Indrajeet Mahindrakar wins a double at 2nd Super Knights Rating Open 2024
Indrajeet Mahindrakar, FM Isuru Alahakoon (SRI), S Sivathanujan (SRI) and Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage (SRI) scored 8.5/10 each at 2nd Super Knights Rating Open 2024. Indrajeet won the tournament due to better tie-break scores. The remaining three Sri Lankans were placed second to third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was LKR 1120000. The top three prizes in the Classical event were LKR 150000, 100000 and 60000 along with a trophy and medal each. Indrajeet won the Blitz Rating event scoring a perfect 9/9. He finished a full point ahead of the rest. Lisara Kodithuwakku (SRI) and FM T S S Peiris (SRI) secured second and third place scoring 8/9 each. These were Indrajeet's first and second tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Super Knights Chess Academy
Indrajeet clinches Blitz with a perfect score 9/9
Apart from Indrajeet winning the tournament, WIM Tejaswini Sagar and her younger sister, Siya Sagar scored 8/10 each. They secured fifth and eighth place respectively. Indrajeet's last tournament triumph before this was also in Sri Lanka back in October 2023.
Sri Lanka's first WIM - Sachini Ranasinghe, President of Chess Federation Sri Lanka - Luxman Wijesuriya, Executive Director of FIDE Management Board - GM Victor Bologan (MDA) were present along with Super Knights Chess Academy officials at the inauguration ceremony.
Blitz
A total of 507 players took part from various parts of Sri Lanka, five from India and one from Singapore in this fiv-day ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament which was organized by Super Knights Chess Academy at Samanala Hotel - Thalawathugoda in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19th to 23rd April 2024. The time control for the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
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Final standings in Classical
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 2137 | 8,5 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 65,5 | 53,75 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | FM | Alahakoon, Isuru | SRI | 1886 | 8,5 | 0 | 7 | 66,5 | 70,5 | 58,50 | |||
| 3 | 11 | Sivathanujan, S | SRI | 1825 | 8,5 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 66,5 | 55,75 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha | SRI | 1918 | 8,5 | 0 | 7 | 61,5 | 65,5 | 53,50 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | WIM | Tejaswini, Sagar | w | IND | 2019 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 66,5 | 70 | 53,25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | FM | Galappaththi, Chinthaka Anuruddh | SRI | 1935 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 64 | 68,5 | 53,00 | |||
| 7 | 21 | CM | Wijekoon, Chandana | SRI | 1765 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 60,5 | 64,5 | 49,50 | |||
| 8 | 12 | Sagar, Siya | w | IND | 1819 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 63,5 | 49,25 | |||
| 9 | 4 | Dabarera, G W D M | SRI | 1922 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 62 | 49,00 | ||||
| 10 | 36 | Senarathne, A A H M B | SRI | 1683 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 65,5 | 69,5 | 49,50 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | De Silva, Osheen | SRI | 1767 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 64,5 | 68 | 46,75 | ||||
| 12 | 39 | Weerasinghe, Sethum | SRI | 1672 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 67,5 | 47,00 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | Kaluarachchi, Achinthya Shamen | SRI | 1886 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 62,5 | 68 | 49,50 | ||||
| 14 | 24 | Ovitigala, Chenitha Mithvidu | U13 | SRI | 1758 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 62,5 | 67 | 49,25 | |||
| 15 | 35 | Sahasra, A P Sasindu | SRI | 1683 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 67 | 45,75 |
A total of 370 players took part from Sri Lanka and two from India in the one-day Swiss League Blitz Rating tournament held on 20th April 2024. The time control was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings in Blitz
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 2008 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 50,5 | 55 | 55,00 | ||||
| 2 | 16 | Kodithuwakku, Lisara | SRI | 1792 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 50,5 | 55 | 49,00 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | FM | Peiris, T S S | SRI | 1882 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 49,5 | 54 | 47,00 | |||
| 4 | 24 | Samaraweera, Dimuth Indeepa | SRI | 1743 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 47,5 | 52,5 | 45,50 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Ponnamperuma, Weraka Vasath | SRI | 1836 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 60 | 47,50 | ||||
| 6 | 43 | Ahangama, Senuka Aswin | SRI | 1669 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 51,5 | 41,75 | ||||
| 7 | 32 | Ovitigala, Chenitha Mithvidu | U13 | SRI | 1699 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 52 | 41,75 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Kaluarachchi, Achinthya Shamen | SRI | 1851 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 53,5 | 58 | 43,50 | ||||
| 9 | 26 | Jayaweera, Y | SRI | 1731 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 57 | 40,00 | ||||
| 10 | 34 | Senarathne, A A H M B | SRI | 1696 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 42,00 |
