61st National Championship R1: Smooth start for the top seeds

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/08/2024

The 61st National Chess Championship 2024 started smoothly for the top seeds. There was no major upset for a change. A few minor ones were - Richard Solomon M (TN) held India's second highest rated IM Himal Gusain (RSPB) to a draw. The other one is Abhinav Anand (KAR) held former National Challenger champion, IM Ravi Teja S (AP) to a draw. Neemay Bhanushali (MAH) defeated WGM Swati Ghate (LIC). All GMs and IMs won their respective first round matches. The total prize fund of the tournament is same as last year ₹3000000. The top three prizes also remain unchanged ₹600000, ₹500000 and ₹400000 each. Round 2 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Richard Solomon draws with Himal Gusain

Richard Solomon M (TN) drew with India's second highest rated IM - Himal Gusain (RSPB)

The tournament gate

The tournament flex

Inauguration ceremony

Chief guest at the inauguration ceremony was Senior Advocate in Supreme Court and High Court, and President of Dev Bhoomi Chess Association, Sanjay Chadha. He was joined by Saurav Jindal, President, Haryana Chess Association, Dr. Pooja Sharma, Principal, RPS International School, Naresh Sharma, Tournament Director, Rajpal Chauhan, Secretary, District Chess Association of Gurgaon and many more were present.

Students of RPS International School performed at the opening ceremony

Lighting of the lamp

Inaugural first move

Chief Arbiter - IA R Anantharam stating the rules and regulations during technical meeting

Players in action during Round 1

For more Inauguration Ceremony and Round 1 photos, please click here.

Final moments: Richard Solomon M vs IM Himal Gusain | Video: ChessBase India

9-year-old boy tricks an IM - Abhinav Anand vs IM Ravi Teja S | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Result		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	172		Krishay, Jain	1815	WB	0 - 1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	1
2	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2583	PSPB	1 - 0		Abheek, Bhatt	1814	MAH	173
3	174	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1809	WB	0 - 1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2571	PSPB	3
4	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	RLY	1 - 0		Shah, Moxit J	1809	GUJ	175
5	176		Shashank, K	1809	MAH	0 - 1	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2568	AP	5
6	6	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2547	TN	1 - 0		Divyanshu, Kumar Singh	1807	BIH	177
7	178		Albin, Sajan	1805	KER	0 - 1	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2546	MAH	7
8	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2537	RLY	1 - 0		Arghya, Sen	1804	WB	179
9	180		Vyom, Malhotra	1804	HAR	0 - 1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2535	RLY	9
10	10	GM	Vignesh, N R	2526	RLY	1 - 0		Krishika, Garg	1803	DEL	181
11	182		Amlan, Mahanta	1800	ASM	0 - 1	GM	Visakh, N R	2517	RLY	11
12	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2516	PSPB	1 - 0		Kingshuk, Debnath	1800	TRI	183
13	184		Richard, Solomon M	1800	TN	½ - ½	IM	Gusain, Himal	2511	RLY	13
14	14	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2494	AP	1 - 0		Oishik, Mondal	1798	WB	185
15	186		Tamar, Nilling	1797	ARU	0 - 1	GM	Das, Sayantan	2491	RLY	15
16	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2470	RLY	1 - 0	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	1796	WB	187
17	188	WCM	Prishita, Gupta	1795	DEL	0 - 1	IM	Krishna, C R G	2442	RLY	17
18	18	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2442	RLY	1 - 0		Homil, Madaan	1795	RAJ	189
19	190		Rishabh, Pradhan	1794	DEL	0 - 1	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	2433	MAH	19
20	20	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2423	RLY	1 - 0		Medhvansh, Madeti	1793	KAR	191

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	36	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.		IND	2223	LIC	1	0	1	1,00	0	1	0	0	0,00	0,00	10	0
	73		Peter Anand, A		IND	1996	PON	1	0	1	1,00	0	1	0	0	0,00	0,00	20	0
	294		Vitasta, Koul	w	IND	1611	HAR	1	0	1	1,00	0	1	0	0	0,00	0,00	40	0
4	1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		IND	2583	PSPB	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2571	PSPB	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	5	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2568	AP	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	6	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2547	TN	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	7	GM	Sankalp, Gupta		IND	2546	MAH	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	9	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2535	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2526	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	11	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2517	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2516	PSPB	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	14	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2494	AP	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	15	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2491	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2470	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	17	IM	Krishna, C R G		IND	2442	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
	18	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P		IND	2442	RLY	1	0	0	0,00	0	1	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	1	1		Siddhanth, Poonja	1962	KAR	96
2	97		Harshit, Singh	1957	UP	1	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2583	PSPB	2
3	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2571	PSPB	1	1		Esshan, Wadhawan	1954	DEL	98
4	99		Kishan, Kumar	1954	BIH	1	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	RLY	4
5	5	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2568	AP	1	1		Yohan, Yadav Tarala	1954	TEL	100
6	101		Abhinav, Raj	1953	DEL	1	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2547	TN	6
7	7	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2546	MAH	1	1	CM	Chatterjee, K.K.	1951	WB	102
8	103		Subhrajit, Dey	1940	WB	1	1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2537	RLY	8
9	9	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2535	RLY	1	1	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	1935	HAR	106
10	105		Saisarvesh, S	1937	TN	1	1	GM	Vignesh, N R	2526	RLY	10
11	11	GM	Visakh, N R	2517	RLY	1	1		Sheikh, Idu	1933	CHT	108
12	107		Arnav, Agrawal	1934	UP	1	1	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2516	PSPB	12
13	109		Soni, Atharv	1933	MAH	1	1	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2494	AP	14
14	15	GM	Das, Sayantan	2491	RLY	1	1		Ayaan, Garg	1930	CHA	110
15	111		Prithvi, Sharma	1929	HAR	1	1	IM	Neelash, Saha	2470	RLY	16
16	17	IM	Krishna, C R G	2442	RLY	1	1	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	1925	WB	112
17	113		Badamundi, Tapan	1921	ODI	1	1	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2442	RLY	18
18	19	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	2433	MAH	1	1		Rupam, Mukherjee	1917	WB	116
19	115		Dubey, Sanchay	1917	UP	1	1	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2423	RLY	20
20	119		Dinesh, Kumar Jaganathan	1913	TN	1	1	IM	Ajay, Karthikeyan	2401	TN	22

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