Pradeep Kumar R A wins 2nd HDCA Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/12/2023

Pradeep Kumar R A and Arghya Sen scored 8/9 each at 2nd HDCA Rating Open 2023. Pradeep won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Arghya secured second place. Arpan Das, Kumar Gaurav, Nigash G, Jyotshnav Talukdar and Shrihan Sabat scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to seventh respectively. Pradeep, Gaurav and Pradip Ghosh remained undefeated among the top ten finishers. Marium Fatima became the sole female player to finish in top ten. She scored 7/9 to be placed ninth. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹416000. The top three prizes were ₹75000 + trophy, ₹50000 and ₹30000 each. This was Pradeep's third tournament triumph of the year. Photos: IA Vishal Kumar Minz

Pradeep's third tournament triumph of the year

Pradeep Kumar R A was the sole leader 7.5/8 heading into the final round. He drew against Kumar Gaurav to become the champion 8/9. Both Pradeep and Gaurav remained undefeated. Marium Fatima lost against Arghya Sen. Akash Tiwari lost to Arpan Das. Arghya secured second place and Arpan third. Before this event, Pradeep won 8th Sri M S V Memorial Rating Open 2023 and All India Civil Services Team Men 2023 for RSB Chennai. He remained unbeaten in all three triumphs.

Champion - Pradeep Kumar R A 8/9

Runner-up - Arghya Sen 8/9

Second Runner-up - Arpan Das 7.5/9

Pradeep Kumar R A in action

Pradeep Kumar R A scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win the tournament

Inauguration Ceremony

Mr. Manish Jaiswal, MLA of Hazaribagh was invited as the Chief Guest along with the Joint Director (DIG PTC) of Hazaribagh Police Training Academy, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh and the Hazaribagh Police superintendent, Mr. Manoj Ratan Chothe along with Environmentalist, Surendra Prasad Singh and IM Suvrajit Saha were invited as guests of honor at the inauguration ceremony.

Lighting of the lamp

The tournament was inaugurated with the lightning of the lamp by all the above mentioned guests along with the Chief Arbiter, Mr. Vishal Kumar Minz. Moreover, the Tournament Director, Mr. Karan Jaiswal along with many other dignitaries were also present in the inaugural function of this tournament. The function was presided by the Hazaribag District Chess Association's President, Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh and conducted by the Executive Committee head, Mr. Manmit Akela.

Various players in action

Arbiters and officials at work

The tournament hall at Multipurpose Hall, Vinoba Bhave University in Hazaribag, Jharkhand

Thanks to the Chief Arbiter IA Vishal Kumar Minz for sharing photos and info about the tournament.

A total of 309 players including an IM took part from various states across the country and one from England in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Hazaribag District Chess Association at Multipurpose Hall, Vinoba Bhave University in Hazaribag, Jharkhand from 22nd to 26th November 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	Pradeep, Kumar R A			IND	2195	Tamil Nadu	8	54,5	59,5	52,00	7
2	24	Arghya, Sen			IND	1596	West Bengal	8	47,5	51,5	45,50	8
3	7	Arpan, Das			IND	1911	West Bengal	7,5	53	57	45,25	7
4	5	Kumar, Gaurav			IND	1953	Bihar	7,5	52	56	45,00	6
5	15	Nigash, G			IND	1703	Tamilnadu	7,5	51	55	43,50	7
6	21	Jyotshnav, Talukdar	U15		IND	1640	Assam	7,5	48	52	41,50	6
7	17	Shrihan, Sabat	U15		IND	1679	Odisha	7,5	45	49	40,75	7
8	4	Pradip, Ghosh			IND	1991	West Bengal	7	53,5	58	43,50	5
9	12	Marium, Fatima		w	IND	1740	Bihar	7	53	57,5	42,25	6
10	9	Rupam, Mukherjee			IND	1808	West Bengal	7	50	54	39,00	6
11	16	Anurag, Jaiswal			IND	1699	West Bengal	7	49	53	39,00	6
12	26	Femil, Chelladurai		w	IND	1570	Tamil Nadu	7	48	51,5	37,75	6
13	13	Kishan, Kumar			IND	1720	Bihar	7	48	50,5	35,75	6
14	11	Ashutosh, Kumar (Bihar)			IND	1746	Bihar	7	46	49	35,00	7
15	27	Shubham, Kumar			IND	1559	Bihar	7	44	46,5	34,50	7
16	14	Ankit, Kumar Singh			IND	1715	Jharkhand	6,5	53	56	37,75	6
17	6	Chatterjee, K.K.	S55		IND	1922	West Bengal	6,5	52	56	38,25	5
18	8	Nath, Rupankar			IND	1902	West Bengal	6,5	51	54,5	38,25	5
19	34	Amrit, Raunak			IND	1440	Bihar	6,5	51	53,5	35,25	6
20	20	Adhiraj, Mitra	U15		IND	1663	Jharkhand	6,5	50	51,5	35,00	5
21	25	Akash, Tiwari			IND	1578	West Bengal	6,5	49,5	53,5	36,25	5
22	32	Debanjan, Sinha	U15		IND	1458	Jharkhand	6,5	49	52,5	35,75	5
23	22	Swapnil, Raj			IND	1631	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	49	52	35,25	5
24	19	Shreyas, Raj	U15		IND	1670	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	48	52,5	35,50	6
25	23	Sharath, E.			IND	1612	Tamil Nadu	6,5	47	50,5	33,75	5
26	29	Vibhash, Kumar Sinha			IND	1488	Jharkhand	6,5	45,5	50	34,25	6
27	37	Shubh, Singh Saini	U15		IND	1421	Uttrakhand	6,5	45,5	49	33,75	6
28	33	Pawan, Singh			IND	1452	Bihar	6,5	45,5	48	31,75	6
29	39	Prashant, Kumar Singh			IND	1403	Bihar	6,5	44,5	49	33,75	6
30	42	Manish, Yadav	U15		IND	1369	Bihar	6,5	44,5	47	30,00	6

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