Dec. Details to be announced.

KSSA Indian Open Scrabble Championships 2025

Start date: January 23, 2025

End date: January 26, 2025

All-day event

Location: Bangalore

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 will be based on SAI or WESPA ratings as on Jan 1, 2025.
Higher of SAI or WESPA rating will be considered for all participants. Only if SAI ratings are not available, WESPA ratings will be considered. 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 (CSW21)

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 nationals)	INR 4000	INR 3000	INR 2000

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.
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.