Last round victory helped him!
Going into the last round of the tournament, IM Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla and IM Utsab Chatterjee were co-leading with 7.5/8 points and got paired against each other on board 1. Playing with the black pieces, IM Bala Chandra secured a victory against Utsab to clinch the title. He only drew one of his games against the runner-up of the tournament, Arnav Agrawal.
Chief guest -Deepak Birua, Minister of Transport, land reforms, and revenue, along with Nitin Prakash (Chairman, Nagar Parishad and title sponsor), Patron Dipendra Prasad Sao, Mukund Rungta (President, W.S.D.C.A), Basant Khandelwal (General Secretary, W.S.D.C.A), Pawan Khirwal
A total of 277 players, including GM Aaryan Varshney and four International Masters, took part from across the country in this one-day, 9-round Rapid Rating chess tournament.
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
SNo |
| Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | TB6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | IM | IND | 2380 | Andhra Pradesh | 8,5 | 54 | 58,5 | 54,5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||||
2 | 5 | IND | 2186 | Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 54,5 | 59,5 | 51,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
3 | 3 | IM | IND | 2284 | Rspb | 7,5 | 54,5 | 59 | 46,5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||||
4 | 2 | IM | IND | 2319 | Delhi | 7,5 | 52,5 | 54,5 | 43,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||
5 | 6 | IM | IND | 2182 | Chandigarh | 7,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 43,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||
6 | 11 | CM | U15 | IND | 1993 | Uttar Pradesh | 7,5 | 48,5 | 51,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||
7 | 7 | IND | 2178 | West Bengal | 7 | 52 | 56 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
8 | 8 | FM | IND | 2053 | Rspb | 7 | 51,5 | 53,5 | 38,5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||||
9 | 10 | IND | 2032 | Rspb | 7 | 51,5 | 53,5 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
10 | 4 | IM | IND | 2281 | Rspb | 7 | 51 | 56 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||
11 | 12 | IND | 1941 | Bihar | 7 | 47,5 | 50,5 | 36,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
12 | 32 | AGM | IND | 1644 | Jharkhand | 7 | 47,5 | 48,5 | 34,5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||||
13 | 25 | IND | 1742 | Uttar Pradesh | 7 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 35,5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
14 | 13 | AIM | IND | 1931 | Bihar | 7 | 44,5 | 48 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
15 | 62 | IND | 1542 | Jharkhand | 7 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
