Arpit Pandey won the Winter Cup Below 1600 FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament held from 22nd December, 2023 to 24th December, 2023, at Orbit Resort, Udaipur Rajasthan second edition in loving memory of Sh. Prem Chand Mogra ji.
The tournament, organized by Chess in Lake City, attracted total 545 players from all over the India including five players from United States of America, Canada, There were a total of 316 International FIDE rated players.
Arpit Pandey of Maharashtra won the tournament with 8 points out of 9 rounds to clinch the title and cash prize of Rs. 1,11,000 INR & Coveted Trophy. Runner up of the event was Vedant Varasada of Gujarat who won Cash prizes of Rs. 71,000 INR & Trophy. Ranjith Pratap of Tamilnadu won cash prizes of Rs.1,01,000 in rating category (1200 to 1399) & Meetansh Dixit from Madhya Pradesh won cash prizes of Rs.1,00.000 in rating category (1000 to 1199 ). A total of 92 cash prizes with 67 trophies were given to winners in Different Rating & Age categories.
Inauguration of the tournament was done by Chief Guest Sh.Chanchal Mishra (District Judge), Bharat Joshi (President Bar Association), and Rajesh Sharma (Secretary Bar Association), other dignitaries present were Advocate .Manish Mogra Org. Chairman, Shri Tushar Mehta (Chief Patron, Chess in Lakecity) Shri. Rajeev Bharadwaj, & Sanjeev Bharadwaj President Chess In Lakecity, & IA Rajendra Teli Chief Arbiter & IA Vikas Sahu Chess In Lakecity.
Prizes were distributed by Chief guest of the function Sh.Gajpal Singh Rathore, General Secretary Bharatiya Janata Party Udaipur Special guest Hari Singh Mogra, Neeraj Ji Nagori, Sudha Nagori, youth leader BJP and Chief Patron Lakecity Tushar Mehta, Dhruv Shrimali, former Vice President Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Rajendra Teli, Vice President Rajasthan. State chess associations existed.
Dr. SS Surana & IA Vikas Sahu Chess In Lakecity present in the Closing ceremony.
The team of Arbiters was headed by Chief Arbiter by IA Rajendra Teli and he was ably assisted by Dy. Chief Arbiter IA Sunil Soni & IA Neelesh Kumawat, Anti Cheating Arbiter :IA Deepak Chavan, Pairing Arbiter: IA Varun Kumar, Sector Arbiters: FA Manish Chandalia, FA Bhawesh Pandiyar, FA Deepak Komatkar, FA Joshi Amrish, FA Monika Sahu , FA Lalit Kapoor,SNA Varun Subhash Joshi,SNA Mukta Sahu,SNA Jayendra Chaturvedi,SNA Mayurdhwajsinh Jadav,SNA Kushal Patel,SNA Krishana Chandra Swarnkar worked hard to make the event a grand success.
