13-year-old Suhan Deshpande wins Below 1600 FIDE Rated at Nagpur

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/08/2019

13-year-old Suhan Deshpande of Nagpur, Maharashtra won Below 1600 FIDE Rated by scoring an unbeaten 8.0/9. Ajinkya Nichat and Prathmesh Dharmadhikari also finished with the same score, however due to a better tie-break score Suhan clinched the championship and won ₹51000 cash along with a trophy. Suhan gained 127 Elo rating points and Ajinkya gained 119. Total 398 players participated from 3 federations - India, Ghana and Netherlands. Players from 14 different states participated in this 3-day Rating tournament. Photo: IA Swapnil Bansod

Suhan wins his first championship at Nagpur

Starting out as the 55th seed of the tournament, Suhan remained undefeated, scored 8.0/9 at a performance of 1697 to win the tournament. Three players finished at the same score, however due to a better tie-break score, Suhan won the championship.

Champion Suhan Deshpande receives his champion's trophy, ₹51000 and a beautiful trophy | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

Suhan's unbeaten championship run of 8.0/9 made sure he gains 127 Elo rating points

Ajinkya Nichat also scored 8.0/9, finished at 2nd place, received ₹41000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

Ajinkya also remained unbeaten and gained 119 Elo rating points

Prathmaesh Dharmadhikari scored 8.0/9, he was placed 3rd and received his prize of ₹31000 cash from IM Anup Deshmukh | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

Prathmesh lost round 2 but then he won 7 consecutive games to score 8.0/9 and finish 3rd

Photo Gallery:

Mohan Mate makes the inaugural move is being made | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

This event was inaugurated at the hands of Mohan Mate, Ex-MLA, Central Nagpur. Other dignitaries present were Dilip Kamdar, President, Nagpur District Chess Association, K K Barat, Secretary, Nagpur District Chess Association, SNA Sushant Jumde, Organising Secretary & IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter.

The tournament hall | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

The shining beautiful trophies | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

Prize winners with the guests at the closing ceremony | Photo: Swapnil Bansod

The closing ceremony was organized in a grand manner at the hands of Anup Deshmukh, International Master, Nagpur. The other guests present were Ravish Kale, Manager, Naivedhyam North Star, Manish Tiwari, Operations in-charge Naivedhyam Group, Umesh Panbude, Tournament Secretary NDCA, SNA Sushant Jumde, Organising Secretary & IA Swapnil Bansod Chief Arbiter on the occasion.

Total 398 players participated in this event from 3 different federations India, Ghana and Netherlands, including 14 different states and one special unit SSCB. The tournament was organized by Jai Sai Welfare Foundation at Naivedhyam North Star in Nagpur from 26th to 28th July 2019.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	55	Deshpande Suhan	U15		IND	1376	MAH-N	8,0	0,0	51,5	54,5	48,00	7	40	127,2
2	36	Nichat Ajinkya			IND	1405	MAH	8,0	0,0	50,5	54,0	47,00	7	40	119,2
3	37	Prathmesh Dharmadhikari			IND	1400	MAH	8,0	0,0	45,0	49,5	43,50	8	20	45,8
4	15	Vishwanath Kannam			IND	1504	AP	7,5	0,0	52,0	56,5	45,00	7	20	13,6
5	61	Bodkhe Aditya	U11		IND	1367	MAH-N	7,5	0,0	47,5	51,5	41,75	7	40	111,6
6	19	Mudliyar Kshitij	U15		IND	1482	MAH-N	7,5	0,0	46,5	49,0	39,75	7	40	42,0
7	43	Raut Kailash			IND	1390	MAH-N	7,5	0,0	45,0	49,0	39,75	6	40	62,0
8	4	Satyam Prakash			IND	1572	DEL	7,0	0,0	52,0	56,0	41,75	5	20	1,6
9	24	Qureshi A S			IND	1470	CG	7,0	0,0	52,0	56,0	40,50	7	20	22,4
10	20	Das Jitendra Kumar			IND	1477	ODI	7,0	0,0	51,5	56,0	41,75	6	20	18,6
11	21	Piyush Narsikar			IND	1476	MAH	7,0	0,0	51,5	55,5	40,00	7	20	22,0
12	38	Siddik Akbar			IND	1395	TN	7,0	0,0	49,5	54,0	40,25	5	20	31,8
13	292	Gahine Ashish			IND	0	CG	7,0	0,0	48,5	53,0	39,50	6
14	40	Iyer Arvind	U11		IND	1392	MAH	7,0	0,0	48,5	52,5	39,25	6	40	51,6
15	32	Bakshi Mandar			IND	1430	MAH	7,0	0,0	48,0	52,0	38,00	6	20	4,0
16	5	Murarilal Kori			IND	1561	MP	7,0	0,0	48,0	52,0	37,00	7	20	5,0
17	47	Sanjib Mali			IND	1384	WB	7,0	0,0	48,0	49,0	35,00	7	20	37,6
18	35	Prerak Jayant Darvekar	U13		IND	1408	MAH-N	7,0	0,0	46,5	51,5	39,00	6	40	23,6
19	46	Khandelwal Naman			IND	1384	MAH	7,0	0,0	46,0	49,5	37,50	6	40	54,8
20	63	Mohammad Mudassir			IND	1352	AP	7,0	0,0	46,0	48,0	35,00	6	20	34,8
21	16	Prakhar Gupta (Mp)	U15		IND	1492	MP	7,0	0,0	45,5	50,0	37,25	6	40	9,2
22	213	Haridev S	U09		IND	1102	TN	7,0	0,0	45,5	50,0	36,50	7	40	181,6
23	84	Osman Bin Sayeed			IND	1316	TEL	7,0	0,0	38,0	41,0	31,50	7	20	36,2
24	26	Mahendar B			IND	1462	TEL	6,5	0,0	51,5	56,0	37,75	5	20	10,0
25	45	Bala Ganeshan			IND	1386	KER	6,5	0,0	51,0	53,5	35,75	6	20	29,6
26	6	Gokula Vishnu R	U13		IND	1556	TN	6,5	0,0	49,0	53,0	34,50	6	40	-8,8
27	18	Pawar Sohum			IND	1483	MAH	6,5	0,0	48,5	52,5	34,50	6	20	-2,6
28	30	Sahoo Devendra Kumar	S55		IND	1435	ODI	6,5	0,0	48,0	53,0	35,25	6	20	8,6
29	11	Gopinath P			IND	1537	TN	6,5	0,0	47,0	51,0	35,00	6	20	-14,6
30	56	Saksham Omer			IND	1374	UP	6,5	0,0	46,5	47,0	29,75	6	20	15,4

Complete standings

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