Champion: Arpith S Bijoy (Kerala)

9-way tie on 8 points

Going into the final round, four players were co-leading with 7.5/8 points. On the top board, FM Pranav K.P. drew against GM Laxman R.R., and on the 2nd board, IM Harshad S drew against FM Arpith S Bijoy. Arpith had the best tiebreak scores among all 9 players with the same points.

Top 3 (L to R): 1st FM Arpith S Bijoy (Ker), 2nd GM Laxman RR (ICF), and 3rd IM Harshad S (TN)

Arpith remained unbeaten throughout the event and also increased his rating by 15.6 points

Games in action

Future is safe!

Team behind making this event a huge success

A total of 655 players took part in this one-day Rapid Rating Event organised by Rotaract Ruas and Children Chess Academy. The top 3 prizes were ₹25,000, ₹16,500, and ₹12,000 along with trophies. Trophies were given to all participants, and free Tea refreshment was sponsored by the organizers: Shreekanth N and Jyothi S.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.

Name

Gr

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

FM

Arpith, S Bijoy

Kerala

IND

2190

8

56

61,5

54,25

0

7

2

2

GM

Laxman, R.R.

Tamil Nadu

IND

2212

8

55

60

52

0

7

4

3

IM

Harshad, S

Tamil Nadu

IND

2100

8

55

59

51

0

7

3

4

FM

Pranav, K P

Tamil Nadu

IND

2213

8

54,5

60,5

52,75

0

7

4

5

IM

Kaustuv, Kundu

West Bengal

IND

2282

8

54

58

50,5

0

7

2

6

IM

Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J

Telangana

IND

2163

8

53,5

55,5

48,5

0

8

5

7

IM

Hari, Madhavan N B

Tamil Nadu

IND

2357

8

53

58

50,75

0

7

5

8

IM

Mendes, Aaron Reeve

CAN

CAN

2229

8

52,5

56

48

0

8

4

9

Nihal, N Shetty

UDU181034

IND

1911

8

45,5

49,5

43,5

0

8

4

10

IM

Saravana, Krishnan P.

Tamil Nadu

IND

2108

7,5

51,5

56,5

46

0

7

2

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