Top three score 8/9

FMs Ojasva Singh and Aaryan Varshney were the coleaders 7.5/8 before the final round. Four players - Yatin Kumar, Harish Sharma, FM Garv Gaur and Garv Rai were trailing them by a half point at 7/8 each. Garv Rai and Aaryan drew against Ojasva and Garv Gaur respectively. Yatin defeated Harish. Ojasva became champion, Aaryan second and Yatin third. 14-year-old Nirnay Garg became the youngest top ten finisher. He scored 7.5/9 to finish sixth.

Champion - FM Ojasva Singh 8/9

Top five (L to R): 3rd Yatin Kumar 8/9, 2nd FM Aaryan Varshney 8/9, 1st FM Ojasva Singh 8/9, 5th FM Garv Gaur 7.5/9 and 4th IM Aaditya Dhingra 7.5/9

FM Ojasva Singh scored an unbeaten 8/9, defeated the top seed IM Aaditya Dhingra in the penultimate round and gained 1.2 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana

A total of 357 players including an IM took part from various states across the country. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by All Faridabad Chess Association and Prominent Chess Academy at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana on 26th and 27th January 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.SNoNameTypFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
11FMSingh, OjasvaIND2282Madhya Pradesh8545850,50
23FMAaryan, VarshneyIND2167Delhi8545850,25
311Yatin, KumarIND1740Delhi85358,551,00
42IMAaditya, DhingraIND2189Haryana7,554,558,546,75
57FMGarv, GaurIND1976Haryana7,551,55746,25
621Nirnay, GargU15IND16157,5515543,75
76Prakash, RamIND2028Punjab7,5495342,75
84Wajih, NassirIND2140Delhi7,5485241,50
95Garv, RaiIND2081Delhi7,54749,540,00
109Sharma, HarishIND1828Delhi752,556,541,00
1156Dhruv, Singh BishtU15IND1346Haryana7485237,00
1212Jaydeep, SharmaIND1738Delhi747,55239,75
1341Shreyas, DasIND1422Delhi747,55036,00
1428Gaurav, SharmaIND1511Delhi7465034,50
1513Prithvi, SharmaIND1720Haryana74649,537,00
1615Mrityunjay, KumarIND1682745,54938,00
1748Prishita, GuptaU15IND1389Delhi745,54934,50
1824Mehul, SondhiU15IND1570Delhi74549,537,25
1945Vatsal, SinglaU15IND1409Delhi6,5525435,75
2022Arshpreet, SinghU15IND1612Haryana6,551,556,538,25
2132AFMHariom, SolankiIND1488Delhi6,54953,534,75
2227Rituraj, SinghIND1514Uttar Pradesh6,548,551,535,50
2333Siddhant, Nath JhaIND1467Haryana6,54851,534,75
248Hriday, PanchalIND1870Delhi6,54751,535,50
2542AFMArhan, JainU15IND1412Haryana6,54750,532,25
26157Naitik, JainU15IND1112Haryana6,546,55034,25
2730Gaha, NarayanIND1501Uttar Pradesh6,546,549,531,25
2836Mahir, TanejaU15IND1453Delhi6,545,549,532,50
2918Abhijith, UIND1654Kerala6,545,54935,25
30189Supratim, BhadraU15IND1012Delhi6,54549,534,75

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