Kushagra Mohan wins a double at 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/06/2023

IM Kushagra Mohan scored an unbeaten 9/10 and 8.5/9 to win 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival Classical and Blitz Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field in both. Senevirathne S D B K (SRI), GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) and IM Himal Gusain scored 8.5/10 each in Classical. They shared second place. In the Blitz event, Samaranayake K P R N (SRI), Piyumantha M Thisal Manjith (SRI) and IM Himal Gusain scored 8/10 each in Blitz. They all shared second place. The total cash prize fund of the tournament was LKR 1.4 Million. The top three prizes in the Classical event were LKR 150000 + trophy, 100000 and 70000 along with a medal each respectively. For Blitz, the top three prizes were LKR 40000 + trophy, 30000 and 20000 along with a medal each respectively. Kushagra's double triumph earned him a combined total of ₹50198 approx. This was Kushagra's third and fourth triumph of the year. All photos in this article are from Dhamso Chess fb page

Kushagra clinches DICF Player of the Year, Himal shares second place in both Classical and Blitz

IM Kushagra Mohan had a sole lead 8.5/9 heading into the final round. He drew against Senevirathne S D B K (SRI) to win the tournament and finish a half point ahead of the field. In the Blitz event, Kushagra defeated the sole leader Piyumantha M Thisal Manjith (SRI) who was at 8/8, to become the champion. Kushagra was also crowned DICF Player of the Year.

Champion in Classical - IM Kushagra Mohan 9/10 receiving the DICF Player of the Year trophy

Champion in Blitz - IM Kushagra Mohan 8.5/9

IM Kushagra Mohan wins double at 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

IM Kushagra Mohan scored an unbeaten 9/10 in the Classical and increased his Elo rating by 1.3 points

IM Kushagra Mohan scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 in the Blitz event

Shared second in Classical - IM Himal Gusain 8.5/10

Shared second in Blitz - IM Himal Gusain 8/9

Lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony

A glimpse of the closing ceremony

The tournament hall at Lavanga Resort & Spa, Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka

IM Kushagra Mohan played simultaneous games, part of the 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2023

GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) conducted a workshop, part of the 10th Dhamso International Chess Festival 2023

Parents' Rapid event in progress

A total of 663 players including a GM and two IMs took part from Azerbaijan, India and Sri Lanka in this five-day ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament which was organized by Dharmasoka College Old Boys' Chess Association at Lavanga Resort & Spa in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka from 26th to 30th May 2023. The time control for the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. A total of 359 players including two IMs took part from India and Sri Lanka in the one-day Swiss League Blitz Rating tournament on 27th May 2023. The time contol was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Classical

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	IM	Kushagra, Mohan			IND	2400	9	0	66	69	60,50	53
2	7		Senevirathne, S D B K	U16		SRI	1840	8,5	0	67,5	71	59,00	48,5
3	1	GM	Mirzoev, Azer			AZE	2416	8,5	0	66,5	71	57,75	51
4	2	IM	Gusain, Himal			IND	2403	8,5	0	66	71	58,25	51
5	8	FM	Alahakoon, Isuru			SRI	1819	8	0	65	70,5	54,00	47,5
6	10		Sivathanujan, S			SRI	1810	8	0	63,5	68	52,00	47
7	36		Senevirathne, D C B K	U14		SRI	1483	8	0	62,5	67	50,50	45
8	37		Kodithuwakku, K K Dinujaya	U16		SRI	1480	8	0	60,5	63	48,00	46
9	30		Gunaweera, Geenuka Kavinu	U16		SRI	1513	8	0	60	65	51,00	45,5
10	19		Chandula, E D S			SRI	1644	8	0	59	64	51,50	42,5
11	4		Dabarera, G W D M			SRI	1917	8	0	58,5	62,5	48,50	43
12	12		Egodage, Thilina			SRI	1751	8	0	58,5	61,5	47,50	43
13	59		Abiru, K A Aken	U16		SRI	1384	8	0	58	62	47,00	45
14	57		Insara, S D Nadev	U16		SRI	1403	7,5	0	66	70,5	50,00	47
15	14		Piyumantha, M Thisal Manjith			SRI	1748	7,5	0	63,5	67	47,25	45,5
16	5		Samaranayake, K P R N			SRI	1878	7,5	0	62	67	48,75	47
17	42		Kulathilake, S M M P	U16		SRI	1457	7,5	0	62	66	45,50	44,5
18	15		Dharmakeerthi, G K Pasindu Nimsara			SRI	1691	7,5	0	61,5	66	46,25	44
19	54		Hettiarachchi, Jeewantha Aloka	U14		SRI	1414	7,5	0	61	66,5	47,50	45,5
20	29		Dharmasena, W M S S B	U16		SRI	1517	7,5	0	61	66,5	47,25	45,5

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	IND	2408	8,5	0	55,5	61,5
2	7		Samaranayake, K P R N	SRI	1724	8	0	53	58
3	15		Piyumantha, M Thisal Manjith	SRI	1633	8	0	50	52
4	2	IM	Gusain, Himal	IND	2279	8	0	47	51
5	20	WCM	Tharushi, T H D Niklesha	SRI	1550	7,5	0	53,5	56,5
6	10		Sivathanujan, S	SRI	1678	7,5	0	50,5	55,5
7	12		Dharmakeerthi, G K Pasindu Nimsara	SRI	1668	7,5	0	50	55
8	3	FM	Alahakoon, Isuru	SRI	1953	7,5	0	48,5	52,5
9	11		Hettiarachchi, C U	SRI	1671	7,5	0	48,5	52,5
10	14		Senevirathne, S D B K	SRI	1652	7	0	53	58

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