Abhirup Saikia dominates 15th KIIT Chess Festival B Below 1900 Rating Tournament 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/12/2024

Abhirup Saikia scored an unbeaten 9.5/10 to win 15th KIIT International Chess Festival Category B (Below 1900) Rating Tournament 2024. The 13-year-old from Assam finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the competition. Jagdish Barik, Piyush Kumar and Sathwik D S S U scored 8/10 each. They secured second, third and fourth place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the festival was ₹6000000, ₹1500000 for Category B. The top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹75000 and ₹60000 along with a trophy each. The four-day ten-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by and at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from 2nd to 5th December. This is Abhirup's fifth overall, first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Abhirup finishes 1.5 points ahead of the rest

Abhirup Saikia was the sole leader 8.5/9, heading into the final round. He was a full point ahead of the pursuers - Mohit Kumar Soni, Himanshu Ranjan and Ranjith Pratap. Despite needing only a draw to become a clear champion, Abhirup went on to beat Ranjith in the final round to finish 1.5 points ahead of the field. Jagdish Barik defeated Mohit to secure second place. Piyush was victorious over Himanshu Ranjan to finish third. The reigning National Schools Under-13 Girls champion, Maitreyi Mondal scored an impressive 7.5/10 to be placed eighth. She is the only female finisher among top ten.

Champion - Abhirup Saikia 9.5/10 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Runner-up - Jagdish Barik 8/10 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Second Runner-up - Piyush Kumar 8/10 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Piyush Kumar 8/10, 1st Abhirup Saikia 9.5/10 and 2nd Jagdish Barik 8/10 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Abhirup Saikia scored an unbeaten 9.5/10, finished 1.5 points ahead of the rest and gained 147.2 Elo rating points

Players, parents, accompanying persons and officials at the closing ceremony | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

A total of 266 players from all over India and one each from Cyprus, Kenya and Nepal took part in Category B (<1900). The tournament was organized by KIIT University from 2nd to 5th December 2024 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The ten-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	25		Abhirup Saikia		IND	1791	AS	9,5	62	66	62,50
2	12		Barik Jagdish		IND	1833	OR	8	59	64	51,00
3	11		Piyush Kumar		IND	1835	BR	8	57	61,5	48,25
4	23		Sathwik D S S U		IND	1803	AP	8	53	57	44,00
5	4		Mohit Kumar Soni		IND	1859	BR	7,5	66	71	49,75
6	34		Ranjith Pratap		IND	1759	TN	7,5	62	66,5	48,00
7	2		Himanshu Ranjan		IND	1865	BR	7,5	61,5	65,5	44,25
8	14		Maitreyi Mondal	w	IND	1822	WB	7,5	60,5	63,5	42,75
9	30		Binayak Rath		IND	1766	OR	7,5	59,5	64	43,25
10	8		Rishan Debnath		IND	1844	WB	7,5	58,5	64	46,25
11	36		Debanjan Sinha		IND	1745	JH	7,5	58,5	63	45,50
12	26		Rabindra Kumar Ojha		IND	1791	OR	7,5	56	61,5	44,75
13	28		Sagnik Dutta		IND	1775	WB	7,5	55	59,5	42,75
14	119	AFM	Rudra Kandpal		IND	1546	MH	7	62	65	43,50
15	7		Rupesh B Ramchandra		IND	1853	BR	7	61	65	43,00
16	1		Mishra Sanjeev		IND	1884	MH	7	58,5	63,5	43,75
17	39	AGM	Karyasheel P		IND	1733	TG	7	58,5	62,5	41,75
18	32		Kota Kalpak Harsha Keertan		IND	1764	AP	7	58	63	42,00
19	60		Narendra Behera		IND	1666	OR	7	57	61,5	40,50
20	89		Mithun Das		IND	1606	WB	7	56,5	60	38,50
21	41		Majji Ram Charan Teja		IND	1727	AP	7	56	61	41,50
22	29		Swapnil Raj		IND	1768	UP	7	54,5	59	40,25
23	33		Gohil Vishal		IND	1763	GJ	7	54,5	58,5	40,50
24	69		Mishra Sandeep Kumar		IND	1651	OR	7	54,5	58,5	38,00
25	16		Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand		IND	1813	OR	7	54	58,5	39,75

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