Ojasva Singh prevails at 2nd AFCA Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/02/2024

FM Ojasva Singh, FM Aaryan Varshney and Yatin Kumar scored 8/9 each at 2nd AFCA Rapid Rating Open 2024. Ojasva won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Aaryan and Yating were placed second and third respectively. Both Ojasva and Aaryan remained undefeated. Ojasva defeated the top seed of the event, IM Aaditya Dhingra in the penultimate round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. The two-day rapid rating tournament was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association and Prominent Chess Academy on 26th and 27th January 2024 at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana. This is Ojasva's first tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Alka Chhikara

Top three score 8/9

FMs Ojasva Singh and Aaryan Varshney were the coleaders 7.5/8 before the final round. Four players - Yatin Kumar, Harish Sharma, FM Garv Gaur and Garv Rai were trailing them by a half point at 7/8 each. Garv Rai and Aaryan drew against Ojasva and Garv Gaur respectively. Yatin defeated Harish. Ojasva became champion, Aaryan second and Yatin third. 14-year-old Nirnay Garg became the youngest top ten finisher. He scored 7.5/9 to finish sixth.

Champion - FM Ojasva Singh 8/9

Top five (L to R): 3rd Yatin Kumar 8/9, 2nd FM Aaryan Varshney 8/9, 1st FM Ojasva Singh 8/9, 5th FM Garv Gaur 7.5/9 and 4th IM Aaditya Dhingra 7.5/9

FM Ojasva Singh scored an unbeaten 8/9, defeated the top seed IM Aaditya Dhingra in the penultimate round and gained 1.2 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana

A total of 357 players including an IM took part from various states across the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association and Prominent Chess Academy at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana on 26th and 27th January 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	FM	Singh, Ojasva		IND	2282	Madhya Pradesh	8	54	58	50,50
2	3	FM	Aaryan, Varshney		IND	2167	Delhi	8	54	58	50,25
3	11		Yatin, Kumar		IND	1740	Delhi	8	53	58,5	51,00
4	2	IM	Aaditya, Dhingra		IND	2189	Haryana	7,5	54,5	58,5	46,75
5	7	FM	Garv, Gaur		IND	1976	Haryana	7,5	51,5	57	46,25
6	21		Nirnay, Garg	U15	IND	1615		7,5	51	55	43,75
7	6		Prakash, Ram		IND	2028	Punjab	7,5	49	53	42,75
8	4		Wajih, Nassir		IND	2140	Delhi	7,5	48	52	41,50
9	5		Garv, Rai		IND	2081	Delhi	7,5	47	49,5	40,00
10	9		Sharma, Harish		IND	1828	Delhi	7	52,5	56,5	41,00
11	56		Dhruv, Singh Bisht	U15	IND	1346	Haryana	7	48	52	37,00
12	12		Jaydeep, Sharma		IND	1738	Delhi	7	47,5	52	39,75
13	41		Shreyas, Das		IND	1422	Delhi	7	47,5	50	36,00
14	28		Gaurav, Sharma		IND	1511	Delhi	7	46	50	34,50
15	13		Prithvi, Sharma		IND	1720	Haryana	7	46	49,5	37,00
16	15		Mrityunjay, Kumar		IND	1682		7	45,5	49	38,00
17	48		Prishita, Gupta	U15	IND	1389	Delhi	7	45,5	49	34,50
18	24		Mehul, Sondhi	U15	IND	1570	Delhi	7	45	49,5	37,25
19	45		Vatsal, Singla	U15	IND	1409	Delhi	6,5	52	54	35,75
20	22		Arshpreet, Singh	U15	IND	1612	Haryana	6,5	51,5	56,5	38,25
21	32	AFM	Hariom, Solanki		IND	1488	Delhi	6,5	49	53,5	34,75
22	27		Rituraj, Singh		IND	1514	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	48,5	51,5	35,50
23	33		Siddhant, Nath Jha		IND	1467	Haryana	6,5	48	51,5	34,75
24	8		Hriday, Panchal		IND	1870	Delhi	6,5	47	51,5	35,50
25	42	AFM	Arhan, Jain	U15	IND	1412	Haryana	6,5	47	50,5	32,25
26	157		Naitik, Jain	U15	IND	1112	Haryana	6,5	46,5	50	34,25
27	30		Gaha, Narayan		IND	1501	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	46,5	49,5	31,25
28	36		Mahir, Taneja	U15	IND	1453	Delhi	6,5	45,5	49,5	32,50
29	18		Abhijith, U		IND	1654	Kerala	6,5	45,5	49	35,25
30	189		Supratim, Bhadra	U15	IND	1012	Delhi	6,5	45	49,5	34,75

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