Anurag Jaiswal convincingly clinches Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2023 in Jharkhand

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/08/2023

Anurag Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2023 in Jharkhand. He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Eight players scored 7/9 each. Out of them, 10-year-old Adhiraj Mitra and Akshat Negi were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. The winner Anurag defeated the eventual runner-up, Adhiraj in the final round to become a clear champion. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹75000 + trophies. Top three prizes were ₹15000 + trophy, ₹10000 and ₹7000. The tournament was held from 5th to 9th August 2023 at St. Xavier’s Welfare Center in Chaibasa, Jharkhand. It was organized by West Singhbhum District Chess Association. This was Anurag's first rating tournament triumph in almost four years. The objective of Chess for Everyone is to attract more players to participate in tournaments, get rating in an event which has low entry fee barrier of only ₹250. Photos: Basant Khandelwal

10-year-old Adhiraj Mitra secures second place

Adhiraj Mitra (JHAR) and Anurag Jaiswal (WB) were the coleaders 7/8 heading into the final round of the tournament. Adhiraj had better tie-breaks and Akshat Negi (DEL) had the possibility of catching up if Adhiraj and Anurag drew their game against each other. Being in a virtual must-win situation, Anurag defeated Adhiraj to become a clear champion 8/9. Adhiraj finished second 7/9. Akshat defeated 11-year-old Shreyan Gupta Barman (WB) to finish third 7/9.

Champion - Anurag Jaiswal 8/9

Runner-up - Adhiraj Mitra (right) 7/9

Second Runner-up - Akshat Negi (left) 7/9

Anurag Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a full point ahead of the competition and gained 48.6 Elo rating points

Inaugural first moves are being made

Players in action

Various prize winners

The prizes were given by Ananya Mittal, D C West Singhbhum, Ms. Shruri Rajlakshmi, Assistant Collector of West Singhbhum, Mukund Rungta and other dignitaries.

Thanks to Basant Khandelwal, Organizing Secretary, for sharing the photos and info about the tournament.

A total of 164 players took part from various states across the country in this five-day nine round Swiss-league Rating tournament which was organized by West Singhbhum District Chess Association at St. Xavier’s Welfare Center in Chaibasa, Jharkhand from 5th to 9th August 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	7		Anurag, Jaiswal				IND	1708	West Bengal	8	50	54,5	48,75	0	7
2	6		Adhiraj, Mitra	U11			IND	1716	Jharkhand	7	51,5	55,5	40,75	0	6
3	9		Akshat, Negi				IND	1644	Delhi	7	50	55	41,75	0	6
4	2		Rohan, Vijay Shandilya				IND	1918	Jharkhand	7	47,5	52,5	39,00	0	7
5	13		Kamal Kishore, Debnath			WS	IND	1560	Jharkhand	7	47,5	52	39,00	0	5
6	3		Biswajit, Chatterjee			WS	IND	1852	Jharkhand	7	46,5	49,5	36,75	0	6
7	8		Manish, Sharma			WS	IND	1665	Jharkhand	7	45,5	50	38,00	0	5
8	27	AFM	Abhiraj, De	U13			IND	1363	Jharkhand	7	44,5	48	35,75	0	6
9	46		Shreyan, Gupta Barman	U13			IND	1230	West Bengal	7	43,5	47	35,75	0	6
10	5		Kishan, Kumar				IND	1791	Bihar	6,5	51	55,5	38,25	0	5
11	20		Ranit, Maity	U13			IND	1416	West Bengal	6,5	48,5	53	36,75	0	4
12	1		Tripathy, B C	S55			IND	1930	Jharkhand	6,5	48,5	53	35,75	0	5
13	4		Rajesh, Kumar			WS	IND	1796	Jharkhand	6,5	46,5	51,5	34,75	0	6
14	18		Debanjan, Sinha	U13			IND	1423	Jharkhand	6,5	46	49,5	33,00	0	6
15	24		Narendra, Agarwal	U09			IND	1385	West Bengal	6,5	45	48,5	32,00	0	6
16	25		Raja, Bose				IND	1381	Jharkhand	6,5	44,5	48,5	34,25	0	5
17	16		Vibhash, Kumar Sinha				IND	1515	Jharkhand	6,5	44	48,5	33,75	0	6
18	17		Rishan, Debnath	U13			IND	1511	West Bengal	6	49	52,5	32,25	0	5
19	15		Sagnik, Halder	U13			IND	1539	West Bengal	6	46,5	51	32,50	0	4
20	22		Sinjan, Roy	U13			IND	1395	West Bengal	6	46	50	30,75	0	5

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