Swaraj Palit wins FIDE Rated Open in Pondicherry

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/08/2019

Top seed Swaraj Palit of Jharkhand scored 8.0/9 to win FIDE Rated Open in Pondicherry. Swaraj suffered an early setback in round 3 as he suffered a loss against Srinivas Gopal Reddy K of Andhra Pradesh. However, he played like a champion and won his next six games consecutively to finish a half point ahead of the pack of four players. Local lad and second seed of the tournament, Umashankar A scored 7.5/9 and he secured runner-up position, due to a higher tie-break score. 3rd position also went to local player from Pondicherry, Farhaan A. Photo: Organizer

Top seed wins the crown

Top seed Swaraj Palit of Jharkhand scored 8.0/9 and became champion. He received a beautiful trophy and ₹5000 cash | Photo: Organizer

After losing round 3 game, Swaraj made a double hat-trick of wins to clinch the title

Here is Swaraj's best game from the tournament selected by the champion himself:

Inaugural move is made at the top board by Chief Guest Mr. Arokiaraj | Photo: Organizer

The tournament hall - Arumuga Thirumana Mandapam has witnessed countless National championships | Photo: Organizers

The tournament took place at Arumuga Thirumana Mandapam in Pondicherry from 24th - 27th July 2019. It was organized by Pondicherry State Chess Association. Total 237 players participated from 5 different states and 1 union territory Pondicherry.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Swaraj Palit	IND	1924	JHAR	8,0	0,0	51,0	48,0
2	2	Umashankar A	IND	1845	PON	7,5	0,0	56,5	52,0
3	22	Farhaan M	IND	1472	PON	7,5	0,0	51,5	47,0
4	8	Thiyagarajan Tamilselvi	IND	1649	TN	7,5	0,0	51,0	47,0
5	14	Sathyanarayanan S.	IND	1565	TN	7,5	0,0	50,5	48,0
6	3	Peter Anand A	IND	1791	PON	7,0	0,0	57,0	52,0
7	6	Sham R	IND	1729	TN	7,0	0,0	55,0	51,0
8	5	Raghul Saro S	IND	1748	TN	7,0	0,0	53,0	48,0
9	9	Venkatesh Babu Sundaresan	IND	1630	TN	7,0	0,0	51,0	48,5
10	11	Yaseen Sherif H	IND	1600	TN	7,0	0,0	50,0	46,5
11	27	Aaditya A	IND	1414	PON	7,0	0,0	49,5	46,0
12	37	Keshav Padmanabhan	IND	1347	TN	7,0	0,0	47,0	44,5
13	12	Arjun Sidharth S	IND	1599	PON	7,0	0,0	46,0	42,5
14	16	Tamizhanban N	IND	1519	TN	6,5	0,0	58,0	54,5
15	30	Shreyas Seshadri Nallore	IND	1396	TN	6,5	0,0	55,5	51,5
16	38	Varun Prabhakaran K S	IND	1342	PON	6,5	0,0	54,5	50,5
17	24	Rakshitha P	IND	1451	TN	6,5	0,0	54,5	50,0
18	17	Raman R.	IND	1509	PON	6,5	0,0	52,0	48,0
19	56	Mathiyazhagan M	IND	1224	PON	6,5	0,0	50,5	46,5
20	29	Kannish Varmaa K	IND	1409	PON	6,5	0,0	47,5	46,0

Complete Standings

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