Nubairshah Shaikh convincingly clinches Federal Bank 3rd Tarabai Shinde Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/12/2024

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Federal Bank presents 3rd Tarabai Shinde Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Five players - Jeet Shah, Guru Prakash, FM Mithil Ajgaonkar, Vivaan Sardana and Arnav Mahesh Koli scored 8/9 each. They secured second to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Nubairshah defeated Jeet and drew with Guru. The total prize fund was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹15000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each. The one-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Nandakumar T V at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar School and College in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 24th November. This is Nubairshah's second tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Ravindra Potawad

Total 666 players take part

Top seed, IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh and CM Amardeep S Bartakke, were the coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Nubairshah defeated Amardeep to become a clear champion. Yohan Boricha lost to Jeet Jain and Guru Prakash won against Anish Godse. Jeet secured second place, Guru third. Nubairshah went on to win 3rd Jaffna International Chess Festival 2024 in Sri Lanka. It will be mentioned in detail in a separate report.

Champion - IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 8.5/9

Runner-up - Jeet Shah 8/9

Second Runner-up - Guru Prakash 8/9

4th FM Mithil Ajgaonkar 8/9

5th Vivaan Sardana 8/9

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 4.4 Elo rating points

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A total of 666 players took part from various parts of India and one from Singapore and USA each. The tournament was organized by Nandakumar T V at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar School and College in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 24th November. The nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament had a time control of 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		IND	2229	8,5	53	57	53,00	8
2	7		Shah, Jeet		IND	1905	8	56,5	60,5	52,00	8
3	9		Guru, Prakash		IND	1866	8	54	58	49,75	7
4	3	FM	Mithil, Ajgaonkar		IND	1969	8	53,5	58,5	51,75	7
5	5	AIM	Vivaan, Sardana	U15	IND	1931	8	49,5	54	46,75	7
6	4		Arnav, Mahesh Koli	U15	IND	1951	8	49,5	52	45,00	8
7	17		Somaiya, Shreyansh		IND	1828	7,5	54	59	46,75	7
8	16		Pandey, Arpit		IND	1831	7,5	52,5	57,5	47,25	7
9	11	CM	Bartakke, Amardeep S.		IND	1852	7,5	52,5	56,5	44,00	7
10	22		Laddad, Aadhavan Atish	U13	IND	1784	7,5	51,5	56	44,25	7
11	14		Ishaan, A Tendolkar	U15	IND	1843	7,5	51	55	43,75	7
12	27	AFM	Rudra, Kandpal	U13	IND	1739	7,5	51	55	43,50	7
13	68		Narkhede, Rishit Nitin	U15	IND	1619	7,5	48,5	52,5	40,75	7
14	13		Aayush, Kabra		IND	1847	7,5	47,5	51,5	41,75	7
15	12		Arjun, Singh	U09	IND	1848	7,5	47	50	39,50	7
16	8		Shah, Veer Kunjan		IND	1893	7,5	45,5	48	39,25	7
17	28		Godse, Anish		IND	1739	7	54,5	58	42,50	7
18	18		Boricha, Yohan		IND	1808	7	54	57	41,75	6
19	20		Bartakke, Aditya		IND	1799	7	52,5	57	41,00	7
20	15		Soni, Atharv	U13	IND	1843	7	51,5	55,5	39,50	7
21	51	AFM	Anirudh, Satish	U15	IND	1651	7	50,5	54,5	39,00	7
22	2	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha		IND	2057	7	50	55,5	42,50	7
23	34	AFM	Arya, Amol Bagayatkar	U15	IND	1712	7	50	54,5	40,50	7
24	10		Gada, Om		IND	1859	7	49,5	54	39,50	7
25	6		Kherdekar, Arnav		IND	1905	7	49,5	53,5	39,75	6
26	96		Medhansh, Dinesh Poojary	U09	IND	1582	7	49	53	39,25	6
27	88		Ishan, Roy	U15	IND	1593	7	49	52,5	38,50	7
28	30		Aditya, Shardul Kadam	U11	IND	1725	7	49	52,5	38,00	7
29	25		Dharia, Vishal		IND	1756	7	49	52,5	38,00	6
30	262		Isaiah, Chris Nazareth	U13	IND	1438	7	48	52	39,25	6