Kaustuv Kundu dominates 1st All India Rating Open 2023 with a perfect 9/9

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/05/2023

Kaustuv Kundu scored a perfect 9/9 to win 1st All India Rating Open 2023. He finished a staggering 1.5 points ahead of the field. Anurag Jaiswal scored sole 7.5/9 to secure second place. Eight players scored 7/9 each. Out of them, Arpan Das was placed third as he had the best tie-break score. Both Kaustuv and Anurag remained undefeated. Kaustuv got the better of the eventual second runner-up in the penultimate round. Despite needing just a draw to become a clear champion, the sole IM-norm holder wanted a perfect finish and won against Bishal Basak in the final round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹225000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹25000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Top two remain undefeated

This is Kaustuv's first Rating tournament triumph of 2023. Earlier, this year he had won the Kolkata District Chess Championship in February. He is known to be in the habit of winning tournaments all over the country in various formats. After this tournament, he won another Rating tournament in Telangana. We will mention it in a separate report. GM Dibyendu Barua and GM Saptarshi Roy distributed the prizes.

Champion - Kaustuv Kundu 9/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up - Anurag Jaiswal 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - Arpan Das 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Kaustuv Kundu scored a perfect 9/9 to win the tournament and gain 17.8 Elo rating points

4th Ritabrata Chakraborty 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

5th Niladri Sekhar Bhattacharyya 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

6th Soumma Chakraborty 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

7th Bishal Basak 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th Alka Das 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th Chiranjit Manna 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

10th Jyotshnav Talukdar 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

11th CM Sankalan Shah 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

12th Sanjeeban Mandal 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

13th Agnivo Chakraborty 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

14th Arghya Sen 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

15th Ishan Sinha 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The tournament hall at Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Institute of Technology & Sports Complex | Photo: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

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A glimpse of the final round | Video: Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha

A total of 224 players from various states across the country. The six-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by The Chess School, Kolkata at Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Institute of Technology & Sports Complex, Dumdum in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal from 11th to 16th April 2023. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1		Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2217	WB	9	51	55,5	54,50	0	9
2	10		Anurag Jaiswal			IND	1777	WB	7,5	48	52	42,00	0	6
3	4		Arpan Das			IND	1981	WB	7	51,5	56,5	42,00	0	6
4	8		Ritabrata Chakraborty			IND	1787	WB	7	51,5	55	38,25	0	6
5	11		Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar			IND	1735	WB	7	50,5	55,5	41,75	0	6
6	6		Soumma Chakraborty			IND	1872	WB	7	50	54	39,50	0	7
7	9		Basak Bishal			IND	1785	WB	7	49,5	53,5	37,00	0	7
8	12		Alka Das		w	IND	1733	JHAR	7	46	50	37,50	0	6
9	25		Manna Chiranjit			IND	1497	WB	7	45,5	49,5	33,00	0	6
10	20		Jyotshnav Talukdar	U15		IND	1567	ASM	7	45,5	47,5	35,25	0	6
11	2	CM	Sankalan Shah	U15		IND	2179	WB	6,5	52	56,5	37,25	0	6
12	37		Sanjeeban Mandal	U13		IND	1362	WB	6,5	50	53,5	35,50	0	6
13	24		Agnivo Chakraborty	U15		IND	1522	WB	6,5	47,5	52	35,75	0	6
14	18		Arghya Sen			IND	1604	WB	6,5	47,5	51	33,75	0	6
15	36		Ishan Sinha	U15		IND	1373	WB	6,5	47,5	50,5	33,50	0	5
16	32	ACM	Parigyan Chakraborty	U13		IND	1396	WB	6,5	46	49	28,25	0	6
17	5		Mitra Swapan	S60		IND	1975	WB	6,5	45	49,5	35,25	0	5
18	16		Anis Mukhopadhyay			IND	1646	WB	6,5	45	47	31,50	0	6
19	3		Chatterjee K.K.	S60		IND	2085	WB	6,5	44,5	48,5	33,75	0	5
20	27		Shankhadeep Maity			IND	1485	WB	6,5	43	45	30,75	0	6