Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri victorious at 1st Marvel Rating Open 2023
Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 1st Marvel Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Six players - GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Kartavya Anadkat, Naitik R Mehta, Suresh Duvvala, Badrinath S and Vigneshwaran S scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to seventh respectively according to tie-breaks. Bharat drew against the eventual second runner-up, Kartavya. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹600000. The top three prizes were ₹75000, ₹50000 and ₹40000 along with a trophy each. This was Bharat's 16th overall, third rating tournament triumph in 2023. Photos: Marvel Chess Academy
Top three remain undefeated
Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri was the sole leader 7.5/8 heading into the final round. He drew against Badrinath S to become the champion. GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury and Kartavya Anadkat shared the point against Suresh Duvvala and Naitik R Mehta respectively to finish second and third.
A total of 285 players including a GM took part from various states across the country and one from Canada and Kenya each in the Rating Open tournament. The five-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by B Rajashekar at Puchalapalli Leela Sundaraiah Function Hall, Pragathinagar in Hyderabad, Telangana from 23rd to 27th December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Bharat, Kumar Reddy Poluri | IND | 2133 | TG | 8 | 55 | 60 | 52,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi | IND | 2259 | WB | 7,5 | 55 | 59,5 | 48,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Anadkat, Kartavya | IND | 2174 | GJ | 7,5 | 54 | 58,5 | 47,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 9 | Mehta, Naitik R | IND | 1953 | GJ | 7,5 | 53 | 57,5 | 46,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 17 | Suresh, Duvvala | IND | 1603 | TG | 7,5 | 50 | 54,5 | 42,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | Badrinath, S. | IND | 2040 | PY | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | 15 | Vigneshwaran, S | IND | 1637 | TN | 7,5 | 47 | 49 | 39,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | Praveen, Prasad P. | IND | 2117 | TG | 7 | 53 | 57,5 | 42,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | 12 | Nigash, G | IND | 1772 | TN | 7 | 51 | 54,5 | 39,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | AFM | My, Aditya | IND | 1549 | AP | 7 | 49,5 | 53 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 14 | Joshi, Tejas | IND | 1651 | MH | 7 | 49,5 | 52 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | CM | Joel, Paul Ganta | IND | 2163 | AP | 7 | 49 | 52 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 7 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 2057 | MH | 7 | 49 | 52 | 36,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 14 | 41 | Tanmay, Talin Behera | U13 | IND | 1364 | OR | 7 | 47 | 49,5 | 34,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 27 | Divith, Reddy Adulla | U07 | IND | 1450 | TG | 7 | 45 | 48,5 | 35,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 16 | 2 | FM | Md, Imran | U15 | IND | 2174 | AP | 6,5 | 53 | 58 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 10 | FM | Ramakrishna, J. | IND | 1931 | Union Bank of India | 6,5 | 52 | 56,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 18 | 26 | AGM | Karyasheel, P | IND | 1460 | TG | 6,5 | 47,5 | 52 | 34,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 19 | 78 | ACM | Aylore, Hari Suryanarayana | U11 | IND | 1191 | AP | 6,5 | 46,5 | 50 | 35,00 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 49 | Santosh, Hariharan | U11 | IND | 1310 | TG | 6,5 | 45 | 48,5 | 33,25 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 21 | 45 | Sreetej, B | U13 | IND | 1334 | TG | 6,5 | 45 | 48 | 30,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 22 | 39 | Anirudh, Rajan P | IND | 1374 | TN | 6,5 | 44,5 | 48 | 32,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | 43 | Rohit, Yarakala | IND | 1345 | TG | 6,5 | 44 | 48,5 | 32,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 24 | 42 | AFM | Rohan, Kumar Gourabathuni | U13 | IND | 1345 | TG | 6,5 | 41 | 45 | 32,75 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 126 | Penugonda, Sethu Srivathsa | U15 | IND | 1092 | TG | 6,5 | 40,5 | 42,5 | 28,75 | 0 | 6 |
