Saptarshi RoyChowdhury wins 1st New Delhi Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/12/2024

Seven players - GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, IM Aaryan Varshney, IM Ravi Teja S, IM Sambit Panda, IM Aaditya Dhingra, Jake Shanty and Gaha Narayan scored 8/9 each at 1st New Delhi Rapid Rating Open 2024. Top seed of the tournament, Saptarshi became the champion. The remaining six were placed second to seventh respectively according to tie-breaks. Apart from Aaditya and Gaha, the remaining five were undefeated. The total prize fund was ₹800000. The top three prizes were ₹71000, ₹51000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine-round Swiss league rapid rating tournament was organized by Sara Foundation at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi on 30th November and 1st December. This is Saptarshi's second tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Top seven score 8/9

IM Ravi Teja S was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. 14 players were trailing him by a half point at 7/8 each. Ravi drew with FM Ojasva Singh, the former finished third. Top seed of the event, GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury defeated FM Joydeep Dutta to become the champion. Kathan Khurana lost to IM Aaryan Varshney and Aaryan secured second place. The top five finishers were only GM and IMs. 13-year-old Jake Shanty is the highest untitled and also the youngest top ten finisher of the tournament. He scored an impressive 8/9 to be placed sixth.

Champion - GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury 8/9

Runner-up - IM Aaryan Varshney 8/9

Second Runner-up - IM Ravi Teja S 8/9

Saptarshi - Joydeep, Round 9

Position after 17...Nb6

GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury (2323) played 18.Bxf4 Qxf4?? got FM Joydeep Dutta's (2114) queen trapped 19.Nf5! Nd5 20.g3 Nxc3 21.Qd3 and Black's queen cannot be saved. White won the game in six more moves.

GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 2.7 Elo rating points

Round 9: FM Namitbir Singh Walia - IM Arghyadip Das: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: chess4india.org

Best Female Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Myra Singh 6.5/9, 2nd WFM Sachi Jain 7/9 and 1st WFM Shubhi Gupta 7/9 | Photo: chess4india.org

Best Differently Abled - Vaibhav Gautam 6.5/9 | Photo: chess4india.org

A total of 688 players including a GM and seven IMs took part from various parts of India and one from USA. The tournament was organized by Sara Foundation at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi on 30th November and 1st December. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi			IND	2323	Railway Sports Promotion Board	8	55	59	51,25	7
2	10	IM	Aaryan, Varshney			IND	2168	Delhi	8	54	57	49,00	7
3	5	IM	Ravi, Teja S.			IND	2237	Andhra Pradesh	8	53	55,5	48,00	7
4	9	IM	Panda, Sambit			IND	2204	Odisha	8	52,5	54,5	47,25	7
5	7	IM	Aaditya, Dhingra			IND	2208	Haryana	8	50,5	54,5	47,50	8
6	42		Jake, Shanty	U14		IND	1799	Kerala	8	50,5	54,5	47,00	7
7	77		Gaha, Narayan			IND	1685	Uttar Pradesh	8	46	49	42,00	8
8	3	IM	Das, Arghyadip			IND	2305	West Bengal	7,5	55	59,5	48,25	6
9	12	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia			IND	2142	Punjab	7,5	54,5	55,5	43,75	6
10	6	FM	Singh, Ojasva			IND	2230	Madhya Pradesh	7,5	53,5	58,5	47,25	6
11	20	FM	Rosh, Jain	U14		IND	1947	Delhi	7,5	52	56,5	45,25	7
12	23		Mrityunjay, Kumar			IND	1899	Bihar	7,5	50	54	43,25	7
13	14	FM	Suvradeepta, Das			IND	2038	West Bengal	7,5	47,5	52	42,00	7
14	30		Goel, Pratyaksh			IND	1858	Chandigarh	7,5	47,5	51	41,00	7
15	15		Sharma, Harish			IND	2011	Delhi	7	56	61	45,00	7
16	4	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee			IND	2254	West Bengal	7	55,5	59,5	43,50	7
17	17	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	U14	w	IND	1988	Uttar Pradesh	7	55	58	42,50	7
18	13	FM	Dutta, Joydeep			IND	2114	West Bengal	7	53	57	41,00	7
19	22		Arshpreet, Singh	U16		IND	1900	Haryana	7	52,5	57	41,75	6
20	25	FM	Aarav, Sinha	U16		IND	1883	Delhi	7	52	57,5	44,00	6
21	40		Hiridik, Rajendran			IND	1805	Tamil Nadu	7	51	55,5	40,50	7
22	45	AGM	Spandan, Srivastava			IND	1783	Delhi	7	51	54	40,00	6
23	83		Naitik, Jain	U12		IND	1647	Haryana	7	50,5	54,5	40,50	7
24	11	FM	Garv, Gaur			IND	2158	Haryana	7	50,5	52,5	38,50	6
25	18	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	U14		IND	1967	Haryana	7	50	54	39,00	7
26	52		Sushant, Tiwari			IND	1736	Delhi	7	49,5	53,5	38,50	7
27	53		Vidit, Sethi	U12		IND	1736	Uttar Pradesh	7	49,5	53,5	37,50	7
28	24		Sharma, Vivek			IND	1890	Bhar	7	49,5	53	38,25	6
29	28		Vatsal, Singla	U14		IND	1869	Delhi	7	49	52	38,25	6
30	32	WFM	Sachi, Jain	U16	w	IND	1850	Delhi	7	48,5	51,5	37,25	6

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