Laxman R R wins 3rd BUDCA Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/12/2024

GM Laxman R R, Lokesh N and IM Ajay Karthikeyan scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 3rd BUDCA Rapid Rating Open 2024. Laxman won the tournament due to better tie-break scores, Lokesh and Ajay secured second and third place respectively. The top three finishers did not face each other. The total prize fund was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹29000 + trophy, ₹25000 + trophy and ₹20000 each. The two-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Bengaluru Urban District Chess Association at Nexus Koramangala Mall in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 23rd and 24th November. This is Laxman's sixth tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Soumya M U / BUDCA

Pranav Anand wins Blitz Open

GM Laxman R R was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. He drew with FM Ojas Kulkarni to become the champion. Lokesh N defeated Peter Anand A to secure second place. Siddhanth Poonja lost to IM Ajay Karthikeyan and the latter finished third. Lokesh is the sole non GM/IM finisher among the top five.

Champion in Rapid Rating and Second Runner-up in Blitz - GM Laxman R R 8/9 and 7.5/9 | Photo: Soumya M U / BUDCA

Runner-up in Rapid Rating - Lokesh N 8/9 | Photo: Soumya M U / BUDCA

The top two finishers - GM Laxman R R and Lokesh N | Photo: Soumya M U / BUDCA

Second Runner-up in Rapid Rating - IM Ajay Karthikeyan 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Laxman R R scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 8.4 Elo rating points

IM Hari Madhavan N B was the sole leader 7.5/8, going into the last round. GM Pranav Anand won against Hari to become the champion. IM Nitin S scored a full point over IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J to finish second. FM Apoorv Kamble lost to GM Laxman R R and the latter finished third.

Champion in Blitz Open - GM Pranav Anand 8/9

Runner-up - IM Nitin S 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Various prize winners | Photo: Soumya M U / BUDCA

Closing ceremony | Photo: Soumya M U / BUDCA

Players cheered for Gukesh before one of the rounds.

A total of 402 players including a GM and seven IMs took part from all over India, two from Malaysia, one from Scotland and four from the USA took part. The two-day tournament was organized by Bengaluru Urban District Chess Association on 23rd and 24th November 2024 at Nexus Koramangala Mall in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The nine-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	3	GM	Laxman, R.R.			IND	2248	Icf	8	55	60,5	53,00	7
2	14		Lokesh, N.			IND	2065	Tn	8	52,5	54,5	47,75	7
3	5	IM	Ajay, Karthikeyan			IND	2180	Tn	8	49	51,5	45,00	7
4	18	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam			IND	1940	Tn	7,5	54	57	45,75	7
5	4	IM	Nitin, S.			IND	2207	Tn	7,5	53	58	46,50	6
6	13	FM	Ojas, Kulkarni			IND	2070	Kar	7,5	52,5	56,5	45,00	6
7	7	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J			IND	2163	Tg	7,5	51,5	56,5	45,50	6
8	1	IM	Rathanvel, V S			IND	2315	Tn	7,5	51	55	44,00	6
9	17		Augustin, A			IND	1944	Kar	7,5	50	54	44,25	7
10	10	FM	Apoorv, Kamble	U15		IND	2109	Kar	7,5	47	51	40,75	7
11	16		Siddhanth, Poonja	U12		IND	1966	Kar	7	54,5	58	42,00	7
12	8	IM	Senthil, Maran K			IND	2132	Tn	7	53,5	58	43,75	6
13	2	IM	Hari, Madhavan N B			IND	2262	Tn	7	53	57	42,25	6
14	19		Peter Anand, A			IND	1940	Py	7	52	57	41,50	7
15	29		Gugan, G			IND	1843	Tn	7	50	53	39,00	7
16	25		Genkeswaran, Genivan	U15		MAS	1883	Mas	7	49,5	53,5	39,50	7
17	35		Pranav, A J			IND	1809	Kar	7	49	53	39,00	7
18	21	WCM	Renganayaki, Venkatesh	F18	w	IND	1925	Kar	7	48,5	52,5	37,75	6
19	23		Niranjan, J Warrier	U15		IND	1886	Kar	7	47,5	51,5	38,00	7
20	206		Manveer, Pratap Singh Modi			IND	1407	Kar	7	47	50	36,00	7
21	11	FM	Pranav, K P	U15		IND	2089	Tn	7	46,5	51,5	38,50	7
22	123		Naveen, Kumar R			IND	1500	Tn	7	46,5	49	34,50	7
23	67		Krishna,	U15		IND	1634	Kar	7	45,5	48	34,50	7
24	75		Hrishikesh, Rupesh Raghuvaran			IND	1601	Kar	7	42,5	46,5	34,50	7
25	30		Sushrutha, Reddy			IND	1825	Kar	7	42	49	37,00	7
26	22		Afreed, T Khan			IND	1888	Ap	6,5	53,5	58	39,25	6
27	34		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	U12		IND	1810	Kar	6,5	51,5	54,5	35,50	6
28	20		Malvin, Joshua	U12		IND	1926	Py	6,5	49,5	54	35,25	6
29	42		Dharmesh, Mukul D	U12		IND	1721	Tn	6,5	48	52	34,25	6
30	15	FM	Syed Anwar, Shazuli			IND	2061	Tn	6,5	48	50,5	34,25	6

