Biswajit Chatterjee dominates 1st Tracks of Strategy Rating Open 2024 with a perfect 8/8

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/02/2024

Biswajit Chatterjee scored 8/8 to win 1st Tracks of Strategy Rating Open 2024. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Shankhadeep Maity scored an unbeaten 7/8 to finish second. Nine players scored 6.5/8. Out of them, the reigning West Bengal State Rapid champion, Niladri Banerjee was placed third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹139750 + trophies. The top three prizes were ₹10000 + trophy, ₹9000 and ₹8000 each respectively. This was Biswajit's first tournament triumph since December 2019. Entry fee was only ₹600. The five-day eight round Rating tournament was organized by South Eastern Railways Sports Association, Kharagpur Divsion. Photos: Yuva Chess Academy

Top two remain undefeated

Biswajit Chatterjee was the sole leader 7/7 heading into the final round. Even though a draw was enough for him to become a clear champion, he went on to beat Samrat Ghorai to finish with a 100% score. Shankhadeep Maity won against Manish Sharma to secure second place. Chitrak Naha drew against Niladri Banerjee. Niladri finished third.

Champion - Biswajit Chatterjee 8/8

Runner-up - Shankhadeep Maity 7/8

Second Runner-up - Niladri Banerjee 6.5/8

Biswajit Chatterjee scored 8/8, finished a full point ahead of the competition and gained 30.2 Elo rating points

The DRM, Kharagpur Division, Mr. K R Chaudhary making the inaugural first move, IA Asit Baran Choudhury, Chief Arbiter of the event assisted him

Playeres in action

The tournament hall at South Institute in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

For more tournament and prize distribution ceremony photos, click at the respective links.

Interview of Chief Arbiter - IA Asit Baran Choudhury | Video: Yuva Chess Academy

Players, parents and accompanying persons share their experience | Video: Yuva Chess Academy

A total of 261 players took part from various states across the country. The five-day eight round Rating Open tournament was organized by South Eastern Railway Sports Association, Kharagpur Division at South Institute in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal from 10th to 14th January 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	5		Biswajit Chatterjee			IND	1819	SER	8	39	43,5	43,50	8
2	18		Shankhadeep Maity			IND	1507	WB	7	35,5	38,5	33,75	6
3	9		Niladri Banerjee	U13		IND	1651	WB	6,5	41,5	45	35,25	6
4	12		Kamal Kishore Debnath			IND	1564	SER	6,5	40,5	43,5	31,75	6
5	17		Chitrak Naha			IND	1523	WB	6,5	38,5	42	29,75	6
6	28	AFM	Parambrata Sarkar	U13		IND	1392		6,5	38	41	30,75	6
7	20	ACM	Ramesh Parmar			IND	1492	HAR	6,5	37	39,5	31,25	6
8	35		Oishik Mondal	U09		IND	1331	WB	6,5	37	39,5	30,75	6
9	14		Aritra Chanda			IND	1540	WB	6,5	36,5	39	31,00	5
10	7		Rajesh Kumar			IND	1762	SER	6,5	36	38,5	31,75	6
11	42		Samrat Sutar	U13		IND	1298		6,5	30	32	27,25	6
12	2		Samrat Ghorai			IND	1889	WB	6	42,5	45,5	31,50	6
13	10		Manish Sharma			IND	1647	JHAR	6	39	42	29,50	5
14	6		Verma Sanjay		KDSER	IND	1778	SER	6	38	42,5	30,00	5
15	33		Kinjal Sardar	U15		IND	1345		6	38	39,5	27,50	5
16	19		Shambo Dutta			IND	1500	WB	6	36,5	40,5	29,00	5
17	110		Sayan Bhattacharjee			IND	1069		6	35,5	39	27,00	6
18	27		Swapnanil Kar	U15		IND	1397		6	35	38,5	27,00	6
19	15		Pallab Bala			IND	1531	WB	6	34,5	38	24,00	4
20	26		Baibhab Singh			IND	1408	ODI	6	34,5	37	25,50	6
21	113		Archishman Panda	U13		IND	1064		6	33,5	37	25,50	6
22	47		Ratul Majumder	U15		IND	1258	WB	6	32,5	32,5	20,00	6
23	8		Himangsu Das			IND	1673	RPM	5,5	41,5	45,5	28,75	5
24	69		Rudradeep Ghosh	U13		IND	1182		5,5	37,5	39,5	25,00	4
25	23		Diproneel Barman	U13		IND	1437	WB	5,5	37	39,5	24,75	5