Himal Gusain dominates Surya Trophy Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/01/2023

Top seed of the tournament, IM Himal Gusain scored a staggering 9.5/10 to win Surya Trophy Rating Open 2022. He finished a full point ahead of the field. 10-year-old Aansh Nandan Nerurkar scored 8.5/10 to finish second. His sole loss of the event was against the eventual champion, Himal. IM Rahul Sangma scored 8/10 to finish third. None of the podium finishers needed tie-break to determine their final rank. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹75000, ₹50000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The six-day ten-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Divyam Foundation at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat. Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

10-year-old Aansh impresses

IM Himal Gusain of RSPB won his first tournament of the year 2023 on the very first day, 1st January. He also finished third at 1st Bishan Singh ji Memorial Rating Open 2023. Maharashtra's 10-year-old Aansh Nandan Nerurkar delivered his best performance by scoring an impressive 8.5/10 to finish second. He also gained a whopping 120 Elo rating points in the process.

Champion - IM Himal Gusain 9.5/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Runner-up - Aansh Nandan Nerurkar 8.5/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Second Runner-up - IM Rahul Sangma 8/10 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Top three (L to R) - 3rd IM Rahul Sangma, 1st IM Himal Gusain and 2nd Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

IM Himal Gusain scored an unbeaten 9.5/10, started with a fantastic 8/8 and faced both podium finishers

Top boards in action | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Top visually challenged player Ashvin Makwana and... | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

...few other visually challenged players took part | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

A differently abled player also participated | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

The tournament hall at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

The trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

All prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

The organizer and arbiters team | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

A total of 118 players including two IMs from various states across the country and one from Uganda and USA took part in this event. The tournament was organized by Divyam Foundationn from 27th December 2022 to 1st January 2023 at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat. The ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	1	IM	Gusain Himal			IND	2381	RLYS	9,5	63	67	63,50	0	9	10	-0,7
2	18		Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	U10		IND	1691		8,5	58	62,5	50,75	0	8	40	120
3	2	IM	Sangma Rahul			IND	2210	RLYS	8	60,5	66	51,00	0	7	10	-8,7
4	21	ACM	Iyer Arvind	U15		IND	1658		7,5	61	65,5	46,75	0	6	40	132,4
5	9		Majumder Shrayan			IND	1821		7,5	58	63	44,75	0	7	20	6,4
6	25		Akshat Negi			IND	1606		7,5	54	56	41,50	0	7	20	39,8
7	17		Dishank Sachin Bajaj			IND	1696		7	60,5	65,5	42,25	0	6	40	16
8	20		Sanjay Chhabra			IND	1676		7	60	64,5	40,75	0	6	20	-1,8
9	19	AGM	Bhogal Rupesh			IND	1676		7	59	62,5	38,50	0	7	20	-4,8
10	5		Sinha Santosh Kumar			IND	1923	GJ	7	56,5	61	40,25	0	6	20	-29
11	45		Vedant Rupeshbhai Varasada	U12		IND	1301	GJ	7	54,5	59	34,75	0	6	40	176,4
12	16	AGM	Prashanth J Naik			IND	1698		6,5	60,5	65,5	39,00	0	5	20	17,2
13	7		Jihan Tejas Shah	U15		IND	1860	GJ	6,5	58,5	63,5	37,25	0	6	40	-72,8
14	6		Ashutosh Kumar			IND	1880		6,5	58,5	63	37,00	0	5	20	-26
15	11		Daksh Goyal	U15		IND	1741		6,5	58	62,5	37,75	0	5	40	-21,2
16	28		Abhinav Chauhan			IND	1495		6,5	57,5	61,5	38,25	0	6	20	40,6
17	4		Trivedi Karan R			IND	1936	GJ	6,5	57	61	37,50	0	5	20	-45
18	14		Mrityunjay Kumar			IND	1706		6,5	56,5	61	36,25	0	5	20	-10,2
19	26		Singla Aaryan	U15		IND	1529		6,5	56,5	60	36,25	0	5	40	74,8
20	22		Sahil Bheron			IND	1622		6,5	55,5	59	37,25	0	6	20	0,8