Aditya Vikram Paul wins IM Mix Put Svile 6
14-year-old Aditya Vikram Paul won IM Mix Put Svile 6 with an unbeaten score of 6.5/9 rounds. He defeated a GM and IM, drew with two GMs. The former West Bengal State under-13 champion gained 425 Elo rating points in four tournaments in less than a month, taking his live rating to 2389. This was his debut tour at the European chess circuit. His rating gains in each of the four tournament is 115.6, 59.6, 135.2 and 114.4 respectively. He missed an opportunity to score a norm by a whisker at Round Robin Put Svile 5 IM because he was only concerned about playing a good game and not worried about making a norm.
Aditya gains a massive 425 rating in a month
Aditya scored 6.0/10 in Hotel Putnik 1 Blitz, third in Subotnji Blitz scoring 8.0/11, third in XI Open International Championship of Vojvodina 2021 Blitz turnir 2 6.0/8, sixth in XI Open International Championship of Vojvodina 2021 Blitz turnir 3 5.5/8, eighth in Hotel Putnik 2 Blitz 5.5/9. In a total of five blitz tournaments, he gained 11.6, 122, 67, 107.2 and 75.6 which makes a huge gain of 383.4 of blitz rating. The boy played 80 rated games including 34 classical and 46 blitz games in 27 days. One thing is for sure, the boy has a lot of stamina and when the opportunity is presented, he knows how to seize it.
Aditya beat IM Laketic Gojko (SRB) in the third round of IM Mix Put Svile 6 after making two draws with two GMs.
Aditya - Gojko, Round 3
21.Qh1 shows White's resourcefulness, and he does not shy away from doing what needs to be done.
In the fifth round, Aditya beat Sharan Rao in a tactical skirmish.
Sharan - Aditya, Round 5
20.b4 would have given White a better fighting chance. 20...f6 21.Re1 e4 22.Bxc6 Bxb2 23.Qxb2 Bxc6 and things turned into Black's favor.
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Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | n | w | we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 12 | Aditya Bikram Paul | IND | 2080 | 6,5 | 45,0 | 41,0 | 29,00 | 9 | 6,5 | 3,64 | 40 | 114,4 | |||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Ristic Nenad | SRB | 2342 | 6,0 | 45,5 | 41,5 | 28,75 | 9 | 6 | 6,52 | 10 | -5,2 | ||
| 3 | 17 | Aniruddh Chatterjee | IND | 1957 | 5,5 | 45,5 | 42,0 | 26,00 | 9 | 5,5 | 1,85 | 40 | 146,0 | |||
| 4 | 14 | Sharan Rao | IND | 2051 | 5,5 | 44,5 | 41,0 | 25,00 | 9 | 5,5 | 2,92 | 20 | 51,6 | |||
| 5 | 9 | FM | Zhukov Anton | RUS | 2248 | 5,0 | 44,0 | 41,5 | 20,00 | 9 | 5 | 5,99 | 20 | -19,8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | GM | Abramovic Bosko | SRB | 2298 | 5,0 | 43,5 | 41,5 | 19,25 | 9 | 5 | 6,19 | 10 | -11,9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | GM | Djuric Stefan | SRB | 2321 | 5,0 | 42,0 | 40,0 | 22,25 | 9 | 5 | 6,45 | 10 | -14,5 | ||
| 8 | 15 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | w | IND | 1990 | 4,5 | 42,0 | 40,0 | 17,75 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,20 | 40 | 92,0 | |
| 9 | 18 | Sankalan Shah | IND | 1916 | 4,5 | 38,0 | 36,0 | 14,75 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,03 | 40 | 98,8 | |||
| 10 | 7 | IM | Velickovic Sasa | SRB | 2258 | 4,5 | 36,0 | 34,0 | 16,50 | 8 | 3,5 | 5,66 | 10 | -21,6 |