Top three score 8/9
Five players were on 7/8 heading into the final round. IM Ravi Teja S, FM Prasannaa S and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H defeated Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri, IM Jubin Jimmy and Chandar Raju respectively to finish with a 8/9 score. All three victors had the white pieces.
Champion - IM Ravi Teja S 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
You have to keep Realistic and Periodical goals if you want to succeed in chess - IM Ravi Teja S | Video: ChessBase India
Runner-up - FM Prasannaa S 8/9
| Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Second Runner-up - GM Bharath Subramaniyam H 8/9
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I want to cross 2600-2700 and become World Champion - GM Bharath Subramaniyam H | Video: ChessBase India
The podium finishers with the organizers - 1st IM Ravi Teja S and 3rd GM Bharath Subramaniyam H | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
IM Ravi Teja S scored 8/9 including five wins after a fourth round loss
Pyrotechnics for the top three | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Champion IM Ravi Teja S and Second Runner-up GM Bharath Subramaniyam H with the entire organizing team of Capablanca Chess School | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
4th Kunal M 7.5/9
| Photo: Rupali Mullick
5th IM Jubin Jimmy 7/9
| Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
6th Vigmesh Kannan S 7/9
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7th Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri 7/9
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8th Sreyas Payyappat 7/9
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9th Karan J P 7/9
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10th Aswath S 7/9
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Capablanca Chess School Organizing team | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
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Video Gallery
Illegal moves can be costly - FM Senthil Maran K vs Kavin Vijayakumar, Round 2 | Video: ChessBase India
Can you defend like this 7-year-old? | Video: ChessBase India
Full game: IM Ravi Teja S vs Chandar Raju, Round 4 | Video: ChessBase India
How many checks can you count? IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam vs Sidharth Harilal, Round 4 | Video: ChessBase India
8-year-old finds a cute tactic and checkmates the opponent | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments: Shyam Ganesh R vs Anwar N K, Round 6 | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments: FM Sreyas Payyappat vs IM Ravi Teja S, Round 8 | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments: Ebin Benny vs Santhosh Purushothaman, Round 8 | Video: ChessBase India
Play Chess and read chess books for free at Capablanca Chess School in Kerala
| Video: ChessBase India
A total 174 players including a GM and eight IMs participated from various states across the country in this one-day nine-round Swiss league Blitz Rating tournament which was organized by Capablanca Chess School at Jimmy George Indoor Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 6th April 2023. The time control for the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | IM | Ravi, Teja S. | IND | 2433 | AP | 8 | 52 | 55 | 48,50 |
| 2 | 12 | FM | Prasannaa.S, | IND | 2152 | TN | 8 | 51 | 55,5 | 48,00 |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | IND | 2395 | TN | 8 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 46,00 |
| 4 | 6 | Kunal, M. | IND | 2261 | TN | 7,5 | 48 | 53 | 44,25 | |
| 5 | 3 | FM | Jubin, Jimmy | IND | 2306 | KER | 7 | 53 | 58 | 42,50 |
| 6 | 48 | Vignesh, Kannan P | IND | 1541 | TN | 7 | 52,5 | 57 | 42,50 | |
| 7 | 10 | Bharat, Kumar Reddy Poluri | IND | 2163 | TEL | 7 | 51 | 55 | 40,00 | |
| 8 | 17 | FM | Sreyas, Payyappat | IND | 2083 | KER | 7 | 46,5 | 50 | 33,00 |
| 9 | 30 | Karan, J P | IND | 1759 | KER | 7 | 46 | 50 | 34,50 | |
| 10 | 21 | Aswath, S | IND | 2015 | TN | 7 | 42 | 45 | 33,00 | |
| 11 | 16 | IM | Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam | IND | 2089 | TN | 7 | 38 | 41 | 35,00 |
| 12 | 20 | Chandar, Raju | IND | 2050 | 6,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 38,50 | ||
| 13 | 4 | IM | Konguvel, Ponnuswamy | IND | 2291 | TN | 6,5 | 46 | 50 | 35,25 |
| 14 | 37 | Alluri, Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy | IND | 1653 | AP | 6,5 | 44,5 | 48 | 31,25 | |
| 15 | 15 | FM | Senthil, Maran K | IND | 2100 | TN | 6,5 | 41,5 | 45,5 | 31,25 |
| 16 | 28 | AGM | Karthikeyan, J. | IND | 1811 | TN | 6,5 | 41,5 | 45 | 30,25 |
| 17 | 9 | IM | Praveen, Kumar C | IND | 2188 | TN | 6,5 | 40 | 43 | 31,50 |
| 18 | 102 | AFM | Ashwinth, Michael | IND | 1262 | TN | 6,5 | 39,5 | 43,5 | 25,25 |
| 19 | 5 | IM | Prasad, Devaki V | IND | 2265 | KAR | 6,5 | 38,5 | 42 | 31,00 |
| 20 | 41 | Leelajai, Krishna N | IND | 1607 | 6 | 48 | 51,5 | 30,50 | ||
| 21 | 40 | Abhijith, U | IND | 1610 | KER | 6 | 47 | 49,5 | 28,00 | |
| 22 | 18 | Balkishan, A. | IND | 2065 | KAR | 6 | 46,5 | 51 | 31,00 | |
| 23 | 14 | AGM | Vinay, Thomas Abraham | IND | 2108 | KER | 6 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 25,50 |
| 24 | 7 | IM | Abhishek, Kelkar | IND | 2203 | MAH | 6 | 46 | 49,5 | 29,50 |
| 25 | 43 | Ebin, Benny | IND | 1558 | 6 | 45 | 48 | 29,00 | ||
| 26 | 29 | Abhishek, T M | IND | 1788 | KER | 6 | 44 | 48 | 25,00 | |
| 27 | 38 | Abdallah, M Nisthar | IND | 1625 | KER | 6 | 44 | 47 | 25,50 | |
| 28 | 13 | IM | Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam | IND | 2133 | TN | 6 | 43,5 | 47,5 | 25,75 |
| 29 | 64 | Satheesh, Kumar G | IND | 1402 | TN | 6 | 43 | 46 | 26,25 | |
| 30 | 57 | Sidharth, Mohan | IND | 1457 | KER | 6 | 42,5 | 44,5 | 24,50 |
