Rakesh Kumar Jena does a hat-trick by clinching BYJU's Starwarz Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/09/2022

IM Rakesh Kumar Jena won BYJU's Starwarz Rating Open 2022. This was his third consecutive tournament victory. He won the Summer Cup Rating Open on 29th June, Ekagra Rating Open on 17th July and now this event exactly a month after his previous triumph. Despite losing his fifth round game to Dhanush Ragav N S, Rakesh bounced back by winning the next four games. 13-year-old Aswath S and Kaustuv Kundu also scored 8/9. However, Rakesh won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, the remaining two were placed second and third accordingly. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1000000. It was the highest ever prize fund at a tournament in Kerala. Top three prizes were ₹105000, ₹75000 and ₹50000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Joby Abraham yt

Top three score 8/9

Reigning MPL 34th National Under-14 Open 2022 champion, John Veny Akkarakaran scored 7/9 to finish ninth. Sunyukta C M N was the highest female finisher scoring 7/9 to secure 12th position.

Champion - IM Rakesh Kumar Jena 8/9 | Photo: Joby Abraham yt

Rakesh Kumar Jena won Ekagra All India Rating Open on 17th July | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Rakesh Kumar Jena on winning BYJU's Starwarz Rating Open 2022 | Video: Cognizance Academy

Rakesh Kumar Jena had two four-game winning streaks

Runner-up - Aswath S 8/9 | Photo: Joby Abraham yt

Second Runner-up - Kaustuv Kundu 8/9 | Photo: Joby Abraham yt

Inaugural moves are being made | Photo: FA Subha Rakesh

Highlights of the tournament | Video: Joby Abraham

The tournament hall at Lulu Mall in Cochin, Kerala | Photo: FA Subha Rakesh

A total of 405 players including an IM took part from all over the country and two from USA, in this five-day nine round Classical Rating tournament. The event was organized by Cognizance Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , at Lulu Mall in Cochin, Kerala from 13th to 17th August 2022. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	IM	Rakesh Kumar Jena			1067	IND	2329	ORI	8	52	56	49,50	0	8
2	6		Aswath S	U15		1508	IND	2101	TN	8	51,5	56,5	49,00	0	7
3	1		Kaustuv Kundu			6462	IND	2369	WB	8	50,5	54,5	48,25	0	7
4	10		Nithin Babu			2660	IND	2005	KER	7,5	50	54,5	44,00	0	6
5	19	FM	Ayushh Ravikumar			7205	IND	1928	TN	7,5	46,5	50,5	41,75	0	7
6	65		Sailesh R			4502	IND	1580	TN	7,5	46,5	49	40,25	0	7
7	3		Manigandan S S			370T	IND	2148	TN	7	52,5	57	42,50	0	5
8	55		Dharani Kumar M S			765T	IND	1633	TN	7	51	55,5	41,00	0	6
9	17		John Veny Akkarakaran	U15		1155	IND	1930	KER	7	50,5	55	40,75	0	6
10	5	AGM	Vignesh B			2248	IND	2130	TN	7	49,5	54,5	41,50	0	6
11	36		Sharnarthi Viresh	U13		5846	IND	1735	MAH	7	49	52,5	39,00	0	6
12	24		Sunyuktha C M N	W	w	1292	IND	1867	TN	7	48,5	53	40,00	0	7
13	12		Chandar Raju			1172	IND	1980	KER(E)	7	48	52,5	39,50	0	6
14	9		Hemanth Raam			4534	IND	2008	TN	7	48	52	39,50	0	6
15	7		Jinan Jomon			1032	IND	2057	KER	7	47,5	52	38,25	0	6
16	18	AGM	Sa Kannan			6421	IND	1929	TN	7	46,5	50	36,75	0	6
17	11		Marthandan K U			1142	IND	1987	KER(E)	7	43,5	48	36,50	0	7
18	22		Arun R U			1206	IND	1874	TN	7	43,5	47,5	36,00	0	6
19	123		Pranav Sai Ram R S	U11		6919	IND	1444	TN	7	41	43,5	32,00	0	6
20	86		Abhyuday Santhosh	U13		3063	IND	1517	KAR	6,5	51,5	55,5	38,00	0	6
21	4		Arpan Das			6466	IND	2138	WB	6,5	51	55,5	37,25	0	6
22	72		Raihaan Zahid	U11		7431	IND	1550	TEL	6,5	50,5	54,5	37,75	0	4
23	26		Dhanush Ragav N S			8022	IND	1819	TN	6,5	50,5	54,5	37,00	0	5
24	40		Ayyappan P Santhana Prabu			1853	IND	1690	TN	6,5	49,5	54	35,75	0	6
25	14		Rohan Vijay Shandilya			8527	IND	1970	JHA	6,5	49	53,5	36,25	0	6
26	56		Nihal Swarna	U13		3692	IND	1631	AP	6,5	49	52	33,25	0	6
27	29		Sanjay S Pillai			2137	IND	1802	KER	6,5	48	52,5	36,25	0	6
28	46		Vigneshwaran S			4287	IND	1669	TN	6,5	47,5	51,5	34,25	0	6
29	64		Gokulakrishna S	U15		5665	IND	1585	TN	6,5	47	51	31,75	0	6
30	91		Aadithya Pradeep			3388	IND	1503	KER	6,5	46,5	48,5	30,25	0	5

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