Top two seeds finish in top two, remain undefeated
GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), IM Aronyak Ghosh and IM Ratnakaran K were the three leaders 7.5/9 heading into the last round. Aronyak drew against Ratnakaran, Levan defeated IM Soumya Swainathan to become clear champion. Category B Below 1600 Rating tournament report will be published separately.
Prizes were distributed by the Chief Minister of Meghalaya - Conrad K Sangma with Sports Minister, Govt. of Meghalaya, Shakliar Warjri and President, All India Chess Federation, Dr. Sanjay Kapoor in presence of MCA President - Khijar Mehraj Warjri and General Secretary - Khrawkupar Pajat amongst others.
Thanks to Khrawkupar Pajat, General Secretary of Meghalaya Chess Association for sharing photos and info about the tournament.
A total of 160 players including 6 GMs, 10 IMs and 3 WIMs took part from eight countries across the world in the Category A section. The eight-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by Meghalaya Chess Association at SAI STC Indoor Sports Stadium in Shillong, Meghalaya from 12th to 20th December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | GEO | 2561 | Georgia | 8,5 | 63,5 | 69 | 57,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 2 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2545 | RSPB | 8 | 63,5 | 67,5 | 52,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 13 | IM | Ratnakaran, K. | IND | 2232 | RLYS. | 8 | 63,5 | 67 | 50,75 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 25 | Nithin, Babu | IND | 2102 | Kerala | 7,5 | 61 | 65,5 | 47,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | FID | 2505 | FIDE | 7,5 | 59,5 | 64,5 | 48,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 5 | IM | Neelash, Saha | IND | 2458 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 58,5 | 63 | 45,75 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 11 | GM | Karthikeyan, P. | IND | 2298 | Tamil Nadu | 7,5 | 58,5 | 63 | 45,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 6 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | IND | 2400 | Madhya Pradesh | 7,5 | 57 | 61 | 42,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 16 | IM | Elgabry, Mohsen | EGY | 2215 | Egypt | 7,5 | 52 | 56 | 41,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 12 | IM | Soumya, Swaminathan | w | IND | 2267 | PSPB | 7 | 58,5 | 63 | 42,75 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 8 | IM | Shahil, Dey | IND | 2368 | Assam | 7 | 55,5 | 59 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 75 | Rohith, Yadav B R | IND | 1746 | Telangana | 7 | 54,5 | 57 | 34,50 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 28 | Dhrupad, Kashyap | IND | 2014 | Assam | 7 | 54 | 56,5 | 39,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 39 | Chandar, Raju | IND | 1901 | Kerala | 7 | 53,5 | 57,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | 49 | Reyan, Md. | U15 | IND | 1842 | Bihar | 7 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 36 | Jani, Kushal R | IND | 1920 | Gujarat | 7 | 52 | 55 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 17 | 9 | GM | Neelotpal, Das | IND | 2350 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 61 | 64,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 18 | 21 | FM | Md, Imran | U15 | IND | 2174 | Andhra Pradesh | 6,5 | 60 | 64 | 37,50 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 22 | FM | Matta, Vinay Kumar | IND | 2146 | Union Bank of India | 6,5 | 59 | 64 | 38,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 20 | 61 | Kumaresh, A | IND | 1806 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 57,5 | 60,5 | 35,50 | 0 | 5 |
