Vijay Kumar clinches 37th Himachal Pradesh State Open 2021

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/04/2021

Top seed Vijay Kumar scored 6.0/7 to win 37th Himachal Pradesh State Championship. Suryansh Verma and Vishal Kant also finished with 6.0/7, however Vijay won the title due to better tie-breaks. Only Suryansh remained undefeated among the podium finishers. The three-day seven-round tournament witnessed the participation of 75 players from various districts across Himachal Pradesh. Check out some photos from the event and a game of the unbeaten runner-up Suryansh Verma in this report. Photo: Rajesh Verma

Three players finish at 6.0/7

Vijay Kumar, Suryansh Verma and Vishal Kant - all three of them finished with 6.0/7. Vijay won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Suryansh and Vishal had to settle for second and third position.

Champion Vijay Kumar (left) in action | Photo: Rajesh Verma

Vijay scored 6.0/7

Runner-up Suryansh Verma 6.0/7 | Photo: Rajesh Verma

Suryansh Verma won against Aman Kumar in the last round to finish the tournament with an unbeaten 6.0/7.

Photo Gallery

All prize winners | Photo: Rajesh Verma

The tournament hall | Photo: Rajesh Verma

Suryansh with his runner-up trophy | Photo: Rajesh Verma

Suryansh in action against Aman in the final round | Photo: Rajesh Verma

A total of 75 players participated from various districts across Himachal Pradesh in this three-day seven-round Swiss league event. The tournament was organized by District Mandi Chess Asociation from 2nd to 4th April 2021.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Bdld	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	1	Vijay Kumar			IND	1916		Shimla	6,0	30,5	25,0	28,00	0,0	6	1688	0	0,0
2	22	Suryansh Verma			IND	1199		Shimla	6,0	30,0	24,0	27,25	0,0	5	1592	40	90,8
3	86	Vishal Kant			IND	0		Shimla	6,0	25,5	19,5	21,00	0,0	6	1514
4	4	Aman Kumar			IND	1699		Shimla	5,5	30,5	24,5	25,50	0,0	5	1581	20	1,4
5	2	Smeeru Thakur			IND	1843		Kullu	5,5	29,0	23,0	23,00	0,0	5	1565	20	-7,4
6	5	Sanjeevan Sarswat			IND	1673		Chamba	5,0	28,5	22,5	19,50	0,0	4	1517	20	19,0
7	11	Jatin Sharma			IND	1345		Mandi	5,0	27,5	21,5	18,00	0,0	4	1233	40	13,2
8	6	Thakur Sanjeev			IND	1633		Shimla	5,0	26,5	20,5	18,75	0,0	4	1465	20	3,4
9	84	Vijay Kumar			IND	0		Bilaspur	5,0	26,0	20,0	18,00	0,0	5	1381
10	3	Chandel Jagdish			IND	1752		Kangra	5,0	25,5	20,5	19,00	0,0	4	1391	20	-22,2
11	14	Yasar Abdullah			IND	1295		Sirmour	5,0	24,5	19,0	17,00	0,0	5	1278	20	-1,6
12	9	Sood Sachin			IND	1425		Kullu	5,0	24,5	19,0	15,50	0,0	5	1296	40	4,8
13	10	Romit Verma			IND	1409		Shimla	5,0	23,5	19,0	16,50	0,0	5	1162	20	5,0
14	12	Kuldeep Singh			IND	1338		Bilaspur	5,0	23,0	17,0	15,50	0,0	5	1289	20	-1,6
15	7	Lalit Vaidya			IND	1485		Kullu	5,0	22,5	16,5	14,00	0,0	5	1251	40	-15,2

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