Suvrajit Saha wins 3rd CCPA Open 2018

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/01/2019

IM Suvrajit Saha of Indian Railways won 3rd CCPA Open FIDE Rated 2018 at Duliajan, Assam. Suvrajit remained unbeaten and finished with a score of 8.0/10, tied for the first position with IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam. However due to a better tie-break score, Suvrajit edged ahead and became the champion. This is his second championship run in 2018, as he won Kandy Open few months ago. IM Somak Palit scored 7.5/10 and secured third runner-up position out of a pack of six players finishing with the same score. This report contains an annotated game by the champion himself. Photo: Suvrajit Saha

Suvrajit Saha's unbeaten run

IM Suvrajit Saha became champion by scoring 8.0/10, he won a trophy and ₹40000 cash | Photo: Suvrajit Saha

Suvrajit's another unbeaten championship run

Suvrajit shared an annotated game of his from round 2 against Dhruv Phukan. Here is a key moment in the game:

White just played 18.N3d2. Find out the best continuation for Black here.

IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam also scored 8.0/10 and he was placed 2nd. IM Somak Palit scored 7.5/10 and secured 3rd position. They both won a trophy and ₹25000 and ₹20000 cash respectively | Photo: Suvrajit Saha

The tournament was organized by Chess Players' Parents' Association in Duliajan, Assam from 15th to 20th December 2018. Total 130 players participated including 3 IMs from various states across the country.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2	IM	Suvrajit Saha				IND	2224	8,0	0,5	64,5	68,0	10	8	8,31	-0,31	10	-3,1
2	3	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	S45-			IND	2182	8,0	0,5	63,5	68,5	10	8	7,81	0,19	10	1,9
3	1	IM	Palit Somak				IND	2343	7,5	0,0	60,5	65,5	10	7,5	8,80	-1,30	10	-13,0
4	12		Mughaho Awomi				IND	1706	7,5	0,0	60,0	65,0	10	7,5	5,91	1,59	20	31,8
5	6		Utpal Baruah	S45-			IND	2043	7,5	0,0	59,0	64,0	9	6,5	6,53	-0,03	20	-0,6
6	4		Singh Y. Dhanabir				IND	2107	7,5	0,0	57,5	62,0	10	7,5	7,85	-0,35	20	-7,0
7	11		Rintu Brahma				IND	1731	7,5	0,0	56,5	61,0	10	7,5	7,89	-0,39	20	-7,8
8	5		Manoj Barua	S45-			IND	2101	7,5	0,0	56,0	61,0	10	7,5	8,56	-1,06	20	-21,2
9	8		Rakesh Chakravorty				IND	1860	7,0	0,0	63,5	68,0	10	7	6,13	0,87	20	17,4
10	30		Abhash Roimya Saikia	U11			IND	1381	7,0	0,0	61,5	66,0	9	6	2,51	3,49	40	139,6
11	14		Cheniram Pegu				IND	1689	7,0	0,0	57,5	62,0	10	7	7,29	-0,29	20	-5,8
12	7		Projit Phukon				IND	1907	7,0	0,0	53,5	58,0	9	6	7,68	-1,68	20	-33,6
13	29		Mukul Borah	U13			IND	1389	7,0	0,0	51,5	55,5	9	6	5,46	0,54	40	21,6
14	9		Singh Chingkhei				IND	1785	6,5	0,0	58,0	62,5	10	6,5	6,05	0,45	20	9,0
15	38		Pran Govinda Parashar Kashyap	U11			IND	1320	6,5	0,0	57,0	61,0	9	5,5	2,44	3,06	40	122,4
16	17		Sathyanarayanan S.				IND	1586	6,5	0,0	54,5	58,5	10	6,5	7,23	-0,73	20	-14,6
17	20		Jitabrata Nath	U13			IND	1445	6,5	0,0	54,5	58,0	9	5,5	6,01	-0,51	40	-20,4
18	47		Winee Thengal	U13	w		IND	1268	6,5	0,0	53,0	55,0	8	4,5	1,85	2,65	40	106,0
19	42		Pratyush Kiran Borgohain	U13			IND	1296	6,5	0,0	52,0	56,0	8	5,5	3,39	2,11	40	84,4
20	121		Rituraj Tamuli				IND	0	6,5	0,0	51,5	55,5	8	4,5
21	53		Jutiaditya Kakoti	U13			IND	1244	6,5	0,0	51,5	54,5	8	4,5	1,52	2,98	40	119,2
22	28		Aarohan Saikia	U13			IND	1397	6,5	0,0	48,5	52,5	8	5,5	6,05	-0,55	40	-22,0
23	27		Dhrubajyoti Borpatra				IND	1413	6,5	0,0	48,5	50,5	8	5,5	6,12	-0,62	40	-24,8
24	44		Sneha Halder	U09	w		IND	1282	6,5	0,0	48,0	52,5	5	2,5	1,10	1,40	40	56,0
25	57		Vivek Rajkumar	U11			IND	1211	6,0	0,0	57,5	62,0	9	5	1,58	3,42	40	136,8

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