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Himal Gusain dominates Surya Trophy Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/01/2023

Top seed of the tournament, IM Himal Gusain scored a staggering 9.5/10 to win Surya Trophy Rating Open 2022. He finished a full point ahead of the field. 10-year-old Aansh Nandan Nerurkar scored 8.5/10 to finish second. His sole loss of the event was against the eventual champion, Himal. IM Rahul Sangma scored 8/10 to finish third. None of the podium finishers needed tie-break to determine their final rank. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹75000, ₹50000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The six-day ten-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Divyam Foundation at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat. Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

10-year-old Aansh impresses

IM Himal Gusain of RSPB won his first tournament of the year 2023 on the very first day, 1st January. He also finished third at 1st Bishan Singh ji Memorial Rating Open 2023. Maharashtra's 10-year-old Aansh Nandan Nerurkar delivered his best performance by scoring an impressive 8.5/10 to finish second. He also gained a whopping 120 Elo rating points in the process.

Champion - IM Himal Gusain 9.5/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Runner-up - Aansh Nandan Nerurkar 8.5/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Second Runner-up - IM Rahul Sangma 8/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Top three (L to R) - 3rd IM Rahul Sangma, 1st IM Himal Gusain and 2nd Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

IM Himal Gusain scored an unbeaten 9.5/10, started with a fantastic 8/8 and faced both podium finishers

Top boards in action | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Top visually challenged player Ashvin Makwana and... | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

...few other visually challenged players took part | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

A differently abled player also participated | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

The tournament hall at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

The trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

All prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

The organizer and arbiters team | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

A total of 118 players including two IMs from various states across the country and one from Uganda and USA took part in this event. The tournament was organized by Divyam Foundationn from 27th December 2022 to 1st January 2023 at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat. The ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgIClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
11
IMGusain HimalIND2381RLYS9,5636763,500910-0,7
218
Aansh Nandan NerurkarU10IND16918,55862,550,750840120
32
IMSangma RahulIND2210RLYS860,56651,000710-8,7
421
ACMIyer ArvindU15IND16587,56165,546,750640132,4
59
Majumder ShrayanIND18217,5586344,7507206,4
625
Akshat NegiIND16067,5545641,50072039,8
717
Dishank Sachin BajajIND1696760,565,542,25064016
820
Sanjay ChhabraIND167676064,540,750620-1,8
919
AGMBhogal RupeshIND167675962,538,500720-4,8
105
Sinha Santosh KumarIND1923GJ756,56140,250620-29
1145
Vedant Rupeshbhai VarasadaU12IND1301GJ754,55934,750640176,4
1216
AGMPrashanth J NaikIND16986,560,565,539,00052017,2
137
Jihan Tejas ShahU15IND1860GJ6,558,563,537,250640-72,8
146
Ashutosh KumarIND18806,558,56337,000520-26
1511
Daksh GoyalU15IND17416,55862,537,750540-21,2
1628
Abhinav ChauhanIND14956,557,561,538,25062040,6
174
Trivedi Karan RIND1936GJ6,5576137,500520-45
1814
Mrityunjay KumarIND17066,556,56136,250520-10,2
1926
Singla AaryanU15IND15296,556,56036,25054074,8
2022
Sahil BheronIND16226,555,55937,2506200,8

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