Khelo Chess India Grand Finale - Angela wins Rapid, Saurabh Blitz

by Niklesh Jain - 13/12/2023

The Annual finale of the Khelo Chess India tournament organized by ChessBase India, "Sage Sports Academy Rapid and Blitz took place this Sunday! The Rapid Chess tournament was won by WIM Angela Franco from Colombia, and Saurabh Choubey from Madhya Pradesh bagged the Blitz Chess tournament. This event was organized on 10th December at the Sage International School, Kolar, Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. The Khelo Chess India tournaments, which started in January 2023, have completed 23 events so far. A total prize fund of Rs 61,000 was kept in this competition, of which Rs 50,000 was kept for the rapid tournament and Rs 11,000 was kept for the blitz tournament. Read the final report of this tournament below:

WIM Angela from Colombia wins Khelo Chess India Grand Finale, Saurabh wins Blitz title

The grand finale of the Khelo Chess India chess tournament series “SAGE Sports Academy Rapid and Blitz Chess” was organized yesterday at SAGE International School, Kolar, Bhopal.

Khelo Chess India Rapid Chess tournament was played among 96 players, including 41 players having a FIDE Rating.

WIM from Colombia, Angela Franco won the Rapid tournament.

In this tournament with a time control of 12 minutes + 5 second increment , top-seeded WIM Angela defeated her co-leader - the 4th seed Saurabh Chaubey from Madhya Pradesh, Satna in the final round. She won the tournament on the basis of better tiebreaks by scoring 6/7 points. According to tiebreaks, Gaurav Nigam from Katni stood 2nd, Kamad Mishra from Jabalpur took 3rd place, and Ashwin Daniel of Bhopal bagged 4th position.

Scoring 5/7 points, Saurabh Chaubey from Satna, Shahid Ajmat from Bhopal, Chaitanya Awadh from Jabalpur, and Harshit Dawar from Indore took 5th-8th place respectively. On 5 points, Rupesh Kant of Gwalior stood ninth and Mraduhas Tripathi from Ratlam stood 10th.

The total prize fund for the Rapid tournament was Rs. 50,000.

In the Under-8 girls category, Mishita Maheshwari won gold, Avika Vishwakarma won silver and Dhara Kushwaha won the bronze medal.

In the Under-8 boys category, Medant won gold, Amey Aggarwal won silver and Aryansh Rathore bagged the bronze medal.

Aaradhya Pathak won the gold medal, and Avantika Singh won silver medal in the Under-10 girls category.

In Under-10 boys age group, Praneet Chorghade won the gold medal, Vaidik Sharma won silver and Sriram Karthikeya won the bronze medal.

Moksha Sohni was the best player in the Under-12 girls category.

In the Under-12 age group, Avish Shinde won gold, Deeptansh Kumar won silver and Daksh Jain won the bronze medal.

Among women players, Aditi Srivastava, Dishita Swamy and Mohita Singh took the 1st-3rd positions.

In the senior age group (60+), Dr. Arvind Goswami, Ravikant Paige and Chandrabhan Singh Pawar respectively made it to the top 3 positions.

In the Blitz tournament, Saurabh Choubey won in tiebreaks! WIM Angela Franco finished as the runners-up.

After this, a 7-round Blitz tournament of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move was played! Angela Franco and Saurabh Chaubey were tied for the first place by scoring 6/7 points. Saurabh managed to defeat Angela in a thrilling Armageddon encounter! He won the tournament and Angela was announced the runner-up.

A total of 66 players, including 39 FIDE rated players, participated in this tournament. Om Prakash Kanwal of Ujjain took 3rd place on the basis of better tiebreaks by scoring 5.5/7 points, while Gaurav Nigam from Katni and Dinesh Ahirwar from Bhopal took 4th and 5th place. Kamad Mishra from Jabalpur, Suraj Chaudhary from Bhopal, Sanyam Arya from Vidisha, Harshit Dawar from Indore and Rupesh Kant from Gwalior took the 6th-10th positions respectively, all of them scoring 5/7 points.

Aditi Srivastava, Priyanka Gajbhiye, and Sarita Choudhary were the top three women players in the Blitz tournament.

Medant Jain, Advit Jain and Aryansh Rathore bagged the top 3 spots in the Under-8 section respectively.

Avish Shinde, Tejasva Sharma and Deeptansh Kumar were the top 3 finishers in the Under-12 section.

In the Under-10 age category, Praneet Chorghade, Anshaditya Singh and Shaurya Lahauti made it to the top three respectively.

The 3rd consecutive major event of Khelo Chess India was held at the Sage International School, and we thank...

The founder Sanjeev Agarwal and Executive Director Sakshi Agarwal from SAGE Institute for their special efforts in making this event possible.

This time in the grand finale, there were special trophies and...

