Three players finish at unbeaten 8.0/9
Akshay Anand, Aradhya Garg and FM Aaryan Varshney scored 8.0/9 at Nurtr-DCA Rapid Rating Open tournament. Akshay Anand was declared champion, Aradhya Garg settled for runner-up and Aaryan Varshney was placed third according to their tie-break score. All three of them remained undefeated.
The podium finishers (L to R) - Runner-up Aradhya Garg, Champion Akshay Anand and Second Runner-up Aaryan Varshney | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
Champion Akshay Anand receives a huge trophy and ₹11000 cash prize | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
Starting out as the tenth seed, Akshay scored 8.0/9 and gained 26 Elo rating points
Reigning National Junior champion Aradhya Garg scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 to finish at second place | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
FA Aryan Varshney also scored 8.0/9, remained undefeated and secured third position | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
4th Santu Mondal 7.5/9 | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
5th Saksham Rautela 7.5/9 | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
Best Veteran prize winner - 80-year-old Mahabir Parshad Verma scored an impressive 6.5/9 | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
The tournament attracted 292 players and it was organized by Delhi Chess Association on 21st and 22nd December 2019 at Arya Samaj Bhawan, New Delhi. Total 101000 prize fund was distributed among the prize winners. The prizes were distributed by Deputy Chief Arbiter IA Kaviraj Sawant.
Top three with Arbiters (L to R) - SNA Komal Dahiya, FA Alok Priyadarshi, FA Rupesh Kumar, Aradhya Garg, Akshay Anand, IA Amit Sharma, FM Aaryan Varshney and IA Kaviraj Sawant | Photo: Kaviraj Sawant
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 10 | Akshay Anand | IND | 1867 | 1867 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 47,75 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Aradhya Garg | IND | 2028 | 2028 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 56,0 | 49,00 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 15 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | IND | 1727 | 1727 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 52,5 | 45,00 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | Santu Mondal | IND | 2176 | 2176 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 56,0 | 45,00 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 31 | Saksham Rautela | IND | 1568 | 1568 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 53,5 | 41,50 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Sumit Grover | IND | 2018 | 2018 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 55,0 | 44,00 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Srikanth K. | IND | 2013 | 2013 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 52,0 | 41,50 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 14 | Rahul Lamba | IND | 1736 | 1736 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 40,75 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 17 | Yatin Kumar | IND | 1711 | 1711 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 58,5 | 43,00 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 36 | AGM | Spandan Srivastava | IND | 1512 | 1512 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 57,0 | 42,50 | 7 | |
| 11 | 38 | Yashas Pessi | IND | 1489 | 1489 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 38,00 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 27 | AGM | Prachet Sharma | IND | 1626 | 1626 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 53,0 | 38,50 | 6 | |
| 13 | 3 | Chander Pal | IND | 2140 | 2140 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 51,0 | 39,00 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Ashutosh Kumar | IND | 1793 | 1793 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 50,0 | 37,00 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 51 | Khuanna Kapoor | w | IND | 1381 | 1381 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 49,5 | 36,00 | 7 | |
| 16 | 25 | Hiridik Rajendran | IND | 1659 | 1659 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 49,5 | 35,00 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 23 | Shami Vipin K. | IND | 1664 | 1664 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,0 | 38,00 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 28 | Jatinder Kapoor | IND | 1614 | 1614 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,0 | 36,50 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Vibhor Sharma | IND | 1747 | 1747 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 47,5 | 35,00 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 77 | AIM | Yash Srivastava | IND | 1235 | 1235 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 43,0 | 31,00 | 7 |
