Laxman and Nitin win GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/07/2022

44th Chess Olympiad being just a few hourss away, Tamil Nadu is having several tournaments all over the state to celebrate the sporting event to ever take place in India. Among them, GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid and Blitz Rating Open tournament took place at Shasun Jain College for Women on 22nd and 23rd July 2022. The Blitz event had more participants than Rapid. GM Laxman R R emerged victorious in the Rapid. Both him and Arpan Das scored 8/9 each. He clinched the championship due to better tie-breaks. IM Pranesh M was adjudged third 7.5/9 among the three players who finished with the same score. Players from all over the country, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States of America and Wales took part in this event. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Laxman and Nitin become unbeaten champions

In the Blitz event, IM Nitin S claimed his third Blitz triumph of the year by winning an absolutely cracker of a final round battle against Prasanna S. He knew a draw would not be enough and things would be decided in tie-breaks. So he went all-in and it paid off. Nitin finished a half point ahead of the competition at 7.5/8. IM Manish Anto Cristiano F and IM Ajay Karthikeyan scored 7/8 each to secure second and third place respectively. Top three prizes in the Rapid Rating were ₹100000, ₹50000 and ₹20000 each, for Blitz Rating they were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹10000. The total prize fund for the Rapid event was ₹350000 and for Blitz ₹150000.

Champion in Rapid - GM Laxman R R 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Laxman wins GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid Rating Open with a mindblowing win against Manish | Video: ChessBase India

GM Laxman scored a crucial win in the final round to win the tournament

Runner-up - Arpan Das 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - IM Pranesh M 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Champion in Blitz - IM Nitin S 7.5/8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Nitin S wins his third Blitz Open of 2022 at GRT Shasun Jain College | Video: ChessBase India

Nitin finished the tournament with a hat-trick to win the event, finishing a half point ahead of the field

Cracker of a finish in a Relentless king hunt | Prasanna S vs IM Nitin S | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - IM Manish Anto Cristiano F 7/8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - IM Ajay Karthikeyan 7/8

One of the tournament halls at GRT Shasun Jain College for Women | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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A total of 208 players including 3 GMs, 10 IMs and a WGM and 244 in Blitz including 4 GMs, 10 IMs and a WGM took part from India, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United States of America and Wales. The nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating tournament took place on 22nd and 23rd July, the Blitz Rating tournament took place on 23rd July. The tournament was organized by Rooks & Knights Academy of Chess. The time control for the Rapid Rating was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment and for Blitz it was 3 minutes + 2 seconds.

Final standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Laxman R.R.	IND	2247	ICF	8,0	51,5	56,5	49,50	0	7
2	14		Arpan Das	IND	1992		8,0	46,5	50,5	41,00	0	8
3	12	IM	Pranesh M	IND	2029		7,5	49,5	53,5	42,00	0	7
4	7		Kaustuv Kundu	IND	2129		7,5	49	53,5	45,25	0	7
5	5	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	IND	2208		7,5	46,5	50,5	42,50	0	7
6	1	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2432	ICF	7,0	52	57	42,50	0	6
7	18	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	1919		7,0	50	54,5	39,50	0	7
8	21	WGM	Varshini V	IND	1878		7,0	49,5	54,5	42,00	0	7
9	48	CM	Daakshin Arun	IND	1476		7,0	45	48	36,00	0	7
10	15	FM	Vinoth Kumar M.	IND	1960		7,0	43,5	47,5	34,50	0	7
11	30	IM	Avinash Ramesh	IND	1664		6,5	53	57	39,00	0	6
12	2	IM	Nitin S.	IND	2259		6,5	52	55	37,00	0	6
13	41	IM	Harshavardhan G B	IND	1554		6,5	51,5	54,5	35,25	0	6
14	24	FM	Harsh Suresh	IND	1808		6,5	49	53	36,25	0	6
15	32	FM	Ayushh Ravikumar	IND	1651		6,5	47,5	52	34,25	0	6
16	16		Hirthickkesh Pr	IND	1957		6,5	47,5	51,5	36,75	0	6
17	9		Prasannaa.S	IND	2086		6,5	47	52	35,25	0	6
18	6	IM	Raahul V S	IND	2203		6,5	46,5	50,5	34,75	0	6
19	4	GM	Karthikeyan P.	IND	2245	ICF	6,5	46,5	50,5	30,00	0	4
20	64		Nawin M S	IND	1385		6,5	46,5	50	29,50	0	6

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	IM	Nitin S.	IND	2389		7,5	41	43,5	41,25	0	7
2	29	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	1950		7,0	37,5	41,5	35,50	0	6
3	11	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	IND	2183		7,0	36,5	40	35,00	0	7
4	13		Prasannaa.S	IND	2175		6,5	42,5	46,5	36,25	0	6
5	15		Kaustuv Kundu	IND	2128		6,5	40,5	45,5	37,50	0	5
6	5	GM	Laxman R.R.	IND	2361	ICF	6,5	40,5	43,5	34,50	0	5
7	67	FM	Ayushh Ravikumar	IND	1519		6,5	39,5	42,5	29,25	0	5
8	38	IM	Harshavardhan G B	IND	1831		6,5	38	41	30,75	0	6
9	37	IM	Avinash Ramesh	IND	1875		6,5	37	40,5	32,25	0	6
10	31	AGM	Vignesh B	IND	1942		6,5	36,5	40	31,50	0	6

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