Top three score 7/8
Pankaj Verma has clinched Himachal Pradesh State Senior Championship for the fourth time in his career. He has remained undefeataed in all four of these occasions. His scores in each of these triumphs were: 2015 - 7/8, 2018 - 6.5/7, 2019 - 7/8 and now 2022 - 7/8. The only time he finished as a runner-up was in 2016 scoring 6/7. The runner-up was according to tie-breaks and he was undefeated in that too. Thus, Pankaj is undefeated at HP State Senior Championship since 2015 for a total of 38 games and four out of five them he won. That is certainly an impressive record to hold. Runner-up, Suryansh Verma secured second place for the second year in-a-row and he also remained unbeaten in both of them. Pankaj is also the uncle of his nephew, Suryansh Verma.
Check out Suryansh's favorite game from the tournament against Sanjeevan Saraswat from Round 6.
Thanks to Rajesh Verma for sharing the photos.
A total of 146 players took part from various districts of Himachal Pradesh. The three-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Himachal Pradesh State Chess Association at Hotel Shimla Hills International in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh from 18th to 20th November 2022. The time control of the tournament was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | Rp | w-we | ||
| 1 | 3 | Pankaj Verma | IND | 1719 | 7 | 40,5 | 44,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | 1616 | -0,06 | |||||
| 2 | 36 | Suryansh Verma | U17 | IND | 1199 | Shimla | 7 | 38 | 41 | 36,00 | 0 | 6 | 1756 | 4,23 | |||
| 3 | 23 | Jatin Sharma | IND | 1331 | Mandi | 7 | 35,5 | 37,5 | 32,00 | 0 | 7 | 1524 | 1,17 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Dev Krishan | IND | 1697 | Kullu | 6,5 | 39 | 42,5 | 33,75 | 0 | 5 | 1513 | 0,01 | ||||
| 5 | 11 | Chinmay Mehta | IND | 1492 | Shimla | 6,5 | 36,5 | 38,5 | 29,75 | 0 | 6 | 1335 | -0,94 | ||||
| 6 | 16 | Vipan Kumar | IND | 1438 | Hamirpur | 6 | 39 | 41,5 | 25,00 | 0 | 6 | 1402 | -0,12 | ||||
| 7 | 15 | Arun Verma | IND | 1455 | Shimla | 6 | 38,5 | 41 | 30,25 | 0 | 5 | 1385 | 0,15 | ||||
| 8 | 25 | Rajat Soni | IND | 1310 | Hamirpur | 6 | 37 | 39 | 27,00 | 0 | 6 | 1414 | 0,45 | ||||
| 9 | 148 | Swastik Tara | IND | 0 | Sirmour | 6 | 36 | 39,5 | 26,00 | 0 | 4 | 1461 | |||||
| 10 | 27 | Kritin Sharma | IND | 1290 | Solan | 6 | 36 | 37,5 | 26,00 | 0 | 6 | 1446 | 0,84 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | Smeeru Thakur | IND | 1843 | Kullu | 6 | 35,5 | 39 | 27,50 | 0 | 5 | 1278 | -1,88 | ||||
| 12 | 31 | Suryanshi Sharma | F17 | w | IND | 1263 | Sirmour | 6 | 35 | 38,5 | 27,25 | 0 | 5 | 1502 | 1,94 | ||
| 13 | 28 | Akash Thakur | IND | 1269 | Solan | 6 | 33,5 | 37,5 | 28,00 | 0 | 5 | 1216 | 0,39 | ||||
| 14 | 77 | Hitesh Azad | IND | 0 | Shimla | 6 | 32,5 | 35,5 | 25,00 | 0 | 6 | 1297 | |||||
| 15 | 38 | Arnav Rajneesh Sharma | U17 | IND | 1185 | Kangra | 5,5 | 37,5 | 40,5 | 26,75 | 0 | 4 | 1482 | 1,74 |
