Sudhanshu Ranjan triumphs at 2nd Nitai Ghosh Memorial Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/01/2024

Sudhanshu Ranjan scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 2nd Nitai Ghosh Memorial Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Four players - Kishan Kumar, Anushka Gupta, Rahul Gurung and Arpan Das scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. Sudhanshu defeated both runners-up - Anushka and Kishan in Round 8 and 7 respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹555555. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each respectively. Only Sudhanshu remained undefeated among top ten. The tournament was organized in memory of Nitai Ghosh. It was Sudhanshu's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photos: NA Arijeet Malakar/Jalpaiguri Chess Academy

Sudhanshu's first Rating tournament victory of his career

Sudhanshu Ranjan was the sole leader 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Rahul Gurung was the sole player in pursuit. He was trailing by a half point at 7/8. A draw against Rahul was enough for Sudhanshu to become champion. That's exactly what he did. Kishan Kumar beat his statemate Ashutosh Kumar and Anushka Gupta won against Ishan Sinha. Kishan secured second place and Anushka third. She is the only female finisher among top 30. 189th seeded unrated 10-year-old Ujan Chanda had a fantastic tournament. He scored an impressive 7/9 to finish eighth.

Champion - Sudhanshu Ranjan 8/9

Runner-up - Kishan Kumar 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - Anushka Gupta 7.5/9

Sudhanshu Ranjan en route his draw against the top seed, Rahul Gurung in the fnal round

Sudhanshu Ranjan scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 6.8 Elo rating points

Players in action

Group photo of prize winners with arbiters and organizers

The tournament hall at Greater Kailash in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Thanks to NA Arijeet Malakar of Jalpaiguri Chess Academy for sharing the photos.

A total of 305 players took part from various states across the country and one from Bangladesh and Nepal each. The five-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Jalpaiguri Chess Academy at Greater Kailash in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal from 27th to 31st December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2		Sudhanshu Ranjan				IND	1937	BIH	8	52	56,5	50,50	7
2	8		Kishan Kumar				IND	1777	BIH	7,5	51	55	44,00	7
3	13		Anushka Gupta		w		IND	1654	WB	7,5	51	53,5	42,50	7
4	1		Gurung Rahul				IND	2030	SIK	7,5	50,5	56	45,50	7
5	4		Arpan Das				IND	1915	WB	7,5	50	52	41,50	7
6	18		Shubham Kumar				IND	1562	BIH	7	49	53,5	39,00	6
7	3		Kumar Gaurav				IND	1934	BIH	7	47	51	38,25	6
8	189		Chanda Ujan	U10			IND	0	WB	7	47	51	38,00	7
9	17		Aman Kumar				IND	1606	BIH	7	42,5	46	34,75	6
10	35		Ishan Sinha				IND	1401	WB	6,5	50	55	36,75	6
11	10		Himanshu Ranjan				IND	1732	BIH	6,5	49,5	53	36,00	5
12	24		Rishan Debnath	U14			IND	1493	WB	6,5	49,5	52	34,75	6
13	37	AFM	Parambrata Sarkar	U12		JP	IND	1392	NB	6,5	49	53,5	36,75	6
14	75		Angshu Ghosh	U12			IND	1198	WB	6,5	48,5	52	36,00	4
15	9		Basak Bishal				IND	1768	WB	6,5	47,5	50,5	33,75	6
16	28		Rituraj Tamuli				IND	1455	ASM	6,5	47	51	35,00	5
17	20		Rounak Guha Roy			JP	IND	1554	NB	6,5	47	51	34,50	5
18	5		Tamang Thendup				IND	1849	SIK	6,5	47	50,5	35,25	5
19	11		Ashutosh Kumar				IND	1724	BIH	6,5	46,5	51	34,50	6
20	26		Triparno Ghosh	U14		JP	IND	1465	NB	6,5	46,5	50	33,00	5
21	51		Snehasish Das				IND	1295	ASM	6,5	46	48,5	31,00	5
22	7		Mohit Kumar Soni				IND	1780	BIH	6,5	45	48	33,50	6
23	16		Subba Saurab				IND	1621	SIK	6,5	44,5	46,5	31,75	4
24	29		Divyanshu Kumar Singh				IND	1440	BIH	6,5	43,5	48	32,75	6
25	120		Priyangsu Sur			JP	IND	1086	NB	6,5	43	46,5	31,75	6