Swapnil Dhopade wins 1st Matrix Cup Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/10/2023

GM Swapnil Dhopade and Harshit Pawar scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 each at 1st Matrix Cup Rating Open 2023. Swapnil won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Harshit secured second place. FM Arvinder Preet Singh and Ram Prakash scored 8/9 each. They were placed third and fourth respectively. They also remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹551000. The top three prizes were ₹70000, 50000 and 30000 along with a trophy each respectively. WFM Supreetha Potluri became the sole woman to make a top ten finish. She scored an impressive 7.5/9 to be placed sixth. This was Swapnil's second consecutive tournament triumph of the year. Photos: FM FT FA Prasenjit Dutta/Matrix Chess Academy

Swapnil's second consecutive tournament triumph of the year

GM Swapnil Dhopade, Harshit Pawar and Kumar Gaurav were the three leaders heading into the final round 7.5/8. Swapnil defeated Kumar and Harshit won against IM Vishal Sareen. Thus, Swapnil and Harshit ended with the same score 8.5/9 each. They clinched the first and second place respectively.

Champion - GM Swapnil Dhopade 8.5/9

Runner-up - Harshit Pawar 8.5/9

Second Runner-up - FM Arvinder Preet Singh 8/9

Top 3 (L to R): 1st GM Swapnil Dhopade 8.5/9, 2nd Harshit Pawar 8.5/9 and 3rd Arvinder Preet Singh 8/9

GM Swapnil S Dhopade scored an unbeaten 8.5/9

Vyom Malhotra, Pratitee Bordoloi, Shubhi Gupta and Sanchita Yadav were felicitated

Shubhi Gupta - 37th National Junior Girls 2023 champion, Pratitee Bordoloi - 36th National Under-11 Girls 2023 champion. Vyom Malhotra Asian School Under-9 Open 2023 champion, Sanchita Yadav National Amateur Below 1700 Women 2023 champion - all four students of Matrix Chess Academy, were felicitated by Bharat Singh Chauhan, Chairman of FIDE Advisory Board and Deputy President of Asian Chess Federation.

Players in action

Trophies for the prize winners

"1st Matrix Cup Rating Chess Tournament 2023 completed successfully with the amazing efforts of Matrix Chess Academy parents support. We touched a milestone of achieving more than 780 entries. I would like to thank all of our sponsors and supportive parents who took time out to help us in many ways. At the Prize Distribution Ceremony, we had Bharat Singh Chauhan, Deputy President of Asian Chess Federation, Naresh Sharma, Treasurer, All India Chess Federation, Manoj Sethi, Joint Secretary in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizer, Sanjeev Thakur, Secretary of Himachal Pradesh Chess Association and Laishram Imocha distributed prizes and motivated our participants." - FM FT FA Prasenjit Dutta

Thanks to FM FT FA Prasenjit Dutta, Tournament Director, for sharing photos and info about the tournment.

A total of 763 players including 2 GMs and 2 IMs took part from England, Kenya, Tajikistan, USA, Vietnam and various parts of India in this five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament which was organized by Matrix Chess Academy at NDMC Barat Ghar in New Delhi from 9th to 13th October 2023. The time control for the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	1	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade			IND	2465	Railway Sports Promotion Board	8,5	54	59	55,50	0	8	2099
2	13	AFM	Pawar, Harshit	U16		IND	1834	Delhi	8,5	53	57,5	54,00	0	8	2086
3	5	FM	Singh, Arvinder Preet			IND	2032	Punjab	8	49,5	52,5	46,00	0	7	1881
4	7		Prakash, Ram			IND	1949	Punjab	8	48	52	46,50	0	7	1795
5	6		Kumar, Gaurav			IND	1971	Bihar	7,5	55	59	46,25	0	7	1984
6	15	WFM	Potluri, Supreetha		w	IND	1831	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	51,5	53,5	43,25	0	7	1746
7	9		Sudhanshu, Ranjan			IND	1938	Bihar	7,5	51	54,5	44,25	0	7	1801
8	33		Rohith, Yadav B R	U18		IND	1678	Telangana	7,5	50,5	54,5	44,00	0	7	1777
9	12		Mohit, Kumar Soni			IND	1842	Bihar	7,5	48	52	42,25	0	7	1671
10	53		Supriyo, Das	U20		IND	1567	Uttar Pradesh	7,5	47,5	51,5	40,25	0	7	1702
11	8	AFM	Shubhi, Gupta	U14	w	IND	1947	Uttar Pradesh	7,5	46,5	50	41,25	0	7	1694
12	37		Ayaan, Garg	U12		IND	1645	Chandigarh	7,5	46,5	49	39,75	0	7	1589
13	118		Vairaj, Sogerwal	U10		IND	1362	Haryana	7,5	46	50	41,25	0	7	1577
14	60		Rituraj, Tamuli			IND	1510	Assam - PC	7,5	43,5	47	38,75	0	7	1543
15	4	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	S65		USA	2081	USA	7	55	59	42,50	0	7	1759
16	3	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.			IND	2215	LIC	7	54	57	41,75	0	6	1825
17	10		Sharma, Harish			IND	1906	Delhi	7	53	57	41,00	0	7	1787
18	11		Nath, Rupankar			IND	1905	West Bengal	7	52,5	57	41,25	0	6	1783
19	26		Bhattacharya, Niladri Shekhar			IND	1750	West Bengal	7	52	55	39,75	0	6	1596
20	31		Subhajit, Dhar			IND	1689	Assam	7	50,5	55	40,00	0	7	1703
21	29		Ashutosh, Kumar			IND	1728	Bihar	7	50,5	54	39,50	0	7	1775
22	18		Aryan, Ranjan	U20		IND	1821	Delhi	7	49,5	54	41,00	0	5	1597
23	28		Bivor, Adak	U14		IND	1737	West Bengal	7	49,5	53	39,00	0	6	1584
24	30		Mrityunjay, Kumar			IND	1699	Bihar	7	49,5	51,5	36,50	0	7	1644
25	50		Sahil, Bheron			IND	1579	Haryana	7	49	54	40,25	0	6	1537

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