Prashanth's first triumph of the year

Prashanth J Naik was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Avirat Chauhan, Sai Sarthak Karnam Naga and Sibi Srinivas Einstein were in pursuit at 7/8 each. Avirat drew with Prashanth, the latter became a clear champion. Sai drew with Sibi to finish third, Sibi secured second place. Fourth seeded Avirat became the youngest top ten finisher of the event. He scored 7.5/9 to secure fourth place.

Champion - Prashanth J Naik 8/9 | Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

Second Runner-up - Sai Sarthak Karanam Naga 7.5/9 | Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

Prashanth J Naik scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 44.4 Elo rating points

Closing ceremony | Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

A total of 320 players including two IMs took part from various parts of the country in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights at BMS College of Engineering in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 14th to 18th November 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.SNoNameTypsexGrFEDRtgIPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 nwwew-weKrtg+/-
18AGMPrashanth, J NaikIND1919849,55447,2507985,782,222044,4
220Sibi, Srinivas EinsteinIND18357,549,55445,750797,55,921,582031,6
312Naga, Sai Sarthak KaranamU15IND18787,549,55443,750697,56,041,464058,4
44Avirat, ChauhanU11IND19697,549,55342,000797,56,510,994039,6
532Aaditya, Ranjan SahuU13IND17487,54851,542,250675,53,991,514060,4
66Sharsha, BackerIND19377515540,0006976,280,722014,4
75IMHegde, Ravi GopalS60IND1949750,55541,0006976,800,20102
82Chinmay, KowshikU13IND19797505542,0005977,48-0,4840-19,2
913Gavi, SiddayyaIND1874749,554,540,2506976,270,732014,6
1015Krishna,U15IND18587495339,0006976,520,484019,2
117Madhesh, Kumar SU13IND192974952,539,0005976,950,05402
123Kulkarni, VinayakIND1978748,55339,2506977,22-0,2220-4,4
1311Afreed, T KhanIND1892748,552,538,0006976,350,652013
149Devnath, BijeshU15IND19177465138,5007977,41-0,4140-16,4
1527Pranav, Ganesh PrabhuU13IND17727454836,0006864,771,234049,2
1622Aneesh, AdigaU15IND182474448,538,0005976,680,324012,8
1710Divi, BijeshF09wIND191274447,536,5005977,27-0,2740-10,8
1816Akshay, MadhusoodhananIND1855742,549,535,5007776,001,002020
1978Abbas, SoniU15IND1582740,54433,5006753,401,604064
2014Bhuvan, Krishna PrasanthU13IND18646,547,551,534,000696,56,210,294011,6
2128Sumeetkumar, M SIND17706,546,548,532,250674,54,80-0,3020-6
2238Raghunandan,IND17256,5465032,500685,54,840,664026,4
2317Mitul, K HU15IND18536,5455035,250596,57,25-0,7540-30
2448Magizhini, MwIND16916,54549,533,000685,54,411,094043,6
2540Jeevaa, A SU15IND17246,5444630,000685,55,120,384015,2
2646Stuti, PradeepF13wIND16936,543,547,532,750685,55,55-0,0540-2
2737Sragvidha, SU09IND17286,54346,531,500563,54,12-0,6240-24,8
2856Aravinda, B RIND16556,541,544,532,250585,54,950,552011
2955AFMAruna, DinakaraIND16616,5414329,250685,55,170,33206,6
30128Tathagata, Manjunath NayakU15IND14856,537,539,526,7506320,711,294051,6

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