16-year-old Rahul Gurung wins North Eastern States Championship

7 years ago

Meghalaya: Sikkim’s Rahul Gurung (Elo-1922) clinched the trophy and took home the winners cash prize of Rs. 30,000 in the 18th edition of North Eastern States Championship held in Don Bosco Hall, Shillong from January 29 to February 3, 2018. The 16-year-old scored 9.0/10 points. Trailokya Nanda (Assam) and Tamang Thendup (Sikkim) finished second and third respectively.

The six-day FIDE rated event with One Lakh Fifty Thousand Rupees prize fund attracted more than 200 players from across the northeastern region. The time control of the event was 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds from move one.

In accordance with the AICF’s motto of chess development in the North-Eastern States, the All India Chess Federation has sponsored the prize fund.

Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7	Gurung Rahul	IND	1922	Sikkim	9,0	0,0	61,0	65,5
2	4	Trailokya Nanda	IND	1969	Assam	8,5	0,0	62,0	67,5
3	9	Tamang Thendup	IND	1914	Sikkim	8,5	0,0	57,5	60,5
4	60	Silseng N Marak	IND	1424	Meghalaya	8,0	0,0	56,5	60,5
5	17	Heikrujam Jacky Singh	IND	1833	Manipur	7,5	0,0	66,5	70,5
6	1	Singh Y. Dhanabir	IND	2126	Manipur	7,5	0,0	66,0	69,0
7	12	Rishideep Bordoloi	IND	1886	Assam	7,5	0,0	64,5	67,5
8	6	Nitish Das	IND	1939	Assam	7,5	0,0	57,5	61,5
9	29	Iftikar Alom Mazumdar	IND	1680	Assam	7,5	0,0	56,0	60,0
10	19	Rajdip Das	IND	1801	Assam	7,0	0,0	63,0	67,0