Champion: Arpan Das (West Bengal)

Last-round win

IM Aradhya Garg was leading the tournament with 7.5/8 points after the penultimate round; Arpan Das was on 7/8 points with five other players. On the top board, Aradhya drew his game, and Arpan defeated Gagan Sahu on the second board to finish in 1st place according to tiebreaks.

Runner-up: Aradhya Garg (Delhi)

Second runner-up: Harshit Ranjan Sahu

Arpan suffered a loss in the 5th round against Shankadeep Maity; then he scored 4 consecutive wins to win the tournament and increase 22.8 rating points

Games in action at Khirwal Banquet Hall, Sadar Bazar, Chaibasa, Jharkhand

Beautiful trophies for the winners

Ceremonial 1st move by Chief Guests

A total of 383 players took part in this 5 days FIDE rated classical tournament with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. West Singhbhum District Chess Association organised this tournament from 30th September to 4th October at Khirwal Banquet Hall, Sadar Bazar, Chaibasa, Jharkhand.

Replay Available Games

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.

Name

FED

Rtg

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

Arpan, Das

IND

2078

West Bengal

8

52

57

50,5

0

8

4

2

IM

Aradhya, Garg

IND

2430

Delhi

8

51,5

55,5

48,75

0

7

3

3

FM

Harshit, Ranjan Sahu

IND

2387

Odisha

7,5

52,5

55

44

0

7

3

4

Rwitik, Chakraborty

IND

1925

West Bengal

7,5

52

56,5

44,75

0

7

4

5

Rishan, Debnath

IND

1980

West Bengal

7,5

51,5

56,5

46,25

0

7

4

6

Srijon, Saha

IND

2195

West Bengal

7,5

51

54,5

43

0

7

5

7

FM

Dhananjay, S

IND

2336

Chhattisgarh

7,5

50

53

42,5

0

7

4

8

WCM

Sravyasree, Bheemarasetty

IND

2020

Andhra Pradesh

7,5

49,5

54

43,5

0

7

3

9

Soumalya, Mondol

IND

1905

West Bengal

7,5

48,5

52,5

41,75

0

7

3

10

Gagan, Sahu

IND

1957

Chhattisgarh

7

53,5

58,5

43,25

0

6

3

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