10-year-old Aansh impresses
IM Himal Gusain of RSPB won his first tournament of the year 2023 on the very first day, 1st January. He also finished third at 1st Bishan Singh ji Memorial Rating Open 2023. Maharashtra's 10-year-old Aansh Nandan Nerurkar delivered his best performance by scoring an impressive 8.5/10 to finish second. He also gained a whopping 120 Elo rating points in the process.
Champion - IM Himal Gusain 9.5/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
Runner-up - Aansh Nandan Nerurkar 8.5/10
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Second Runner-up - IM Rahul Sangma 8/10
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Top three (L to R) - 3rd IM Rahul Sangma, 1st IM Himal Gusain and 2nd Aansh Nandan Nerurkar
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IM Himal Gusain scored an unbeaten 9.5/10, started with a fantastic 8/8 and faced both podium finishers
Top boards in action
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Top visually challenged player Ashvin Makwana and...
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...few other visually challenged players took part | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
A differently abled player also participated | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
The tournament hall at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
The trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
All prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
The organizer and arbiters team | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva
A total of 118 players including two IMs from various states across the country and one from Uganda and USA took part in this event. The tournament was organized by Divyam Foundationn from 27th December 2022 to 1st January 2023 at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat. The ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 1 | IM | Gusain Himal | IND | 2381 | RLYS | 9,5 | 63 | 67 | 63,50 | 0 | 9 | 10 | -0,7 | |||
| 2 | 18 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | U10 | IND | 1691 | 8,5 | 58 | 62,5 | 50,75 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 120 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | IM | Sangma Rahul | IND | 2210 | RLYS | 8 | 60,5 | 66 | 51,00 | 0 | 7 | 10 | -8,7 | |||
| 4 | 21 | ACM | Iyer Arvind | U15 | IND | 1658 | 7,5 | 61 | 65,5 | 46,75 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 132,4 | |||
| 5 | 9 | Majumder Shrayan | IND | 1821 | 7,5 | 58 | 63 | 44,75 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 6,4 | |||||
| 6 | 25 | Akshat Negi | IND | 1606 | 7,5 | 54 | 56 | 41,50 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 39,8 | |||||
| 7 | 17 | Dishank Sachin Bajaj | IND | 1696 | 7 | 60,5 | 65,5 | 42,25 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 16 | |||||
| 8 | 20 | Sanjay Chhabra | IND | 1676 | 7 | 60 | 64,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 6 | 20 | -1,8 | |||||
| 9 | 19 | AGM | Bhogal Rupesh | IND | 1676 | 7 | 59 | 62,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | 20 | -4,8 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | Sinha Santosh Kumar | IND | 1923 | GJ | 7 | 56,5 | 61 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | 20 | -29 | ||||
| 11 | 45 | Vedant Rupeshbhai Varasada | U12 | IND | 1301 | GJ | 7 | 54,5 | 59 | 34,75 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 176,4 | |||
| 12 | 16 | AGM | Prashanth J Naik | IND | 1698 | 6,5 | 60,5 | 65,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 17,2 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | Jihan Tejas Shah | U15 | IND | 1860 | GJ | 6,5 | 58,5 | 63,5 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | 40 | -72,8 | |||
| 14 | 6 | Ashutosh Kumar | IND | 1880 | 6,5 | 58,5 | 63 | 37,00 | 0 | 5 | 20 | -26 | |||||
| 15 | 11 | Daksh Goyal | U15 | IND | 1741 | 6,5 | 58 | 62,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 5 | 40 | -21,2 | ||||
| 16 | 28 | Abhinav Chauhan | IND | 1495 | 6,5 | 57,5 | 61,5 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 40,6 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | Trivedi Karan R | IND | 1936 | GJ | 6,5 | 57 | 61 | 37,50 | 0 | 5 | 20 | -45 | ||||
| 18 | 14 | Mrityunjay Kumar | IND | 1706 | 6,5 | 56,5 | 61 | 36,25 | 0 | 5 | 20 | -10,2 | |||||
| 19 | 26 | Singla Aaryan | U15 | IND | 1529 | 6,5 | 56,5 | 60 | 36,25 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 74,8 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | Sahil Bheron | IND | 1622 | 6,5 | 55,5 | 59 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0,8 |
