Champion: Dissanayake R K T (Sri Lanka))

Kerala’s Young Players Make Their Mark

One of the most encouraging aspects of Chess for Everyone 2.0 was the performance of Kerala’s young players against a field containing experienced Grandmasters and International Masters.

  • 14-year-old Albin Sajan finished an outstanding 4th overall with 6.5 points

  • 16-year-old Abel Sajan finished in 5th place, also with 6.5.

  • 13-year-old Mahadev J S finished 7th overall

  • 13-year-old Amanlal A secured 10th place with 6 points.

  • 9-year-old Devanarayanan Kalliyath finished an exceptional 11th overall with 6/8.

Krishnamoorthy Murugan, Sekhar Chandra Sahu, Petr Kiriakov and Anup Deshmukh

This is precisely the opportunity Chess for Everyone 2.0 seeks to create: bringing strong titled and international players to Kerala so that developing players can sit across the board from them and gain valuable competitive experience. The field was headed by GM Petr Kiriakov and included prominent International Masters such as Jorge Marcos Gomez Sanchez of Cuba, Krishnamoorthy Murugan, Anup Deshmukh and Sekhar Chandra Sahu.

GM Petr Kiriakov secured 2nd place

IM Murugan Krishnamoorthy secured 3rd place

Dissanayake RKT drew his 4th and 5th rounds and scored 3 consecutive wins to win the tournament and increase 28 rating points

4th Place: Albin Sajan (KER)

5th Place: Abel Sajan (KER)

7th Place: Mahadev J S

10th Place: Amanlal A, who defeated IM Jorge Marcos

11th Place: Kalliyath Devanarayanan

Trophies for winners

Games in action

The four-day tournament featured 196 players representing Canada, Cuba, FIDE, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the United States, competing across eight rounds of Classical chess.

Final Standings

Rk.

Name

Typ

FED

Rtg

Club/City

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

 TB6 

1

AIM

Dissanayake, R K T

SRI

1975

Srilanka

7

39

41,5

35,5

0

6

4

2

GM

Kiriakov, Petr

FID

2432

Fide

7

38,5

43

37,25

0

6

4

3

IM

Murugan, Krishnamoorthy

S56

IND

2096

Tamil Nadu

6,5

41

44,5

34,25

0

6

4

4

Albin, Sajan

U15

IND

2015

Kerala

6,5

36

40

31,75

0

6

4

5

Abel, Sajan

U17

IND

1964

Kerala

6,5

35,5

38,5

30,5

0

6

4

6

Tamang, Sudip

NEP

1903

Nepal

6,5

35,5

37,5

29,75

0

6

4

7

Mahadev, J S

U15

IND

1899

Kerala

6

39

41

27

0

6

4

8

IM

Sahu, Sekhar Chandra

S56

IND

1963

Orissa

6

38,5

43

30,25

0

5

4

9

IM

Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos

CUB

2244

Cuba

6

38,5

42

28,5

0

6

4

10

Amanlal, A

U15

IND

1894

Kerala

6

37

41

30,25

0

5

3

Details

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