Abhijith triumphs at 2nd ISC Below 1700 Rating Tournament 2022
Sixth seeded Abhijith U scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 2nd ISC Below 1700 Rating Chess Tournament 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Bright Lee M Sunilkumar scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. He also remained undefeated. Five players scored 7.5/9 each. Out of them, Abdallah M Nisthar was placed third according to tie-breaks. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹499999. The top three prizes were ₹51000, ₹40000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each. A total of 145 prizes were up for grabs. The tournament was organized by International School of Chess Pvt. Ltd. Photo: ISC Pvt. Ltd.
478 players take part
Abhijith U started with eight straight victories. He just needed a draw in the final round to win the tournament. That is what he did against Abdallah M Nisthar who finished third eventually. Bright Lee M Sunilkumar defeated the top seed of the tournament, Xavier P P in the last round to secure second place. All the podium places went to the home state, Kerala players.
The tournament was inaugurated by the DIG Nishanthini, IPS, in presence of Mr. Unnikrishnan M A, Managing Director of ISC, Pattom Sanith, Playback singer, and Dr. Krishnakumar K, Susrutha Ay. Hospital.
Thanks to the Unnikrishnan M A, Managing Director of International School of Chess Pvt. Ltd., for providing photos and information about the tournament.
A total of 478 players from various states across the country and one each from Maldives, Sri Lanka and three from USA took part in this event. The tournament was organized by International School of Chess Pvt. Ltd. from 26th to 28th December 2022 at Jimmy George Indoor Stadium, Trivandrum, Kerala. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 6 | Abhijith U | IND | 1633 | KER | 8,5 | 50 | 54,5 | 48,75 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 16 | Bright Lee M Sunilkumar | IND | 1558 | KER | 8 | 51 | 54,5 | 47,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Abdallah M Nisthar | IND | 1669 | KER | 7,5 | 54,5 | 59 | 47,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 9 | Sham R | IND | 1611 | TN | 7,5 | 50 | 55 | 45,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 10 | Srihari K R | IND | 1608 | TN | 7,5 | 49,5 | 54 | 44,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 14 | Jibin Varghese John | IND | 1563 | KER | 7,5 | 47 | 51 | 42,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | 45 | Unni Krishnan Pg | IND | 1437 | KER | 7,5 | 47 | 51 | 40,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | CM | Samarth J Rao | PD | IND | 1664 | KAR | 7 | 54 | 57 | 43,00 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 37 | Jai Kamalesh S | U15 | IND | 1478 | TN | 7 | 53,5 | 55,5 | 41,25 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 10 | 1 | Xavier P P | S55 | IND | 1697 | KER | 7 | 52 | 56,5 | 41,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 39 | Jackson V X | U12 | IND | 1474 | TN | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 91 | AFM | Aadinath Harilal | U12 | IND | 1302 | KER | 7 | 50 | 54 | 38,50 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 36 | Koushik Muthesh P | IND | 1479 | TN | 7 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 40,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | Mohammed Tharig S | IND | 1627 | TN | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | 38 | Satheesh M | IND | 1476 | KER | 7 | 48,5 | 50,5 | 36,75 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | 31 | Pranav A J | IND | 1499 | KAR | 7 | 48,5 | 49,5 | 36,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 17 | 89 | Sidharth Mohan | U15 | IND | 1311 | KERT | 7 | 48 | 51 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 18 | 72 | Ershad P | IND | 1346 | KER | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 129 | Ravisankar H | IND | 1238 | KER | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 20 | 50 | Ajaya Bose Mohanchandran | IND | 1424 | KER | 7 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 35,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 21 | 34 | Gopinath P | IND | 1481 | TN | 7 | 46,5 | 49 | 36,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 22 | 18 | Satheesh Kumar G | IND | 1546 | TN | 7 | 46 | 51 | 38,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | Nirmal L | IND | 1519 | TN | 7 | 46 | 50 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | 30 | AIM | Sushrutha Reddy | IND | 1502 | KAR | 7 | 46 | 49,5 | 37,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 25 | 70 | Nikhil T L | U15 | IND | 1352 | TN | 7 | 45 | 47 | 32,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 26 | 48 | Sai Kiran G V | IND | 1426 | TN | 7 | 43,5 | 47 | 34,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 27 | 13 | Jake Shanty | U12 | IND | 1568 | KER | 7 | 43 | 47 | 37,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 28 | 69 | Nair Aswin | IND | 1354 | KER | 7 | 42,5 | 45 | 34,25 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 29 | 49 | Unnikrishnan V S | IND | 1425 | KER | 7 | 41,5 | 43,5 | 31,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 30 | 42 | Surendiraa A Sathish | IND | 1445 | TN | 6,5 | 53 | 57,5 | 38,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 31 | 33 | Umesh P | IND | 1492 | KER | 6,5 | 52,5 | 54,5 | 35,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 32 | 151 | Dhruv S Nair | U12 | IND | 1209 | KER | 6,5 | 51 | 54,5 | 34,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 33 | 40 | Shrivastava Kushagra | IND | 1461 | MP | 6,5 | 49,5 | 52,5 | 35,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 34 | 57 | Aravinda B R | IND | 1390 | KAR | 6,5 | 49 | 54 | 35,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 35 | 61 | Arya G Mallar | F15 | w | IND | 1385 | KER | 6,5 | 47,5 | 52 | 36,75 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 80 | Alan Danly | U15 | IND | 1329 | KER | 6,5 | 47 | 49,5 | 32,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 37 | 46 | Sidharth Harilal | U12 | IND | 1435 | KERT | 6,5 | 47 | 49,5 | 31,50 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 38 | 22 | Gopinath Parthasarathy | IND | 1531 | TN | 6,5 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 34,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 39 | 44 | Arun R | IND | 1439 | TN | 6,5 | 46,5 | 50 | 34,25 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 40 | 28 | Thoufeeq S | IND | 1506 | TN | 6,5 | 45,5 | 49 | 33,00 | 0 | 6 |
