Raahul V S wins 1st Queenstar Blitz Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/05/2023

Both IM Raahul V S and FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan scored 8.5/9 at 1st Queenstar Blitz Rating Open 2023. Their penultimate round encounter against each other ended in a draw. The first three tie-break scores were exactly the same. Raahul won the tournament based on their fourth tie-break score, Liyanage was placed second. Sri Lanka no.1 IM L M S T De Silva edged past Shrayan Majumder on tie-breaks to secure third place. They both scored 8/9 each. The top three prizes were LKR 50000, 25000 and 15000 along with a trophy and medal each respectively. Raahul won ₹12770 approximately. This is Raahul's first tournament victory since December 2021 when he won Gold at Asian Junior Open in Sri Lanka.

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

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