Anuj Shrivatri wins 1st Pro Skillcraft Rapid Rating Open 2024
Eight players scored 8/9 at 1st Pro Skillcraft Rapid Rating Open 2024. They are - IM Anuj Shrivatri, IM Aaditya Dhingra, Sudhir Kumar Sinha, IM Mayank Chakraborty, Santu Mondal, IM Aaradhya Garg, Harish Sharma and Daksh Goyal. Anuj won the tournament on tie-breaks. The remaining seven were placed second to eighth respectively. Anuj, Aaditya, Santu and Aaradhya remained undefeated. The total prize fund was ₹640000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a huge trophy each. The tournament was organized by Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy at Thyagraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on 27th and 28th July 2024. This was Anuj's second tournament he played in this year and he won it. Photo: Jay Sharma
Over 800 players take part, top eight score 8/9
When the total participation in a rapid rating tournament is 800, it is quite natural that more than one player will finish with the highest score. In this case, as many as eight players scored 8/9. Out of them four remained unbeaten. IM Anuj Shrivatri and IM Aaditya Dhingra were the only two coleaders going into the final round with a score 7.5/8 each. They drew their last round battle against each other. 14 players were trailing them by a half point at 7/8 each. Six of those battles between the pursuers ended decisively, resulting in six more players finishing at 8/9. Sahil Bheron lost to Sudhir Kumar Sinha which allowed Sudhir to make a podium finish as a second runner-up.
A total of 802 players including six IMs took part from seven countries across the world including India in this two-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Skillcraft and Eminent Chess Academy at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi on 27th and 28th July 2024. The time control of the tournament was 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | IND | 2307 | MP | 8 | 56 | 59,5 | 51,75 | ||
| 2 | 8 | IM | Aaditya, Dhingra | IND | 2148 | HR | 8 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 50,00 | ||
| 3 | 15 | Sinha, Sudhir Kumar | IND | 2007 | BR | 8 | 52,5 | 57 | 49,50 | |||
| 4 | 6 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | U16 | IND | 2175 | AS | 8 | 51,5 | 56 | 49,00 | |
| 5 | 9 | Santu, Mondal | IND | 2148 | DL | 8 | 51,5 | 55 | 48,50 | |||
| 6 | 5 | IM | Aradhya, Garg | IND | 2194 | DL | 8 | 51,5 | 54,5 | 48,00 | ||
| 7 | 17 | Sharma, Harish | IND | 1961 | DL | 8 | 49 | 53,5 | 48,50 | |||
| 8 | 19 | Daksh, Goyal | U16 | IND | 1932 | DL | 8 | 48 | 50,5 | 44,00 | ||
| 9 | 12 | FM | Garv, Gaur | IND | 2043 | HR | 7,5 | 55 | 60 | 48,75 | ||
| 10 | 22 | FM | Rosh, Jain | U14 | IND | 1888 | DL | 7,5 | 53,5 | 57,5 | 45,50 | |
| 11 | 37 | Nirnay, Garg | U16 | IND | 1774 | HR | 7,5 | 53 | 58 | 46,25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Alok, Sinha | IND | 2141 | DL | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 45,25 | |||
| 13 | 18 | CM | Aashman, Gupta | U16 | IND | 1947 | DL | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 44,75 | |
| 14 | 3 | FM | Singh, Ojasva | IND | 2247 | MP | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55 | 45,25 | ||
| 15 | 33 | AGM | Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari | IND | 1815 | UP | 7,5 | 50 | 54,5 | 43,25 | ||
| 16 | 30 | WCM | Ishvi, Aggarwal | w | IND | 1833 | HR | 7,5 | 50 | 53 | 41,75 | |
| 17 | 44 | Dayal, Samar | U10 | ENG | 1735 | DL | 7,5 | 45,5 | 49 | 40,00 | ||
| 18 | 24 | Mrityunjay, Kumar | IND | 1874 | BR | 7 | 52,5 | 57 | 42,00 | |||
| 19 | 21 | Deep, Kapoor | IND | 1927 | DL | 7 | 52 | 54,5 | 39,25 | |||
| 20 | 1 | IM | Sareen, Vishal | IND | 2330 | DL | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 40,75 | ||
| 21 | 4 | FM | Aaryan, Varshney | IND | 2199 | DL | 7 | 51,5 | 55 | 41,25 | ||
| 22 | 27 | AGM | Sundram, Kumar | U16 | IND | 1848 | DL | 7 | 51 | 53 | 39,00 | |
| 23 | 39 | Arnav, Dhamija | IND | 1768 | UP | 7 | 50 | 54,5 | 40,00 | |||
| 24 | 48 | Shreyas, Das | IND | 1728 | DL | 7 | 50 | 52 | 36,50 | |||
| 25 | 26 | Sahil, Bheron | IND | 1852 | HR | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 38,50 | |||
| 26 | 25 | AIM | Baig, Akram | IND | 1855 | DL | 7 | 48 | 52,5 | 40,50 | ||
| 27 | 34 | Harshit, Singh | IND | 1793 | UP | 7 | 48 | 52,5 | 38,00 | |||
| 28 | 63 | Mishka, Mathur | F16 | w | IND | 1690 | DL | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,00 | |
| 29 | 64 | Vidit, Sethi | U12 | IND | 1688 | UP | 7 | 48 | 52 | 36,00 | ||
| 30 | 83 | AIM | Pratham, Nayyar | U12 | IND | 1653 | HR | 7 | 47,5 | 52 | 38,75 | |
| 31 | 118 | Aarav, Jain | U12 | IND | 1595 | HR | 7 | 47 | 52 | 38,00 | ||
| 32 | 23 | WCM | Anishka, Vikram | w | IND | 1884 | DL | 7 | 47 | 49,5 | 37,25 | |
| 33 | 416 | Achyut, Kapoor | IND | 0 | UP | 7 | 47 | 48 | 33,00 | |||
| 34 | 123 | Rishabh, Pradhan | U16 | IND | 1591 | DL | 7 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 36,00 | ||
| 35 | 32 | Aryan, Ranjan | IND | 1819 | DL | 7 | 46,5 | 49 | 35,25 | |||
| 36 | 50 | AIM | Garth, Pande | U14 | IND | 1720 | DL | 7 | 46 | 50 | 38,75 | |
| 37 | 49 | Md, Hasnain Siddiqui | U14 | IND | 1726 | UP | 7 | 46 | 50 | 35,00 | ||
| 38 | 67 | Singh, Myra | F14 | w | IND | 1679 | DL | 7 | 45,5 | 50 | 36,50 | |
| 39 | 47 | Sourav, Biswas | IND | 1733 | WB | 7 | 45,5 | 48,5 | 34,00 | |||
| 40 | 76 | Mohan, Naithani | S60 | IND | 1664 | UT | 7 | 45 | 48,5 | 35,00 |
