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Aaditya Dhingra triumphs at 3rd AFCA Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/04/2024

IM Aaditya Dhingra scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 3rd AFCA Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Seven players - FM Namitbir Singh Walia, Dhrupad Kashyap, FM Garv Gaur, Sahil Bheron, Mrityunjay Kumar, IM Aradhya Garg and Aarit Kapil scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to eighth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹51000, ₹35000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each respectively. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana on 13th and 14th April 2024. This is Aaditya's third tournament triumph in 2024.

Aaditya's third tournament victory in 2024

Seven players - Dhrupad Kashyap, IM Aaditya Dhingra, FM Namitbir Singh Walia, FM Aaryan Varshney, FM Garv Gaur, Arshpreet Singh and Mrityunjay Kumar were sharing the lead 7/8 before the final round. Mrityunjay drew with Namitbit, Aaditya defeated Arshpreet, Dhrupad shared the point with Garv, IM Aradhya Garg defeated Aaryan. Aaditya became a clear champion, Namitbir second and Dhrupad third. 8-year-old Aarit Kapil scored 7.5/9 to finish eighth.

Champion - IM Aaditya Dhingra 8/9

Top 5 (L to R): 3rd Dhrupad Kashyap 7.5/9, 1st IM Aaditya Dhingra 8/9, 2nd FM Namitbir Singh Walia 7.5/9, 4th FM Garv Gaur 7.5/9 and 5th Sahil Bheron 7.5/9 | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

IM Aaditya Dhingra scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 14.4 Elo rating points

Specially Abled - 1st O P Tiwari 6/9, 2nd Vaibhav Gautam 5.5/9 and 3rd Kunal Sharma 5/9 | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

Players in action | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

The prizes for the prize winners | Photo: Neetu Agarwal

A total of 351 players including a GM and an IM took part from various states all over the country, and one from England, Nigeria and Zimbabwe each in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament. It was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana on 13th and 14th April 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.SNo NameTypFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
16
IMAaditya, DhingraIND2149Haryana853,55850,25
23
FMNamitbir, Singh WaliaIND2239Punjab7,552,55746,00
38
Dhrupad, KashyapIND19647,552,556,545,50
47
FMGarv, GaurIND1972Haryana7,55155,545,50
530
Sahil, BheronIND1740Haryana7,54852,542,50
618
Mrityunjay, KumarIND1828Bihar7,5485240,75
74
FMAradhya, GargIND22077,547,551,542,25
822
Aarit, KapilU09IND17997,544,54940,25
924
Arshpreet, SinghU15IND1779Haryana752,55539,50
109
Daksh, GoyalIND1933Delhi7525641,00
115
FMAaryan, VarshneyIND2168Delhi7525640,75
122
FMSingh, OjasvaIND2286Madhya Pradesh750,55541,00
1320
AIMSuraj, DahiyaIND1809Haryana7505440,50
141
GMSwayams, MishraIND24457505440,00
1540
Sushant, TiwariIND1687Delhi748,55237,75
1623
AGMSundram, KumarIND178374852,538,25
1732
CMNimay, AgrawalU13IND17217475136,75
1811
FMRosh, JainU13IND1920Delhi746,55037,25
1931
Mehul, SondhiU13IND1725Delhi74447,533,50
2012
WFMShubhi, GuptaU15IND19066,5535839,75
2125
Goel, PratyakshIND1770Chandigarh6,55154,537,00
2214
FMDaaevik, WadhawanU15IND1848New Delhi6,550,555,537,75
2310
Sharma, HarishIND19226,54953,537,75
2429
Shubh, KapurIND1745Delhi6,54952,534,75
2519
AGMGopal, Krishna MaheshwariIND1814Meerut6,548,552,535,25
2615
Aryan, RanjanIND1836Delhi6,5464934,50
2753
ACMSoumyadip, DebIND1641Telangana6,5454932,25
2828
Siddhant, Nath JhaIND1749Haryana6,5444835,25
2917
Samarth, MittalIND1829Haryana6,5444833,50
3039
Sadbhav, RautelaU15IND16956,5444832,75

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