Beautiful medals being awarded.

WIM Angela Franco will go on to play the World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2023!

WIM Angela Franco from Colombia was the most successful player in this Rapid and Blitz tournament, winning on the top board in the final rounds of both Rapid and Blitz section. Angela is a resident of Bhopal, and will be seen playing for Colombia in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship to be held in Uzbekistan this month. Many Indian top players including the GM brother and sisters Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali will be taking part here!

Final Standings of Rapid tournament

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	WIM	Franco Valencia, Angela		COL	2146	6	30,5	32,5	27,00
2	5		Gourav, Nigam		IND	1866	6	29,5	31,5	26,00
3	8		Mishra, Kamad	U18	IND	1656	6	27	29	24,00
4	6		Aishwin, Daniel		IND	1859	6	26,5	29,5	26,00
5	4	AFM	Choubey, Saurabh		IND	1866	5,5	32,5	35,5	23,75
6	3		Shahid, Azmat	S60	IND	1967	5,5	30	32	23,75
7	7		Awadh, Chaitanya		IND	1825	5,5	27	30	19,75
8	21		Harshit, Dawar	U18	IND	1395	5,5	26	29,5	23,00
9	2		Kant, Rupesh		IND	2009	5	29	30	18,50
10	11		Mraduhas, Tripathi		IND	1648	5	28	31,5	20,00
11	19		Chandwani, Prateek		IND	1424	5	27,5	30,5	19,50
12	83		Navodaya, Kanojia		IND	0	5	25,5	27,5	18,00
13	9		Devansh, Singh		IND	1654	5	25,5	27,5	17,00
14	13		Vedant, Bhardwaj		IND	1599	5	25,5	27	16,00
15	31	AIM	Choudhary, Sagar		IND	1300	5	25	27,5	18,00
16	10		Suraj, Choudhary		IND	1651	5	25	27	16,50
17	17		Batham, Avinash		IND	1507	5	24	24,5	15,00
18	23		Ravi, Palsule		IND	1391	4,5	28,5	31	19,00
19	25		Goswami, Dr.Arvind	S60	IND	1373	4,5	26,5	29,5	18,75
20	37		Hemant, Raikwar		IND	1193	4,5	26	28,5	15,75
21	16		Raghunandan, Rohit		IND	1517	4,5	25,5	27	16,00
22	74		Harsh, Rajput		IND	0	4,5	25,5	26,5	13,75
23	26		Yadav, Bateshwar Singh		IND	1366	4,5	25	27	13,75
24	87		Ravikant, Pagey	S60	IND	0	4,5	23,5	25,5	15,50
25	24		Shrivastava, Chitransh		IND	1384	4,5	21	21,5	13,25
26	76		Kishan, Ahirwar		IND	0	4	26,5	29,5	15,25
27	91		Shahid, Noor		IND	0	4	26,5	28,5	13,00
28	12		Kanwal, Om Prakash		IND	1618	4	26,5	28,5	12,50
29	34		Auditya, Sharma		IND	1223	4	26	29	15,50
30	14		Kalbande, Mayur		IND	1566	4	25,5	28,5	13,50
31	20		Gaurav, Tiwari		IND	1406	4	25,5	28,5	12,00
32	28		Sanyam, Arya	U20	IND	1347	4	25	28	13,50
33	27		Nitin, Raghuvanshi		IND	1359	4	25	27,5	13,00
34	22		Ashutosh, Purohit		IND	1391	4	24,5	27	13,75
35	29		Shrivastava, Aditi		IND	1335	4	22,5	23	11,00
36	80		Mhd Zaid, Ahmed	U20	IND	0	4	21,5	23,5	12,00
37	66		Avish, Vishal Shinde	U10	IND	0	4	21,5	23,5	10,00
38	52		*Sahil, Devnani		IND	0	4	21	23,5	12,00
