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Diptayan Ghosh becomes National Rapid 2024 Champion

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/03/2024

GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) scored an unbeaten 9/11 to win National Rapid Championship 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Eight players - IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB), GM Raja Rithvik R (TEL), IM Arghyadip Das (RSPB), IM Srihari L R (TN), FM Suyog Wagh (MAH), IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (MAH), IM Ayush Sharma (MP) and IM Aradhya Garg (DEL) scored 8.5/11 each. They secured second to ninth place according to tie-breaks. Suyog is the sole non IM/GM finisher among top ten. Nithin Babu (KER) is the highest untitled finisher at 15th place scoring 8/11. National Blitz Championship 2024 will take place today. Blitz Round 1 starts at 9 a.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

RSPB dominates the podium

GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) won four rating tournaments last year and had multitude of podium finishes all over the world in Classical and Rapid events. He already had a runner-up finish at 1st SOA GM 2024 last month. However, his last National triumph was in 2010 in Under-13 Open category, nearly 13 years ago. A National title after such a long gap is special to him. Diptayan's previous best performance at National Rapid 2015 when he finished as the runner-up.

Champion - GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) 9/11
I am happy to become the National Champion after more than a decade - GM Diptayan Ghosh | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) 8.5/11
I was not about to play this year - IM Aronyak Ghosh | Video: ChessBase India

Second Runner-up - GM Raja Rithvik R (TEL) 8.5/11
Interview with GM Raja Rithvik R (TEL) | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) 8.5/11, 1st GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) 9/11 and 3rd GM Raja Rithvik R (TEL) 8.5/11

Diptayan - Raja Rithvik, Round 9

Position after 16...Nd4?

16...Nd4 abandons both a7 and b7-pawns. 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxa7 Bd7 19.Nxb7 Black could not recover for the rest of the game. Eventually the extra pawns on the queenside played a key role in White earning the win.

GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) set the tone for the day when he defeated his coleader GM Raja Rithvik R (TEL) in the ninth round

GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) scored an unbeaten 9/11, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 2.4 Elo rating points

GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) - FM Suyog Wagh (MAH): 0-1

Prraneeth - Aronyak

Position after 26.Qb4

One of the most difficult things to spot in chess is, backward moves. IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) found it correctly against GM Prraneeth Vuppala (TEL) 26...Qc7 attacking the e5-pawn 27.Re1 Rb8 28.Qa3 Ra8 29.Ra1 Nxe5 Black just forced his way into White giving up the e5-pawn 30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Qb4 Rc8 and Black won the game in the next few moves.

IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) scored a big victory over GM Prraneeth Vuppala (TEL)

Round 10: FM Suyog Wagh (MAH) - GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB) - IM Ayush Sharma (MP): 0.5-0.5

Photo Gallery

4th IM Arghyadip Das (RSPB) 8.5/11

5th IM Srihari L R (TN) 8.5/11

6th FM Suyog Wagh (MAH) 8.5/11

7th IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (MAH) 8.5/11

8th IM Ayush Sharma (MP) 8.5/11

9th IM Aradhya Garg (DEL) 8.5/11

10th IM Hari Madhavan N B (TN) 8/11

11th IM Ethan Vaz (Goa) 8/11

12th IM Raahul V S (TN) 8/11

15th Nithin Babu (KER) 8/11

16th IM Ratnakaran K (RSPB) 8/11

17th GM Prraneeth Vuppala (TEL) 7.5/11

18th IM Shahil Dey (ASM) 7.5/11

20th GM Neelotpal Das (PSPB) 7.5/11

21st GM Sriram Jha (LIC) 7.5/11

22nd IM Ravi Teja S (AP) 7.5/11

23rd FM Arhan Chethan Anand (KAR) 7.5/11

24th IM Utsab Chatterjee (WB) 7.5/11

25th IM Abhishek Kelkar (MAH) 7.5/11

Arbiters' team

The tournament hall at Shankaracharya Nyas at Nashik, Maharashtra

For more Round 9-11 and Prize distribution ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.

 

A total of 225 players including 9 GMs, 24 IMs, 3 WGMs and 3 WIMs took part from various parts of the country in this three-day eleven-round Swiss League Rapid Rating tournament. It was organized by Nashik District Chess Association from 4th to 6th March 2024 at Shankaracharya Nyas at Nashik, Maharashtra. The time control was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Replay Round 9-11 games

Round 11 results

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.PGN
12
GMGhosh, Diptayan2441Railways½ - ½8FMAyush, Sharma2141Madhya Pradesh
37PGN
27
GMRaja, Rithvik R2387Telangana8½ - ½8IMAronyak, Ghosh2422Railways
5PGN
321
IMSrihari, L R2236Tamil Nadu8½ - ½8FMWagh, Suyog2215Maharashtra
25PGN
412
IMDas, Arghyadip2289Railways1 - 0GMMitrabha, Guha2466West Bengal
1PGN
530
FMAradhya, Garg2186Delhi1 - 0GMSriram, Jha2310LIC
9PGN
616
IMSammed, Jaykumar Shete2262Maharashtra1 - 0IMShahil, Dey2235Assam
22PGN
74
GMKarthik, Venkataraman2427Andhra Pradesh71 - 0CMPimpalkhare, Vedant2101Maharashtra
44PGN
86
GMPrraneeth, Vuppala2416Telangana7½ - ½7WIMMrudul, Dehankar2050Maharashtra
51PGN
945
Nithin, Babu2101Kerala71 - 07IMNitin, S.2266Railways
15PGN
1017
IMRaahul, V S2260Tamil Nadu71 - 07IMSai, Agni Jeevitesh J2108Railways
43PGN

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Final standings

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
12
GMGhosh, DiptayanIND2441Railways97781,564,7507102,4
25
IMAronyak, GhoshIND2422Railways8,578,58462,5006106,5
37
GMRaja, Rithvik RIND2387Telangana8,57681,560,25072015,4
412
IMDas, ArghyadipIND2289Railways8,575,580,560,50071017,7
521
IMSrihari, L RIND2236Tamil Nadu8,575,580,560,00072035,4
625
FMWagh, SuyogIND2215Maharashtra8,574,58059,00072051,6
716
IMSammed, Jaykumar SheteIND2262Maharashtra8,5747959,00072032,2
837
FMAyush, SharmaIND2141Madhya Pradesh8,569,573,554,50072045,6
930
FMAradhya, GargIND2186Delhi8,56873,555,75072015,4
1023
IMHari, Madhavan N BIND2218Tamil Nadu8737854,00062050,8
1128
FMVaz, EthanIND2188Goa8727752,75074076,8
1217
IMRaahul, V SIND2260Tamil Nadu870,575,552,2507209,2
134
GMKarthik, VenkataramanIND2427Andhra Pradesh869,574,551,500710-18,4
1418
WGMPriyanka, NutakkiwIND2255Andhra Pradesh86974,550,750720-0,6
1545
Nithin, BabuIND2101Kerala868,573,550,50072040
1629
IMRatnakaran, K.IND2186Railways86873,552,0008107,7
176
GMPrraneeth, VuppalaIND2416Telangana7,57580,553,000510-14,1
1822
IMShahil, DeyIND2235Assam7,5758050,5006400,4
191
GMMitrabha, GuhaIND2466West Bengal7,574,578,551,250610-19,9
2010
GMNeelotpal, DasIND2291PSPB7,57378,550,250710-9,1

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