Sudhir Kumar Sinha wins Colonel Ujir Singh Thapa Memorial Below 2000 Rating Tournament 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/04/2024

Sudhir Kumar Sinha and FM Rupesh Jaiswal (NEP) scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at Colonel Ujir Singh Thapa Memorial Mayor Cup Below 2000 Rating Tournament 2024. The seventh round battle between them ended in a draw. Suroj Maharjan scored sole 7.5/9 to secure third place. The total prize fund of the tournament was NRs. 1001000 (approx. ₹625525). The top three prizes were NRs. 200000 + trophy, 110000 and 60000 each respectively. This is Sudhir's first rating tournament triumph since June 2019. Apart from Sudhir, four more Indians made a top ten finish. Rishabh Nishad and Raghav Srivathsav V scored 7/9 each to be placed fifth and sixth. Prakhar Tripathi and Vipul Subhashi claimed ninth and tenth place scoring 6.5/9 each. Photos: Madhav Pradhan and Raju Tamrakar

Indians claim five out of top ten

FM Rupesh Jaiswal (NEP) and Sudhir Kumar Sinha were the coleaders 7/8 heading into the final round. Vipul Subhashi lost to Rupesh and Sudhir defeated CM Krishna Thapa (NEP). Sudhir became champion and Rupesh second. Suroj Maharjan (NEP) won against CM Sajin Maharjan (NEP) to finish third. WFM Bristy Mukherjee is the highest finisher among female participants. She scored 6.5/9 to secure eleventh place.

Champion - Sudhir Kumar Sinha 8/9

Runner-up - FM Rupesh Jaiswal 8/9

Second Runner-up - Suroj Maharjan 7.5/9

Sudhir Kumar Sinha scored an unbeaten 8/9, drew against the eventual runner-up - FM Rupesh Jaiswal and gained 43.6 Elo rating points

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The tournament hall at Hotel Butwal Crown Plaza in Butwal, Nepal

A total of 143 players took part from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and USA. The four-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City Chess Association at Hotel Butwal Crown Plaza in Butwal, Nepal from 6th to 9th April 2024. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar	IND	1968		8	0,5	51,5	46,5
2	4	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh	NEP	1969	Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Ward No	8	0,5	49,5	44,5
3	11		Maharjan, Suroj	NEP	1918	Mahalaxmi Municipality	7,5	0	45,5	41
4	19		B.K, Tirth Bahadur	NEP	1866	Banke	7	0	48	43,5
5	7		Rishabh, Nishad	IND	1953		7	0	47,5	43,5
6	2		Raghav, Srivathsav V	IND	1983		7	0	47	42,5
7	6	CM	Thapa, Krishna	NEP	1963	Hetauda	6,5	0	50	45
8	9	CM	Maharjan, Sajin	NEP	1930	Lalitpur	6,5	0	49	44
9	54		Prakhar, Tripathi	IND	1599		6,5	0	47,5	43
10	3		Vipul, Subhashi	IND	1971		6,5	0	47,5	43
11	16	WFM	Bristy, Mukherjee	IND	1903		6,5	0	46,5	42
12	14		Srivastava, Mithilesh Kumar	IND	1909		6,5	0	45,5	40,5
13	13		Phuyal, Aashish	NEP	1912	Dolakha	6,5	0	44,5	39,5
14	30		Vinayak, Singh Yadav	IND	1748		6,5	0	43,5	40,5
15	15	CM	Chaulagain, Purushottam	NEP	1906	Mount Everest and Social Club	6	0	50	45

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