Ritviz Parab triumphs at 2nd Unity Club Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/05/2024

IM Ritviz Parab and IM Ethan Vaz scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 2nd Unity Club Rapid Rating Open 2024. Ritviz won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. 12-year-old Ethan had to settle for second place. Seven players scored 7.5/9 each. Out of them FM Apoorv Kamble was placed third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹251000. The top three prizes were ₹55000, ₹33000 and ₹22000 along with a trophy each. The two-day rating tournament was organized by Unity Club at Ravindra Bhavan in Margao, Goa on 27th and 28th April 2024. This is Ritviz's second rating tournament victory of the year.

Top two score an unbeaten 8/9

IM Ritviz Parab and IM Ethan Vaz were the coleaders 7.5/8, going into the final round. They were a half point ahead of others. They drew the final round game to secure first and second place. FM Apoorv Kamble defeated Laxlabh Desai Mayuresh to finish third. Arpith S Bijoy is the only untitled player among top eight finishers. He scored 7.5/9 to finish fourth.

Champion - IM Ritviz Parab 8/9

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Ethan Vaz 8/9, 1st IM Ritviz Parab 8/9 and 3rd FM Apoorv Kamble 7.5/9

IM Ritviz Parab scored an unbeaten 8/9, drew with both runners-up and gained 28.6 Elo rating points

A total of 301 players including 2 GMs and 5 IMs took part from all over the country, one from England and one from Hungary each in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Unity Club at Ravindra Bhavan in Margao, Goa on 27th and 28th April 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	8	IM	Ritviz, Parab			IND	2160	Goa_Salcete	8	56	61	53,25	7
2	4	FM	Vaz, Ethan	U13		IND	2268	Goa_Salcete	8	55	60	52,25	7
3	11	FM	Apoorv, Kamble	U15		IND	2081	Karnataka	7,5	54,5	59	47,00	7
4	10		Arpith, S Bijoy			IND	2087	Kerala	7,5	54	58,5	46,50	7
5	1	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.			IND	2397	PSPB	7,5	53	57	45,75	7
6	5	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			IND	2265	Goa_Tiswadi	7,5	51	55,5	44,00	7
7	2	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	S40		IND	2358	West Bengal	7,5	49	53,5	43,25	7
8	3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete			IND	2299	Maharashtra	7,5	48	52,5	41,50	7
9	30		Shaun, Deon Sequeira	U15		IND	1719	Karnataka	7,5	46,5	50	41,25	6
10	15	FM	Sauravh, Khherdekar	S40		IND	1917	Maharashtra	7	52,5	53,5	38,00	6
11	6	IM	Audi, Ameya			IND	2208	Goa_Salcete	7	51	55	40,50	7
12	17	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik			IND	1811	Karnataka	7	49,5	54	39,50	7
13	16		Gugan, G			IND	1877	Tamil Nadu	7	48,5	53	39,50	7
14	29		Shirodkar, Aayush			IND	1720	Goa_Salcete	7	48,5	51	36,00	7
15	51		Aarth, Siddhesh Shenvi Karapurkar	U15		IND	1578	Goa_Bardez	7	46,5	49	36,50	7
16	14		Balkishan, A.			IND	1970	Karnataka	6,5	52	56	37,75	6
17	18		Chavan, Nameet			IND	1808	Maharashtra	6,5	50,5	53,5	35,75	6
18	7	FM	Dutta, Joydeep			IND	2173	West Bengal	6,5	50,5	52	33,75	6
19	13		Sharsha, Backer			IND	1977	Kerala	6,5	50,5	51,5	32,75	6
20	19		Bezstrakhov, Dmitry	S40		FID	1802	FIDE	6,5	49,5	54	37,75	6
21	40		Mayuresh, Laxlabh Desai	U15		IND	1642	Goa_Bicholim	6,5	49	53,5	35,25	6
22	50		Kanishk, Sagar Sawant	U13		IND	1579	Goa_Bardez	6,5	47,5	50,5	33,25	6
23	23		Vivaan, Sunil Ballikar			IND	1755	Goa_Salcete	6,5	47	51	34,75	6
24	46		Tejas, R Shet Verenkar			IND	1585	Goa_Salcete	6,5	47	51	33,75	6
25	52		Saras, Summer Powar	U11		IND	1578	Goa_Salcete	6,5	47	50	33,25	6
26	68		Shriya, Patil	F15	w	IND	1534	Goa_Salcete	6,5	47	50	32,75	6
27	55	AFM	Aarush, Bhat	U13		IND	1564	Karnataka	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,25	6
28	41	AFM	Vaz, Edrick	U15		IND	1635	Goa_Salcete	6,5	46,5	48,5	32,75	6
29	35		Anish, Naik			IND	1656	Goa_Ponda	6,5	46	49	31,25	6
	47		Katkar, Atharv			IND	1584	Goa_Salcete	6,5	46	49	31,25	6