IM Praveen Kumar wins 2nd RCPA Open 2019

Praveen Kumar's first championship in almost two years

Second seed IM Praveen Kumar C wins 2nd RCPA Open by scoring 8.0/10 and finishing ahead of five other players who finished with the same score.

Here is the best game of IM Praveen Kumar against Karan Trivedi (1886) of Gujarat in the penultimate round.

For the opening ceremony of tournament Honourable Mayor RMC Binaben Aacharya was Chief Guest; Social welfare club RMC Nitin Bhardwaj; Kishorsinh Jethwa Coordinator; RCPA Members CA Parinbhai Patel, Dr. Nimishbhai Parikh, CA Keyurbhai Parmar, CS Piyushbhai Jethwa, Manishbhai Parmar, Vipulbhai Makwana, Mitesh Borkhetariya, Himanshu Zala and Himatbhai Ajmera; Chief Arbiter IA I G Parmar; Dy. Chief Arbiter FA Pavan Rathi were present on dais.

For the Closing ceremony of tournament Honourable CEO Bhavesh Patel was Chief Guest; Vice-President of GSCA Mayur Patel; Kishorsinh Jethwa Co-ordinator; RCPA Members CA Parinbhai Patel, Dr. Nimishbhai Parikh, CA Keyurbhai Parmar, CS Piyushbhai Jethwa, Manishbhai Parmar and Vipulbhai Makwana; Chief Arbiter IA I G Parmar; Dy. Chief Arbiter were present on dais.

The tournament was organized by Rajkot Chess Players Association from 13th - 18th August 2019 at Anandnagar Community Hall in Rajkot, Gujarat. Total ₹300000 worth of prize fund was distributed among 88 prize winners.

Final Standings

Complete standings

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