Dhruv and Dakshita win ARCA State under-19
Dhruv Dak and Dakshita Kumawat wins ARCA State under-19 FIDE Rated in boys and girls category respectively. Dhruv scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 and finished a full point ahead to win the tournament, while Dakshita scored 6.0/8 to win the girls section. Arun Kataria and Aditya Kumawat scored 6.5/8 and they were placed second and third according to their tie-break score. Akshita Jain also scored 6.0/8 but due to a lower tie-break score, she had to settle for second place among the girls while Anisha Jain secured third position with a score of 5.5/8. Photo: Vikas Sahu
Top seed Dhruv reigns supreme
Dhruv Dak of Chess in Lakecity (Udaipur) scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win ARCA State under-19 FIDE Rated 2019 in memory of Bharat Ratna and Ex-Prime Minister of India, Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The inauguration ceremony was held on 23rd August in presence of Chief Guest Arun Tak, Congress Leader, Special Guest Rajesh Menaria, Shaid Hussain, Dr. Dilip Singh Chouhan, Vice President Chess in Lakecity, IA Vikas Sahu, Secretary CIL & IA Rajendra Teli Chief Arbiter.
Total 139 players from eight different districts across the state of Rajasthan participated in this three-day eight-round Swiss League rating tournament where ₹121111 worth of prize fund was distributed among the prize winners. The tournament took place at Maa Karma Sahu Dham in Udaipur, Rajasthan from 23rd - 25th August 2019
Final Ranking after 8 Rounds
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 1 | Dhruv Dak | IND | 1705 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 7,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 40,0 | |
2 | 2 | Arun Kataria | IND | 1669 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 41,0 | |
3 | 8 | Aditya Kumawat | IND | 1483 | JAIPUR | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 39,5 | |
4 | 6 | Vrashank Chouhan | IND | 1561 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 36,5 | |
5 | 7 | Ayush Lodha | IND | 1515 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 35,5 | |
6 | 4 | Gautam Kataria | IND | 1623 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 43,0 | |
7 | 3 | Babel T Divyanshu | IND | 1668 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 39,5 | |
8 | 9 | Naman Porwal | IND | 1443 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 39,0 | |
9 | 5 | Bhawesh Pandiyar | IND | 1598 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 39,0 | |
10 | 13 | Yajat Vyas | IND | 1294 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 37,0 | |
11 | 14 | Dakshita Kumawat | IND | 1287 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 35,0 | |
12 | 20 | Akshita Jain | IND | 1225 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 34,0 | |
13 | 26 | Yashika Singh | IND | 1170 | JAIPUR | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 32,5 | |
14 | 18 | Prakhar Chaplot | IND | 1245 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 37,0 | |
15 | 35 | Rudradaman Mertia | IND | 1100 | JAIPUR | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 36,5 | |
16 | 43 | Shivika Saraogi | IND | 1046 | JAIPUR | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 36,0 | |
17 | 40 | Vaibhav Parihar | IND | 1063 | JODHPUR | 5,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 35,0 | |
18 | 25 | Anisha Jain | IND | 1185 | CHESS IN LAKECITY | 5,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 34,0 | |
19 | 11 | Garg Shivam | IND | 1415 | JAIPUR | 5,5 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 33,0 | |
20 | 17 | Elakshi Srivastava | IND | 1246 | JAIPUR | 5,5 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 33,0 |