Krishna Teja clinches Masthanaiah All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/03/2022

IM Krishna Teja N scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the competition to win Masthanaiah All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. His only draw was against Sooriya B Y in the fourth round. Four players scored 8.0/9 - FM Syed Anwar Shazuli, FM Sekar B, GM Laxman R R and Surendran N. They were placed second to fifth according to the tie-breaks. Krishna won ₹100000 cash, Runner-up Shazuli earned ₹30000 and Sekar received ₹20000 cash as their respective prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹400000. The next event by the same organizer will have ₹500000 prize fund slated to take place on 9th and 10th July 2022. Photo: Masthanaiah Chess World 1978

Four players score 8.0/9

Both IM Krishna Teja N and FM J Ramakrishna were at 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Whoever won the game between the leaders, would have won the tournament as there was no one else who could catch up with them. Krishna defeated a must-win game and won the tournament. A draw would have left things to chance as Krishna's tie-break score was less but luckily for him it did not make a difference as he won the game and the tournament too.

Top 3 (L to R) - 1st IM Krishna Teja N 8.5/9, 2nd FM Syed Anwar Shazuli 8.0/9 and 3rd Sekar B 8.0/9 | Photo: Masthanaiah P

Winner - IM Krishna Teja N 8.5/9 | Photo: Masthanaiah P

Krishna Teja N gained 29.2 Elo rating points

A total of 485 players including a GM, 5 IMs and a WIM participated from various states across the country. The tournament was organized by Masthanaiah Chess World 1978 on 12th and 13th March 2022 at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. The nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating event had a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	13	IM	Krishna Teja N				IND	2104	Ap	8,5	50,0	54,5	51,50	0,0	8	9	8,5	7,04	1,46	20	29,2
2	8	FM	Syed Anwar Shazuli				IND	2151	Tn	8,0	53,0	57,5	50,25	0,0	7	9	8	8,00	0,00	20	0,0
3	6	FM	Sekar B				IND	2157	Tn	8,0	52,5	58,0	50,00	0,0	8	9	8	7,93	0,07	20	1,4
4	1	GM	Laxman R.R.				IND	2346	I C F	8,0	51,5	56,5	49,50	0,0	7	9	8	8,19	-0,19	20	-3,8
5	17		Surendran N				IND	2050	Tn	8,0	49,5	54,0	46,00	0,0	8	9	8	6,93	1,07	20	21,4
6	11	FM	Ramakrishna J.				IND	2108	Tg	7,5	53,5	58,5	46,00	0,0	7	9	7,5	6,71	0,79	20	15,8
7	2		Kunal M.				IND	2312	Tn	7,5	50,0	54,5	44,00	0,0	7	9	7,5	8,58	-1,08	20	-21,6
8	14	FM	Gunasekaran K.				IND	2103	Tn	7,5	49,5	54,5	43,00	0,0	7	9	7,5	7,88	-0,38	20	-7,6
9	16	CM	Rajarishi Karthi				IND	2064	Tn	7,0	54,0	57,5	43,00	0,0	6	9	7	7,32	-0,32	20	-6,4
10	4	IM	Roy Prantik				IND	2171	Wb	7,0	53,0	57,0	41,50	0,0	7	9	7	7,83	-0,83	20	-16,6
11	12		Prasannaa S				IND	2108	Tn	7,0	51,5	56,5	41,00	0,0	7	9	7	7,05	-0,05	20	-1,0
12	27	CM	Kushagra Mohan				IND	1860	Tg	7,0	51,5	56,0	40,00	0,0	7	9	7	7,03	-0,03	20	-0,6
13	18		Mushini Ajay				IND	2018	Ap	7,0	51,5	55,5	39,50	0,0	6	9	7	7,37	-0,37	20	-7,4
14	29		Md Imran	U13			IND	1831	Ap	7,0	50,5	55,0	40,75	0,0	6	9	7	5,34	1,66	20	33,2
15	9	IM	Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam				IND	2143	Tn	7,0	50,5	54,5	39,75	0,0	6	8	6	6,95	-0,95	20	-19,0
16	160		Nawin M S				IND	1234	Tn	7,0	50,5	53,0	39,00	0,0	7	8	6	0,78	5,22	20	104,4
17	59		Rushyendra Chowdary Kantipudi				IND	1567	Ap	7,0	50,0	54,0	39,00	0,0	7	7	5	3,83	1,17	20	23,4
18	40		Saranya Y		w	W	IND	1754	Tn	7,0	49,5	52,5	37,00	0,0	7	8	6	5,93	0,07	20	1,4
19	134		Aakash K P				IND	1282	Tn	7,0	49,5	51,5	36,50	0,0	7	6	4	0,18	3,82	20	76,4
20	53		Abhijith U				IND	1588	Kl	7,0	49,0	53,0	37,75	0,0	6	8	6	4,63	1,37	20	27,4
21	43	WIM	Savitha Shri B	F15	w		IND	1687	Tn	7,0	48,0	51,5	37,00	0,0	7	8	6	5,77	0,23	20	4,6
22	121		Arunkumar Muthukumar				IND	1315	Tn	7,0	48,0	50,5	37,25	0,0	6	7	5	0,22	4,78	20	95,6
23	186		Yogesh Selvam				IND	1191	Tn	7,0	47,5	50,0	36,00	0,0	6	8	6	0,45	5,55	20	111,0
24	19	FM	Mari Arul S.				IND	2010	Tn	7,0	47,0	52,0	40,25	0,0	6	9	7	8,02	-1,02	20	-20,4
25	33		Kathiravan M.				IND	1789	Py	7,0	46,0	49,0	38,00	0,0	6	9	7	7,80	-0,80	20	-16,0

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