Akshayakalpa Organic Karnataka State Open 2023 R1-2: Co-founder and CEO Shashi Kumar score 2/2

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/05/2023

Akshayakalpa Organic Karnataka State Open Rating 2023 is off to a flying start. 103 out of 491 players have won their first two games. All top seven seeds have remained unscathed. Shrinidhi G put up a very good fight against FM FT Niranjan Navalgund. However, the much stronger player prevailed when the 12-year-old was unable to maintain the tension in a queek, rook and knight vs queen, rook and bishop endgame. Former National Under-7 Girls champion, Siddhi Rao fought well to hold Sudarshan Bhat to a draw after a 3.5 hours of grueling battle. The CEO and Co-Founder of Akshayakalpa Organic, Shashi Kumar has won his first two games. He took an oath to himself of scoring a minimum of 5/9 at this event. He certainly seems to be on the right track to achieve it. Round 3 starts today Saturday 27th May at 9:30 a.m. IST. All photos in this article are by Shahid Ahmed unless stated otherwise.

491 players are taking part

Akshayakalpa Organic Karnataka State Open Rating 2023 is off to a roaring start. The fantastic venue, beautiful trophies and a zero waste event, definitely makes it a tournament with a lot of thought put into it.

The tournament hall at Forum Falcon City Mall in Bengaluru, Karnataka

Akshayakalpa Organic is the main sponsor of Karnataka State Open Chess Championship 2023 | Photo: Akshayakalpa Organic

The top seven seeds have made a perfect start of 2/2. They are:

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha

GM Thej Kumar M S

WIM Isha Sharma

FM FT Niranjan Navalgund

Apoorv Kamble and...

...Likhit Chilukuri are also at 2/2

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A glimpse of the inauguration ceremony

Chief Guests - Dr. Brinda V, Outstanding Scientist and Director, Directorate of Safety, Reliability and Quality (DSRQ), M N Nataraj, Regional Director, NYKS Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India, Southern States, in presence of Shashi Kumar, Co-founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic, Manoj Singh, Vice President, Forum Mall, and Sowmya M U, President of BUDCA.

Guests of Honor - D P Anantha, Vice President of AICF and President of KSCA, T N Madhukar, Vice President KSCA, Managing Editor of Praja Pragathi, Pragathi TV and Pragathi Digital, Dr. Muralidhar, Vice President KSCA President, Jupiter Group of Institutions, and Nagendra Muralidhar, Vice President KSCA and Secretary of Mysore District Chess Association.

Team BUDCA lighting up the lamp

Jayanthi Hanumantha, Vice President of BUDCA, made the ceremonial first move of Round 2 | Photo: Sowmya M U

Former National Under-7 Girls champion, Siddhi Rao held Sudarshan Bhat to a draw

Ravi Kiran, a visually challenged player, taking part

When your opponent is your 'friend'

The tournament hall has been widely appreciated

The inaugural moves

Trophies for the top four finishers

Trophies for the age group prize winners

When ChessBase India T-Shirts face each other

Are you following your passion?

Chess tournament is the perfect place to make memories by expressing your artistic side

For more Inauguration Ceremony, Round 1 and Round 2 photos, please click at the respective links.

Video Gallery

Inauguration Ceremony of Akshayakalpa Organic Karnataka State Open Rating 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

"I have been playing a tournament each week since March 8th" - Sushruta Reddy | Video: ChessBase India

Instant Chess in a Classical format - Fun and Enjoy Chess! | Chethan vs Sushrutha | Video: ChessBase India

Akshayakalpa CEO and Co-Founder - Shashi Kumar makes a perfect start | Video: ChessBase India

More videos and interviews will be published soon, stay tuned.

