Harsh Suresh wins Muralimohan Memorial 2nd Capa Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/08/2023

FM Harsh Suresh and CM Rajarishi Karthi scored 8/9 each at Muralimohan Memorial 2nd Capa Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2023. Harsh edged past Rajarishi on tie-breaks to become the champion. Rajarishi was placed second. Six players - Kunal M, GM Vishnu Prasanna, Arjun C Krishnamachari, Sailesh R, John Veny Akkarakaran and IM Praveen Kumar C scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to eighth respectively. Only Rajarishi remained undefeated among the top three. Kunal defeated Harsh in the seventh round. The total prize fund of the event was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy and DGT clock each respectively. Photos: Capa Chess Academy unless stated otherwise.

Kunal gets the better of the champion

Kunal was the sole leader 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Five players - FM Harsh Suresh, CM Rajarishi Karthi, Arjun C Krishnamachari, CM John Veny Akkarakaran and IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam were in pursuit at 7/8 each. Rajarishi defeated Kunal and Harsh won against IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam. Thus, Harsh won the tournament 8/9, Rajarishi second 8/9 and Kunal third 7.5/9.

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd Kunal M 7.5/9, 1st FM Harsh Suresh 8/9 and 2nd CM Rajarishi Karthi 8/9 with organizers, officials and GM Sundararajan Kidambi (next to Kunal)

At the Prize distribution function, GM Sundararajan Kidambi was the Chief Guest. Mrs. Saradha Muralimohan and Ashiya Sultana, President Capa Chess Academy were the guests and distributed the prizes.

Champion - FM Harsh Suresh 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up - CM Rajarishi Karthi 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Kunal M 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Harsh Suresh scored 8/9 and gained 22.04 Elo rating points

A total of 88 trophies were up for grabs

The beautiful top three trophies has a photo of the founder of Capa Chess Academy - Late K Muralimohan

Along with trophies, DGT clock were also awarded to the overall top three finishers

Thanks to Capa Chess Academy for sharing the photos and info about the event.

A total of 365 players including a GM and two IMs took part from various states across the country, one from Bangladesh and two from USA in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Capa Chess Academy at Hall of Chess, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 15th and 16th July 2023. The time control of the event was 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	FM	Harsh Suresh			TN	2110	18549tn2021	8	53,5	57,5	50,00	0	8
2	4	CM	Rajarishi Karthi			TN	2109	4554tn2021	8	53	58	50,75	0	7
3	2		Kunal M.			TN	2114	1481tn2021	7,5	56	60	48,25	0	7
4	1	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V			TN	2477	7625tn2021	7,5	55	60	49,00	0	6
5	7		Arjun C Krishnamachari			TN	2029	126113tn2022	7,5	54,5	59,5	48,50	0	6
6	11		Sailesh R			TN	1868	45021tn2021	7,5	53	57,5	45,75	0	7
7	6	CM	John Veny Akkarakaran			KL	2075	170824kl2022	7,5	52	55,5	43,75	0	7
8	5	IM	Praveen Kumar C			TN	2090	2169tn2021	7,5	52	55	44,00	0	7
9	19		Badri Narayan B			TN	1701	18546tn2021	7	51	55	40,00	0	6
10	15		Hiren K G			TN	1782	5781tn2021	7	50,5	54,5	39,50	0	7
11	14	WFM	Jyothsna L	F99	w	TN	1797	5245tn2021	7	50	54,5	39,75	0	6
12	10	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam			TN	1884	7715tn2021	7	50	53	37,25	0	6
13	30		Aarav A	U10		TN	1547	89493tn2021	7	49,5	53,5	39,25	0	6
14	8		Arnav Maheshwari			TN	1990	34191tn2021	7	49	53,5	40,50	0	6
15	35		Richard Solomon M			TN	1478	122645tn2022	7	48,5	51,5	36,00	0	7
16	50		Tharun Pranav G B				1387	2913TN2021	7	47,5	50,5	36,00	0	7
17	20		Divyabharathi Masanam	F99	w	TN	1640	88242tn2021	7	47,5	50	35,75	0	6
18	17		Ayyappan P Santhana Prabu			TN	1730	18537tn2021	7	47	50	37,00	0	6
19	39	AFM	Shanmathi Sree S	F12	w	TN	1455	57262tn2021	7	46	49,5	36,50	0	7
20	38		Ulaganathan G			TN	1466	160474tn2022	7	45,5	49,5	37,00	0	7
21	32		Anirudh R			TN	1531	46727tn2021	7	43,5	45,5	34,00	0	7
22	18		Naveen K S			TN	1716	38734tn2021	6,5	51	55	35,25	0	6
23	22		Sanjay Thiruvengadam			TN	1630	772tn2021	6,5	50,5	54,5	35,75	0	6
24	13		Vijay Shreeram P			TN	1836	865tn2021	6,5	49,5	53,5	37,25	0	6
25	28		Sriram Suresh			TN	1567	159642tn2022	6,5	49	53,5	34,25	0	6
26	12		Nawin M S			TN	1848	39806tn2021	6,5	49	53	35,75	0	6
27	23		Haridev S	U14		TN	1610	55508tn2021	6,5	48,5	51,5	34,25	0	6
28	21		Saisarvesh S	U14		TN	1639	45498tn2021	6,5	48	51,5	34,25	0	6
29	27		Pranav Sai Ram R S	U12		TN	1574	69192tn2021	6,5	48	49,5	32,50	0	6
30	33		Gopal Aravamuthan Iyengar			TN	1498	60442tn2021	6,5	47	50	32,75	0	5

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