Arpan Das dominates 1st Skillcraft Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/12/2024

Arpan Das scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Skillcraft Rating Open 2024. Ashirwad Swain scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. Seven players - Agnivo Chakraborty, GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Kartavya Anadkat, IM Somak Palit, Oishik Mondal, Kumar Gaurav and Arnav Agrawal scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to ninth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1400000. The top three prizes were ₹125000, ₹100000 and ₹75000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine-round rating open tournament was organized by Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi from 16th to 20th November 2024. This was Arpan's second tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

Over 675 players take part

Agnivo Chakraborty and Arpan Das were the coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Arpan defeated Agnivo to become champion, Agnivo finished third. IM Vishal Sareen lost to Ashirwad Swain. Ashirwad was placed second. The sole GM participating in the event, Saptarshi RoyChowdhury scored 7.5/9 to finish fourth. He went on to win a rapid rating open at the beginning of December.

Top 4 (L to R): 3rd Agnivo Chakraborty 7.5/9, 1st Arpan Das 8.5/9, 4th GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury 7.5/9 and 2nd Ashirwad Swain 8/9 | Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

Arpan - Vishal, Round 8

Position after 20...Ne8?

In an already difficult position, IM Vishal Sareen (2330) made a big positional mistake 20...Ne8? Arpan Das (2084) had no trouble seizing his opportunity 21.Rxa4 bxa4 22.Ra7 Bd7 23.b5 White went on to use the passed b-pawn to his advantage and win the game.

Arpan Das during one of his games| Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

Arpan Das scored 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 32.2 Elo rating points

Top boards | Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

Players in action | Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

The organizing team - Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy | Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

The tournament hall at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi | Photo: Jaydeep Sharma

A total of 677 players including a GM and three IMs took part from various parts of the country, one from Netherlands and the USA each in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi from 16th to 20th November 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5		Arpan, Das			IND	2084	WB	8,5	50,5	54	50,50
2	7		Swain, Ashirwad			IND	2052	OR	8	49	53,5	47,25
3	9		Agnivo, Chakraborty			IND	1991	WB	7,5	54	59,5	48,00
4	3	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi			IND	2222	RSPB	7,5	53,5	58,5	47,25
5	4		Anadkat, Kartavya			IND	2142	GJ	7,5	53	56,5	45,25
6	2	IM	Palit, Somak			IND	2229	RSPB	7,5	52	56,5	45,50
7	19		Oishik, Mondal	U14		IND	1935	WB	7,5	51,5	55,5	44,50
8	6		Kumar, Gaurav			IND	2077	BR	7,5	50,5	53,5	43,50
9	18		Arnav, Agrawal	U14		IND	1939	UP	7,5	49,5	54,5	44,75
10	14		Kishan, Kumar			IND	1958	BR	7	53	57,5	43,25
11	17		Mrityunjay, Kumar			IND	1942	BR	7	52	56	41,25
12	98		Buxy, Rajanikant			IND	1693	CT	7	50,5	54,5	41,75
13	11		Shreyash, Singh	U14		IND	1963	UP	7	49,5	55	42,50
14	29		Shaurya, Chaudhary	U12		IND	1896	DL	7	49,5	54,5	40,50
15	38		Choudhary, Jitendra Kumar			IND	1839	DL	7	49,5	54	40,75
16	24	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	U12		IND	1914	JH	7	49,5	53	38,75
17	16	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	U14		IND	1942	WB	7	49,5	52,5	39,25
18	30		Debayan, Ray	U14		IND	1895	WB	7	49	53,5	40,25
19	26		Ayaan, Garg	U12		IND	1910	CH	7	49	53,5	39,00
20	264		Samarth, Jain	U14		IND	1506	DL	7	49	53	40,50
21	37		Elesh, Tripathi	U14		IND	1840	MH	7	49	53	40,00
22	61		Shrivastava, Kushagra			IND	1760	MP	7	49	51,5	36,75
23	56		Sameer, Choudhary			IND	1768	DL	7	48,5	53	38,50
24	15		Rohith, Yadav B R			IND	1945	TG	7	48	52	38,50
25	23		Shaon, Chowdhury			IND	1926	WB	7	47	50,5	37,00
26	48		Aarit, Kapil	U10		IND	1801	DL	7	46,5	51,5	39,00
27	10		Soni, Atharv	U14		IND	1966	MH	7	46,5	51	38,75
28	96		Ayaan, Trikha	U12		IND	1695	UP	7	46,5	48	34,50
29	31	AIM	Saikat, Nath			IND	1875	DL	7	45,5	50	38,25
30	52		Amartya, Saumitra Gupta	U14		IND	1781	DL	7	45,5	49	36,25
31	86		Mohammad, Sameed			IND	1710	UP	7	44,5	48,5	37,50
32	36		Negi, Virender Singh	S55		IND	1841	DL	7	43,5	47	36,00
33	1	IM	Sareen, Vishal			IND	2330	DL	6,5	55	59,5	39,25
34	21	FM	Prakash, Ram			IND	1928	PB	6,5	53	57,5	37,75
35	57	AFM	Aishani, Pathak	F14	w	IND	1766	UP	6,5	52	56	39,00
36	43		Ramanuj, Mishra	U12		IND	1816	UP	6,5	50,5	55,5	37,25
37	22		Madkar, Atharva			IND	1928	MH	6,5	50,5	54,5	37,25
38	33		Mohit, Kumar Soni			IND	1858	BR	6,5	49,5	54	37,00
39	34		Akshat, Negi			IND	1853	DL	6,5	49,5	53,5	35,50
40	45		Alka, Das		w	IND	1810	JH	6,5	48,5	53,5	37,25

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