New champion will be crowned
Since the three-time consecutive National Rapid champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram is not participating, a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned in both National Rapid and Blitz Championships.
Round 1
Aditya Bartakke (MAH, 1738) held the new Commonwealth Open 2023-24 Gold medalist and the top seed of the event, GM Mitrabha Guha (WB, 2466) to a draw. He had a few chances which he could not capitalize on.
Round 2
FM S Mari Arul (RSPB, 2022) stunned GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB, 2433) in the second round. The GM made a sacrifice which he could not follow through correctly.
Deep - Mari Arul
30.Bxh6 Nd4 31.Qe3? Qf7 32.c3 Nxb3 33.Qg3 Nc5 34.Qg4 Kh7 35.Qf5+ g6 and White lost the bishop without any compensation.
Anish - Karthik
GM Karthik Venkataraman (AP, 2427) was winning for the better part of the knight endgame against Anish Gandhi (MAH, 2000). However, he made a terrible mistake 76...Kb4?? in the above position. Find out why it is a blunder. Almost anything would have won the game for Black.
Prraneeth - Kaustuv, Round 3
Black is winning after 40.Kh2?? Find out what Black missed here when he went for perpetual check 40...Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qe3+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qe3+
For more Inauguration Ceremony and Round 1-4 photos, please click here.
A total of 225 players including 9 GMs, 20 IMs, 3 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part in this three-day eleven-round Swiss League Rapid Rating tournament. It is being organized by Nashik District Chess Association from 4th to 6th March 2024 at Shankaracharya Nyas in Nashik, Maharashtra. The time control is 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.
Replay Round 1-4 games
Round 4 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | IM | Shahil, Dey | 2235 | Assam | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2441 | Railways | 2 | PGN | ||
| 2 | 5 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2422 | Railways | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Kushagra, Mohan | 2218 | Telangana | 24 | PGN | ||
| 3 | 7 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | 2387 | Telangana | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Laxman, R.R. | 2201 | Railways | 26 | PGN | ||
| 4 | 23 | IM | Hari, Madhavan N B | 2218 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Moksh, Amit Doshi | 2330 | Gujarat | 8 | PGN | ||
| 5 | 25 | FM | Wagh, Suyog | 2215 | Maharashtra | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Neelotpal, Das | 2291 | PSPB | 10 | PGN | ||
| 6 | 11 | IM | Sidhant, Mohapatra | 2290 | Railways | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | FM | Vaz, Ethan | 2188 | Goa | 28 | PGN | ||
| 7 | 27 | IM | Dushyant, Sharma | 2198 | Punjab | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | 2269 | Maharashtra | 14 | PGN | ||
| 8 | 29 | IM | Ratnakaran, K. | 2186 | Railways | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WGM | Priyanka, Nutakki | 2255 | Andhra Pradesh | 18 | PGN | ||
| 9 | 40 | IM | Abhishek, Kelkar | 2130 | Maharashtra | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Ravi, Teja S. | 2252 | Andhra Pradesh | 20 | PGN | ||
| 10 | 1 | GM | Mitrabha, Guha | 2466 | West Bengal | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | FM | Aradhya, Garg | 2186 | Delhi | 30 | PGN |
Standings after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2269 | Maharashtra | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 16,2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2441 | Railways | 4 | 9 | 10,5 | 10,50 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 5 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2422 | Railways | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5,1 | ||
| 23 | IM | Hari, Madhavan N B | IND | 2218 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 7 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | IND | 2387 | Telangana | 4 | 7,5 | 9,5 | 9,50 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11,6 | ||
| 6 | 20 | IM | Ravi, Teja S. | IND | 2252 | Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 7,5 | 9 | 9,00 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13,2 | ||
| 7 | 29 | IM | Ratnakaran, K. | IND | 2186 | Railways | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9,00 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8,1 | ||
| 8 | 6 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2416 | Telangana | 3,5 | 9,5 | 12 | 10,25 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -1 | ||
| 9 | 28 | FM | Vaz, Ethan | IND | 2188 | Goa | 3,5 | 9 | 11 | 9,25 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13,6 | ||
| 10 | 25 | FM | Wagh, Suyog | IND | 2215 | Maharashtra | 3,5 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 8,75 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6,4 | ||
| 11 | 35 | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2158 | West Bengal | 3,5 | 8,5 | 9,5 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 17 | IM | Raahul, V S | IND | 2260 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 8 | 10 | 8,75 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1,8 | ||
| 13 | 10 | GM | Neelotpal, Das | IND | 2291 | PSPB | 3,5 | 8 | 10 | 8,25 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3,4 | ||
| 11 | IM | Sidhant, Mohapatra | IND | 2290 | Railways | 3,5 | 8 | 10 | 8,25 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4,6 | |||
| 15 | 1 | GM | Mitrabha, Guha | IND | 2466 | West Bengal | 3,5 | 7,5 | 9 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -3,1 | ||
| 16 | 16 | IM | Sammed, Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2262 | Maharashtra | 3,5 | 7,5 | 8,5 | 7,25 | 0 | 3 | 20 | -2,6 | ||
| 17 | 12 | IM | Das, Arghyadip | IND | 2289 | Railways | 3,5 | 7 | 9 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0,8 | ||
| 18 | 13 | IM | Sharma, Dinesh K. | IND | 2287 | LIC | 3,5 | 7 | 8,5 | 7,25 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0,9 | ||
| 21 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2236 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 7 | 8,5 | 7,25 | 0 | 3 | 20 | -0,8 | |||
| 20 | 19 | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | IND | 2254 | West Bengal | 3,5 | 7 | 8 | 6,75 | 0 | 3 | 20 | -0,6 |
Round 5 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2441 | Railways | 4 | 4 | IM | Hari, Madhavan N B | 2218 | Tamil Nadu | 23 | |||
| 2 | 14 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | 2269 | Maharashtra | 4 | 4 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2422 | Railways | 5 | |||
| 3 | 20 | IM | Ravi, Teja S. | 2252 | Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 4 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | 2387 | Telangana | 7 | |||
| 4 | 6 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | 2416 | Telangana | 3½ | 4 | IM | Ratnakaran, K. | 2186 | Railways | 29 | |||
| 5 | 17 | IM | Raahul, V S | 2260 | Tamil Nadu | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Mitrabha, Guha | 2466 | West Bengal | 1 | |||
| 6 | 10 | GM | Neelotpal, Das | 2291 | PSPB | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | 2254 | West Bengal | 19 | |||
| 7 | 21 | IM | Srihari, L R | 2236 | Tamil Nadu | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Sidhant, Mohapatra | 2290 | Railways | 11 | |||
| 8 | 12 | IM | Das, Arghyadip | 2289 | Railways | 3½ | 3½ | FM | Wagh, Suyog | 2215 | Maharashtra | 25 | |||
| 9 | 28 | FM | Vaz, Ethan | 2188 | Goa | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Sharma, Dinesh K. | 2287 | LIC | 13 | |||
| 10 | 16 | IM | Sammed, Jaykumar Shete | 2262 | Maharashtra | 3½ | 3½ | Kaustuv, Kundu | 2158 | West Bengal | 35 |
