Neelash Saha dominates 3rd Dumka Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/12/2023

IM Neelash Saha scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 3rd Dumka Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. IM Kaustuv Kundu and GM Thej Kumar M S scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹815000. The top three prizes were ₹175000, ₹100000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each. Neelash defeated the eventual runner-up Kaustuv in the sixth round. He also drew against both GMs - Saptarshi RoyChowdhury and Thej Kumar. This was Neelash's fifth triumph of the year. Photos: Uma Shankar Choubey

Neelash's fifth triumph of the year

IM Neelash Saha was the sole leader going into the final round 7.5/8. GM Thej Kumar M S was the only pursuer at 7/8. They drew their game against each other. Thus, Neelash became a clear champion. IM Kaustuv Kundu defeated Bishal Basak to secure second place. Thej Kumar was placed third.

Champion - IM Neelash Saha 8/9

Runner-up - IM Kaustuv Kundu 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - GM Thej Kumar M S 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Neelash Saha scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 2.7 Elo rating points

4th Samyak Dharewa 7/9

5th Sudhir Kumar Sinha 7/9

6th Arpan Das 7/9

7th FM Joydeep Dutta 7/9

Lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony

Players in action

A total of 234 players including 2 GMs and 2 IMs took part from various states across the country and one from Canada in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by District Chess Association, Dumka at Sidhu Kanhu Indoor Stadium in Dumka, Jharkhand from 6th to 10th December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	IM	Neelash, Saha			IND	2458	West Bengal	8	52	56,5	49,75	7
2	2		Kaustuv, Kundu			IND	2431	West Bengal	7,5	52,5	56,5	45,00	7
3	3	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.			IND	2378	Karnataka	7,5	50,5	54,5	44,50	6
4	8		Samyak, Dharewa			IND	1939	West Bengal	7	52	55,5	40,00	7
5	7		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar			IND	1949	Bihar	7	50	54,5	41,25	6
6	10		Arpan, Das			IND	1915	West Bengal	7	50	54,5	39,50	7
7	5	FM	Dutta, Joydeep			IND	2058	RSPB	7	50	54	41,25	5
8	21		Nigash, G			IND	1772	Tamil Nadu	7	49	53	39,75	5
9	36		Akash, Tiwari			IND	1616	West Bengal	7	47	51	38,00	7
10	24		Bhattacharya, Niladri Shekhar			IND	1738	West Bengal	7	46,5	50,5	37,25	5
11	14		Daksh, Goyal			IND	1814	Delhi	7	45	49	36,25	6
12	25		Gaurav, Das			IND	1735	West Bengal	7	43,5	48	36,25	6
13	6		Kartik, Kumar Singh			IND	2005	Maharashtra	6,5	52	56,5	38,50	5
14	16		Marium, Fatima		w	IND	1787	Bihar	6,5	49,5	53	35,50	5
15	35		Arghya, Sen			IND	1644	West Bengal	6,5	47,5	51,5	35,75	5
16	32		Anushka, Gupta		w	IND	1654	West Bengal	6,5	47	51	33,25	6
17	38		Srijon, Saha			IND	1576	West Bengal	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,25	5
18	11		Basu, Suman			IND	1901	West Bengal	6,5	46	50	34,50	4
19	19		Badamundi, Tapan			IND	1777	Odisha	6,5	46	48,5	32,75	5
20	136		Angsh, Das	U11		IND	1069	West Bengal	6,5	44,5	48,5	34,00	5
21	22		Basak, Bishal			IND	1768	West Bengal	6,5	44,5	48	31,25	6
22	55		Sinjan, Roy	U13		IND	1483	West Bengal	6,5	44	48	33,25	5
23	42		Shubham, Kumar			IND	1562	Bihar	6,5	43,5	45,5	30,75	6
24	23		Sneha, Halder		w	IND	1766	West Bengal	6,5	42,5	46,5	32,50	6
25	18		Rohan, Vijay Shandilya			IND	1779	Jharkhand (ESDCA)	6,5	39	43	30,50	6

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