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Leelajai Krishna N outstanding at 16th Paracin Open B 2023, Pranesh clinches Blitz, Ethan Vaz second

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/07/2023

Indian players have always garnered a lot of success at Paracin International Chess Festival tournaments. The 16th edition was no different either. CM Aaditya Dhingra scored his second IM-norm in Open A (>2100) section with a performance of 2420. He increased his Elo rating by 131.2 points. 16-year-old Leelajai Krishna N won the Open B (≤2100 section) scoring an unbeaten 8.5/9. The teenager finished a full point ahead of the competition and gained 122.8 Elo rating points. GM Pranesh M won the Blitz Open scoring 9/11 and remained undefeated. FM Ethan Vaz also scored the same. He was adjudged second and gained 206 Elo rating points. The top three prizes in Open A were RSD 200000, 150000 and 110000, for Open B they were 55000, 42000 and 30000. Blitz had a total prize fund of RSD 60000. The entire festival offered the total prize fund of RSD 1160000. Photos: FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic

Aaditya Dhingra scores his second IM-norm in consecutive events

Haryana's top player, CM Aaditya Dhingra scored an impressive 6/9, performed at 2500 and gained a humongous 198 Elo rating points. He defeated GM Milos Pavlovic (SRB) and drew against IM Sinisa Saric (SRB) en route his maiden IM-norm. A day after the conclusion of Vojvodina Open, Aaditya started playing his event Paracin Open 2023 on 7th July. The 16-year-old once again scored 6/9, performed at 2420 and gained a whopping 131.2 Elo rating points. His live rating is currently 2473.2. He won against GM Dejan Pikula (SRB), IM Vuk Djordjevic (SRB) and drew with IM Marcel Becker (GER) en route his second IM-norm. The teenager is now final IM-norm and few Elo rating points away from becoming India's next International Master.

Champion in Open B - Leelajai Krishna N 8.5/9

Top 3 (L to R) in Open B - 3rd Lala Huseynova (AZE) 7/9, 1st Leelajai Krishna N 8.5/9 and 2nd Batsaikhan Tserendorj (USA) 7.5/9

Leelajai Krishna N scored 8.5/9, finished a full point ahead of the field and gained 122.8 Elo rating points

CM Aaditya Dhingra with his second IM-norm certificate

CM Aaditya Dhingra scored 6/9, performed at 2420 and gained 131.2 Elo rating points, en route his second IM-norm

In his previous event at Vojvodina Open A 2023, CM Aaditya Dhingra also scored 6/9, performed at 2500 and gained a staggering 198 Elo rating points to earn his maiden IM-norm

19th Uros Dinic Memorial Rapid 4th - GM Pranesh M 7.5/9

9th - CM Aaditya Dhingra 6.5/9, gained 185.2 Elo rating points

Pranesh wins Blitz Open, Ethan Vaz second

GM Pranesh M (2437), FM Ethan Vaz (2163), GM Nikita Petrov (MNE, 2549) and IM Pavel S Dvalishvili (2297) scored 9/11 each. Pranesh won the tournament on tie-breaks, Ethan was placed second.

Blitz Open champion - GM Pranesh M 9/11

Before winning this event, GM Pranesh M scored an unbeaten 8/9 to finish as the runner-up at Silver Lake Open A 2023. Then he secured a third place finish at Vojvodina Blitz Open 2023.

Runner-up - FM Ethan Vaz 9/11

11-year-old FM Ethan Vaz (2163) is also having a great tour in Serbia. Last month he gained 101.6 Elo rating points at Silver Lake Open A 2023. In the following event, he gained 96.4 Elo rating points at Vojvodina Open A 2023.

Blitz Open Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM Nikita Petrov (MNE) 9/11, 1st GM Pranesh M 9/11 and 2nd FM Ethan Vaz 9/11

8th Aswath S 8/11

A total of 144 players including 5 GMs, 6 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from 20 countries across the world in the Blitz Rating Open. The time control was 3 minutes + 2 seconds each.

