Arjun Kalyan wins Chairman's Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/07/2023

GM Arjun Kalyan and GM Laxman R R scored an identical 7.5/8 at Chairman's Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023. Arjun won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Laxman was placed second. Ten players scored 7/8. Out of them, Arun R U secured third place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹21000 + trophy, ₹18000 and ₹15000 each respectively. This is Arjun's first individual tournament triumph of the year. Earlier he had won both zonal and All-India Inter-University Championship 2023. The one-day Rapid Rating tournament organized by Sri Raghavendra Chess Academy and Master Mind Chess Academy was held on 15th July. It witnessed the participation of 471 players including two GMs. All photos in this article are by C Natarajan unless stated otherwise.

Arjun's third tournament triumph of 2023

GM Arjun Kalyan and GM Laxman R R started the event with seven consecutive victories. Arun R U, Siddharth Sabharishankar and Hari Ganesh T were trailing them by a half point at 6.5/7 each. The top board clash between Arjun and Laxman ended in a draw. Siddharth also drew against Arun and Manigandan S S drew with Hari. Thus, Arjun became champion 7.5/8, Laxman second 7.5/8 and Arun third 7/8 according to tie-breaks.

Champion - GM Arjun Kalyan 7.5/8

Runner-up - GM Laxman R R 7.5/8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - Arun R U 7/8

Arjun Kalyan scored an unbeaten 7.5/8

4th Sai Vishwesh C 7/8

Inaugural first move | Photo: SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: IA FI S Ganesh Babu

Trophies for the 68 Under-8 participants | Photo: IA FI S Ganesh Babu

The tournament hall at SRM IST University in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu | Photo: SRM Institute of Science and Technology

A total of 471 players including two GMs took part from various states across the country and one from Scotland in this one-day eight-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament. The event was organized by Sri Raghavendra Chess Academy and Master Mind Chess Academy at SRM IST University in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu on 15th July 2023. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	GM	Arjun, Kalyan	S18		2394	SRM	7,5	44,5	49	45,25	0	7
2	2	GM	Laxman, R.R.	S18		2227	ICF	7,5	41,5	45	41,25	0	7
3	13		Arun, R U	S18		1846	TN	7	42,5	46	39,25	0	6
4	5		Sai, Vishwesh.C	S18		2048	TN	7	42	47	40,00	0	7
5	20		Ajjesh, J R	U18		1755	TN	7	40,5	44,5	37,00	0	7
6	21		Hari, Ganesh T	U18		1727	TN	7	40,5	42,5	35,75	0	6
7	8		Siddharth, Sabharishankar	S18		1936	TN	7	40	42	35,50	0	6
8	19		Mithun, Anand V	S18		1771	TN	7	39	42,5	36,50	0	7
9	4		Rajanish, Adhvaith	U18		2135	USA	7	39	42	35,50	0	7
10	28		Mahish, S A	U12		1556	TN	7	39	42	35,00	0	7
11	16		Suganthan, S	S18		1798	TN	7	38,5	41,5	34,00	0	7
12	46		Surendiraa, A Sathish	S18		1427	TN	7	38,5	40,5	35,00	0	7
13	6	FM	Syed Anwar, Shazuli	S18		2045	ICF	6,5	41,5	43,5	33,00	0	6
14	48		Thanish, S A	U14		1425	TN	6,5	39	43	32,75	0	6
15	10		Manigandan, S S	S18		1924	TN	6,5	39	43	32,50	0	6
16	95		Gautham, A	U14		1261	TN	6,5	39	41,5	32,25	0	6
17	14		Harini, S.	S18	w	1837	TN	6,5	38,5	41,5	32,00	0	6
18	146		Justin, Samuel Rebello	U12		1143	PUD	6,5	37,5	39,5	29,25	0	6
19	24		Vengatesh, Krishnan C	U18		1624	TN	6,5	36	39	30,75	0	6
20	78	AGM	Adhithya, B	U18		1288	TN	6,5	34	37	28,75	0	6
21	142		Sibi, M	S18		1154	TN	6,5	32,5	35,5	27,75	0	6
22	12	FM	Ayushh, Ravikumar	S18		1854	TN	6	42,5	43,5	29,50	0	6
23	32		Ragesh, Sarma.M	S18		1499	TN	6	41	43,5	29,00	0	6
24	82		Shashveen, A K	U12		1283	HAR	6	39	41,5	27,50	0	6
25	17		Pranav, K P	U14		1786	TN	6	38,5	42	28,00	0	6
26	25		Raghul, Saro S	S18		1623	TN	6	38	42	28,50	0	6
27	23		Farhaan, M	S18		1636	TN	6	37,5	40,5	28,00	0	6
28	7		Ram, S. Krishnan	S18		2011	BSNL	6	37,5	40,5	27,50	0	6
	113	ACM	Praneeshwar, Madhavan	U10		1203	TN	6	37,5	40,5	27,50	0	6
30	58	AFM	Krithin, Durai D	U12		1378	TN	6	37,5	40,5	27,00	0	6