Sa Kannan superb at 15th Chennai GM Category B Below 2000 Rating Tournament 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/01/2025

Sa Kannan scored an unbeaten 9/10 to win 15th Chennai GM Category B Below 2000 Rating Tournament 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Sanjay Thiruvengadam scored sole 8.5/10 to secure second place. Sivan S Roshan, Hemal Varshan Andalamala and P Santhana Prabu Ayyappan scored 8/10 each. They were placed third to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1000000. The top three prizes were ₹100000 + trophy, ₹70000 and ₹50000 each respectively. The four-day ten-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 2nd to 5th January 2025. Photo: IA R Anantharam

Sa makes a perfect start to 2025

Sa Kannan made a dominating start by scoring 8.5/9. He had a full point lead heading into the final round. Prajith Kishore, Sivan S Roshan and Sanjay Thiruvengadam were trailing at 7.5/9 each. Sa needed only a draw in the final round to become a clear champion. That's exactly what he did against Sivan. Sa won the tournament and Sivan finished third. Prajith lost to Sanjay and the latter secured second place. 11-year-old Hemal Varshan Andalamala scored 8/10 to finish fourth. He is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.

Champion - Sa Kannan 9/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Runner-up - Sanjay Thiruvengadam 8.5/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Second Runner-up - Sivan S Roshan 8/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Round 9: Sa Kannan - Hemal Varshan Andalamala: 1-0 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Sa Kannan scored an unbeaten 9/10, finished a half point ahead of the competition and increased his Elo rating by 69.8 points

4th - Hemal Varshan Andalamala 8/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

6th Prajith Kishore 7.5/10 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Arbiters' team of 15th Chennai GM Open Category B (Below 2000) Rating Tournament | Photo: IA R Anantharam

A total of 286 players took part from various parts of India and also from Australia, France, Sri Lanka and USAin the Open B (Below 2000) category. The four-day ten round Rating tournament was organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 2nd to 5th January 2025. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings Open B

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	29	AGM	Sa, Kannan		IND	1836	TN	9	60	63,5	56,50	8
2	26		Sanjay, Thiruvengadam		IND	1843	TN	8,5	57,5	62	53,00	7
3	2		Sivan, S Roshan		IND	1990	TN	8	63	67,5	52,75	6
4	13		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	U13	IND	1890	AP	8	58,5	63,5	48,50	8
5	18		Ayyappan, P Santhana Prabu		IND	1873	TN	8	58	61,5	47,00	7
6	9		Kishore, Prajith	U13	IND	1906	TN	7,5	61,5	66	44,50	7
7	51		Joy, Lazar M.A.		IND	1782	KL	7,5	60	64	46,00	6
8	27		Niranjan, R		IND	1842	TN	7,5	59	64	46,25	7
9	5	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik		IND	1944	KA	7,5	59	64	44,75	7
10	49	AIM	Ashwinth, Michael		IND	1783	TN	7,5	57,5	62	43,75	7
11	119		Veera, Phani Sai Teja K		IND	1656	AP	7,5	57,5	61	45,25	6
12	31		Naveen, K S		IND	1832	TN	7,5	54,5	62	44,50	6
13	34		Ram, Kumar G M		IND	1826	TN	7,5	54,5	59	42,00	6
14	3		Sanjay, S Pillai		IND	1988	KL	7,5	52,5	57	41,50	7
15	30		Saravanan,		IND	1836	TN	7,5	52,5	57	41,50	6
16	25		Gowsalyan, S		SRI	1847	SRI	7	59,5	64,5	42,00	6
17	8		Divesh, G		IND	1913	TN	7	57,5	62,5	43,00	6
18	54		Rohith, N		IND	1781	TG	7	57,5	61,5	39,50	7
19	21		Dharsh, M	U13	IND	1859	TN	7	56,5	61,5	42,25	5
20	6		Shashveen, A K	U13	IND	1944	TN	7	56	61	42,00	6
21	19	AFM	Vakeesh, S		IND	1867	TN	7	54,5	59	39,25	6
22	44		Anish, Ramkumar	U13	IND	1798	TN	7	54,5	58,5	38,75	6
23	39	AFM	Yuvanesh, A	U13	IND	1817	KA	7	53,5	57	38,25	6
24	37		Sathwik, D S S U		IND	1819	AP	7	50,5	55	37,25	5
25	59		Prajeesh, B U	U15	IND	1770	TN	6,5	61,5	66	39,50	5
26	12		Kishan, Kumar		IND	1896	BR	6,5	61,5	65,5	39,00	5
27	52		Richard, Solomon M		IND	1782	TN	6,5	60,5	66	41,25	5
28	11		Selvabharathy, T		IND	1898	TN	6,5	59,5	64	39,75	4
29	40	ACM	Vishruth, B	U13	IND	1815	TN	6,5	59	63,5	38,25	5
30	14		Arunachalam, Shivaa T V		IND	1886	TN	6,5	58,5	63,5	38,75	6

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