Dinesh Rajan M wins 2nd Nanban CEG Rapid Rating Open 2023

Top seven score 8/9

Dinesh Rajan M, Arpith S Bijoy and FM Prasannaa S were the three leaders 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Prasannaa drew against Arpith and Dinesh shared the point with IM FT Harikrishnan A Ra. GM Vishnu Prasanna and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy defeated Srihari L and IM P Saravana Krishnan. Dinesh became champion, Vishnu second and Deepan third. 14-year-old Arpith became the youngest among top ten finisher. He was placed fifth and he also remained undefeated.

A total of 570 players including 3 GMs and 8 IMs took part from various places all over the country and one from Australia in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Castle Red at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 15th October 2023. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

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