39	75		Harsh, Tiwari	U18	IND	0	4	21	23	12,50
40	30		Yadav, R.C.		IND	1333	4	19,5	21	10,50
41	72		Dishita, Swami		IND	0	4	17,5	19,5	9,00
42	94		Suryansh, Gour	U20	IND	0	4	17,5	19	9,00
43	40		Praneet, Chorghade	U10	IND	1110	3,5	26	29	11,75
44	32		Bamne, Deepak		IND	1267	3,5	25,5	28,5	11,75
45	35		Jain, Medant	U08	IND	1214	3,5	24,5	27	12,50
46	78		Lakshya, Sachdeva		IND	0	3,5	23,5	26	10,50
47	58		Ankush, Nayak		IND	0	3,5	23	25,5	11,25
48	18		Lokendra, Rohit		IND	1446	3,5	23	25	10,25
49	90		Samarth, Malviya	U14	IND	0	3,5	21	23	9,25
50	82		Mohita, Singh		IND	0	3,5	20,5	22,5	6,75
51	41		Aishwarya, Daniel		IND	1090	3,5	20	22	9,25
52	39		Vaibhav, Tiwari		IND	1122	3,5	18,5	19	7,75
53	81		Mihir, Patle	U20	IND	0	3,5	17,5	19,5	5,75
54	33		Choudhary, Sarita		IND	1252	3	26,5	29,5	11,50
55	63		Atharva, Vishwakarma	U14	IND	0	3	25	28	7,50
56	73		Gaurav, Shakya		IND	0	3	25	27,5	8,50
57	69		Deepak, Kushwaha		IND	0	3	23	25	8,50
58	71		Diptansh, kumar	U12	IND	0	3	22,5	24,5	7,00
59	38		Chandrabhan, Singh Pawar	S60	IND	1133	3	22	25	9,50
60	62		Astik, Pathak		IND	0	3	21,5	23,5	8,00
61	45		*Amay, Agrawal	U08	IND	0	3	21,5	23	7,00
62	85		Prateek, Pandey		IND	0	3	21	23	6,00
63	88		Ritesh, Kumar Tiwari		IND	0	3	20,5	22,5	7,00
64	77		Kshitij Kumar, Yadav	U20	IND	0	3	19,5	20,5	5,00
65	86		Pulkit, Jain		IND	0	3	18,5	20,5	7,00
66	68		Chetanya, Lokhande		IND	0	3	18	20	6,00
67	79		Mannit, Lakhani		IND	0	3	17,5	19	7,50
68	95		Vaidik, Sharma	U10	IND	0	3	16	18	7,50
69	42		*Aaryansh, Rathore	U08	IND	0	3	16	17	7,50
70	92		Sriram Karthikeya, Peddibhotla	U10	IND	0	3	13,5	14	5,00
71	44		*Advit, Jain	U08	IND	0	2,5	21	23,5	7,25
72	89		Sajal, Shrivastava	U14	IND	0	2,5	21	22,5	5,75
73	36		Shankar, Murthy	S60	IND	1211	2,5	20,5	22	2,75
74	67		Ayush, Tamrakar	U20	IND	0	2,5	18	19	4,25
75	84		Praful, Suryawanshi	U18	IND	0	2,5	14,5	16	4,25
76	59		Arnav, B Kumar	U14	IND	0	2	23,5	26	6,00
77	46		*Anshaditya, Singh	U10	IND	0	2	22,5	25	6,50
78	54		*Shourya, Lahoti	U08	IND	0	2	22	22,5	3,00
79	51		*Moksha, Sohni	U12	IND	0	2	21	21,5	4,00
80	49		*Daksh, Jain	U12	IND	0	2	20	21,5	3,00
81	56		Aaradhya, Pathak	U10	IND	0	2	19,5	22	6,00
82	47		*Avyaan, Sonee	U08	IND	0	2	19	20,5	5,00
83	57		Akshat, Chourasiya	U08	IND	0	2	19	20	4,00
84	43		*Abhyudaya, Kohli	U10	IND	0	2	19	19,5	3,00
85	60		Arth, Kushwaha	U08	IND	0	2	18,5	19	2,50
86	64		Avantika, Singh	U10	IND	0	2	17	18	1,00
87	61		Aryan, Chaubey	U14	IND	0	1,5	17	17,5	1,75
88	93		Sriram Narayan, Sharma	U10	IND	0	1,5	13,5	14	1,75
89	50		*Mishita, Maheshwari	U08	IND	0	1	18,5	19	1,00
90	65		Avika, Vishwakarma	U08	IND	0	1	17	17	3,50
91	70		Dhara, kushwaha	U08	IND	0	1	15,5	16	3,50

