Second Day of Open Chess Tournament 2023

Second Day of 1st Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament 2023
Here are the results of the second day of the Open Chess Tournament held at Delhi Public School Rudrapur on May 23, 2023.
After two rounds, International Master Dinesh Kumar Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) leads Arohi Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) by 2 points. IM M. Chakravarti Reddy (Telangana) played a draw with Ved Prakash (Uttar Pradesh) and earned half a point. Women International Master Tejasvi Sagar defeated Harneet Singh and secured a 1.5-point lead. Arpan Das (West Bengal) defeated Prakhand Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh) with a score of 2-0. Ram Prakash (Punjab) defeated Ashraf Hasan (Uttar Pradesh) with a score of 2-0. Mohammad Imran Siddiqui (Uttar Pradesh) defeated Sumit Kumar (Haryana) with a score of 2-0. Govind Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) defeated Mallik Granthik (West Bengal) with a score of 2-0. Daksh Goyal (Delhi) played a draw with Jishan Ali (Uttar Pradesh) and earned half a point. Itish Kumar Gangwani defeated Rupesh B Ramchandran (Bihar) with a score of 2-0. Ashish Choudhary (Maharashtra) defeated Chinmay Chauhan (Delhi) with a score of 2-0. De Debashonik (West Bengal) defeated Ravish Choudhary (Uttarakhand) with a score of 2-0. S.K. Rathore (Madhya Pradesh) defeated Darsh Ilwadi (Delhi) with a score of 2-0. Surendra Arora (Uttar Pradesh) defeated Tejinder Singh (Punjab) with a score of 2-0. Piyush Kumar (Bihar) defeated Surya Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh) with a score of 2-0. Nishad Vikas (Uttar Pradesh) defeated Jivitesh Singh Sethi (Uttarakhand) with a score of 2-0. Dilip Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh) defeated Ojas Saksena (Uttar Pradesh) with a score of 2-0. Sanjeev Mishra (Maharashtra) defeated Pratyush Fulara (Uttarakhand) with a score of 2-0. Mritunjay Kumar (Bihar) defeated Rade Shyam (Delhi) with a score of 2-0. Kamad Mishra (Madhya Pradesh) defeated Armaan Singh Bakshi (Uttarakhand) with a score of 2-0. Hiya Garg (Delhi) played a draw with Deepak Rai (Delhi) and earned half a point.
This competition started on May 22, 2023, and will conclude on May 27, 2023.
Approximately 300 participants from Uttarakhand and other states are participating in this tournament.
The tournament is organized under the guidance of Chief Arbiter AI Mrityunjay Singh, Deputy Chief Amit Sharma, and the team of arbiters including AI Chitranjan Toreem, AI Rupesh Kumar, SN A Manodya Prakriti, and SN A Toren Sonachanu.
Chairman Shri Surjit Singh Grover extended his gratitude to all the guests, parents, and especially to all the participating teams for their presence. He expressed his belief in conducting the competition with complete transparency and impartiality.