The 6th Holi Cup International Open FIDE Rating Tournament was held from 31nd March, 2024 to 4th April, 2024 at Orbit Resort, Udaipur Rajasthan. Chess In Lake city organized the event. The tournament attracted a otal of 607 players from all over the India including four players from United States of America, Canada , Russia, Denmark, There were 473 International FIDE rated players.
Vatsal Singla of Delhi won the tournament with 8 points out of a possible 9 rounds to clinch the title and win the cash prize of Rs. 1,11,000 INR and Coveted Trophy. Runner up was Arpan Das of West Bengal who won Cash prizes of Rs. 71,000 INR & Trophy. Rachit H Gurnani of Maharashtra won cash prize of Rs.1,01,000 in rating category (1651 to 1900). Ranjit Pratap from Tamil Nadu won cash prize of Rs.1,00.000 in rating category (1401 to 1650 ). A total of 92 cash prizes with 79 trophies were given to winners in different rating & age categories.
Inauguration of the tournament was done by Chief Guest IAS Ms T Shubh Mangla Commissioner, Nagar Nigam Jodhpur, Other dignitaries present were Shri Jayandra Chaturvedi , Shri Tushar Mehta (Chief Patron, Chess in Lakecity) Shri Rajeev Bharadwaj, President Chess In Lakecity, IA Rajendra Teli, Vice President Rajasthan State Chess associations & IA Deepak Chavan Chief Arbiter & IA Vikas Sahu Secretary, Chess In Lakecity.
Prizes were distributed by the hand of Chief guest of the function Shri Ronak Jain, President Charter Account Association Udaipur, Special guest Shri Mukesh Mandloi Secretary, Kota district chess Association , Mr. Sunil Soni Secretary, UICC Indore and Chief Patron Lakecity Tushar Mehta, IA Rajendra Teli, Vice President Rajasthan State Chess Associations & IA Vikas Sahu Secretary Chess In Lakecity present in the Closing ceremony.
The team of Arbiters was headed by Chief Arbiter by IA Deepak Chavan and he was ably assisted by Dy. Chief Arbiter IA Sunil Soni & IA Rajendra Teli. Anti Cheating Arbiter IA Neelesh Kumawat, IA Anupam Bhattacharjee, Pairing Arbiter: IA Varun Kumar, Sector Arbiters: FA Manish Chandalia, FA Bhawesh Pandiyar, FA Shardul Tapase ,
Match Arbiters FA Krishna Shah, SNA Mukta Sahu, SNA Kushal Patel, SNA Kamal Kishor Saini SNA Vishwajeet Vikram, SNA Aanchal Dhakar, SNA Shubham Bhandari worked hard to make the event a grand success.
Tournament Report By IA and NI Vikas Sahu