Arpan Das wins 4th Ayodhana International Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/08/2022

Top seed of the tournament, Arpan scored an unbeaten 8/9 and finished a half point ahead of the field. This is his second consecutive triumph after winning the 1st HDCA All India Open Rating the previous month. Rupam Mukherjee scored 7.5/9 to finish sole second. This is his second consecutive podium finish, after winning 15th G H Raisoni Memorial Rating Open in June. Five players scored 7/9. Assam's very own, Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur was placed third according to tie-breaks. He drew with the eventual champion in the seventh round. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. Top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 cash along with a trophy each respectively. Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Second triumph in three weeks

Arpan Das won his second consecutive tournament in 17 days. Both champion and second runner-up remained undefeated. Tanisha A R Som and Chaarvi Choudhury are two girls to finish in top 10. They scored 7/9 and 6.5/9 to secure fifth and ninth place respectively. Chaarvi is also the youngest finisher among top 10.

Champion - Arpan Das 8/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Arpan Das scored an unbeaten 8/9, drew with both runner-ups

Runner-up - Rupam Mukhejee 7.5/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

Second Runner-up -Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur 7/9 | Photo: FA Pranab Kumar Nath

A total of 138 players including a player from Bangladesh took part in this six-day nine-round Swiss League Open Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Chess Players Parents Forum, Assam at Assam Down Town University from 3rd to 8th July 2022. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Arpan Das				IND	2145	West Bengal	8	52	55	47,75
2	5	Rupam Mukherjee				IND	1770	West Bengal	7,5	48,5	52	42,50
3	6	Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur				IND	1751	Assam	7	48	50,5	37,50
4	2	Ashutosh Kumar				IND	1938	Bihar	7	47	49,5	34,50
5	10	Tanisha A R Som		w		IND	1605	Assam	7	46,5	50	36,50
6	23	Abinash P Gogoi				IND	1468	Assam	7	45,5	49,5	38,00
7	8	Uddipta Gogoi			Guwa	IND	1666	Assam	7	44,5	48	35,00
8	4	Kishan Kumar				IND	1773	Bihar	6,5	49	52	35,00
9	30	Chaarvi Choudhury	U14	w	Guwa	IND	1394	Assam	6,5	48	52	36,00
10	9	Sahjahan Ali			Guwa	IND	1616	Assam	6,5	43	47,5	31,00
11	15	Rituraj Tamuli				IND	1514	Assam	6,5	42,5	45,5	31,00
12	16	Padma Gogoi				IND	1508	Assam	6	50,5	54,5	29,75
13	13	Chiraranjan Bhuyan	S50		Guwa	IND	1530	Assam	6	47,5	52,5	33,25
14	19	Ashvin Sharma	U16		Guwa	IND	1493	Assam	6	47	50,5	28,75
15	14	Rishav Barman			Guwa	IND	1518	Assam	6	46,5	48,5	30,00
16	11	Pran Govinda Parashar Kashyap	U16		Guwa	IND	1597	Assam	6	46	49,5	30,25
17	40	Nalinakhya Kashyap	U14		Guwa	IND	1198	Assam	6	45,5	48,5	28,25
18	20	Rajbeer Ahmed				IND	1480	Tripura	6	45	49,5	30,75
19	21	Abhirup Saikia	U12		Guwa	IND	1471	Assam	6	44,5	48,5	29,50
20	3	Gias Uddin Ahmed				BAN	1797		6	43,5	48	30,75