Isha Sharma wins 2nd Felix Sasomi Under 2200 Rating Tournament 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/02/2024

WIM Isha Sharma scored 8/9 to win 2nd Felix Sasomi Under 2200 Rating Tournament 2024. She finished a half point ahead of the competition. After a 4/4 start, Isha lost her fifth round game against 11-year-old Andrei Negrean (ROU). However, Isha bounced back by winning the next four games to become a clear champion. FM Csaba Zoltan Varga (ROU) secured second place 7.5/9, Andrei third, according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was €14000. The top three prizes were €2400 + cup, €1600 and €1200 each respectively. It is not everyday we get to witness a woman winning an open/rating restricted tournament. However, this is the first time in the year 2024, an Indian woman won such an event and it is certainly a matter of great delight. Photos: Margareta Sarivan/CS A-K Rider's Satu Mare

Isha's first rating tournament triumph of the year

The Asian Junior 2017 Girls Rapid Gold medalist, WIM Isha Sharma has won a few rapid open tournaments. However, this was the first time she won an Under-2200 Classical rating tournament. She won it by having two winning streaks of four games each.

Champion - WIM Isha Sharma 8/9

WIM Isha Sharma scored 8/9, won eight games, lost only one and increased her Elo rating by 38 points

WIM Isha Sharma en route her victory over Stefan Fabian Mazilu (ROU) in the penultimate eighth round

The tournament hall at Hotel International in Baile Felix-Oradea, Romania

A total of 224 players including four IMs and two WIMs took part from 13 countries across the world. The five-day nine round Under 2200 Rating tournament was organized by CS A-K Rider’s Satu Mare, sponsored by Sasomi Srl Oradea at Hotel International in Baile Felix-Oradea, Romania from 14th to 18th February 2024. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	WIM	Sharma, Isha		w	IND	2147	INDIA	8	42,5	54	40
2	20	FM	Varga, Csaba Zoltan			HUN	2107	UNGARIA	7,5	45	56,5	41,5
3	39	I	Negrean, Andrei	U12		ROU	2040	Clubul Central De Sah Bucurest	7,5	42	54	39,5
4	29	CM	Craciun, Sasha-Matei	U16		ROU	2080	Cs Otopeni	7,5	41,5	53,5	42,5
5	9	CM	Zubcu, Vlad-George			ROU	2166	Cs Micul Sahist Iasi	7,5	40,5	52,5	36,5
6	36	CM	Ciocani, Iosif	U16		ROU	2063	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucurest	7	40	51,5	37,5
7	14	CM	Radu, David Cr	U16		ROU	2142	Lps Satu Mare	7	40	51,5	35
8	32		Borzsei, Andras	U16		HUN	2069	UNGARIA	7	38,5	49,5	37,5
9	41	I	Ungureanu, Sandu	S50		ROU	2036	Acs Sah Club Vados Arad	7	36,5	46,5	35
10	1	FM	Zvarik, Martin			SVK	2195	SLOVACIA	6,5	41,5	52,5	33
11	47	CM	Andronescu, Madalin			ROU	2007	Acs Pheonix Buzau	6,5	40,5	53,5	35
12	6	FM	Maximov, Oleg	S50		FID	2186	FIDE	6,5	40	51,5	36
13	44	FM	Gromovs, Sergejs	S50		ITA	2015	ITALIA	6,5	40	51,5	33,5
14	17		Virag, Balint	U20		HUN	2133	UNGARIA	6,5	40	51	34,5
15	117		Sokhor, Nazar	U14		UKR	1691	UKRAINA	6,5	38,5	48	33
16	28		Haselbach, David			HUN	2081	UNGARIA	6,5	37	48	33,5
17	69	I	Dodoi, Matei-Teodor	U14		ROU	1947	Acs Pionii Regelui Romanesti	6,5	35,5	45,5	29,5
18	106	II	Costache, Andrei Eugeniu	U14		ROU	1750	Cs Micul Sahist Iasi	6,5	35,5	45	30
19	15	FM	Biljanic, Ljubomir	S50		SRB	2135	SERBIA	6,5	35	44	30
20	27	CM	Herpai, Jozsef Matyas	U16		HUN	2087	UNGARIA	6,5	34,5	45	31

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