Srinath Rao wins St. Teresa Rating Open
FM Srinath Rao SV (2270) won the tournament by scoring 7.5/8, half a point ahead of his nearest rivals Santu Mondal and IM D.K. Sharma. Srinath won Rs. 30,000 for his efforts.
Final Ranking after 8 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | FM | Srinath Rao S.V. | IND | 2270 | MHR | 7,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 42,0 |
| 2 | 6 | Santu Mondal | IND | 2113 | DEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 47,0 | |
| 3 | 1 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2288 | LIC | 7,0 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 45,5 |
| 4 | 5 | Joshi Govind Ballabh | IND | 2144 | DEL | 7,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 41,0 | |
| 5 | 16 | Rishabh Nishad | IND | 1898 | UP | 7,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 42,5 | |
| 6 | 4 | Abid Ali | IND | 2149 | UP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 46,0 | |
| 7 | 25 | Aaryan Varshney | IND | 1761 | DEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 44,0 | |
| 8 | 11 | Tamhankar Viraj | IND | 1953 | MAH | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 44,0 | |
| 9 | 15 | Alok Sinha | IND | 1899 | DEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 42,0 | |
| 10 | 12 | Ashish Kumar | IND | 1947 | UP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 43,0 |
