Aaditya starts his 2024 by winning a tournament
IM Aaditya Dhingra was the sole leader 7.5/8 going into the final round. Eight players were trailing him by a half point 7/8 each. Aaditya, Harish Sharma and Aashman Gupta defeated Dhrupad Kashyap, Bhavik Ahuja and IM D K Sharma respectively. Aaditya became a clear champion. Harish and Aashman secured second and third places.
Champion - IM Aaditya Dhingra 8.5/9
Runner-up - Harish Sharma (right) 8/9 | Photo: FI Niklesh Jain
Second Runner-up - CM Aashman Gupta 8/9
IM Aaditya Dhingra scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 32 Elo rating points
A total of 404 players including three IMs and a WIM took part from various states across the country and one from USA. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by RDG Global Adventures Pvt. Ltd. at Ananda Bliss in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on 13th and 14th January 2024. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | IM | Aaditya, Dhingra | IND | 2189 | Haryana | 8,5 | 56 | 61 | 57,50 | |
| 2 | 16 | Harish, Sharma | IND | 1828 | Delhi | 8 | 52 | 56 | 47,50 | ||
| 3 | 15 | CM | Aashman, Gupta | IND | 1841 | Delhi | 8 | 51,5 | 55 | 48,00 | |
| 4 | 9 | AFM | Harshit, Pawar | IND | 2041 | Delhi | 8 | 49,5 | 53 | 44,50 | |
| 5 | 23 | K, Ashleesh | IND | 1678 | Haryana | 8 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 45,50 | ||
| 6 | 17 | IM | Ramnthan, Balasubramaniam | IND | 1821 | Tamilnadu | 7,5 | 51 | 54 | 43,50 | |
| 7 | 5 | Alok, Sinha | IND | 2156 | Delhi | 7,5 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 42,50 | ||
| 8 | 4 | FM | Aaryan, Varshney | IND | 2167 | Delhi | 7,5 | 46,5 | 50 | 40,25 | |
| 9 | 2 | FM | Ojasva, Singh | IND | 2282 | Madhya Pradesh | 7,5 | 45,5 | 48 | 40,50 | |
| 10 | 10 | WIM | Saina, Salonika | IND | 2025 | Odisha | 7 | 53 | 55,5 | 40,50 | |
| 11 | 8 | Garv, Rai | IND | 2081 | Delhi | 7 | 52,5 | 56 | 41,00 | ||
| 12 | 1 | IM | Dinesh, Kumar Sharma | IND | 2299 | LIC | 7 | 52 | 56 | 41,25 | |
| 13 | 21 | Aryan, Ranjan | IND | 1705 | Delhi | 7 | 51,5 | 56,5 | 42,50 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Daksh, Goyal | IND | 1862 | Delhi | 7 | 51,5 | 55 | 39,75 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Dhrupad, Kashyap | IND | 1980 | Assam | 7 | 51,5 | 53 | 38,00 | ||
| 16 | 30 | Harshit, Singh | IND | 1546 | G B Nagar | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 39,50 | ||
| 17 | 28 | Swastik, Singhal | IND | 1581 | Chandigarh | 7 | 49,5 | 53 | 39,00 | ||
| 18 | 27 | Shreyash, Singh | IND | 1620 | Agra | 7 | 49,5 | 52 | 36,75 | ||
| 19 | 25 | AIM | Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari | IND | 1637 | Meerut | 7 | 49 | 52,5 | 39,25 | |
| 20 | 20 | Jaydeep, Sharma | IND | 1738 | Delhi | 7 | 48 | 50,5 | 37,25 | ||
| 21 | 48 | Agaaz, Bansal | IND | 1420 | Chandigarh | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 37,50 | ||
| 22 | 32 | Vikas, Saini | IND | 1516 | Delhi | 7 | 47 | 50,5 | 36,00 | ||
| 23 | 94 | MISHKA, MATHUR | IND | 1246 | Delhi | 7 | 46,5 | 49 | 35,25 | ||
| 24 | 6 | Nassir, Wajih | IND | 2140 | Delhi | 7 | 45,5 | 49 | 36,00 | ||
| 25 | 38 | Siddhant, Nath Jha | IND | 1467 | Haryana | 6,5 | 53 | 55 | 35,75 | ||
| 26 | 13 | AIM | Bhavik, Ahuja | IND | 1925 | Delhi | 6,5 | 52 | 57 | 39,25 | |
| 27 | 36 | AARIT, KAPIL | IND | 1488 | Delhi | 6,5 | 51,5 | 55 | 36,25 | ||
| 28 | 7 | Advaitt, Srikant Koduri | IND | 2125 | G B Nagar | 6,5 | 49,5 | 52,5 | 36,75 | ||
| 29 | 24 | Abhijith, U | IND | 1654 | Kerala | 6,5 | 49 | 53 | 35,00 | ||
| 30 | 101 | AFM | Abhyudaya, Matta | IND | 1234 | Delhi | 6,5 | 48,5 | 50,5 | 33,50 |
