Ram Vishal Parab perfect at 1st Tarabai Shinde Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/04/2024

13-year-old Ram Vishal Parab scored a perfect 9/9 to win Federal Bank presents Tarabai Shinde Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Five players - Paras Dilip Bhoir, Ankur Mahesh Gokhale, Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, Keval Nirgun and FM Vedant Nagarkatte scored 8/9 each. They secured second to sixth place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹15000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each respectively. The one-day rapid rating tournament was organized by Mr. Nandakumar TV on 31st March 2024 at Agri Koli Sanskriti Bhavan in Nerul, Maharashtra. This is Ram's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Nandakumar TV

Ram Vishal's first rating tournament victory in 2024

Ram Vishal Parab scored eight wins in-a-row 8/8. FM Nikhil Dixit was the sole player trailing him by a half point at 7.5/8. Ram needed a draw to win the tournament. However, he went for a win and got the full point to become the champion with a 100% score of 9/9. Paras Dilip Bhoir and Ankur Mahesh Gokhale defeated CM Vedant Nitin Vekhande and Arvind Iyer to secure second and third place respectively.

Champion - Ram Vishal Parab 9/9

Runner-up - Paras Dilip Bhoir 8/9

Second Runner-up - Ankur Mahesh Gokhale 8/9

Ram Vishal Parab won all nine games and finished a full point ahead of the rest

"We are glad to have Federal Bank as the title sponsor for this tournament. Federal Bank, a leading Indian private sector bank, offers a wide range of banking products and services to retail, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), agricultural, and corporate customers. Federal Bank, since its inception, has embraced Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as an integral part of its culture. They do a wide variety of programs across India for the skill development of the younger generation. We are very happy that they have identified Chess as an important sport that need to be promoted. Without their support this tournament was not possible." - Mr. Nandakumar TV, Tournament Organizer.

Top 5 (L to R): 2nd Paras Dilip Bhoir 8/9, 1st Ram Vishal Parab 9/9, 5th Keval Nirgun 8/9, 4th Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 8/9 and 3rd Ankur Mahesh Gokhale 8/9

Players, parents and accompanying persons at the closing ceremony

Thanks to Nandakumar TV for sharing the photos.

A total of 692 players took part from all over the country and one from the USA in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Mr. Nandakumar T V at Agri Koli Sanskriti Bhavan in Nerul, Maharashtra on 31st March 2024. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	19		Ram, Vishal Parab	U15	IND	1836	Po3219_mums_2023	9	52,5	57	57,00	9
2	23		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	U15	IND	1792	Po2357_raig_2023	8	55	59	52,00	8
3	9		Ankur, Mahesh Gokhale		IND	1916	Po1106_than_2023	8	54	59	51,00	8
4	2		Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		IND	2169	Po644_than_2023	8	52,5	56,5	48,50	8
5	18		Nirgun, Keval		IND	1840	Po1044_pune_2023	8	50,5	52,5	45,50	8
6	13	FM	Nagarkatte, Vedant		IND	1884	Po3552_mums_2023	8	50	53	46,00	8
7	3	FM	Dixit, Nikhil		IND	2133	Po1447_pune_2023	7,5	56	59	46,25	7
8	8		Atharvaa, P Tayade		IND	1939	Po6191_mums_2024	7,5	53,5	58	46,00	7
9	5	CM	Gaurav, Rajesh Zagade		IND	1975	Po6129_pune_2024	7,5	52	55	44,25	7
10	10	FM	Jaiveer, Mahendru	U15	IND	1897	Po1139_mums_2023	7,5	50,5	54,5	42,75	7
11	14		Shah, Mihir		IND	1865	Po626_mumc_2023	7,5	50,5	52,5	41,25	7
12	33		Om, Nilesh Deorukhakar		IND	1672	Po2223_palg_2023	7,5	50	54	43,25	7
13	30		Shreyam, Mishra		IND	1686	Po6296_mumc_2024	7,5	49	53,5	42,50	7
14	25		Soni, Atharv	U13	IND	1729	Po27_than_2023	7,5	49	53	43,25	6
15	47	AFM	Maniar, Hriday	U13	IND	1623	Po573_mumc_2023	7,5	48	52,5	42,75	7
16	148		Laddad, Aadhavan Atish	U13	IND	1496	Po3071_mumc_2023	7,5	46	48,5	38,25	7
17	7	CM	Vedant, Nitin Vekhande		IND	1951	Po4928_than_2023	7	57	63	46,00	7
18	1	CM	Snehal, Bhosale		IND	2170	Po6313_raig_2024	7	56,5	59,5	44,50	7
19	4		Nagare, Akhilesh		IND	2025	Pending	7	54,5	59,5	42,50	7
20	11	ACM	Iyer, Arvind		IND	1894	Po121_than_2023	7	52,5	55	39,50	7
21	62	AFM	Ruhaan, Mathur	U13	IND	1587	Po422_mums_2023	7	52,5	54,5	37,50	7
22	20		Watarkar, Yash		IND	1817	Po3937_pune_2023	7	51	55,5	39,50	7
23	22		Guru, Prakash		IND	1795	Po46_mums_2023	7	49	53,5	40,00	6
24	12		Patil, Harshal		IND	1893	Po1287_nash_2023	7	49	51	36,50	7
25	48		Kharat, Sandeep		IND	1619	Po6291_than_2024	7	48,5	52	39,00	7
26	63		Rane, Viraj	U13	IND	1587	Po3058_mums_2023	7	48	52,5	38,00	7
27	66	AIM	Yadav, Aakashkumar		IND	1584	Po4342_raig_2023	7	47,5	49	35,50	6
28	77		Akash, Srivastav		IND	1564	Not Applicable	7	47	51	38,00	7
29	83		Kshitij, Dutta	U15	IND	1561	Po901_than_2023	7	47	51	37,00	7
30	94	AFM	Salvi, Aarush		IND	1549	Po992_raig_2023	7	47	50,5	36,00	7