Aaditya Dhingra triumphs at Noida Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/02/2024

IM Aaditya Dhingra scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Noida Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four players - Harish Sharma, CM Aashman Gupta, Harshit Pawar and K Ashleesh scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to fifth respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹25000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. Aaditya defeated the eventual runner-up Harish in the fifth round. The two-day rapid rating tournament was organized by RDG Global Ventures Pvt. Ltd. on 13th and 14th January 2024 at Ananda Bliss in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

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

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