Arpith's first Rating tournament triumph
14-year-old Arpith S Bijoy and the 34th National Under-12 Open champion, Goutham Krishna H were the coleaders heading into the final round 7.5/8. They drew their game. Fou players were in pursuit at 7/8 each. They were - Hermon Dain Saldanha, IM Ratnakaran K, Anilkumar O T and Chandar Raju. Hermon lost to Ratnakaran and Anilkumar drew against Chandar. Thus, Ratnakaran also ended with 8/9. He was placed third according to tie-breaks.
This was the first of the four Rating tournaments which took place consecutively, part of the Cademic Chess Carnival from 22nd April to 1st May 2023.
A total of 349 players including 4 IMs participated from various states across the country. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Cademic Chess Center at St. Thomas Church Hall, Valiaveli in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 22nd an 23rd April 2023. The time control for the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 17 | Arpith S Bijoy | IND | 1881 | KER - KNR | 8 | 54,5 | 59,5 | 52,50 | ||||
| 2 | 14 | Goutham Krishna H | U13 | MCA | IND | 1923 | KER - TVM | 8 | 51 | 55,5 | 47,75 | ||
| 3 | 4 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | IND | 2235 | SRLYS | 8 | 49 | 53 | 47,50 | |||
| 4 | 10 | Nithin Babu | IND | 1964 | KER - KSD | 7,5 | 54 | 58,5 | 47,00 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | FM | Jubin Jimmy | IND | 2455 | KER - KLM | 7,5 | 53 | 58 | 46,00 | |||
| 6 | 8 | FM | Sreyas Payyappat | IND | 2083 | KER - TVM | 7,5 | 52 | 56 | 42,50 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Aswath S | Cape | IND | 2092 | TN | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55,5 | 45,75 | |||
| 8 | 2 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2294 | TN | 7,5 | 50 | 54 | 43,00 | |||
| 9 | 19 | Chandar Raju | IND | 1855 | KER - EKM | 7,5 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 42,75 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | Anilkumar O.T. | S55 | IND | 1934 | KER - KZK | 7,5 | 48,5 | 53,5 | 41,25 | |||
| 11 | 27 | Madhavan R Munjanattu | IND | 1706 | KER - KYM | 7 | 52 | 56,5 | 41,00 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | FM | Harsh Suresh | IND | 2148 | TN | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 42,00 | |||
| 13 | 39 | Hermon Dain Saldanha | IND | 1606 | KAR | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,50 | ||||
| 14 | 35 | Anupam M Sreekumar | w | IND | 1637 | KER - TVM | 7 | 48 | 51 | 37,50 | |||
| 15 | 47 | Shaun Deon Sequeira | U14 | IND | 1534 | KAR | 7 | 45 | 49,5 | 37,00 | |||
| 16 | 87 | Atul Krishna M | U14 | IND | 1336 | KER - EKM | 7 | 44,5 | 47,5 | 35,00 | |||
| 17 | 49 | Arunkumar S | IND | 1520 | KER - TVM | 7 | 43 | 46 | 34,00 | ||||
| 18 | 58 | AIM | Aadinath Harilal | U13 | IND | 1450 | KER - EKM | 7 | 41 | 44 | 33,25 | ||
| 19 | 57 | Kavin Oviyan R | IND | 1453 | KER - PTA | 7 | 41 | 44 | 33,00 | ||||
| 20 | 64 | Kalyani Sirin | F13 | w | IND | 1424 | KER - TCR | 7 | 41 | 44 | 32,25 | ||
| 21 | 20 | Vaibhav Kalpaka | U14 | IND | 1805 | KAR | 6,5 | 52,5 | 57 | 39,25 | |||
| 22 | 34 | Femil Chelladurai | w | IND | 1642 | TN | 6,5 | 50,5 | 56 | 37,75 | |||
| 23 | 11 | Raju O A | IND | 1952 | KER - TCR | 6,5 | 50 | 53,5 | 34,25 | ||||
| 24 | 30 | Godson Merlin E | IND | 1660 | TN | 6,5 | 48 | 51,5 | 35,25 | ||||
| 25 | 54 | ACM | Madhavakrishnan R | IND | 1474 | TN | 6,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 29,25 | |||
| 26 | 22 | Abdallah M Nisthar | IND | 1771 | KER - KLM | 6,5 | 47 | 51,5 | 35,50 | ||||
| 27 | 116 | Patil Akshaj | U14 | IND | 1256 | MH | 6,5 | 47 | 48 | 33,25 | |||
| 28 | 16 | Mythireyan P | IND | 1906 | TN | 6,5 | 46 | 50 | 34,25 | ||||
| 29 | 55 | AFM | Sureka Akshat | U14 | IND | 1473 | KAR | 6,5 | 46 | 49,5 | 31,75 | ||
| 30 | 56 | Sidharth Mohan | MCA | IND | 1457 | KER - TVM | 6,5 | 46 | 49 | 31,25 |
Links
Cademic Chess Center: Official site and fb page
