Harikrishnan's ninth rating and eleventh overall tournament triumph of 2023
12-year-old Aakash G scored an unbeaten 8/9 to finish fifth in tie-breaks. He is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.
Champion - IM FT Harikrishnan A Ra 8.5/9
Runner-up - IM Nitin S 8/9
Second Runner-up - FM Harshad S 8/9
IM Harikrishnan A Ra scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 19 Elo rating points
4th Manigandan S S 8/9
5th Aakash G 8/9
Various prize winners
Players in action at Jairams Arts and Science College at Kakavadi in Karur, Tamil Nadu
Trophies for the prize winners
Thanks to Manigandan Ayyappan for sharing the photos.
A total of 600 players including 3 IMs took part from various places all over the country in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Smart Chess Academy, Karur at Jairams Arts and Science College at Kakavadi in Karur, Tamil Nadu on 1st October 2023. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 2 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra, | IND | 2274 | TN | 8,5 | 57 | 60,5 | 57,00 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 1 | IM | Nitin, S. | IND | 2287 | TN | 8 | 56,5 | 58,5 | 50,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 5 | FM | Harshad, S | U20 | IND | 2164 | TN | 8 | 54,5 | 59 | 50,50 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 13 | Manigandan, S S | IND | 1880 | TN | 8 | 54 | 57 | 48,50 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Aakash, G | U13 | IND | 2014 | TN | 8 | 53,5 | 57 | 50,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 8 | FM | Prasannaa.S, | IND | 2046 | TN | 8 | 53 | 58 | 50,00 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 3 | FM | Nawin, J J | U20 | IND | 2245 | TN | 7,5 | 54,5 | 57,5 | 45,00 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | FM | Senthil, Maran K | IND | 2157 | TN | 7,5 | 53,5 | 56,5 | 45,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 4 | IM | Manish, Anto Cristiano F | U20 | IND | 2174 | TN | 7,5 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 45,75 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 20 | Srihari, K R | U20 | IND | 1714 | TN | 7,5 | 51 | 55,5 | 44,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 11 | CM | Barath, Kalyan M | IND | 1886 | TN | 7,5 | 51 | 53 | 42,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 41 | Nikhil, T L | U15 | IND | 1336 | TN | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55 | 43,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 49 | Vinni, Prabhu R | IND | 1298 | TN | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 41,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 14 | 43 | Balamurugan, Senthilkumar | U20 | IND | 1315 | TN | 7,5 | 44 | 46 | 37,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 21 | Femil, Chelladurai | F20 | w | IND | 1640 | TN | 7,5 | 43 | 45 | 37,25 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 17 | Vigneshwaran, S | IND | 1739 | TN | 7 | 53,5 | 56,5 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | CM | Lakshmi, Narayanan M V | IND | 2060 | TN | 7 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 42,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 18 | 26 | Ahaz, E U | U13 | IND | 1542 | KERALA | 7 | 52,5 | 55,5 | 39,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 19 | 25 | Yashwant, B | U13 | IND | 1566 | TN | 7 | 52,5 | 55 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 20 | 18 | Tarun, V | U20 | IND | 1731 | TN | 7 | 52 | 56 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 31 | Sivanesh, S | U15 | TN-K | IND | 1419 | TN-KARUR | 7 | 52 | 54 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Sarveshwaran, V | U20 | IND | 1831 | TN | 7 | 51,5 | 56 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 23 | 24 | Nigash, G | U20 | IND | 1568 | TN | 7 | 50 | 53 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 24 | 16 | AGM | Sa, Kannan | IND | 1750 | TN | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 25 | 19 | Rajasekaran, P. | IND | 1715 | TN | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 26 | 27 | Raaghav, Kabil M | U20 | IND | 1522 | TN | 7 | 47,5 | 49,5 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 27 | 42 | Shuruthi, Arulmani | F15 | w | IND | 1322 | TN | 7 | 47 | 50,5 | 37,00 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 51 | Guru, Rudraks S A | U15 | IND | 1296 | TN | 7 | 47 | 50 | 35,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 29 | 60 | Padmapriyan, A R | U20 | IND | 1271 | TN | 7 | 47 | 50 | 35,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 30 | 55 | Kamalnath, Dv | U20 | TN-K | IND | 1280 | TN-KARUR | 7 | 46,5 | 50 | 36,00 | 0 | 7 |
