Kaustuv Kundu scores his maiden IM-norm, Bhakti Best Woman
Kaustuv Kundu is the fourth player of the event to score an IM-norm. It was his first IM-norm. IM Srihari L R and WGM Divya Deshmukh won the Best Emerging Player award in Male and Female category. IM Srihari and IM Neelash Saha are the only two non-GMs to finish in top ten. They secured sixth and tenth place scoring 8/11 and 7.5/11 respectively. IM Anup Deshmukh won the Game of the Tournament prize among Game of the Round winners.
Alexei - Arjun Kalyan: 0-1
GM Arjun Kalyan (2477) was determined to score a win in the final round. It was evident from his play. When the opportunity arose, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his queen for three minor pieces.
Arjun did not hesitate to play 27...Nxe8 28.Bxg7+ Nxg7 29.Qd1 Bxe6 30.Kg1 Rg5 31.Rxe6 Nxe6. Black was ahead in material and he went on to win the game.
Prize Distribution Ceremony
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A total of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGM and 9 WIMs participated from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament was organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 31st May to 8th June 2022 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Round 11 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | 8 | ½ - ½ | 8 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 4 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | 7 | 0 - 1 | 7½ | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 2477 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 9 | IM | Aditya Mittal | 2490 | 7 | 0 - 1 | 7 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 5 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 2526 | 7 | 1 - 0 | 7 | IM | Anuj Shrivatri | 2356 | 35 | ||
| 5 | 18 | IM | Neelash Saha | 2439 | 7 | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 11 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | 7 | 0 - 1 | 7 | IM | Srihari L R | 2404 | 24 | ||
| 7 | 17 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | 7 | 1 - 0 | 7 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | 2343 | 40 | ||
| 8 | 29 | IM | Krishna Teja N | 2374 | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 6½ | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2563 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 26 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | 2398 | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 6½ | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2490 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 31 | IM | Kulkarni Bhakti | 2370 | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 6½ | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2478 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 43 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2331 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | FM | Samant Aditya S | 2433 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 73 | Prasannaa.S | 2164 | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 6½ | GM | Nguyen Van Huy | 2405 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 27 | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 6½ | Srihari L | 2178 | 71 | |||
| 14 | 53 | FM | Sharan Rao | 2274 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2437 | 19 | ||
| 15 | 10 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2480 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | 50 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2622 | 8,5 | 73,0 | 78,5 | 60,25 | 2606 | |||
| 2 | 7 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2492 | 8,5 | 72,0 | 77,5 | 57,50 | 2613 | |||
| 3 | 13 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2477 | 8,5 | 71,5 | 76,5 | 56,25 | 2623 | |||
| 4 | 5 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2526 | 8,0 | 73,0 | 77,0 | 53,25 | 2576 | |||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | GEO | 2567 | 8,0 | 71,5 | 77,0 | 55,00 | 2592 | |||
| 6 | 24 | IM | Srihari L R | IND | 2404 | 8,0 | 68,0 | 72,0 | 50,75 | 2552 | |||
| 7 | 17 | GM | Stupak Kirill | BLR | 2440 | 8,0 | 64,0 | 68,5 | 48,50 | 2449 | |||
| 8 | 6 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2524 | 7,5 | 74,0 | 79,5 | 52,25 | 2557 | |||
| 9 | 8 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | IND | 2490 | 7,5 | 66,0 | 71,0 | 46,75 | 2477 | |||
| 10 | 18 | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2439 | 7,5 | 65,0 | 70,0 | 45,00 | 2474 | |||
| 11 | 23 | GM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2405 | 7,5 | 61,5 | 65,5 | 43,50 | 2383 | |||
| 12 | 12 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2478 | 7,5 | 61,0 | 65,0 | 43,75 | 2391 | |||
| 13 | 27 | IM | Gusain Himal | IND | 2396 | 7,5 | 60,5 | 64,5 | 42,25 | 2367 | |||
| 14 | 29 | IM | Krishna Teja N | IND | 2374 | 7,5 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 41,00 | 2299 | |||
| 15 | 11 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail | BLR | 2479 | 7,0 | 70,5 | 74,5 | 44,50 | 2478 | |||
| 16 | 10 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2480 | 7,0 | 70,0 | 75,0 | 45,25 | 2446 | |||
| 17 | 53 | FM | Sharan Rao | IND | 2274 | 7,0 | 69,5 | 73,5 | 44,75 | 2505 | |||
| 18 | 20 | FM | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2433 | Maharashtra | 7,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 43,75 | 2413 | ||
| 19 | 9 | IM | Aditya Mittal | IND | 2490 | Maharashtra | 7,0 | 68,0 | 71,5 | 42,75 | 2468 | ||
| 20 | 45 | Kaustuv Kundu | IND | 2327 | 7,0 | 65,5 | 69,5 | 40,75 | 2446 | ||||
| 21 | 40 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | IND | 2343 | 7,0 | 65,5 | 69,5 | 38,00 | 2392 | |||
| 22 | 32 | IM | Viani Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2364 | 7,0 | 64,5 | 69,0 | 40,25 | 2322 | |||
| 23 | 4 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2529 | 7,0 | 64,0 | 68,0 | 40,25 | 2365 | |||
| 24 | 35 | IM | Anuj Shrivatri | IND | 2356 | 7,0 | 64,0 | 67,0 | 39,00 | 2335 | |||
| 25 | 106 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | IND | 2071 | 7,0 | 63,0 | 67,5 | 41,25 | 2457 | |||
| 26 | 15 | IM | Nigmatov Ortik | UZB | 2463 | 7,0 | 62,0 | 66,0 | 37,50 | 2382 | |||
| 27 | 43 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | IND | 2331 | 7,0 | 60,0 | 64,0 | 38,75 | 2320 | |||
| 28 | 33 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2361 | 7,0 | 59,0 | 62,5 | 39,00 | 2222 | |||
| 29 | 3 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2563 | 6,5 | 71,5 | 77,0 | 44,00 | 2453 | |||
| 30 | 26 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2398 | 6,5 | 69,5 | 74,0 | 40,50 | 2475 | |||
| 31 | 28 | IM | Audi Ameya | IND | 2389 | 6,5 | 68,0 | 73,5 | 42,25 | 2373 | |||
| 32 | 31 | IM | Kulkarni Bhakti | w | IND | 2370 | 6,5 | 67,5 | 72,0 | 38,50 | 2373 | ||
| 33 | 19 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2437 | 6,5 | 67,5 | 71,5 | 40,25 | 2386 | |||
| 34 | 71 | Srihari L | IND | 2178 | 6,5 | 65,0 | 68,5 | 37,50 | 2354 | ||||
| 35 | 112 | CM | Aaditya Dhingra | IND | 2042 | 6,5 | 63,0 | 67,5 | 39,00 | 2407 |
