Mayank Chakraborty wins SPS Guwahati Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/01/2025

Five players - IM Mayank Chakraborty, Samyak Dharewa, IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, IM Neelash Saha and Bivor Adak scored 8.5/10 each at SPS Guwahati Rating Open 2024. The top seed of the tournament, Mayank became the champion. The remaining four were placed second to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. Only Mayank and Vikramaditya remained undefeated among them. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1000000. The top three prizes were ₹100000 + trophy, ₹80000 and ₹70000 each. The six-day ten-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Assam Chess Club at South Point School in Guwahati, Assam from 25th to 30th December. This is Mayank's eighth tournament triumph in 2024. Photo: IA Biswajit Bharadwaj/Assam Chess Club

Top five score 8.5/10

IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni and IM Neelash Saha were the coleaders 8/9, heading into the final round. Five players were trailing them by a half point at 7.5/9 each. Neelash drew with Vikramaditya. Parambrata Sarkar lost against the top seed, IM Mayank Chakraborty and he became champion. Samyak Dharewa defeated Shubham Kumar to secure second place. Vikramaditya finished third.

Champion - IM Mayank Chakraborty 8.5/10 | Photo: IA Biswajit Bharadwaj/Assam Chess Club

Runner-up - Samyak Dharewa 8.5/10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 8.5/10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Mayank Chakraborty en route his first round win over Ruddraksh Raj Dutta | Photo: IA Biswajit Bharadwaj/Assam Chess Club

IM Mayank Chakraborty scored an unbeaten 8.5/10, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 39 Elo rating points

Inauguration ceremony | Photo: IA Biswajit Bharadwaj/Assam Chess Club

Players in action | Photo: IA Biswajit Bharadwaj/Assam Chess Club

The tournament hall at South Point School in Guwahati, Assam | Photo: IA Biswajit Bharadwaj/Assam Chess Club

A total of 374 players including three IMs participated from various states across the country. The six-day ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Assam Chess Club at South Point School in Guwahati, Assam from 25th to 30th December 2024. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	5	FM	Prakash Ram,		PB	IND	2003	Ludhiana	8,5	55	59,5	55,50	8
2	1	GM	Himanshu Sharma,		HR	IND	2312	Rohtak	8	54,5	56,5	48,25	7
3	2	IM	Gusain, Himal		CH	IND	2199	Chandigarh	8	54	56	49,00	7
4	8		Mraduhas, Tripathi		MP	IND	1771	Ujjain	8	51	55	47,00	8
5	4		Swain, Ashirwad		OR	IND	2062	Nayagarh	7,5	52	57	45,25	7
6	9		Devansh, Singh		MP	IND	1764	Ujjain	7,5	51	55	43,25	7
7	13		Saurabh Jain,		MP	IND	1649	Ujjain	7,5	50	54	42,75	7
8	6		Ajay, Virwani		MP	IND	1852	Indore	7,5	47,5	51	41,25	6
9	3	CM	Dodeja, Pawan		MH	IND	2120	Amravati	7	55,5	59,5	43,00	7
10	10		Kanwal Om Prakash,	S55	MP	IND	1757	Ujjain	7	51,5	56	41,00	7
11	7		Vedant Bhardwaj,		MP	IND	1790	Bhopal	7	51	55	40,00	6
12	11		Arbaz Shekh,		MP	IND	1714	Ujjain	7	50	52,5	38,00	7
13	47		Venus, Jha		MP	IND	1525	Sagar	7	49	53	39,00	7
14	19		Sanjeev, Singh Chauhan		MP	IND	1629	Ujjain	7	49	53	37,50	7
15	24		Ram Kumar Thakur,		CT	IND	1590	Bilaspur	7	48,5	53	37,00	7
16	18		Pushprajsinh Jitubha Zala,		GJ	IND	1630	Anjar	7	46,5	50,5	37,00	7
17	22		Atul Ranka,		MP	IND	1615	Ratlam	7	46,5	50	37,00	7
18	320		Utkarsh Bhagwat,		MP	IND	0	Ujjain	7	46	50	37,00	7
19	23		Dhuriya, Mukesh		MP	IND	1598	Dewas	7	44,5	49	37,50	7
20	12		Alankrit Songotra,		MP	IND	1657	Mandla	7	39	43	32,50	7