IM Vardaan Nagpal wins DCA Open 2019 – All India Chess Federation

Photos: Rupesh Kumar

International Master Vardaan Nagpal scored 8/9 points to clinch the DCA Open FIDE Rated Tournament which was held between March 23-27 at Hotel Caspia, New Delhi.

A total number of 641 players which includes ten International Masters and 532 International rated players from different parts of India and four foreign federations have participated in the event which was spread over five days with a time control of 90 minutes and 30 seconds increment from move 1. The total prize fund of the event was Rs.18,18,000.

The 16-year-old from Delhi nudged three others on tiebreak to clinch the event.

The four-way tie for the top spot was resolved by tie break score. Local lad Vardaan Nagpal edged out others to clinch the title along with a cash award of Rs. 1,01,000/- while Bharat Kumar Reddy finished as first runner up to pocket a cash prize of Rs. 75000/-

FM Matta Vinay Kumar secured the second runner up trophy along with Rs. 50,000/- cash prize while Rishi Sardana of Australia was placed on the fourth spot.

In a colorful closing ceremony, Shri. Bharat Singh, Secretary All India Chess Federation gave away the cash prizes and trophies to the winners along with Shri. AK Verma, Secretary Delhi Chess Association, Shri. Prateek Khanna and Parth Narang of Nurtr Group.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	7	IM	Vardaan Nagpal			IND	2378	DEL	8,0	0,0	53,5	58,5	51,25	7	10	-0,1
2	15		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri			IND	2218	AP	8,0	0,0	53,0	57,0	49,50	7	20	41,0
3	19	FM	Matta Vinay Kumar			IND	2146	Andhra Bank	8,0	0,0	52,5	57,5	50,25	7	20	30,4
4	3	IM	Sardana Rishi			AUS	2417	AUS	8,0	0,0	52,5	57,0	49,75	7	10	11,3
5	6	IM	Rajesh V A V			IND	2413	TN	7,5	0,0	52,5	57,5	46,75	6	10	-1,9
6	8	IM	Palit Somak			IND	2330	WB	7,5	0,0	51,5	56,0	44,75	6	10	2,6
7	17		Lokesh N.			IND	2157	TN	7,5	0,0	51,0	55,5	44,50	7	20	20,4
8	2	IM	Muthaiah Al			IND	2426	TN	7,5	0,0	50,0	54,5	44,25	6	10	-3,2
9	10	FM	Gajwa Ankit			IND	2286	MP	7,5	0,0	48,5	53,0	44,25	6	20	-12,6
10	5	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra			IND	2413	TN	7,0	0,0	54,0	59,0	44,00	6	10	-6,2
11	29		Pimpalkhare Vedant			IND	2046	MAH	7,0	0,0	52,0	56,0	42,00	5	20	28,8
12	13	IM	Deshmukh Anup			IND	2257	MAH	7,0	0,0	51,5	55,5	41,25	6	10	-4,2
13	18		Manigandan S S			IND	2157	TN	7,0	0,0	51,5	55,5	40,75	6	20	0,0
14	45		Vinay Raj Bhatt			IND	1965	UTT	7,0	0,0	49,5	53,5	38,50	7	20	17,0
15	23		Soham Kamotra	U15		IND	2110	J&K	7,0	0,0	49,5	52,5	37,00	7	40	26,0
16	9	CM	Aronyak Ghosh			IND	2326	WB	7,0	0,0	49,0	53,5	38,75	6	20	-8,8
17	52		Shubham Shukla			IND	1948	PUN	7,0	0,0	49,0	53,0	38,00	7	20	18,2
18	48		Saranya Y		w	IND	1955	TN	7,0	0,0	47,0	51,5	37,00	6	20	10,6
19	40		Aishwin Daniel			IND	1971	MP	7,0	0,0	47,0	51,0	39,25	6	20	-11,2
20	50		Stanley Samson P.			IND	1951	TN	7,0	0,0	47,0	51,0	37,25	6	20	4,2