Shubham Kumar clinches Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2024 in Jharkhand

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/11/2024

Shubham Kumar scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Adhiraj Mitra and CM Anurag Jaiswal scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Shubham defeated Adhiraj in Round 6. Anurag also remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹75000 + trophies. The top three prizes were ₹15000 + trophy, ₹10000 and ₹7000 each. The five-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by West Singhbhum District Chess Association at St. Xavier's Welfare Center in Chaibasa, Jharkhand from 16th to 20th October 2024. This is Shubham's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

12-year-old Adhiraj finishes second

Shubham Kumar was the sole leader 7/8 heading into the final round. Seven players - Rupesh B Ramchandra, Adhiraj Mitra, Shankhadeep Maity, CM Anurag Jaiswal, Avijit Das, Gagan Sahu and Arkoprabha Banik were at 6.5/8 each. Shubham defeated Arkoprabha to become the champion. Adhiraj and Anurag won against Rupesh and Shankhadeep, to finish second and third respectively.

Champion - Shubham Kumar 8/9 | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Runner-up - Adhiraj Mitra 7.5/9 | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Second Runner-up - Anurag Jaiswal 7.5/9 | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Inaugural first move | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Chief Guest at the opening ceremony was - Mr. Ashutosh Shekhar, S P West Singhbhum, Guest of honour - Ms. Ruparani Tirkey, Commonwealth Games Gold medalist in Lawn Bowl and District Sports Officer, West Singhbhum along with Mr. Mukund Rungta, President, West Singhbhum District Chess Association and owner of Rungta Steel TMT, and Basant Khandelwal, General Secretary, West Singhbhum District Chess Association.

Shubham Kumar scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 33.6 Elo rating points

Best Specially Abled - Nabhneel Das 5.5/9 | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

90-year-old T V Subramanian is an inspiration to all. He scored 5/9 | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Chief Guest at the closing ceremony was - Mr. Kuldeep Choudhary, IAS, DC, West Singhbhum. Guest of Honour - Mr. Sandeep Kumar Meena, IAS, DDC West Singhbhum and Mr. Arnav Mishra, IAS, Assistant Collector, West Singhbhum, along with Mr. Mukund Rungta, President, West Singhbhum District Chess Association and owner of Rungta Steel TMT, and Basant Khandelwal, General Secretary, West Singhbhum District Chess Association.

Players in action | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

The tournament hall at St. Xavier’s Welfare Center in Chaibasa, Jharkhand | Photo: Basant Khandelwal/West Singhbhum District Chess Association

Thanks to Basant Khandelwal, General Secretary, West Singhbhum District Chess Association for sharing photographs and info about the tournament.

A total of 198 players took part from all over the country in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by West Singhbhum District Chess Association at St. Xavier's Welfare Center in Chaibasa, Jharkhand from 16th to 20th October 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	4		Shubham, Kumar			IND	1849	Bihar	8	50,5	55	48,25	7
2	3	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	U13		IND	1864	Jhar.	7,5	51	54,5	43,75	7
3	2	CM	Anurag, Jaiswal			IND	1914	WB	7,5	49,5	54	44,75	6
4	5		Gagan, Sahu			IND	1843	CG	7	48,5	52	38,00	5
5	1		Avijit, Das			IND	1938	WB	7	47,5	51	38,75	6
6	6		Rupesh, B Ramchandra			IND	1839	Bihar	6,5	52,5	55	36,25	5
7	9	AIM	Shankhadeep, Maity			IND	1824	WB	6,5	52,5	54,5	35,75	6
8	10		Md, Tabsheer Alam			IND	1796	Bihar	6,5	50,5	54	36,75	6
9	14		Manideep, Mukhi			IND	1749	Jhar.	6,5	49	54	36,75	5
10	19		Kathakali, Dey	F15	w	IND	1699	WB	6,5	48,5	52,5	35,00	5
11	25		Ahanjit, Banerjee	U15		IND	1662	WB	6,5	47,5	52	36,00	5
12	15		Ranit, Maity	U15		IND	1745	WB	6,5	47	51	35,75	4
13	53		Arkoprobha, Banik			IND	1524	WB	6,5	47	50	32,75	6
14	12		Kamal Kishore, Debnath			IND	1766	Jhar.	6,5	46,5	51	34,75	5
15	8		Soumalya, Mondol			IND	1831	WB	6,5	46,5	50,5	35,50	4
16	20		Subham, Saha			IND	1694	WB(emrs)	6,5	46,5	50	34,50	5
17	23		Abhinav, Singh	U15		IND	1678	Jhar.esdca	6,5	45,5	49,5	33,25	6
18	32		Angshu, Ghosh	U13		IND	1608	WB	6,5	45,5	49	31,75	6
19	42		Tanishk, Kumar	U15		IND	1569	Jhar	6,5	45	47	31,50	5
20	28		Abir, Mitra	U11		IND	1647	WB	6,5	44	47	32,00	6

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