An encore performance for Rupesh

Aniket Ranjan was the sole leader heading into the final round 7/8. Rupesh B Ramchandra, Vipul Subhashi and Ram Charan were trailing him by a half point at 6.5/8. Aniket lost to Rupesh and Vipul beat Ram Charan in the final round. Thus, Rupesh became champion, Vipul second. Ranit Maity won against Shaurya Prakash S to finish third. Ranit was the youngest among the top ten.

Champion - Rupesh B Ramachandra 7.5/9

The tournament banner

Rupesh B Ramchandra scored an unbeaten 7.5/9, registered six wins and gained 3.8 Elo rating points

Players getting ready for action

Various prize winners

The tournament hall at Khel Bhawan, Motihari in Bihar

A total of 114 players took part from various states across the country in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by East Champaran District Chess Association at Khel Bhawan in Motihari, Bihar from 6th to 10th December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes  + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.SNoNameTypsexFEDRtgIClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
14Rupesh, B RamchandraIND1694Bihar7,550,555,545,5006203,8
22Vipul, SubhashiIND1968Bihar7,548,55140,750720-16,2
39Ranit, MaityU13IND1511Wb751,556,543,25064038,8
48Aniket, RanjanIND1556Bihar751,555,537,75064061,2
56Mohd, Tabseer AlamIND1596Bihar75053,540,00062013
61Singh, Suman KumarS50IND2108Bihar7485339,500620-26,8
714Piyush, Kumar MishraIND1354Bihar74851,539,750520-0,8
83Ram, CharanIND1747Motihari6,5505336,000620-18,8
931Kartikeya, NandanU15IND1083Bihar6,5485135,500640146,4
1013Vijendra, KumarIND1370Bihar6,54750,533,7505201,8
1116Ahanjit, BanerjeeU15IND1337Wb6,5464934,25064019,6
1218Madhav, Kumar YashwantU15IND1253Bihar6,544,54832,750640-32
1332Yatharth, NathaniU13IND1073Bihar6,5444832,250640120,8
1434Suvam, GhoshU13IND1053Wb6,54244,530,50044080,8
1521Tejas, ShandilyaU13IND1213Bihar6485230,00064014

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