Round 2 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	1	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha		2417	1	1 - 0	1		Akanksh, U D	U13	1228	128
2	129		Darsha, Bhat	U13	1228	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.		2384	2
3	3	FM	Yashas, D.		2315	1	1 - 0	1		Dhanushkka, S	F13	1224	130
4	131		Nithish, Sivasubramanian	U13	1223	1	0 - 1	1	WIM	Sharma, Isha		2275	4
5	5	FM	Sharan, Rao		2248	1	1 - 0	1		Anirudh, C R	U13	1219	132
6	133		Shrinidhi, G	U13	1218	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan		2200	6
7	7		Shet, Prajwal P		2096	1	1 - 0	1		Samanth, Nataraj Naidu	U11	1215	134
8	135		Sai, Parashuram Mangnaik	U15	1209	1	½ - ½	1		Sudhir, S.		2084	8
9	9		Sudarshan, Bhat		2020	1	½ - ½	1		Siddhi, Rao	F11	1208	136
10	137		Shreyas, G Kaushik	U13	1207	1	0 - 1	1		Apoorv, Kamble	U15	1981	10
11	11		Likhit, Chilukuri		1976	1	1 - 0	1		Soma, Shankara Sharma B		1206	138
12	141		Kovidh, Muraleedhara	U11	1202	1	0 - 1	1		Augustin, A		1953	12
13	13		Parthasarathy, R		1938	1	1 - 0	1		Sharvil, Sapre	U11	1204	140
14	143		Prajwal, Nayak		1200	1	½ - ½	1		Abhishek, Singh		1919	15
15	16		Sathvik, Adiga	U13	1906	1	1 - 0	1	AFM	Aarush, Bhat	U11	1200	142
16	18		Santoshkashyap, Hg		1844	1	½ - ½	1		Yashika, R Joshi	F15	1198	144
17	145		Aiyappan, V R		1196	1	0 - 1	1		Balkishan, A.		1817	19
18	20		Naveen, S Hegde		1816	1	1 - 0	1		Avyan, Shah	U13	1189	148
19	147	ACM	Avneesh, Devadiga	U09	1191	1	0 - 1	1		Gavi, Siddayya		1764	21
20	22		Leelajai, Krishna N		1756	1	1 - 0	1		Ruthvik, Srikanth	U15	1187	150

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	FM	Yashas, D.			2315	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	4	WIM	Sharma, Isha		w	2275	DK	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	10		Apoorv, Kamble	U15		1981	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	16		Sathvik, Adiga	U13		1906	Bengaluru Rural	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	25		Shree, Krishna Pranama			1654	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	28		Dilip, Kumar Pedda			1641	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	35		Ramachandra, Bhat	S60		1598	Sirsi	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	41		Rishabh, Kumara			1545	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	44		Atharva, Kale	U15		1515	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	45		Dhrikshu, K Vasant			1515	Mangalore	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	49		Krupha, S Ukkali	F11	w	1481	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	57		Thejas, K			1422	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	63		Prasiddhi, Bhat		w	1409	Mysore	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	67		Niranjan, J Warrier	U15		1398	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	74		Rudra, Rajeev	F13	w	1377	DK	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	76		Varun, A Bharadwaj			1374	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	80		Anuran, Ghosh			1362	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	81	AFM	Shanjula, Senthil	F13	w	1360	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	82		Abhinav, Anand	U09		1360	Bengaluru Urban	2	1	2	2,00	0	2

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	69		Rachitraj, V Shetty		1390	2		2	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha		2417	1
2	2	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.		2384	2		2		Rudra, Rajeev	F13	1377	74
3	73		Abhay, Hippargi	U13	1383	2		2	FM	Yashas, D.		2315	3
4	4	WIM	Sharma, Isha		2275	2		2		Varun, A Bharadwaj		1374	76
5	77		Aradyo, Bhattacharyya	U13	1373	2		2	FM	Sharan, Rao		2248	5
6	6	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan		2200	2		2	AFM	Shanjula, Senthil	F13	1360	81
7	78		Medhvansh, Madeti	U15	1367	2		2		Shet, Prajwal P		2096	7
8	10		Apoorv, Kamble	U15	1981	2		2	ACM	Prathamesh, Shashikant Deshmukh	U13	1350	85
9	80		Anuran, Ghosh		1362	2		2		Likhit, Chilukuri		1976	11
10	12		Augustin, A		1953	2		2		Avyaya, Kumara Bhat	U13	1344	89
11	82		Abhinav, Anand	U09	1360	2		2		Parthasarathy, R		1938	13
12	86		Pratitee, Bordoloi	F11	1347	2		2		Sathvik, Adiga	U13	1906	16
13	19		Balkishan, A.		1817	2		2		Samaksh, Ashok	U09	1326	93
14	90		Abhay, Chetty	U13	1338	2		2		Naveen, S Hegde		1816	20
15	21		Gavi, Siddayya		1764	2		2		Aravinda, B R		1324	95
16	92		Atharv, Venkatesh	U11	1333	2		2		Leelajai, Krishna N		1756	22
17	23		Swara, Lakshmi S Nair		1693	2		2		Rakshan, Agrawal	U15	1322	97
18	94		Srikant, Nayak A		1326	2		2		Vivekananda, L		1687	24
19	25		Shree, Krishna Pranama		1654	2		2		Pranav, P G	U15	1312	99
20	26		Siddhanth, Poonja	U11	1648	2		2	AFM	Aarav, Manche	U11	1309	101