Ramnathan Balasubramaniam wins 1st SSS All India Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/05/2022

Second seed of the tournament, IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam (TN) scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win 1st SSS All India Open Rating 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Umashankar A (PUD) and Sa Kannan (TN) scored 7.0/8 each. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund for the tournament was ₹300000. Top three prizes in were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 cash along with a trophy for the winner. Total 94 prizes were up for grabs. The tournament was organized by Sri Sai Saravanaa Academy at Sudharshan College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu from 5th to 8th May 2022. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Balasubramaniam wins his first tournament of 2022

IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam (2119) scored seven consecutive victories. He was a full point ahead of the field heading into the final round. A draw was enough for him to win the tournament. That is exactly what he did against the top seed of the tournament, Prasannaa S (TN, 2164) in the final round.

Champion - IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 7.5/8 | Photo: Sa Kannan

IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 and finished a half point ahead of the competition

Runner-up - Umashankar A 7.0/8 | Photo: Sa Kannan

Second Runner-up - Sa Kannan 7.0/8

A total of 272 players including an IM participated in this four-day Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Sri Sai Saravanaa Academy from 5th to 8th May at Sudarshan College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam		IND	2119	Tamil Nadu	7,5	40,5	43,0	39,75
2	7		Umashankar A	CC	IND	1864	Pondicherry	7,0	38,0	42,5	36,00
3	6	AGM	Sa Kannan		IND	1933	Tamil Nadu	7,0	37,5	42,0	36,25
4	8		Mishra Sanjeev		IND	1749	Maharashtra	6,5	42,0	45,5	34,75
5	1		Prasannaa.S		IND	2164	Tamil Nadu	6,5	41,0	44,5	34,75
6	15		Vengatesh Krishnan C		IND	1581	Tamil Nadu	6,5	39,0	43,0	32,75
7	5		Selvamurugan B		IND	1953	Tamil Nadu	6,5	37,5	41,0	32,25
8	14		Sathyanarayanan S.		IND	1595	Tamil Nadu	6,5	37,0	40,5	30,25
9	20		Siddhesh B U		IND	1511	Tamil Nadu	6,0	40,5	44,5	31,25
10	3		Arnav Maheshwari		IND	2093	Tamil Nadu	6,0	40,0	44,0	31,00
11	22		Balakowshi D S		IND	1492	Tamil Nadu	6,0	39,0	42,5	28,50
12	12		Paramasivam M.		IND	1649	Tamil Nadu	6,0	38,5	42,5	30,00
13	29		Bharanidharan Nedunchezhian		IND	1446	Tamil Nadu	6,0	36,0	38,0	26,75
14	10		Ashvin Venkat G		IND	1704	Tamil Nadu	6,0	35,5	39,5	28,75
15	25		Yogesh Selvam		IND	1478	Tamii Nadu	6,0	35,5	39,5	27,50
16	30		Vignesh Kannan P		IND	1444	Tamil Nadu	6,0	35,5	37,0	25,00
17	24		Darshan Sasthaa M		IND	1479	Tamil Nadu	6,0	35,0	39,0	27,50
18	32		Rishi R		IND	1384	Tamil Nadu	6,0	34,5	38,5	28,50
19	61		Srinish Udhayan M		IND	1254	Tamil Nadu	6,0	34,0	34,0	22,50
20	9		Sri Sakthivel Murugan C		IND	1727	Pondicherry	6,0	33,5	37,5	27,50
21	35		Kannan.V		IND	1345	Tamil Nadu	6,0	33,5	35,5	24,50
22	41		Nigash G		IND	1312	Tamil Nadu	6,0	33,0	35,5	25,75
23	13		Subramanian V	VT	IND	1610	Tamil Nadu	6,0	32,5	36,5	26,75
24	4		Sridhar J		IND	2090	Tamil Nadu	6,0	32,0	35,5	26,00
25	68		Marikani Kandasamy		IND	1233	Tamil Nadu	6,0	32,0	33,5	23,25

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