Kartavya Anadkat dominates 5th Ayodhana Rating Open 2023 with a perfect 9/9

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/07/2023

Kartavya Anadkat scored a perfect 9/9 to win 5th Ayodhana Rating Open 2023. He finished a massive 1.5 points ahead of the field. Five players - Indrajeet Mahindrakar, Naitik R Mehta, Rupam Mukherjee, Tanmay Rajbongshi and Mohit Kumar Soni scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to sixth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹350000. The top three prizes were ₹55000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 each respectively. This is Kartavya's seventh tournament triumph of the year. After winning this event, he won a one-day rapid open tournament. As of this writing, he is fighting for the championship at SLAN 1st Rating Open 2023. Photos: Sujaul Hazarika/Chess Players Parents' Forum, Guwahati, Assam

Kartavya continues his winning spree

Kartavya Anadkat (GUJ) won over a dozen tournaments in 2022. This year also, he is planning to do the same. After making a 8/8 start, he gained a full point lead heading into the final round. His opponent, top seed, IM Srijit Paul (WB) did not turn up. Thus, he got a walk over and won the tournament, finishing 1.5 points ahead of the field. The tournament is organized by Chess Players Parent's Forum, Guwahati, Assam. The parents forum must be applauded for organizing a rating tournament for the fifth edition with a great prize fund to create an opportunity for the talents of Assam to play against strong players from various parts of the country. One can only hope that this will inspire more parents of various states to come together and organize open rating tournaments like these.

Top 3 (L to R) - 1st Kartavya Anadkat 9/9, 3rd Naitik R Mehta 7.5/9 and 2nd Indrajeet Mahindrakar 7.5/9

Kartavya Anadkat scored a perfect 9/9 and gained 20.8 Elo rating points

Inauguration Ceremony

Parents and accompanying persons

Open tournament means any player can face anyone

Visually challenged players in action

Top boards

Defending champion, Arpan Das had a tough event

Glimpses of the tournament hall

Trophies for the top three finishers

Trophies and medals for the prize winners

Arbiters team

A total of 330 players including an IM took part from various states across the country in this six-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament. The event was organized by Chess Players Parents' Forum, Guwahati, Assam at Assam Down Town University in Guwahati, Assam from 11th and 16th July 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2		Anadkat Kartavya				IND	2124	Gujarat	9	53,5	57,5	57,00
2	10		Mahindrakar Indrajeet				IND	1949	Maharastra	7,5	52	55	43,50
3	11		Mehta Naitik R				IND	1891	Gujarat	7,5	50	55	45,00
4	20		Rupam Mukherjee				IND	1782	West Bengal	7,5	50	54	43,25
5	26		Tanmay Rajbongshi	U13		NE	IND	1709	Assam	7,5	49,5	53,5	43,00
6	14		Mohit Kumar Soni				IND	1829	Bihar	7,5	49	52	42,75
7	1	IM	Srijit Paul				IND	2379	West Bengal	7	54	58,5	42,50
8	7		Santu Mondal				IND	2014	CCSCSB	7	54	57	41,75
9	9		Kumar Gaurav				IND	1991	Bihar	7	53	56	40,75
10	43		Shourya Paul	U15			IND	1583	West Bengal	7	51	55	39,50
11	16		Pradeep Tiwari				IND	1821	DASCB	7	50	54	38,00
12	30		Anurag Jaiswal				IND	1687	West Bengal	7	48,5	53	38,75
13	15		Balkishan A.				IND	1826	Karnataka	7	46,5	50,5	34,25
14	21		Manthan Kashyap Datta			NE	IND	1775	Assam	7	46	47	34,00
15	25		Nirab Jyoti Bordoloi	S50		NE	IND	1721	Assam	7	44,5	48	36,00
16	5		Imocha Laishram	S50		NE	IND	2035	Assam	7	44,5	47,5	34,00
17	8		Arpan Das				IND	2007	West Bengal	6,5	51,5	56	37,00
18	3		Dhrupad Kashyap			NE	IND	2080	Assam	6,5	51	56	37,75
19	36		Snehaal Roy	U15		NE	IND	1657	Assam	6,5	49,5	51	35,75
20	19		Soni Krishan				IND	1803	CCSCSB	6,5	49	53	36,00
21	6		Singh Y. Dhanabir			NE	IND	2033	Manipur	6,5	49	53	35,75
22	49		Dhruv Phukan			NE	IND	1535	Assam	6,5	47,5	50,5	31,75
23	38		Akshat Negi				IND	1636	Delhi	6,5	47	50	34,25
24	18		Kushal Bharat Bagadia			NE	IND	1811	Assam	6,5	47	50	34,00
25	28		Abhrojyoty Nath	U15		NE	IND	1697	Assam	6,5	47	50	32,25
26	13		Singh Soram Rahul			NE	IND	1865	Assam	6,5	46	50,5	35,00
27	48		Ayush Das				IND	1544	West Bengal	6,5	46	50,5	32,25
28	42		Sahil Bheron				IND	1591	Haryana	6,5	46	49	34,25
29	27		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	U13		NE	IND	1707	Assam	6,5	46	48	33,25
30	23		Gaurav Das				IND	1757	West Bengal	6,5	46	48	30,25