Satyam Prakash wins his first rating tournament
Satyam Prakash of Delhi scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win Lakecity Winter Below 1600. He received ₹111000 and a beautiful trophy for his efforts. Sanjib Mali was the only other player who also finished at 7.5/9. They both drew their final round game against each other. However due to a better tie-break score, Satyam clinched the championship and Sanjib had to settle with the second position. The runner-up received ₹71000 cash prize. Seven players finished at 7.0/9 and out of them 14-year-old Sailesh R of Tamil Nadu secured the third position according to his tie-break score and he took home ₹40000.


The prizes were distributed by Mr. Paras Singhvi, Dy. Mayor Udaipur. The other dignitaries present were Mr. Rajiv Bharadwaj, President Chess In Lakecity, Mr. Devendra Sahu, Event Coordinator, Mr. Shankar Chandel, Ex MP Udaipur, Ms. Lata Bhandari Social Worker, Mr. Himmat Sikligar, Mr. Om Sahu, Mr Shatruganh Bandwal, Mr. Dilip Singh Chauhan and IA Swapnil Bansod Chief Arbiter.



Total 632 players participated from all over the country and a player from USA. The tournament was organized by Chess in Lakecity from 18th to 20th December 2019 at Orbit Resort in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Total prize fund ₹1100000 was distributed among the prize winners.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 3 | Satyam Prakash | IND | 1574 | DEL | 7,5 | 0,5 | 42,5 | 46,5 | 42,75 | 7 | 20 | 32,0 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | Sanjib Mali | IND | 1538 | WB | 7,5 | 0,5 | 39,0 | 43,0 | 39,25 | 7 | 20 | 36,4 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Sailesh R | U15 | IND | 1579 | TN | 7,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,5 | 36,00 | 7 | 40 | 35,2 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Murarilal Kori | IND | 1566 | MP | 7,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 42,0 | 36,00 | 6 | 20 | 12,4 | ||||
| 5 | 28 | Abhilash Kumar | IND | 1477 | HAR | 7,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,5 | 34,75 | 6 | 40 | 58,4 | ||||
| 6 | 343 | Prasanth K V | IND | 1157 | TN | 7,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 40,0 | 34,75 | 6 | 20 | 104,0 | ||||
| 7 | 31 | Adalja Vanssh A | U13 | IND | 1469 | GUJ | 7,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 39,0 | 34,50 | 6 | 40 | 41,2 | |||
| 8 | 38 | Totlani Varun | IND | 1445 | GUJ | 7,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 37,0 | 32,50 | 7 | 20 | 36,0 | ||||
| 9 | 326 | Nemank Yadav | IND | 1173 | DEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 36,5 | 32,50 | 7 | 20 | 75,8 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | Prakhar Gupta (Mp) | U15 | IND | 1581 | MP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 43,5 | 33,50 | 6 | 40 | 8,8 | |||
| 11 | 82 | Anubhav Patel | IND | 1383 | CG | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,5 | 34,00 | 6 | 20 | 21,2 | ||||
| 12 | 74 | Swayam Gupta | U13 | IND | 1388 | DEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 41,5 | 33,00 | 5 | 40 | 21,6 | |||
| 13 | 259 | Dang Mridul | U15 | IND | 1219 | DEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 41,5 | 32,50 | 5 | 40 | 144,0 | |||
| 14 | 550 | Khan Sameer | IND | 0 | UP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 41,5 | 33,50 | 6 | ||||||
| 15 | 8 | Aditya Kumawat | U15 | IND | 1553 | RAJ | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 41,5 | 33,00 | 5 | 40 | 6,8 | |||
| 16 | 238 | Stuti Aishwary | F11 | w | IND | 1237 | DEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 39,5 | 30,75 | 5 | 40 | 144,8 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Gopinath P | IND | 1557 | TN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 40,0 | 31,25 | 6 | 20 | 4,2 | ||||
| 18 | 23 | Soni Deepak R | IND | 1494 | MAH | 6,5 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 40,0 | 31,00 | 6 | 40 | 10,0 | ||||
| 19 | 43 | Morakhia Rajan Paresh | IND | 1439 | GUJ | 6,5 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 38,0 | 30,25 | 5 | 40 | 20,0 | ||||
| 20 | 112 | Mubeen Yaseen Khan | IND | 1359 | MAH | 6,5 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 37,0 | 28,00 | 6 | 20 | 32,2 | ||||
| 21 | 310 | Kumbhar Kartik | IND | 1187 | MAH | 6,5 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 35,5 | 29,25 | 6 | 40 | 123,6 | ||||
| 22 | 24 | Manish Kapoor | IND | 1485 | UP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 36,0 | 28,75 | 6 | 20 | 6,2 | ||||
| 23 | 158 | Ravindra Singh Rawat | IND | 1308 | SSCB | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 35,5 | 27,75 | 6 | 20 | 51,0 | ||||
| 24 | 65 | Jagesia Daksh | U11 | IND | 1394 | MAH | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 44,5 | 30,75 | 5 | 40 | 20,0 | |||
| 25 | 128 | Deogade Aryan | IND | 1342 | MAH | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 44,0 | 32,25 | 5 | 40 | 57,2 | ||||
| 26 | 282 | Shreya Rana | F11 | w | IND | 1200 | DEL | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 40,5 | 28,75 | 4 | 40 | 128,0 | ||
| 27 | 102 | Ved Prakash | IND | 1373 | UP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,0 | 28,50 | 6 | 20 | 18,4 | ||||
| 28 | 12 | Mrityunjay Kumar | IND | 1532 | BIH | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 42,5 | 29,25 | 5 | 20 | 0,2 | ||||
| 29 | 486 | Aniket Ranjan | U13 | IND | 0 | BIH | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 43,5 | 31,25 | 5 | |||||
| 30 | 56 | Garg Shivam | U13 | IND | 1405 | RAJ | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 43,5 | 30,25 | 5 | 40 | 6,0 |








