Harikrishnan wins 9 Sportz All India Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/06/2022

IM Harikrishnan A Ra scored an unbeaten 8/9. IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad also scored the same, however Harikrishnan edged past Bala on tie-breaks to win 9 Sportz All India Rapid Rating Open Chess Tournament 2022. Five players scored 7.5/9 each. Among them, IM P Shyam Nikhil was adjudged third. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹240000, ₹200000 for Rapid Rating and ₹40000 for Blitz Open. Top three prizes in the Rapid Rating were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. A total of 285 players in the Rapid Rating and 160 in the Blitz Open including a GM and 6 IMs took part in this two-day Rapid Rating and Blitz Open tournament held at Mysore, Karnataka.

Shyam Nikhil clinches Blitz Open

IM P Shyam Nikhil, GM Thej Kumar and IM Harikrishnan A Ra, all three scored 8/9 each in the Blitz Open. They were placed first, second and third according to tie-breaks. Top three prizes in the Blitz Open were ₹10000, ₹7500 and ₹6000 along with a trophy each for first, second and third place.

Champion - IM Harikrishnan A Ra 8/9

Harikrishnan scored an unbeaten 8/9 and gained 29.6 Elo rating points

Runner-up - IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up in Rapid Rating and Champion in Blitz Open - IM P Shyam Nikhil 7.5/9 and 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Blitz Open Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd GM Thej Kumar M S, 1st IM P Shyam Nikhil and 2nd IM Harikrishnan A Ra

A total of 285 players in the Rapid Rating and 160 in the Blitz Open including a GM and 6 IMs took part in this two-day Rapid Rating and Blitz Open tournament. The event was organized by 9 Sportz at Mysore, Karnataka on 21st and 22nd May 2022. The time control for Rapid Rating was 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment. The Blitz Open had 3 mins + 2 seconds increment

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	IND	2091	T N	8,0	51,0	56,0	48,50
2	4	IM	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad	IND	2265	A P	8,0	51,0	54,0	47,00
3	1	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2354	ICF	7,5	55,5	57,0	46,50
4	6	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2210	Tel	7,5	53,5	57,0	45,25
5	2	GM	Thejkumar M. S.	IND	2346	Kar-Mys	7,5	52,0	54,5	43,25
6	10		Shet Prajwal P	IND	1956	Kar-Mys	7,5	50,0	55,0	43,75
7	16		Subramanian R M	IND	1740	T N	7,5	49,5	53,5	42,75
8	11	FM	Sharan Rao	IND	1953	Kar	7,0	53,0	56,0	41,75
9	14		Balkishan A.	IND	1893	Kar-Mys	7,0	52,5	58,0	43,50
10	3	IM	Girinath P.D.S.	IND	2304	Tel	7,0	51,0	55,5	40,75
11	13	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	IND	1911	T N	7,0	50,0	54,0	38,50
12	5		Abhishek Das	IND	2214	Ind Railway	7,0	49,5	54,5	40,00
13	18		Shriya R Revankar	IND	1718	Kar	7,0	47,0	51,0	37,25
14	32		Sujay B M	IND	1378	Kar	7,0	46,5	50,5	37,50
15	78		Medhansh Rathi	IND	1185	Kar	7,0	46,0	49,5	36,25
16	15		Hari Madhavan N B	IND	1771	T N	7,0	46,0	47,5	35,00
17	50		Krishna	IND	1274	Kar	7,0	44,5	47,5	33,50
18	44		Pranav A J	IND	1307	Kar	7,0	37,5	39,5	29,50
19	29		Vengatesh Krishnan C	IND	1449	T N	6,5	51,0	55,0	37,00
20	7		Sharma R. Preetham	IND	2196	Kar-Mys	6,5	49,5	54,0	36,50

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Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2329	ICF	8,0	53,0	57,0	50,00
2	5	GM	Thejkumar M. S.	IND	2294	Kar - Mys	8,0	53,0	57,0	49,00
3	7	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	IND	2276	Kar	8,0	48,5	52,5	45,50
4	6		Sharma R. Preetham	IND	2290	Kar	7,5	51,0	54,5	43,50
5	3	IM	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad	IND	2336	A P	7,0	53,5	57,5	42,50
6	14		Subramanian R M	IND	1832	Kar	7,0	50,5	53,5	37,50
7	1		Hari Madhavan N B	IND	2374	T N	7,0	49,5	52,5	37,00
8	11		Balkishan A.	IND	2065	Kar	7,0	49,0	54,0	38,00
9	10	FM	Sharan Rao	IND	2078	Kar	7,0	49,0	53,0	38,00
10	8		Abhishek Das	IND	2230	I Railways	7,0	47,0	49,5	34,50
11	12		Manigandan S S	IND	2017	T N	7,0	45,0	47,0	34,00
12	9	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2138	Kar	6,5	51,5	56,0	36,50
13	117		Lukesh A	IND	0	Kar	6,5	44,0	49,0	35,25
14	18		Joglekar Abhijit	IND	1677	Mah	6,5	41,5	44,5	31,50
15	26		Narayan Iyengar	IND	1554	T N	6,5	40,0	42,0	29,25
16	24		Sudarshan Bhat	IND	1613	Kar	6,5	38,5	41,5	28,75
17	2	IM	Girinath P.D.S.	IND	2369	Tel	6,0	50,5	54,5	32,50
18	13		Shet Prajwal P	IND	1972	Kar-Mys	6,0	50,0	53,0	30,00
19	20		Sharan R Setty	IND	1657	Kar	6,0	46,5	48,5	28,50
20	42		Raveesh Kote	IND	1314	Kar	6,0	45,5	48,5	29,25