Final Standings of Blitz tournament

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	AFM	Choubey, Saurabh			IND	1835	6	27	29	23,75
2	1	WIM	Franco Valencia, Angela		w	COL	2048	6	26	29,5	26,00
3	15		Kanwal, Om Prakash	S50		IND	1580	5,5	30	32,5	24,00
4	6		Gourav, Nigam			IND	1866	5,5	25,5	28,5	21,25
5	9		Ahirwal, Dinesh			IND	1789	5,5	23,5	26,5	20,25
6	18		Mishra, Kamad	U18		IND	1541	5	28	31,5	21,25
7	7		Suraj, Choudhary			IND	1858	5	27	30	18,50
8	31		Sanyam, Arya	U20		IND	1259	5	25,5	28,5	19,00
9	34		Harshit, Dawar	U18		IND	1239	5	25	28	19,50
10	3		Kant, Rupesh			IND	1957	5	24,5	27,5	18,50
11	21		Lokendra, Rohit			IND	1449	5	24,5	26,5	16,50
12	11		Devansh, Singh			IND	1682	5	24	26	17,00
13	19		Kalbande, Mayur			IND	1523	5	22,5	24,5	17,50
14	4		Awadh, Chaitanya			IND	1903	4,5	28	30	18,25
15	14		Raghunandan, Rohit			IND	1592	4,5	27	28	15,75
16	2		Aishwin, Daniel			IND	1968	4,5	25,5	28	16,25
17	13		Vedant, Bhardwaj			IND	1618	4,5	24,5	26,5	15,75
18	16		Chandwani, Prateek			IND	1571	4	28	31	16,00
19	22		Shrivastava, Aditi		w	IND	1413	4	25,5	28	13,00
20	62		Shahid, Noor			IND	0	4	25	27,5	12,50
21	24		Nitin, Raghuvanshi			IND	1379	4	24,5	27,5	13,50
22	5		Shahid, Azmat	S50		IND	1895	4	23,5	25,5	13,50
23	26		Goswami, Dr.Arvind	S65		IND	1364	4	23,5	25	12,50
24	33		Auditya, Sharma			IND	1243	4	23,5	25	10,50
25	20		Shrivastava, Chitransh			IND	1470	4	23,5	24,5	8,50
26	45		Ankush, Nayak			IND	0	4	22	24	11,00
	51		Avish, Vishal Shinde	U10		IND	0	4	22	24	11,00
28	58		Praneet, Chorghade	U10		IND	0	4	21	23	10,00
29	55		Kumar sanu,			IND	0	4	17	19	9,00
30	56		Mhd Zaid, Ahmed			IND	0	4	16,5	18	8,50
31	28		Ashutosh, Purohit			IND	1320	3,5	31	34	15,25
32	12		Batham, Avinash			IND	1664	3,5	28,5	30,5	12,50
33	23	AIM	Choudhary, Sagar			IND	1380	3,5	28	30,5	12,25
34	10		Mraduhas, Tripathi	S50		IND	1768	3,5	24	27	7,75
35	63		Suryansh, Gour			IND	0	3,5	23,5	25,5	10,00
36	52		Deepak, Kushwaha			IND	0	3,5	21,5	23,5	8,75
37	32		Bamne, Deepak			IND	1258	3	27	27	9,00
38	41		*Astik, Pathak			IND	0	3	25	28	10,00
39	38		Chandrabhan, Singh Pawar	S65		IND	1154	3	25	27	10,00
40	60		Pulkit Jain,			IND	0	3	24	26	9,00
41	39		Vaibhav, Tiwari			IND	1122	3	23,5	25,5	9,00
42	25		Gaurav, Tiwari			IND	1366	3	23,5	25,5	8,00
43	54		Kishan, Ahirwar			IND	0	3	22,5	24,5	8,00
44	29		Sankalp, Banodia			IND	1276	3	21	23,5	9,00
45	48		Ashish, Chourasia			IND	0	3	21	23	4,00
46	61		Ravikant, Pagey			IND	0	3	20,5	21,5	5,00
47	57		Mohammad, ibad khan			IND	0	3	20	21	6,00
48	35		Priyanka, Gajbhiye		w	IND	1234	3	19,5	21	5,50
49	49		Ashu, Debnath			IND	0	3	18	18	4,00
50	64		Tejasva, Sharma	U12		IND	0	3	16,5	17,5	4,50
51	66		Vashu Sahu,			IND	0	2,5	20	21	4,50
52	30		Choudhary, Sarita		w	IND	1271	2,5	14,5	15,5	3,75
53	37		Shankar, Murthy	S50		IND	1199	2	22	24	5,00
54	40		*Anshaditya, Singh	U10		IND	0	2	21,5	21,5	1,00
55	27	AFM	Sourabh, Joshi			IND	1339	2	20,5	23	5,50
56	36		Jain, Medant	U08		IND	1212	2	20,5	22,5	5,00
57	50		Atharv Viswakarma,	U14		IND	0	2	20,5	21,5	1,00
58	43		*Shourya, Lahoti	U08		IND	0	2	19	20,5	5,00
59	44		Advit, Jain	U08		IND	0	2	18,5	18,5	1,00
60	53		Diptansh, Kumar	U12		IND	0	2	14,5	14,5	1,00
61	59		Prateek, Pandey	U12		IND	0	1,5	20,5	22,5	3,25
62	47		Aryansh Singh Rathore,	U08		IND	0	1	17	17	0,00
63	46		ARADHYA pathak,	U10	w	IND	0	1	16,5	16,5	0,00
64	42		*Avyaan, Sonee			IND	0	0	16	17	0,00
65	17		Sidharth, Upadhyay			IND	1559	0	14,5	15,5	0,00
66	65		Vaidik, Sharma	U10		IND	0	0	13	14	0,00

This article was translated from Hindi to English by Himank Ghosh.

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