Sriram Jha wins 1st Chhindwara All India Rapid Rating Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/12/2021

Top seed of the tournament, GM Sriram Jha of LIC, scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 along with IM Himal Gusain at 1st Chhindwara All India Open Rapid Rating. Sriram won the tournament due to better tie-break score, Himal was placed second. Madhya Pradesh's very own, IM Anuj Shrivatri secured third place 7.5/9, edging past Harish Sharma on tie-breaks. The tournament had the total prize fund of ₹100000 with the first prize being ₹21000 cash and a trophy. It took place on 11th and 12th December at Parasia, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. This is Sriram Jha's first triumph since he won Nagoya Open in Japan in November 2019. Check out a pictorial report of this tournament. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Top four finish in the same order

Chhindwara district hosted their first Rapid Rating tournament earlier this month. Top three seeds, GM Sriram Jha of LIC, IM Himal Gusain of Chandigarh and IM Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh claimed top three places in the same order. Even fourth seeded Harish Sharma of Delhi also secured fourth place.

L to R - 2nd IM Himal Gusain and 1st GM Sriram Jha

Sriram Jha scored an unbeaten 8.0/9

GM Sriram Jha, IM Anuj Shrivatri and WFM Srishti Pandey along with the guests at the inauguration ceremony

Chief Guest, Vivek Bunty Sahu, BJP President, GM Sriram Jha, Special Guest, Mr. Gurmeet Singh, President MPCAC, Mr. Ritesh Chourasia, Chhindwara District Chess Association, were present during the inauguration ceremony.

GM Sriram Jha in action

A glimpse of the playing arena

Players in action

Chief guest, Mr. Prakash Uikey, Damoh, and special guest Ms. Rajni Prakash, District Judge, distributed the prizes with Mr. Gurmeet Singh, President, MPCAC and Mr. Rinku Ritesh Chourasia, President of CDCA distributed the prizes at the closing ceremony.

The tournament was organized by Chhindwara District Chess Association on 11th and 12th December 2021 at Parasia, Chhindwara at Madhya Pradesh. A total of 132 players including a GM and two IMs took part in the nine-round Swiss league Rapid tournament which had a time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Sriram Jha				IND	2389	Lic	8,0	54,5	58,5	50,75
2	2	IM	Gusain Himal				IND	2329	Chandigarh	8,0	53,0	57,0	49,75
3	3	IM	Anuj Shrivatri				IND	2095	Mp	7,5	52,5	57,0	45,25
4	4		Sharma Harish				IND	2036	Delhi	7,5	50,0	55,0	43,25
5	8	AFM	Choubey Saurabh				IND	1762	Mp	7,0	49,0	50,5	35,00
6	10		Shukla Shishir				IND	1725	Mp	7,0	46,5	48,5	36,50
7	20		Mishra Kamad				IND	1541	Mp	7,0	45,0	49,0	35,50
8	25		Nakul Chaudhary				IND	1462	Up	7,0	44,0	45,5	33,50
9	24		Tiwari Shivansh				IND	1474	Mp	7,0	42,0	46,0	32,50
10	11	AIM	Abhay Bandewar				IND	1722	Chhindwara,Mp	6,5	49,0	53,0	34,50
11	7		Amit Soni				IND	1782	Mp	6,5	42,0	45,0	32,00
12	23		Satish Bele	S60			IND	1475	Chhindwara,Mp	6,5	41,0	44,0	29,25
13	9		Bajaj Prakhar				IND	1757	Mp	6,0	53,5	56,5	34,50
14	28		Shrivastava Kushagra				IND	1428	Mp	6,0	48,5	51,5	32,25
15	21		Paritosh Malvi				IND	1502	Chhindwara,Mp	6,0	47,5	51,0	29,00
16	14		Gurmeet Singh Bagga				IND	1594	Maharashtra	6,0	47,0	50,0	31,50
17	6		Hitesh S. Jariya				IND	1836	Mp	6,0	46,5	50,5	32,75
18	34		Chepte Dilip	S60			IND	1350	Maharashtra	6,0	46,0	49,5	32,00
19	37		Brijbhooshan Dubey	S60			IND	1337	Mp	6,0	46,0	47,0	29,50
20	61		Harshit Dawar				IND	1153	Mp	6,0	45,0	48,0	29,00