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Rakesh Kumar Jena victorious at Summer Cup Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/07/2022

Starting out as the top seed, IM Rakesh Kumar Jena scored an unbeaten 6.5/7. Second seeded, Ritviz Parab and 12-year-old Jihaan Tejas Shah also scored the same. However, Rakesh won the tournament due to better tie-break score. Ritviz and Jihaan had to settle for second and third place respectively. The tournament had to be truncated by two rounds due to Section 144 getting imposed on the state on 29th June. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1101000. Top three prizes were ₹111000, ₹71000 and ₹41000 along with a trophy each. The tournament was held between 26th and 29th June 2022 at Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Top two seeds finish at the top

12-year-old Jihaan Tejas Shah scored an impressive 6.5/7. He gained a massive 104.8 Elo rating points and won the first prize of ₹101000 in Rating category 1300-1599. The boy from Gujarat is the youngest player to finish in top 10. 14-year-old Medhansh Saxena scored an unbeaten 6/7. He is the only other teenager to make a top ten finish at sixth place.

Champion - IM Rakesh Kumar Jena 6.5/7

IM Rakesh Kumar Jena scored an unbeaten 6.5/7, drew with the eventual runner-up Ritviz Parab in the final round

Runner-up - Ritviz Parab 6.5/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Jihan Tejas Shah 6.5/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Inauguration Ceremony in progress | Photo: IA FI Rajendra Teli/Chess in Lakecity

Inaugural first move is being made | Photo: IA FI Rajendra Teli/Chess in Lakecity

The tournament was inaugurated by District Collector of Udaipur. IAS Tara Chand Meena and Shakeel Hussain, District Sports Officer, Udaipur. FA FT Praful Zaveri, Indian Chess School founder, Rajiv Bharadwaj, President Chess In Lakecity, IA FT Rajendra Teli, Chief Arbiter and IA NI Vikas Sahu, Chess In Lakecity.

The tournament hall | Photo: IA FI Rajendra Teli/Chess in Lakecity

Thanks to IA FT Rajendra Teli and IA NI Vikas Sahu, Chess in Lakecity for providing photos and information about the tournament.

 

A total of 380 players including two IMs took part in this four-day seven round Classical Rating tournament. The event was organized by Chess in Lakecity in Udaipur, Rajasthan from 26th to 29th June 2022. Due to the imposition of Section 144 from 29th June in Rajasthan state, as per the guidelines of local administration, last two rounds (8th and 9th) were cancelled. Prizes were declared as per the standings after the seventh round. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexGrFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
11
IMRakesh Kumar JenaIND2331Orrisa6,531,034,531,25
22
Ritviz ParabIND2329Goa6,530,033,029,75
335
Jihan Tejas ShahU13IND1589Gujarat6,528,031,528,50
412
Vrandesh ParekhIND1808Gujarat6,032,035,529,50
517
Yatin KumarIND1744Delhi6,031,534,027,50
658
Medhansh SaxenaU15IND1517Uttar pradesh6,028,532,026,50
724
Dishank Sachin BajajIND1625Maharashtra6,028,531,526,25
821
Babel T DivyanshuIND1712Rajasthan-Lc6,028,531,025,75
95
Prakash RamIND2046Punjab6,027,531,026,00
1063
Sailesh RIND1507Tamil Nadu6,027,030,025,25
11163
Rajat YadavIND1244Madhya Pradesh6,026,028,023,25
1268
Akshat NegiIND1488Delhi6,024,527,023,50
133
IMSangma RahulIND2209Indian Railways5,531,035,527,00
14127
Karthikeyan GIND1305Tamil Nadu5,530,532,024,50
1536
Arshpreet SinghU13IND1586Haryana5,529,031,522,25
1641
Anurag MalikIND1573Haryana5,528,031,022,25
1743
Bhawesh PandiyarIND1568Rajasthan-Lc5,527,529,521,00
1845
Shanmukha PulliIND1562Telagana5,526,529,521,25
1922
Shah Moxit JIND1707Gujarat5,526,029,022,00
2032
Pathak Anshu KrIND1596Uttar Pradesh5,526,028,520,50
2114
Sunyasakta SatpathywIND1779Orrisa5,525,028,021,00
226
FMSingh Arvinder PreetIND2042Punjab5,031,034,021,75
2327
Bidkar NikhilIND1604Maharashtra5,030,533,020,50
2442
Sankalp AroraIND1572Uttar Pradesh5,029,533,521,50
2561
Rituraj TamuliIND1514Assam5,029,031,520,50
2670
Soni Deepak RIND1482Maharashtra5,029,031,520,25
279
Gajendra SinghIND1886LIC5,028,532,022,25
2819
Sandeep ChitkaraIND1733Delhi5,028,532,020,50
297
Ahmad JunaidIND1965Uttar Pradesh5,028,531,521,50
3023
Darsh KansalIND1705Madhya Pradesh5,028,031,020,00
3152
Sahil BheronIND1553Haryana5,028,030,521,00
32161
Samarth Sreeni WarrierU11IND1250Gujarat5,027,529,518,25
3347
Gada OmIND1559Maharashtra5,027,030,520,00
3464
Anil ShivpuriS60IND1504Delhi5,027,030,519,75
3575
Gaurav SharmaIND1463Delhi5,027,030,020,00

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