Kumar Gaurav triumphs at 1st Juii Bora Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/08/2022

Top two seeds of the tournament, Arpan Das and Kumar Gaurav scored an unbeaten 9/10. They finished 1.5 points ahead of the field. Kumar secured first place and Arpan was adjudged second according to tie-breaks. Ashok K Sah and Subhajit Dhar scored 7.5/10 each. They secured third and fourth place respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹325000. Top three prizes were ₹45000, ₹34000 and ₹25000 cash each. A total of 120 players including a player from Bangladesh took part in this six-day ten-round Swiss League Open Rating tournament held from 10th to 15th July at ADP College, Nagaon, Assam. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kumar's second Classical triumph in 30 days

Kumar Gaurav won his second Classical Rating Open tournament of the year, exactly after a month he won Mahasamund All India Rating and Blitz Open on 15th June 2022. Overall, this Juii Bora Rating Open is Kumar's third tournament victory of the year. It could have been a hat-trick for Arpan after he won 1st HDCA Rating Open and 4th Ayodhana International Rating Open 2022. The game between the top two seeds ended in a draw in the seventh round. 12-year-old Yuwan Das was the youngest top 10 finisher at 10th place scoring 7/10. Chaarvi Choudhury, also of the same age, scored the same points and finished at 11th place. She is the highest finisher among female participants.

Champion - Kumar Gaurav 9/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kumar Gaurav scored an unbeaten 9/10, gained 3 Elo rating points and drew with the runner-up

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd Ashok K Sah 7.5/9, 1st Kumar Gaurav 9/9 and 2nd Arpan Das 9/9 | Photo: IA Arun Singh

A total of 120 players including a player from Bangladesh took part in this six-day ten-round Swiss League Open Rating tournament. The event was organized by Nagaon Chess Club at ADP College from 10th to 15th July 2022. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2		Kumar Gaurav			IND	2121	9	64	69,5	61,50
2	1		Arpan Das			IND	2145	9	63	68,5	60,50
3	15		Sah Ashok K.			IND	1615	7,5	59,5	62,5	42,75
4	10		Subhajit Dhar			IND	1716	7,5	56,5	61	42,00
5	7		Kishan Kumar			IND	1773	7	61	66	41,50
6	14		Cheniram Pegu			IND	1648	7	60,5	64,5	41,50
7	11		Rintu Brahma			IND	1705	7	59,5	64,5	40,00
8	4		Projit Phukon			IND	1811	7	59,5	64	42,25
9	20		Sudhirsana Singh R.K.			IND	1555	7	56	59	40,00
10	29		Yuwan Das	U13		IND	1484	7	56	59	39,75
11	43		Chaarvi Choudhury	U13	w	IND	1394	7	55,5	59	35,00
12	5		Abhash Roimya Saikia			IND	1798	7	55	58,5	40,50
13	6		Gias Uddin Ahmed			BAN	1797	7	54,5	59,5	41,50
14	17		Shubham Kumar			IND	1577	7	50,5	54	36,00
15	32		Abinash P Gogoi			IND	1468	6,5	59,5	64	38,00
16	21		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	U13		IND	1551	6,5	57,5	60,5	35,00
17	50		Prashant Kumar Singh			IND	1277	6,5	53	56	32,75
18	114		Rudhra Tiwari			IND	0	6,5	51,5	55,5	30,50
19	9		Abdus Sidique			IND	1727	6,5	51	55	33,75
20	33		Mridumoloy Das			IND	1455	6,5	51	54,5	30,00
21	62		Bodhisatwa Bhowmik	U11		IND	1147	6,5	45,5	48,5	27,50
22	68		Prakash Nath			IND	1059	6,5	45	49	28,75
23	3		Ashutosh Kumar			IND	1938	6	60	65,5	36,25
24	27		Tanmay Rajbongshi	U11		IND	1504	6	57	61	35,75
25	18	AIM	Abhijit Chutia			IND	1576	6	55,5	60	34,00