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.
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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 |
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 |
