Aronyak Ghosh convincingly clinches 12th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/06/2024

IM Aronyak Ghosh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 12th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2024 part of LBHM Chess Festival 2024. Aronyak finished a half point ahead of the rest. Seven players - FM Suyog Wagh, CM Snehal Bhosale, IM Abhishek Kelkar, Arvind Iyer, GM P Karthikeyan, GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury and IM Neelash Saha scored 8/9 each. They were placed second to eighth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the entire festival was ₹3024234, for Rapid Rating tournament it was ₹401001. The top three prizes were ₹51001, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each respectively. This is Aronyak's third rating tournament triumph of the year.

Aronyak claims all three places at the festival

IM Aronyak Ghosh made a blazing start by winning all eight games. He had a half point lead going into the final round. CM Snehal Bhosale was the only player at 7.5/8. Aronyak drew with him as it was enough to become a clear champion. FM Suyog Wagh defeated Srihari K R to finish second. Snehal was placed third.

Champion - IM Aronyak Ghosh 8.5/9

Runner-up - FM Suyog Wagh 8/9

Second Runner-up - CM Snehal Bhosale 8/9 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Aronyak - Karthikeyan, Round 8

Position after 26...Bc2??

GM P Karthikeyan (2222) made a tactical mistake 26.Bc2?? Find out the correct continuation for White which IM Aronyak Ghosh (2429) executed in the game.

IM Aronyak Ghosh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to become the champion and gained 6 Elo rating points

A total of 750 players including 5 GMs and 6 IMs took part from various parts of the country, one from Germany and three from the USA. The one-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Aryan Enterprises at Dhruv Global School in Pune, Maharashtra on 23rd May 2024. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2	IM	Aronyak Ghosh				IND	2429	RSPB	8,5	56	61,5	57,5	0	8	9	8,5	8,24	0,26	10	2,6
2	5	FM	Wagh Suyog				IND	2268	MH	8	54,5	59,5	51,5	0	7	9	8	7,95	0,05	20	1
	14	CM	Snehal Bhosale				IND	2121	MH	8	54,5	59,5	51,5	0	7	9	8	6,53	1,47	20	29,4
4	13	IM	Abhishek Kelkar				IND	2137	MH	8	53	57	49	0	8	9	8	7,61	0,39	20	7,8
5	22	ACM	Iyer Arvind				IND	1986	MH	8	53	56,5	48,8	0	7	9	8	6,35	1,65	40	66
6	8	GM	Karthikeyan P.				IND	2222	TN	8	52,5	57,5	49	0	8	9	8	7,29	0,71	10	7,1
7	4	GM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi			LBHM	IND	2340	RSPB	8	51	56	48,8	0	7	9	8	8,28	-0,28	10	-2,8
8	3	IM	Neelash Saha			LBHM	IND	2371	RSPB	8	49	53,5	47,5	0	7	9	8	8,70	-0,70	20	-14
9	1	GM	Ghosh Diptayan				IND	2445	RSPB	7,5	54,5	59,5	48,8	0	7	8	6,5	7,74	-1,24	10	-12,4
10	34		Sherla Prathamesh	U13		LBHM	IND	1921	MH	7,5	54,5	59,5	47,8	0	6	9	7,5	5,52	1,98	40	79,2
11	28		Lad Mandar Pradip				IND	1959	GA	7,5	52,5	56	45,3	0	7	9	7,5	6,11	1,39	40	55,6
12	7	IM	Nitin S.				IND	2233	TN	7,5	52	57	45,5	0	7	9	7,5	8,29	-0,79	10	-7,9
13	16		Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi				IND	2107	MH	7,5	50	54	42,3	0	7	9	7,5	7,51	-0,01	20	-0,2
14	15	FM	Md Imran	U15			IND	2118	AP	7,5	49,5	53,5	44,3	0	7	9	7,5	8,20	-0,70	40	-28
15	459		Mokshith Pasupulety	U15			IND	1465	TG	7,5	49	52,5	42,8	0	6	9	7,5	1,53	5,97	40	238,8
16	12		Arpith S Bijoy				IND	2141	KL	7,5	48	52	43	0	6	8	6,5	7,42	-0,92	40	-36,8
17	19	WFM	Bakshi Rutuja		w		IND	2027	MH	7,5	47,5	50,5	41	0	7	9	7,5	7,97	-0,47	20	-9,4
18	157		Srijon Saha	U15			IND	1665	WB	7,5	45	49	37,8	0	7	9	7,5	4,01	3,49	40	139,6
19	44		Aditya Savalkar			LBHM	IND	1877	MH	7	52,5	57,5	43	0	7	8	6	4,72	1,28	20	25,6
20	20		Nagare Akhilesh				IND	2024	MH	7	51,5	56,5	42,5	0	6	9	7	7,10	-0,10	20	-2
21	148		Lakshmi Charan Naidu G	U15			IND	1676	AP	7	51,5	54	39	0	7	9	7	3,66	3,34	40	133,6
22	60		Gyana Sai Santhosh M				IND	1816	AP	7	51	55	39	0	7	9	7	4,82	2,18	40	87,2
23	128		Manna Chiranjit				IND	1701	WB	7	51	54,5	39	0	7	9	7	3,87	3,13	20	62,6
24	17	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj				IND	2057	MH	7	50,5	54,5	39,5	0	7	9	7	7,30	-0,30	20	-6
25	25	FM	Bagwe Gaurang				IND	1971	MH	7	49,5	54,5	41	0	7	9	7	7,42	-0,42	40	-16,8