Neelash Saha wins Bijnor Open Vol.2 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/03/2024

IM Neelash Saha, Vignesh B, GM Laxman R R and Balkishan A scored 7.5/9 each at Bijnor Open UP Booster Series Vol.2 2024. Neelash won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Vignesh, Laxman and Balkishan were placed second, third and fourth according to tie-breaks. Only Neelash and Laxman remained undefeated among them. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹100000, ₹75000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each respectively. The five-day rating tournament was organized by and at Vivek College, Bijnor at Uttar Pradesh from 17th to 21st March 2024. This was Neelash's third overall, second Classical rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Vivek College, Bijnor

Top four score 7.5/9

IM Neelash Saha and IM Srihari L R were the coleaders heading into the final round 7/8 each. Vignesh B defeated Srihari and Neelash drew against Indrajeet Mahindrakar. Balkishan A and GM Laxman R R won against FM Joydeep Dutta and Daksh Goyal to also end up with 7.5/9 each. Neelash became champion, Vignesh second and Laxman third. The exact rating changes will be known on April 2024 FIDE Rating list.

Champion - IM Neelash Saha 7.5/9

Runner-up - Vignesh B 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - GM Laxman R R 7.5/9

Top five (L to R): 5th IM Srihari L R 7/9, 4th Balkishan A 7.5/9, 2nd Vignesh B 7.5/9, 1st IM Neelash Saha 7.5/9 and 3rd GM Laxman R R 7.5/9

Neelash - Ram, Round 7

Position after 14.Rxd5

IM Neelash Saha (2463) made a nice exchange sacrifice against Ram Prakash (1983) in the seventh round. 14...exd5 15.Nxd5 Qd8 16.Nc7 Be6 17.Bc4 there is no need to hurry in recovering the exchange Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Bf6 19.Nxa8 and White won the game in another ten moves.

IM Neelash Saha in action

IM Neelash Saha scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 including a draw against the sole Grandmaster in the field and the eventual second runner-up - GM Laxman R R

4th Balkishan A 7.5/9

5th IM Srihari L R 7/9

6th Ram Prakash 7/9

7th FM Arvinder Preet Singh 7/9

8th IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 7/9

9th IM Indrajeet Mahindrakar 7/9

10th Kamad Mishra 7/9

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The tournament hall at Vivek College in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh

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A total of 190 players including a GM and 4 IMs took part from all over the country and one from the Netherlands and USA each in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by and at Vivek College in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh from 17th to 21st March 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2463	RSPB	7,5	52,5	57	46,25	6
2	6	AGM	Vignesh, B		IND	2209	Tamil Nadu	7,5	49,5	53,5	44,00	7
3	3	GM	Laxman, R.R.		IND	2331	ICF	7,5	49	54	43,75	6
4	8		Balkishan, A.		IND	2108	Karnataka	7,5	48	52	41,50	7
5	1	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2490	Tamil Nadu	7	53	57,5	42,50	6
6	11		Prakash, Ram		IND	1983	Punjab	7	52	56	41,75	6
7	10	FM	Singh, Arvinder Preet		IND	2030	Punjab	7	51	55	41,00	6
8	5	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J		IND	2285	Telangana	7	50	54,5	41,00	6
9	7		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet		IND	2136	Maharashtra	7	49,5	53,5	39,75	5
10	15		Mishra, Kamad		IND	1812	Madhya Pradesh	7	47	51,5	38,00	6
11	19		Shreyas,		IND	1785	Delhi	7	45	49	37,50	5
12	9	FM	Dutta, Joydeep		IND	2041	RSPB	6,5	50	55	38,00	5
13	40		Shubh, Singh Saini	U15	IND	1683	Uttarakhand	6,5	49	52,5	35,75	5
14	22		Sparsh, Yadav		IND	1775	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	48	52	34,25	5
15	4	FM	Vrashank, Chouhan		IND	2330	Rajasthan	6,5	46,5	51	35,25	6
16	13		Sharma, Harish		IND	1926	Delhi	6,5	46	50	33,50	6
17	36		Vinayak, Singh Yadav	U15	IND	1696	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	45,5	49,5	32,50	6
18	18		Vatsal, Singla	U15	IND	1795	Delhi	6	49	53,5	33,00	6
19	16		Shreyash, Singh	U15	IND	1807	Uttar Pradesh	6	48,5	52,5	32,25	5
20	12		Daksh, Goyal		IND	1926	Delhi	6	48,5	52,5	32,00	6

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