13-year-old Suhan Deshpande wins Below 1600 FIDE Rated at Nagpur
13-year-old Suhan Deshpande of Nagpur, Maharashtra won Below 1600 FIDE Rated by scoring an unbeaten 8.0/9. Ajinkya Nichat and Prathmesh Dharmadhikari also finished with the same score, however due to a better tie-break score Suhan clinched the championship and won ₹51000 cash along with a trophy. Suhan gained 127 Elo rating points and Ajinkya gained 119. Total 398 players participated from 3 federations - India, Ghana and Netherlands. Players from 14 different states participated in this 3-day Rating tournament. Photo: IA Swapnil Bansod
Suhan wins his first championship at Nagpur
Starting out as the 55th seed of the tournament, Suhan remained undefeated, scored 8.0/9 at a performance of 1697 to win the tournament. Three players finished at the same score, however due to a better tie-break score, Suhan won the championship.
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This event was inaugurated at the hands of Mohan Mate, Ex-MLA, Central Nagpur. Other dignitaries present were Dilip Kamdar, President, Nagpur District Chess Association, K K Barat, Secretary, Nagpur District Chess Association, SNA Sushant Jumde, Organising Secretary & IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter.
The closing ceremony was organized in a grand manner at the hands of Anup Deshmukh, International Master, Nagpur. The other guests present were Ravish Kale, Manager, Naivedhyam North Star, Manish Tiwari, Operations in-charge Naivedhyam Group, Umesh Panbude, Tournament Secretary NDCA, SNA Sushant Jumde, Organising Secretary & IA Swapnil Bansod Chief Arbiter on the occasion.
Total 398 players participated in this event from 3 different federations India, Ghana and Netherlands, including 14 different states and one special unit SSCB. The tournament was organized by Jai Sai Welfare Foundation at Naivedhyam North Star in Nagpur from 26th to 28th July 2019.
Final Standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
1 | 55 | Deshpande Suhan | U15 | IND | 1376 | MAH-N | 8,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 54,5 | 48,00 | 7 | 40 | 127,2 | |||
2 | 36 | Nichat Ajinkya | IND | 1405 | MAH | 8,0 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 54,0 | 47,00 | 7 | 40 | 119,2 | ||||
3 | 37 | Prathmesh Dharmadhikari | IND | 1400 | MAH | 8,0 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,5 | 43,50 | 8 | 20 | 45,8 | ||||
4 | 15 | Vishwanath Kannam | IND | 1504 | AP | 7,5 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 56,5 | 45,00 | 7 | 20 | 13,6 | ||||
5 | 61 | Bodkhe Aditya | U11 | IND | 1367 | MAH-N | 7,5 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 41,75 | 7 | 40 | 111,6 | |||
6 | 19 | Mudliyar Kshitij | U15 | IND | 1482 | MAH-N | 7,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 49,0 | 39,75 | 7 | 40 | 42,0 | |||
7 | 43 | Raut Kailash | IND | 1390 | MAH-N | 7,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,0 | 39,75 | 6 | 40 | 62,0 | ||||
8 | 4 | Satyam Prakash | IND | 1572 | DEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 56,0 | 41,75 | 5 | 20 | 1,6 | ||||
9 | 24 | Qureshi A S | IND | 1470 | CG | 7,0 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 56,0 | 40,50 | 7 | 20 | 22,4 | ||||
10 | 20 | Das Jitendra Kumar | IND | 1477 | ODI | 7,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 56,0 | 41,75 | 6 | 20 | 18,6 | ||||
11 | 21 | Piyush Narsikar | IND | 1476 | MAH | 7,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 40,00 | 7 | 20 | 22,0 | ||||
12 | 38 | Siddik Akbar | IND | 1395 | TN | 7,0 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 54,0 | 40,25 | 5 | 20 | 31,8 | ||||
13 | 292 | Gahine Ashish | IND | 0 | CG | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 53,0 | 39,50 | 6 | ||||||
14 | 40 | Iyer Arvind | U11 | IND | 1392 | MAH | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 39,25 | 6 | 40 | 51,6 | |||
15 | 32 | Bakshi Mandar | IND | 1430 | MAH | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 38,00 | 6 | 20 | 4,0 | ||||
16 | 5 | Murarilal Kori | IND | 1561 | MP | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 37,00 | 7 | 20 | 5,0 | ||||
17 | 47 | Sanjib Mali | IND | 1384 | WB | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 49,0 | 35,00 | 7 | 20 | 37,6 | ||||
18 | 35 | Prerak Jayant Darvekar | U13 | IND | 1408 | MAH-N | 7,0 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 51,5 | 39,00 | 6 | 40 | 23,6 | |||
19 | 46 | Khandelwal Naman | IND | 1384 | MAH | 7,0 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 49,5 | 37,50 | 6 | 40 | 54,8 | ||||
20 | 63 | Mohammad Mudassir | IND | 1352 | AP | 7,0 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 48,0 | 35,00 | 6 | 20 | 34,8 | ||||
21 | 16 | Prakhar Gupta (Mp) | U15 | IND | 1492 | MP | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 50,0 | 37,25 | 6 | 40 | 9,2 | |||
22 | 213 | Haridev S | U09 | IND | 1102 | TN | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 50,0 | 36,50 | 7 | 40 | 181,6 | |||
23 | 84 | Osman Bin Sayeed | IND | 1316 | TEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,0 | 31,50 | 7 | 20 | 36,2 | ||||
24 | 26 | Mahendar B | IND | 1462 | TEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 56,0 | 37,75 | 5 | 20 | 10,0 | ||||
25 | 45 | Bala Ganeshan | IND | 1386 | KER | 6,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 53,5 | 35,75 | 6 | 20 | 29,6 | ||||
26 | 6 | Gokula Vishnu R | U13 | IND | 1556 | TN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 53,0 | 34,50 | 6 | 40 | -8,8 | |||
27 | 18 | Pawar Sohum | IND | 1483 | MAH | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 34,50 | 6 | 20 | -2,6 | ||||
28 | 30 | Sahoo Devendra Kumar | S55 | IND | 1435 | ODI | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 53,0 | 35,25 | 6 | 20 | 8,6 | |||
29 | 11 | Gopinath P | IND | 1537 | TN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 51,0 | 35,00 | 6 | 20 | -14,6 | ||||
30 | 56 | Saksham Omer | IND | 1374 | UP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 47,0 | 29,75 | 6 | 20 | 15,4 |