Utkal Ranjan Sahoo wins 1st KT Global Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/05/2023

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo, Nilsu Pattnayak, Alekhya Mukhopadhyay and Arpan Das scored 7.5/9 each. The top seed of the event, Utkal won 1st KT Global School Rating Open 2023 due to better tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Utkal drew against the eventual runner-up Nilsu in the penultimate round. Both of them remained undefeated. The tournament was organized in memory of Arati Bijoy Mohanty. The total prize fund was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each respectively. The five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by IIG Sports Academy and Aarati 64 Squares Foundation. Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Top four score 7.5/9

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo headed into the final round of the tournament as a sole leader 7/8. As many as nine players were trailing by a half point at 6.5/8 each. Utkal drew against Koustuv Dash. Among the remaining eight, only Alekhya Mukhopadhyay, Nilsu Pattnayak and Arpan Das won their respective games to move to 7.5/9. However, Utkal won the tournament, due to better tie-break score. This is Utkal's second triumph of the year. He won the All India Civil Services Individal Men tournament 2022-23 in March.

Champion - Utkal Ranjan Sahoo 7.5/9

Runner-up - Nilsu Pattnayak 7.5/9 | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Second Runner-up - Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 7.5/9 | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Top two - 2nd Nilsu Pattnayak (left) and 1st Utkal Ranjan Sahoo

Utkal in action | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo scored 7.5/9 and remained undefeated

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Inaugural first move is made | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

The tournament hall at KT Global School in Khordha, Odisha | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Players in action | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

The Arbiters team | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Waiting area for the parents and accompanying persons | Photo: IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda/IIG Media

Thanks to IA Jyoti Shankar Nanda, Manager-Strategy of IIG Sports Academy for sharing photos.

A total of 187 players participated from various states across the country. The five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by IIG Sports Academy and Aarati 64 Squares Foundation at KT Global School, Khordha in Odisha from 21st to 25th April 2023. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan			IND	2391	ODI	7,5	51	54	43,75	0	6
2	4		Pattnayak, Nilsu			IND	1996	ODI	7,5	50	53,5	43,50	0	6
3	3		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay			IND	1999	WB	7,5	49	52,5	42,50	0	7
4	5		Arpan, Das			IND	1981	WB	7,5	46,5	48,5	39,25	0	7
5	7		Koustuv, Dash	U15		IND	1919	ODI	7	52,5	57,5	43,50	0	6
6	8		Badamundi, Tapan			IND	1862	ODI	7	51	55,5	41,25	0	6
7	13		Priansh, Das	U15		IND	1763	ODI	7	47	52	37,50	0	7
8	19		Nayak, Sajan Kumar			IND	1650	ODI	7	47	51	37,50	0	7
9	31		Sahoo, Stitaprangya	U15		IND	1428	ODI	7	47	50,5	37,25	0	6
10	17		Aritrya, Pal			IND	1651	WB	7	42,5	45,5	32,50	0	6
11	25		Suryapranjal, Indrajeet S P			IND	1546	ODI	7	41,5	44,5	34,25	0	6
12	11		Uddipan, Roy	U15		IND	1800	WB	6,5	52,5	55,5	37,00	0	5
13	10		Kishore, Kumar Jaganathan			IND	1823	TN	6,5	51	55	36,75	0	6
14	14		Sanket, Sagar Dash			IND	1730	ODI	6,5	51	54	36,50	0	6
15	15	CM	Sahu, Rajendra Kumar			IND	1712	ODI	6,5	49	53	35,00	0	6
16	22		Majhi, Fakir			IND	1566	ODI	6,5	48,5	50,5	32,75	0	6
17	6		Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar			IND	1960	ODI	6,5	47,5	49	33,00	0	6
18	28		Nigash, G			IND	1491	TN	6,5	47	51,5	35,25	0	6
19	24		Pattnaik, Bishal			IND	1549	ODI	6,5	45,5	49,5	31,25	0	6
20	9		Das, Susobhit			IND	1858	ODI	6	53,5	55	33,75	0	4

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