Sri Lanka is a good place for Raahul
It has been 16 months since IM Raahul V S won Gold at Asian Junior Open championship in 2021. He had a few podium finishes, yet a first place was eluding him. That changed on Monday 17th April when he won the Blitz event. He also went on to finish third in the Classical tournament which will be mentioned in a separate report.
Champion - IM Raahul V S 8.5/9
2nd FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan (left) 8.5/9 and 3rd IM L M S T De Silva 8/9 | Photo: CFSL
IM Raahul V S scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and gained 22.2 Elo rating points
IM Raahul V S with his champion's trophy
IM Raahul V S lighting up the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Anil Madusampath
The tournament hall at Hotel Covanro in Naiwala, Sri Lanka
| Photo: Anil Madusampath
A total of 349 players including 2 GMs, 2 IMs and a WIM participated from India and various parts of Sri Lanka. The one-day nine-round Swiss league Blitz Rating tournament was organized by Queenstar International Chess Coaching Academy at Hotel Covanro in Naiwala, Sri Lanka on 17th April 2023. The time control for the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 5 | IM | Raahul, V S | IND | 2168 | 8,5 | 0,5 | 8 | 55 | 59 | 44 | |||
| 2 | 4 | FM | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2199 | 8,5 | 0,5 | 8 | 55 | 58 | 44 | |||
| 3 | 1 | IM | De Silva, L M S T | U17 | SRI | 2404 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 48,5 | 53,5 | 38 | ||
| 4 | 23 | Majumder, Shrayan | IND | 1689 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 52,5 | 40 | ||||
| 5 | 28 | Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha | U17 | SRI | 1654 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 55,5 | 40,5 | |||
| 6 | 27 | Sivathanujan, S | SRI | 1660 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 50 | 38,5 | ||||
| 7 | 24 | De Silva, Osheen | SRI | 1684 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 36,5 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | GM | Fominyh, Alexander | RUS | 2382 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 41 | |||
| 9 | 3 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2367 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 58 | 38 | |||
| 10 | 12 | Dabarera, G W D M | SRI | 1858 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 54 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | 34 | Sneha, Halder | F15 | w | IND | 1572 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 49,5 | 51,5 | 39 | ||
| 12 | 36 | Jayaweera, Y | SRI | 1560 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 53 | 35 | ||||
| 13 | 20 | Kulasekara, D M T Kashyapa | SRI | 1707 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 52 | 39 | ||||
| 14 | 18 | CM | Wijekoon, Chandana | SRI | 1751 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 51 | 38 | |||
| 15 | 11 | Saranya, Y | w | IND | 1875 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 49,5 | 36 | |||
| 16 | 39 | WCM | Sanudula, K M Dahamdi | F17 | w | SRI | 1537 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 36 | |
| 17 | 6 | FM | Kalugampitiya, R S | SRI | 2164 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 47,5 | 49,5 | 34 | |||
| 18 | 29 | Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini | F11 | w | SRI | 1640 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 47 | 51 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 26 | Senevirathne, S D B K | U17 | SRI | 1665 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 46,5 | 48,5 | 37 | |||
| 20 | 14 | Weerasinghe, C C | SRI | 1800 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 49,5 | 34 | ||||
| 21 | 25 | Hettiarachchi, C U | SRI | 1681 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 48 | 35 | ||||
| 22 | 17 | Kaluarachchi, Achinthya Shamen | SRI | 1766 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 38,5 | ||||
| 23 | 73 | AFM | Sumanathilake, Yonal | U15 | SRI | 1308 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 34,5 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Nabil Nazar, Mohamed | U17 | SRI | 1884 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 53,5 | 56,5 | 38,5 | |||
| 25 | 19 | Bandara, Dhanushka | SRI | 1726 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 36 | ||||
| 26 | 54 | Kulathilake, S M M P | U15 | SRI | 1423 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 53 | 37,5 | |||
| 27 | 8 | FM | Alahakoon, Isuru | SRI | 1995 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 53,5 | 35,5 | |||
| 28 | 78 | Sathsindu, W M Minura | U15 | SRI | 1290 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 52,5 | 34 | |||
| 29 | 15 | Liyanapathirana, Pasan Vindula | SRI | 1780 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 52 | 37 | ||||
| 30 | 82 | Sanuda, Rehan | SRI | 1270 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 51 | 34,5 |