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A total of 226 players including two GMs and six IMs took part from all over India, two from Malaysia and two from the USA each took part. The one-day tournament was organized by Bengaluru Urban District Chess Association on 24th November 2024 at Nexus Koramangala Mall in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The nine-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2386	13508ksca2023	8	54	54	54,00
2	5	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2325		8	50	50	46,50
3	3	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2373		7,5	52,5	52,5	46,00
4	4	IM	Hari, Madhavan N B	IND	2364		7,5	51,5	51,5	45,00
5	6	IM	Ajay, Karthikeyan	IND	2286		7,5	50,5	50,5	45,50
6	7	IM	Sai, Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2232		7	55	55	42,50
7	12	IM	Senthil, Maran K	IND	2132		7	54,5	54,5	44,50
8	9	AGM	Vignesh, B	IND	2211		7	53,5	53,5	41,50
9	8	FM	Apoorv, Kamble	IND	2211		7	51,5	51,5	39,00
10	11	FM	Aayush, Bhattacherjee	IND	2134		7	50	50	39,25
11	14		Lokesh, N.	IND	2110		7	47,5	47,5	39,50
12	21		Nayak, Biswajit	IND	1983		7	47	47	38,00
13	28		Santoshkashyap, Hg	IND	1885		7	46,5	46,5	36,00
14	25		Sudarshan, Bhat	IND	1906	Blu170426	7	46	46	38,25
15	23		Peter Anand, A	IND	1913		7	42,5	42,5	34,00
16	32	WCM	Renganayaki, Venkatesh	IND	1859	18288ksca2024	7	39,5	39,5	31,50
17	18		Siddhanth, Poonja	IND	2037	10535ksca2023	6,5	50	50	36,25
18	13	FM	Ojas, Kulkarni	IND	2110	17546ksca2024	6,5	49	49	35,00
19	65		Abbas, Soni	IND	1582		6,5	49	49	34,00
20	1	IM	Rathanvel, V S	IND	2418		6,5	48,5	48,5	34,50
21	10	FM	Syed Anwar, Shazuli	IND	2143		6,5	47,5	47,5	34,75
22	33		Krishna,	IND	1858	10100ksca2023	6,5	47,5	47,5	33,75
23	45		Pranav, A J	IND	1747	12486ksca2023	6,5	47	47	34,25
24	26		Genkeswaran, Genivan	MAS	1890		6,5	46	46	32,25
25	38		Manasa, K.	IND	1816	11035ksca2023	6,5	45,5	45,5	31,75

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