A glimpse of the festival | Video: FM FT IO IA Sasa Jevtic

A total of 126 players including 9 GMs, 15 IMs and 6 WIMs took part in Open A category from 25 countries across the world in Group A (>2100). Group B (≤2100) witnessed the participation of 164 players. A total of 183 players including 9 GMs, 14 IMs and 3 WIMs took part in the one day Rapid Rating Open tournament. The tournaments were organized by FM FT IO IA Sasa Jevtic at Pool Prestige in Paracin, Serbia from 7th to 15th July 2023. The one-day Rapid Rating event took place on 9th July 2023. The time control for the Classical tournaments were 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment, for Rapid it was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

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Final standings in Open A

Rk.SNo NameTypsexGrFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
12
GMGundavaa, BayarsaikhanMGL2510748,536,55104,7
29
IMUrazayev, ArystanbekKAZ24277483851014,6
320
FMEfremov, VladislavU18FID2356740,532,562014,6
426
Itgelt, KhuyagtsogtU18MGL23216,545,534,552041,6
54
GMBryakin, MikhailSRB24546,54535,54108
63
GMPranesh, MU16IND25076,54434,5410-1,6
715
FMMamatov, MelisKGZ24036,543,5335103,4
86
IMLow, Zhen Yu CyrusU20SGP24446,543335101,4
91
GMIvanisevic, IvanSRB25366,542,532,5610-6
1010
GMDamljanovic, BrankoS50SRB24226,539,533,5510-2,6
1163
CMAaditya, DhingraU16IND2144644,531,5540131,2
1223
Yatzenko, AntonFID233564229,5410-5,1
1345
FMZhukov, AntonU18FID22156413022029,8
147
IMAjay, KarthikeyanU18IND244164127,5410-14,7
1555
WIMNurgali, NazerkeU18wKAZ21926402962048,6

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Final standings in Open B

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
128
MKLeelajai, Krishna NU16IND17958,550,543840122,8
24
MKTserendorj, BatsaikhanUSA20117,54941720-1,2
346
MKHuseynova, LalaU12wAZE171174937740108
415
MKSakmak, KutayU14TUR1874747,536,564026,4
525
MKRoneet, DasU20IND18046,55136,552015,8
663
IYessengali, AdizhanU12KAZ16636,54837,5640139,2
744
MKKuruz, YusufTUR17286,547,53642031
862
IPusara, MihailoU14MNE16646,547,535,5540106
977
IMilovic, IlijaU14MNE16176,54633540112,4
1021
MKJakovljevic, DejanSRB18246,545,534,55203
1123
MKBaiture, TemirlanU14KAZ18146,54531,5540-6
1233
MKSwapna, C NU18wIND17896,544,532,5640-22
1356
IDivitt, AroraU12IND16826,54432,564092,4
1478
IOuzounis, Konstantinos KyrU14GRE16156,541,529540132,8
15108
IIBuyankhishig, BatpeldenU10wMGL14876,54128,5540162

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Final standings in Uros Dinic Memorial Rapid

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
15
GMBryakin, MikhailSRB24437,55341,561010,4
222
IMDvalishvili, Pavel S.RUS22857,550,54061017,8
31
GMIvanisevic, IvanSRB25827,55039710-7,5
414
GMPranesh, MU16IND23577,5493962032,6
516
IMLow, Zhen Yu CyrusU20SGP23157,543,534,5720-11,2
611
IMUskov, ArtemU12FID238274636710-5,8
712
IMTadic, StefanU18SRB237574536710-2,9
815
FMPetrovic, AleksaU18SRB2343740,532720-24,2
969
CMAaditya, DhingraU16IND19586,551,537540185,2
1019
FMMamatov, MelisKGZ22986,550,53752026,4
1172
AGMVignesh, BU18IND19316,54935,562093,8
1232
IMRaahul, V SU20IND21836,548,53662042,4
138
GMArnaudov, G. PetarBUL24106,548,536510-7,5
1433
Aswath, SU14IND21686,54835,564058,4
152
GMDamljanovic, BrankoS50SRB25406,547,534,5610-15,3

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
15
GMPranesh, MIND2437977,559,571011,5
223
AIMVaz, EthanIND216397760940206
32
GMPetrov, NikitaMNE254997655810-7,2
414
IMDvalishvili, Pavel S.RUS2297973,554,571020,4
51
GMIvanisevic, IvanSRB25928,57554,5810-7,3
624
FMAfanasiev, VadimRUS21578,5735182064,4
713
Tasic, VladimirSRB23008,569518206
832
Aswath, SIND2041877,553840162
98
IMPerunovic, MiodragSRB2369874536103
1017
FMAverin, NikolayFID227386747820-15,4
1110
IMUskov, ArtemFID23387,574,554710-3,2
1221
Aakash Sharadchandra, DalviIND21797,56949,572023,6
134
IMDjordjevic, VukSRB24637,56947710-18,3
1415
IMSredojevic, IvanSRB22787,56946610-10,8
157
GMPikula, DejanSRB23757,568,548,5710-16,1

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