Muthu Rakesh Babu victorious at Intellion Corporate Chess Tournament Finals 2024

by ChessBase India - 09/08/2024

Muthu Rakesh Babu (Cisco) scored an unbeaten 6.5/7 to win The Ultimate Chess Competition Finals 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Arunkumar Nagarajan (Qualcomm) scored 6/7 to finish second. Three players - N Madhavan (Citi), Mithun Raj A (Citi) and Naveen Prabhu S (Light and Wonder) scored 5.5/7 each. They secured third, fourth and fifth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Muthu drew with Madhavan in the final round to become the champion. The tournament was held at Ramanujan IT Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was organized by the team of TATA Intellion and ChessBase India 19th and 20th July. Final was held on International Chess Day. Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

534 players show their interest in participation

Ramanujan Intellion Park is one of the office parks built by TATA Intellion and is a hub to some of the top companies like Amazon, AstraZeneca, TCS, Philips, Citi and many more. The registration process was conducted by the Intellion team where they circulated tournament details amongst the companies to nominate a list of players who would be interested in taking part at the chess tournament. 534 players registered themselves for the event. These players were divided into 4 sectors for the Day 1. Top 15 players from each sector played on the final day. The on ground team of arbiters were headed by V Dhanasekaran and S Balaji. The Deputy Chief Arbiter and coordinator of the event was Vivek Sohani.

Champion - Muthu Rakesh Babu (Cisco) 6.5/7 | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Runner-up - Arunkumar Nagarajan (Qualcomm) 6/7 | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Second Runner-up - N Madhavan (Citi) 5.5/7 | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

4th Mithun Raj A (Citi) 5.5/7 | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Prize winners with the remaining participants and colleagues | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Closing ceremony | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Photo Gallery

Tournament in progress | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

One for the memory | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Trophies for the top five finishers | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

The Ultimate Chess Competition flex | Photo: Dr. Abhinav Ramraj

Knights, rooks, and bishops took over Ramanujan Intellion Park on International Chess Day! | Video: Intellion Offices by Tata Realty

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	28	Muthu, Rakesh Babu	IND	Cisco	6,5	23	25	22,25
2	6	Arunkumar, Nagarajan	IND	Qualcomm	6	23	25	21,00
3	30	N, Madhavan	IND	Citi	5,5	30	33,5	25,75
4	27	Mithun, Raj A	IND	Citi	5,5	27,5	31	24,25
5	31	Naveen, Prabhu S	IND	Light And Wonder	5,5	27	29	21,25

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