Anuj Shrivatri wins 1st Pro Skillcraft Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/08/2024

Eight players scored 8/9 at 1st Pro Skillcraft Rapid Rating Open 2024. They are - IM Anuj Shrivatri, IM Aaditya Dhingra, Sudhir Kumar Sinha, IM Mayank Chakraborty, Santu Mondal, IM Aaradhya Garg, Harish Sharma and Daksh Goyal. Anuj won the tournament on tie-breaks. The remaining seven were placed second to eighth respectively. Anuj, Aaditya, Santu and Aaradhya remained undefeated. The total prize fund was ₹640000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a huge trophy each. The tournament was organized by Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy at Thyagraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on 27th and 28th July 2024. This was Anuj's second tournament he played in this year and he won it. Photo: Jay Sharma

Over 800 players take part, top eight score 8/9

When the total participation in a rapid rating tournament is 800, it is quite natural that more than one player will finish with the highest score. In this case, as many as eight players scored 8/9. Out of them four remained unbeaten. IM Anuj Shrivatri and IM Aaditya Dhingra were the only two coleaders going into the final round with a score 7.5/8 each. They drew their last round battle against each other. 14 players were trailing them by a half point at 7/8 each. Six of those battles between the pursuers ended decisively, resulting in six more players finishing at 8/9. Sahil Bheron lost to Sudhir Kumar Sinha which allowed Sudhir to make a podium finish as a second runner-up.

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Sudhir Kumar Sinha 8/9, 1st IM Anuj Shrivatri 8/9 and 2nd IM Aaditya Dhingra 8/9 | Photo: Jay Sharma

IM Anuj Shrivatri scored an unbeaten 8/9, drew with the eventual runner-up - IM Aaditya Dhingra in the final round

The tournament flex | Photo: Jay Sharma

Best Differently Abled Top 3 (L to R): 2nd Piyush Sharma 5.5/9, 3rd O P Tiwari 5/9 and 1st Vaibhav Gautam 6/9 | Photo: Jay Sharma

Players in action | Photo: Jay Sharma

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Jay Sharma

The tournament hall at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi | Photo: Jay Sharma

Arbiters and the organizing team | Photo: Jay Sharma

A total of 802 players including six IMs took part from seven countries across the world including India in this two-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi on 27th and 28th July 2024. The time control of the tournament was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri			IND	2307	MP	8	56	59,5	51,75
2	8	IM	Aaditya, Dhingra			IND	2148	HR	8	52,5	57,5	50,00
3	15		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar			IND	2007	BR	8	52,5	57	49,50
4	6	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	U16		IND	2175	AS	8	51,5	56	49,00
5	9		Santu, Mondal			IND	2148	DL	8	51,5	55	48,50
6	5	IM	Aradhya, Garg			IND	2194	DL	8	51,5	54,5	48,00
7	17		Sharma, Harish			IND	1961	DL	8	49	53,5	48,50
8	19		Daksh, Goyal	U16		IND	1932	DL	8	48	50,5	44,00
9	12	FM	Garv, Gaur			IND	2043	HR	7,5	55	60	48,75
10	22	FM	Rosh, Jain	U14		IND	1888	DL	7,5	53,5	57,5	45,50
11	37		Nirnay, Garg	U16		IND	1774	HR	7,5	53	58	46,25
12	10		Alok, Sinha			IND	2141	DL	7,5	52,5	56,5	45,25
13	18	CM	Aashman, Gupta	U16		IND	1947	DL	7,5	52,5	56,5	44,75
14	3	FM	Singh, Ojasva			IND	2247	MP	7,5	50,5	55	45,25
15	33	AGM	Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari			IND	1815	UP	7,5	50	54,5	43,25
16	30	WCM	Ishvi, Aggarwal		w	IND	1833	HR	7,5	50	53	41,75
17	44		Dayal, Samar	U10		ENG	1735	DL	7,5	45,5	49	40,00
18	24		Mrityunjay, Kumar			IND	1874	BR	7	52,5	57	42,00
19	21		Deep, Kapoor			IND	1927	DL	7	52	54,5	39,25
20	1	IM	Sareen, Vishal			IND	2330	DL	7	51,5	55,5	40,75
21	4	FM	Aaryan, Varshney			IND	2199	DL	7	51,5	55	41,25
22	27	AGM	Sundram, Kumar	U16		IND	1848	DL	7	51	53	39,00
23	39		Arnav, Dhamija			IND	1768	UP	7	50	54,5	40,00
24	48		Shreyas, Das			IND	1728	DL	7	50	52	36,50
25	26		Sahil, Bheron			IND	1852	HR	7	48,5	52,5	38,50
26	25	AIM	Baig, Akram			IND	1855	DL	7	48	52,5	40,50
27	34		Harshit, Singh			IND	1793	UP	7	48	52,5	38,00
28	63		Mishka, Mathur	F16	w	IND	1690	DL	7	48	52	38,00
29	64		Vidit, Sethi	U12		IND	1688	UP	7	48	52	36,00
30	83	AIM	Pratham, Nayyar	U12		IND	1653	HR	7	47,5	52	38,75
31	118		Aarav, Jain	U12		IND	1595	HR	7	47	52	38,00
32	23	WCM	Anishka, Vikram		w	IND	1884	DL	7	47	49,5	37,25
33	416		Achyut, Kapoor			IND	0	UP	7	47	48	33,00
34	123		Rishabh, Pradhan	U16		IND	1591	DL	7	46,5	49,5	36,00
35	32		Aryan, Ranjan			IND	1819	DL	7	46,5	49	35,25
36	50	AIM	Garth, Pande	U14		IND	1720	DL	7	46	50	38,75
37	49		Md, Hasnain Siddiqui	U14		IND	1726	UP	7	46	50	35,00
38	67		Singh, Myra	F14	w	IND	1679	DL	7	45,5	50	36,50
39	47		Sourav, Biswas			IND	1733	WB	7	45,5	48,5	34,00
40	76		Mohan, Naithani	S60		IND	1664	UT	7	45	48,5	35,00

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