Yash Kulhari wins 1st Dhoni's Trophy Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/10/2023

18-year-old Yash Kulhari and Aswin P G scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 1st Dhoni's Trophy Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023. Yash won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Aswin was placed second. Six players - Gudimetla Navaneeth Reddy, Kesavan G, Ebin Benny, Mohit S, Srinivasan Subramaniam and Prasath K R scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to eighth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹680000. Total 198 prizes including 98 cash prize and 100 trophies were up for grabs. The top three prizes were ₹51000, ₹35000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each respectively. This is Yash's first-ever tournament triumph. The teenager from Rajasthan started playing tournaments since April, and he became champion in his eighth event. Photos: Dr. S A Suryakumar/Chess Bishop

Yash's first tournament triumph

Yash Kulhari had a sole lead 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Six players were in pursuit at 7/8 each. He drew his game final round game against the top Ebin Benny to become the champion. Aswin P G defeated Sandeep Santhosh to secure second place. 12-year-old Mohit S is the youngest top ten finisher. He scored 7.5/9 to be placed fifth. Mohana Praba R B is the sole female player among the top ten. She scored 7/9 to secure tenth position.

Champion - Yash Kulhari 8/9

Runner-up - Aswin P G 8/9

Yash Kulhari scored an unbeaten 8/9 and increased his Elo rating by 47.6 points

Inaugural first moves are being made

The tournament was inaugurated by Dr. K Thomas George, Chairman and Founder, LEAD College of Management, along with Dr. R Balamurugane, Associate Dean (Academics), LEAD College of Management, Dr. P Sangeetha, Associate Dean (Student Affairs), LEAD College of Management and Dr. S A Suryakumar, Founder and Director, Chess Bishop.

The closing ceremony was graced by Mr. Jayakrishnan, ADRM, Southern Railway, Palakkad Division, Dr. Joseph George, Director, LEAD College of Management, Dr. Rajan, Dean, IT Entrepreneurs' Wing, IA V Vijayaraghavan, Chief Arbiter, Mr. Govindan Kutty, Secretary, Palakkad Chess Association.

Tournament Director - Dr. S A Suryakumar

Thanks to Dr. S A Suryakumar, Founder and Managing Director of Chess Bishop for sharing photos and info about the tournament.

A total of 462 players took part from various states across the country, one from Mongolia and two from South Korea in this three-day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Chess Bishop at LEAD College of Management, Dhoni in Palakkad, Kerala from 30th September to 2nd Octber 2023. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	w-we
1	34		Yash, Kulhari			IND	1419	RAJ	8	50,5	55	47,50	9	8	5,62	2,38
2	16		Aswin.P.G,			IND	1472	KER-TCR	8	49,5	54,5	47,50	9	8	6,32	1,68
3	46		Gudimetla, Navaneeth Reddy	U15		IND	1390	TN	7,5	53	57	45,50	9	7,5	4,91	2,59
4	4		Kesavan, G			IND	1550	TN	7,5	51	55,5	43,75	9	7,5	6,87	0,63
5	1		Ebin, Benny			IND	1582	KER-TCR	7,5	50,5	55,5	45,25	9	7,5	7,20	0,30
6	7	AIM	Mohit, S	U13		IND	1528	TN	7,5	48,5	52	43,25	9	7,5	7,30	0,20
7	39	ACM	Srinivasan, Subramaniam			IND	1399	TN	7,5	46,5	50,5	38,25	9	7,5	5,88	1,62
8	19		Prasath, K R			IND	1468	TN	7,5	45,5	49,5	40,00	9	7,5	6,95	0,55
9	112		Satheesh, Kumar G			IND	1272	TN	7	51,5	53,5	38,75	7	5	2,09	2,91
10	18		Mohana, Praba R B		w	IND	1468	TN	7	50	54,5	39,50	9	7	6,32	0,68
11	2		Kirpesh, I	U15		IND	1560	TN	7	50	53	36,75	9	7	6,91	0,09
12	29		Madhavan, V	U15		IND	1436	TN	7	49	53	39,75	9	7	5,91	1,09
13	15		Sandeep, Santhosh			IND	1473	KER-PAL	7	48,5	52,5	38,75	9	7	6,47	0,53
14	36		Karthikeyan, G			IND	1413	TN	7	47,5	51,5	39,25	8	6	5,45	0,55
15	41		Akshay, A R	U15		IND	1398	KER-TVM	7	47,5	51,5	38,25	8	6	4,92	1,08
16	24		Vishwanath, Kannam			IND	1451	TEL	7	47	51	38,50	9	7	6,76	0,24
17	3		Prawin, K			IND	1555	TN	7	45	49	35,00	9	7	7,60	-0,60
18	43		Shibin, K Benny			IND	1397	KAR	7	44,5	48,5	36,50	9	7	6,18	0,82
19	115		Chidanand, S Pillai	U13		IND	1269	KER-PAT	7	43,5	47	33,00	5	3,5	1,85	1,65
20	48	AFM	Ssathyan, S R			IND	1383	TN	7	42	45,5	33,25	9	7	6,70	0,30
21	12	AIM	Muthukumar, Mukesh	U13		IND	1495	TN	7	41,5	44	33,50	8	6	6,63	-0,63
22	25		Rishi, R			IND	1445	TN	7	40,5	44	33,50	9	7	7,09	-0,09
23	59		Bhuvanesh, G			IND	1358	TN	6,5	48,5	52	34,75	9	6,5	5,86	0,64
24	57		Gokul, G	U13		IND	1366	TN	6,5	48	53	36,00	9	6,5	5,31	1,19
25	88		Kamalesh, I	U13		IND	1313	PUD	6,5	48	52	35,75	8	5,5	3,68	1,82
26	135		Kavinkumar, G			IND	1236	TN	6,5	48	50,5	32,00	8	5,5	1,85	3,65
27	9		Yogesh, Loganathan			IND	1509	TN	6,5	47,5	52	36,00	9	6,5	7,00	-0,50
28	64		Biju, Kumar			IND	1348	KER-KAN	6,5	47,5	51,5	32,75	9	6,5	5,37	1,13
29	23		Atamjeet, Singh			IND	1452	HAR	6,5	47,5	51	34,50	9	6,5	6,36	0,14
30	89		Sripathi, Surendar	U15		IND	1313	TN	6,5	47,5	50,5	28,25	8	5,5	3,26	2,24
31	58		Balaram, U			IND	1359	TN	6,5	47	51	33,50	9	6,5	4,95	1,55
32	32		Manoj, Guru R			IND	1424	TN	6,5	46,5	51,5	34,75	9	6,5	6,46	0,04
33	20		Balakowshi, D S			IND	1462	TN	6,5	46	50,5	35,75	9	6,5	6,78	-0,28
34	31		Kishore, Dev S			IND	1424	KER-PAL	6,5	46	50	35,00	9	6,5	6,56	-0,06
35	5		Sanjay, Saravanan			IND	1542	TN	6,5	46	49,5	35,75	8	5,5	6,37	-0,87
36	66		Mithun, K	U13		IND	1347	TN	6,5	45,5	50	35,50	9	6,5	6,04	0,46
37	202		Rithish, Senthilkumar	U13		IND	1148	TN	6,5	45,5	49	33,50	8	5,5	2,07	3,43
38	395		Mohammed Haneefa V,			IND	0	KER-MAL	6,5	45	49,5	32,75	9	6,5
39	92		Arjun, Adithiya K	U13		IND	1308	TN	6,5	45	49	32,50	8	5,5	4,11	1,39
40	98		Rajiv, A			IND	1301	TN	6,5	45	49	29,75	8	5,5	3,83	1,67

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