Aaryan's second rating tournament victory of the year

FM Aaryan Varshney made a blazing start scoring 8/8. He had a full point lead heading into the final round. Although a draw would have been enough for him to win the tournament, he went on to beat FM Daaevik Wadhawan to become a dominant champion. Daksh Goyal got the better of Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy to secure second place. FM Namitbir Singh Walia defeated Harish Sharma to finish third.

Champion - FM Aaryan Varshney 9/9

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd FM Namitbir Singh Walia 7.5/9, 1st FM Aaryan Varshney 9/9 and 2nd Daksh Goyal 8/9

FM Aaryan Varshney scored a perfect 9/9, finished a full ahead of the field, and gained 18.4 Elo rating points in the process

A total of 340 players including an IM took part from all over the country, one from Nigeria and Zimbabwe each in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Emergers Chess Academy at Orchids - The International School in Sonipat, Haryana on 27th and 28th April 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgIClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 nKrtg+/-
14
FMAaryan VarshneyIND2168DL95761,561,500982015
28
Daksh GoyalIND1933DL852,556,547,500884037,2
33
FMNamitbir Singh WaliaIND2239PB7,5525746,7506940-42,4
47
FMGarv GaurIND1972HR7,55256,545,7507940-8,8
52
FMSingh OjasvaIND2286MP7,5515544,7507920-22
623
AGMSundram KumarIND1783DL7,550,55543,750794081,2
75
IMAaditya DhingraIND2149HR7,549,553,543,2507940-39,6
89
Sharma HarishIND1922DL752,55639,500792030,6
929
Sahil BheronIND1740HR751,55540,250672046,6
1015
FMDaaevik WadhawanU15IND1848DL750,553,539,000694017,2
1141
Daksh BirlaU15IND1676DL750,553,537,5007840126,8
1235
Shubham KumarIND1695BR7495337,500782032,2
1316
Nirnay GargU15IND1830HR747,551,538,750694018,4
1443
Srivardhan Reddy DevareddyIND1671AP746,550,538,500782034,8
156
Arun RatheeIND1981HR745,549,538,0006820-5
1640
Ekaaksha Partap Singh NegiU15IND1682CH745,54935,500784066,4
1758
Sameer ChaudharyIND1621DL741,545,535,250582036,6
1810
FMRosh JainU13IND1920DL6,551,555,538,0006940-12,4
1920
Aarit KapilU09IND1799DL6,550,554,536,000694033,6
2017
Mrityunjay KumarIND1828BR6,549,55538,25069205,2
2131
AFMHariom SolankiIND1705DL6,548,551,533,500582015,2
2218
Vedant GargU15IND1814CH6,5475034,250684014
2319
AIMSuraj DahiyaIND1809HR6,546,55134,500692014,8
2455
AFMAbhibhav KumarU13IND1635DL6,546,550,530,750684050,8
2533
Avinya Mohan SinghIND1702HR6,546,548,532,250582020,6
2686
Ripudaman Singh BrarU15IND1561PB6,545,54933,500674059,6
2714
Harshit AmarnaniIND1864UP6,5454934,2506920-19,8
2880
Shiva GautamIND1573UP6,54547,531,500672039
2956
AFMGarth PandeU13IND1624DL6,544,54830,750674028
3060
Sharma KeshavIND1615UP6,544,546,530,500664021,6

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