Pradeep Tiwari clinches Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2023 in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Pradeep Tiwari (DASCB) scored eight straight wins to clinch Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2023 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He won the tournament with a round to spare. A last round loss against his unit mate Ajay Kumar Rai, did not deter his championship chances. Four players - WFM Meghna C H (KER), Ajay, Kashthuri Bhai R (A&N) and Himanshu Moudgil (DASCB) scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to fifth. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹125000 + 50 trophies. Top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹15000 and ₹12000 along with a trophy each. The tournament was held from 11th to 15th August 2023 at Hotel TSG Grand in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was organized by Andaman Nicobar Chess Association. This was Pradeep's third rating tournament triumph of his career. The objective of Chess for Everyone is to attract more players to participate in tournaments, get rating in an event which has low entry fee barrier of only ₹250. Photos: B Neelaiah/Andaman Nicobar Chess Association
Pradeep wins with a round to spare, Three female in top ten
This was the time Andaman Nicobar Chess Association organized an All-India level rating tournament. They received an overwhelming response as 150+ players took part in this event.
Devesh Chandra Srivastava, IPS, DGP, Andaman and Nicobar islands was the Chief Guest at the closing ceremony. He gave away the prizes to the prize winners.
Thanks to B Neelaiah, Organizing Secretary, for sharing the photos and info about the tournament.
A total of 156 players took part from various states across the country in this five-day nine round Swiss-league Rating tournament which was organized by Andaman Nicobar Chess Association at Hotel TSG Grand in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 11th to 15th August 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
1 | 5 | Pradeep, Tiwari | 1814 | Dascb | 8 | 53 | 57 | 49,50 | 0 | 8 | |||
2 | 2 | WFM | Meghna, C H | w | 1985 | Kerala | 7,5 | 51 | 56 | 45,00 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | 3 | Ajay, Kumar Rai | 1890 | Dascb | 7,5 | 49 | 52 | 42,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
4 | 8 | Kashthuri, Bhai R | w | 1676 | A&N Islands | 7,5 | 47,5 | 50 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | ||
5 | 14 | Himanshu, Moudgil | 1471 | Dascb | 7,5 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 40,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
6 | 9 | Merryston, David Scanny | 1614 | Tamilnadu | 7 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 41,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
7 | 7 | Siddiqui, Mohd.Imran | 1713 | Uttar Pradesh | 7 | 50 | 53 | 38,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
8 | 18 | Satish, P S | 1415 | A&N Islands | 7 | 47 | 49,5 | 35,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
9 | 33 | Vitasta, Koul | F11 | w | 1110 | Haryana | 7 | 46 | 50 | 33,50 | 0 | 5 | |
10 | 12 | Menhajul, Hoda | 1585 | Bihar | 6,5 | 50 | 54 | 36,75 | 0 | 5 | |||
11 | 10 | Suresh, P K | 1609 | Kerala | 6,5 | 49,5 | 54,5 | 36,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
12 | 4 | Srimanarayana, A.K.S. | 1842 | A&N Islands | 6,5 | 48 | 50,5 | 34,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
13 | 24 | Bharath, M | 1236 | Karnataka | 6,5 | 48 | 50 | 33,50 | 0 | 5 | |||
14 | 27 | Dinakar, M A | 1179 | A&N Islands | 6,5 | 41 | 45 | 30,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
15 | 11 | Anubhab, Gupta | 1589 | West Bengal | 6 | 51 | 55,5 | 34,25 | 0 | 5 | |||
16 | 30 | Shrestha, Vijay D | U13 | 1159 | A&N Islands | 6 | 49 | 51 | 30,00 | 0 | 4 | ||
17 | 28 | Kalgaonkar, S | 1171 | Maharashtra | 6 | 48 | 51 | 29,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
18 | 34 | Virat, J S | U11 | 1107 | A&N Islands | 6 | 46 | 48 | 29,00 | 0 | 6 | ||
19 | 16 | Domnic, Xavier R S | 1435 | A&N Islands | 6 | 45 | 48,5 | 30,50 | 0 | 5 | |||
20 | 136 | Shrihaan, Karmakar | U09 | 0 | A&N Islands | 6 | 44,5 | 48 | 30,25 | 0 | 5 |