Kushagra shines in Serbia
IM Kushagra Mohan won Vojvodina Rapid Rating Open 2024 scoring an unbeaten 6.5/7 on 26th June. The following day on 27th June, Kushagra finished third in the Blitz Rating Open. A little over a week later, Kushagra secured second place at 20th Uros Dinic Memorial Rapid Rating Open, part of 17th Paracin International Chess Festival 2024.
Before this, IM Aswath S scored 6/9 to finish third at Vojvodina Open 2024. He also won KLETT junior league international part of Vojvodina Open, for Velammal Nexus India team. They were Classical and Rapid rating events respectively.
A total of 127 players including 16 GMs, 21 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from 21 countries across the world in this nine-day nine-round Swiss league Rating Open A (>2100) tournament. It was organized by FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic at Pool 'Prestige' in Paracin, Serbia from 3rd to 11th July 2024. The time control for the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings in Open A
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | IM | Mardov, Dimitar | U16 | USA | 2484 | 7,5 | 49 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 16,8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2587 | 6,5 | 49,5 | 37 | 5 | 10 | -0,8 | |||
| 3 | 30 | IM | Kushagra, Mohan | U20 | IND | 2367 | 6,5 | 48 | 35,5 | 5 | 10 | 16,5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2600 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 33 | 4 | 10 | -8,6 | |||
| 5 | 28 | IM | Aswath, S | U16 | IND | 2371 | 6,5 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 20 | 50,8 | ||
| 6 | 25 | FM | Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt | U20 | MGL | 2402 | 6,5 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Antal, Gergely | HUN | 2559 | 6,5 | 45 | 33,5 | 4 | 10 | -2,2 | |||
| 8 | 18 | IM | Ben Ari, Yannay | U20 | ISR | 2437 | 6,5 | 44 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 9,1 | ||
| 9 | 29 | IM | Tanriverdi, Enes | U20 | TUR | 2371 | 6,5 | 42 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 15,7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2581 | 6,5 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 10 | -5,5 |
A total of 145 players including 7 GMs, 14 IMs and a WGM took part from 20 countries across the world in this one-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament. It was organized by FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic at Pool 'Prestige' in Paracin, Serbia on 7th July 2024. The time control for the tournament was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.
Final standings in Uros Dinic Rapid
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | IM | Maksimovic, Bojan | BIH | 2536 | 7,5 | 49 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 3,5 | |||
| 2 | 20 | IM | Kushagra, Mohan | U20 | IND | 2260 | 7,5 | 42,5 | 35,5 | 7 | 20 | 38,4 | ||
| 3 | 8 | GM | Pikula, Dejan | S50 | SRB | 2405 | 7 | 50,5 | 38,5 | 5 | 10 | 9,8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2612 | 7 | 49,5 | 40 | 5 | 10 | -4,5 | |||
| 5 | 26 | IM | Aswath, S | U16 | IND | 2212 | 7 | 49 | 35,5 | 6 | 40 | 96 | ||
| 6 | 7 | GM | Tilicheev, Viacheslav | SRB | 2427 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 4,8 | |||
| 7 | 22 | CM | Shogdzhiev, Roman | U10 | FID | 2251 | 7 | 45 | 34,5 | 6 | 40 | 65,6 | ||
| 8 | 17 | IM | Agibileg, Uurtsaikh | MGL | 2286 | 7 | 43,5 | 33 | 7 | 20 | -9,6 | |||
| 9 | 23 | IM | Bashirli, Nail | AZE | 2243 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 20 | 20,6 | |||
| 10 | 2 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2561 | 6,5 | 51,5 | 37,5 | 6 | 10 | -4,2 |
