Muthaiah is back to his winning ways
IM Muthaiah Al is well-known for winning Open tournament in all over India in all formats of the game. Before Covid-19 pandemic struck, he won eight tournaments in 2019. Thus, him starting 8.0/8 does not come as a surprise as it shows that he strengthened himself in the last two years.
Champion - IM Muthaiah Al 8.5/9 | Photo:Babu J Poojary
Muthaiah scored an unbeaten 8.5/9
Runner-up IM Viani Antonio D'cunha 8.0/9 | Photo:Babu J Poojary
Second Runner-up IM Harikrishnan A Ra 7.5/9 | Photo:Babu J Poojary
Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd IM Viani Antonio D'cunha, 1st IM Muthaiah Al and 3rd IM Harikrishnan A Ra | Photo:Babu J Poojary
The prize winners | Photo:Babu J Poojary
The beautiful trophies which were given away as prize | Photo:Babu J Poojary
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The tournament was organized by Torpedoes Sports Club on 11th and 12th December 2021 at Udupi, Karnataka. A total of 252 players including six IMs took part in the nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament which had a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 5 | IM | Muthaiah Al | IND | 2177 | TN | 8,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 51,75 | ||
| 2 | 2 | IM | Viani Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2363 | Kar | 8,0 | 51,0 | 56,0 | 49,50 | ||
| 3 | 8 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | IND | 2085 | TN | 7,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 45,00 | ||
| 4 | 3 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | IND | 2346 | Railways | 7,5 | 51,0 | 53,5 | 42,50 | ||
| 5 | 36 | Gokulakrishna S | U15 | IND | 1389 | TN | 7,5 | 48,0 | 51,5 | 41,75 | ||
| 6 | 11 | Manigandan S S | IND | 1973 | TN | 7,0 | 53,5 | 58,0 | 42,75 | |||
| 7 | 12 | Balkishan A. | IND | 1927 | Kar | 7,0 | 51,5 | 56,0 | 40,50 | |||
| 8 | 20 | Sunyuktha C M N | w | IND | 1705 | TN | 7,0 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 40,00 | ||
| 9 | 10 | IM | Ramnathan Balasubramaniam | IND | 1979 | Tn | 7,0 | 50,0 | 52,5 | 38,50 | ||
| 10 | 67 | Sathvik Adiga | U11 | IND | 1206 | Kar | 7,0 | 49,0 | 51,5 | 37,75 | ||
| 11 | 37 | Viraj Prabhakar Shetti | IND | 1382 | Kar | 7,0 | 49,0 | 51,5 | 35,50 | |||
| 12 | 15 | Mandar Mohan Sane | IND | 1883 | Mah | 7,0 | 48,5 | 51,0 | 35,00 | |||
| 13 | 17 | AGM | Mani Bharathy | IND | 1745 | TN | 7,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 37,75 | ||
| 14 | 1 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2389 | ICF | 7,0 | 47,0 | 50,5 | 35,50 | ||
| 15 | 16 | AGM | Prashanth J Naik | IND | 1750 | Kar | 7,0 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 37,50 | ||
| 16 | 100 | Shaun Deon Sequeira | U13 | IND | 1101 | Kar | 7,0 | 44,0 | 47,0 | 34,00 | ||
| 17 | 19 | Ramachandra Bhat | S60 | IND | 1716 | Kar | 7,0 | 43,5 | 45,0 | 33,50 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Hemanth Raam | IND | 2016 | TN | 6,5 | 55,5 | 60,5 | 42,00 | |||
| 19 | 4 | Sharma R. Preetham | IND | 2318 | Kar | 6,5 | 47,5 | 52,0 | 34,25 | |||
| 20 | 30 | Arpith S Bijoy | U13 | IND | 1471 | Ker | 6,5 | 47,5 | 50,5 | 32,75 | ||
| 21 | 41 | Nagvekar Sairudra | U15 | IND | 1311 | Goa | 6,5 | 44,5 | 45,5 | 28,50 | ||
| 22 | 83 | Prathamesh Shashikant Deshmukh | U11 | IND | 1152 | Kar | 6,5 | 44,0 | 47,5 | 32,75 | ||
| 23 | 34 | Vivaan Sunil Ballikar | U13 | IND | 1400 | Goa | 6,5 | 43,0 | 47,0 | 31,75 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Sham R | IND | 1668 | TN | 6,5 | 43,0 | 45,5 | 31,75 | |||
| 25 | 82 | Sachin Pai | U15 | IND | 1153 | Kar | 6,5 | 42,0 | 45,5 | 29,25 |
