Thejkumar wins 8th Kandy Open in Sri Lanka
Mysuru based IM M.S.Thejkumar, of South Western Railway, Mysuru, took part in the 8th Kandy Open International FIDE rated chess championship 2017. The event was held at National Institute of co-operative Development, Polgolla, Sri Lanka from 25-30th August 2017. Thejkumar won his eleventh and final round tie against Sri Lanka's Kandearachchi Niranga (Rating 1992) and with 10 points from eleven rounds clinched the title.After eleven rounds, IM M.S.Thejkumar and Sri Lanka's Alahokkon Isuru(2059) tied with 10 points each, but the former's better tie-break score of 76.5 to the latter's 75.5 helped him to clinch the title. It must be mentioned that Thejkumar did not play the first two rounds and hence ended with a score of 10.0/11. He received two half point byes.
Thejkumar's performance similar to what Li Chao did at the 5th Colombo Open in 2012!
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 1 | IM | Thejkumar M. S. | IND | 2481 | 10,0 | 1,0 | 76,5 | 71,0 | 0,64 | |
| 2 | 2 | Alahakoon Isuru | SRI | 2059 | 10,0 | 0,0 | 79,5 | 73,5 | 1,56 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Priyankara Chamil | SRI | 2026 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 79,5 | 73,5 | 1,13 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Danushka M A N | SRI | 1888 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 77,5 | 71,0 | 1,01 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Nandan Buragohain | IND | 1870 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 67,5 | -0,41 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Kandearachchi Niranga | SRI | 1992 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 82,5 | 76,5 | 0,31 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Subasinghe K R V R | SRI | 2014 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 79,5 | 73,0 | -0,67 | ||
| 8 | 17 | Munasinghe Shanaka | SRI | 1821 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 78,0 | 72,5 | 0,97 | ||
| 9 | 25 | Ilampoornan Raguparan | SRI | 1762 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 78,0 | 72,0 | 1,06 | ||
| 10 | 14 | Madushanka Harsha | SRI | 1835 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 75,5 | 69,5 | -0,47 | ||
| 11 | 26 | Dissanayake R K T | SRI | 1761 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 69,0 | -0,01 | ||
| 12 | 36 | Thawalampola Banuka Neranjan | SRI | 1697 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 69,0 | 1,09 | ||
| 13 | 35 | Jayaweera C L | SRI | 1715 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 68,5 | 1,02 | ||
| 14 | 19 | Bandara Dhanushka | SRI | 1818 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 68,0 | -0,54 | ||
| 15 | 16 | Herath N N B | SRI | 1823 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 68,0 | -0,28 |
Winner of the Kandy Open 2017: IM M.S. Thejkumar
Thejkumar added 6.40 ELO points to his tally with his performance in
this tournament and presently has a live rating of 2498.30. He needs
1.70 Elo points to become India's 50th and Karnataka's first grandmaster.
