Kaustuv Kundu prevails at 1st Royal Rivals Rating Open 2024
IM Kaustuv Kundu and Debayan Ray scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 1st Royal Rivals Rating Open 2024. The top seed, Kaustuv won the tourament due to better tie-breaks, 14-year-old Debayan secured second place. Four players - Saptorshi Gupta, CM Kunal Chatterjee, Gopal Chandra Biswas and Arijit Ghosh scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to sixth respectively. The total prize fund was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 + trophy, ₹30000 + trophy and ₹20000 each. The six-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Classical Chess Academy at Eastern Railway Sports Academy Complex in Kolkata, West Bengal from 26th to 30th December 2024. This is Kaustuv's fifth tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Shahid Ahmed
Kaustuv's fifth tournament triumph in 2024
Top seed of the tournament, IM Kaustuv Kundu was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Ishan Sinha, Debayan Ray and Saptorshi Gupta were trailing him by a half point at 7/9 each. Kaustuv drew with Saptorshi to become champion, Saptorshi finished third. Debayan defeated Ishan to secure second place. Revered veteran, CM Kunal Chatterjee scored 7.5/9 to finish fourth.
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A total of 352 players including two IMs took part from various parts of India and one from Sweden. The tournament was organized by Classical Chess Academy at Eastern Railway Sports Academy Complex in Kolkata, West Bengal from 26th and 31st December 2024. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | IM | Kaustuv Kundu | IND | 2427 | West Bengal | 8 | 52 | 56,5 | 49,25 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Debayan Ray | U14 | IND | 1913 | West Bengal | 8 | 47,5 | 52 | 45,75 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Saptorshi Gupta | IND | 2070 | West Bangal | 7,5 | 49 | 53 | 44,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 4 | CM | Chatterjee K.K. | S60 | IND | 1960 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 48,5 | 53 | 43,75 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | 7 | Biswas Gopal Chandra | IND | 1902 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 42,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 34 | Arijit Ghosh | IND | 1700 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 42 | 45,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 10 | Rishan Debnath | U14 | IND | 1845 | West Bengal | 7 | 51,5 | 55 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 48 | Ishan Sinha | IND | 1654 | West Bengal | 7 | 51 | 55,5 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 32 | Ujaan Bhattacharya | IND | 1704 | West Bengal | 7 | 48,5 | 50 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 23 | Neelabhro Bandyopadhyay | U14 | IND | 1734 | West Bengal | 7 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 46 | AFM | Adipto Nath | U14 | IND | 1661 | West Bengal | 7 | 46 | 49,5 | 36,00 | 0 | 6 | |
| 12 | 29 | Sourasis Saha | U14 | IND | 1713 | West Bengal | 7 | 44 | 48 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 19 | Gawade Milind | IND | 1749 | Rajasthan | 7 | 43,5 | 48 | 36,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 14 | 16 | AFM | Arhashirsha Biswas | F14 | w | IND | 1781 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 52 | 56,5 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | 14 | Arghya Sen | IND | 1802 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 51 | 55,5 | 36,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 16 | 12 | Satyam Prakash | IND | 1813 | Delhi | 6,5 | 50 | 54,5 | 35,25 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 17 | 15 | Saptarshi Talukdar | U14 | IND | 1788 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 50 | 54 | 36,25 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Ansh Kumar | IND | 1803 | Jharkhand | 6,5 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 34,75 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 19 | 26 | Chitrak Naha | IND | 1720 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 49 | 52,5 | 36,50 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 20 | 21 | Rounaq Biswas | IND | 1746 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 48 | 51,5 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 21 | 17 | Aharsi Ghosh | U14 | IND | 1773 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 30,25 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 45 | Ratul Majumder | U14 | IND | 1664 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 47,5 | 50 | 34,25 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 53 | Sharanyak Das | IND | 1635 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 47,5 | 49,5 | 34,50 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 24 | 31 | Anirban Mondal | U14 | IND | 1705 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 47 | 49,5 | 32,75 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 27 | Samrat Sutar | U12 | IND | 1716 | West Bengal | 6,5 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 34,75 | 0 | 6 |
