Arpith S Bijoy wins Cademic Chess Carnival Rapid Rating Open 2023
Arpith S Bijoy, Goutham Krishna H and IM Ratnakaran K - all four scored 8/9 each at Cademic Chess Carnival Rapid Rating Open 2023. 14-year-old Arpith won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. 12-year-old Goutham and Ratnakaran were placed second and third respectively. Arpith drew against Goutham in the final round. Both of them remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹25000, ₹18000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each respectively. The two-day rapid rating tournament was organized by Cademic Chess Center. This was Arpith's first ever rating tournament triumph. Ratnakaran went on to win the Blitz Rating Open of the Carnival on the following day. Photo: Cademic Chess Center
Arpith's first Rating tournament triumph
14-year-old Arpith S Bijoy and the 34th National Under-12 Open champion, Goutham Krishna H were the coleaders heading into the final round 7.5/8. They drew their game. Fou players were in pursuit at 7/8 each. They were - Hermon Dain Saldanha, IM Ratnakaran K, Anilkumar O T and Chandar Raju. Hermon lost to Ratnakaran and Anilkumar drew against Chandar. Thus, Ratnakaran also ended with 8/9. He was placed third according to tie-breaks.
This was the first of the four Rating tournaments which took place consecutively, part of the Cademic Chess Carnival from 22nd April to 1st May 2023.
A total of 349 players including 4 IMs participated from various states across the country. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Cademic Chess Center at St. Thomas Church Hall, Valiaveli in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 22nd an 23rd April 2023. The time control for the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 17 | Arpith S Bijoy | IND | 1881 | KER - KNR | 8 | 54,5 | 59,5 | 52,50 | ||||
2 | 14 | Goutham Krishna H | U13 | MCA | IND | 1923 | KER - TVM | 8 | 51 | 55,5 | 47,75 | ||
3 | 4 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | IND | 2235 | SRLYS | 8 | 49 | 53 | 47,50 | |||
4 | 10 | Nithin Babu | IND | 1964 | KER - KSD | 7,5 | 54 | 58,5 | 47,00 | ||||
5 | 1 | FM | Jubin Jimmy | IND | 2455 | KER - KLM | 7,5 | 53 | 58 | 46,00 | |||
6 | 8 | FM | Sreyas Payyappat | IND | 2083 | KER - TVM | 7,5 | 52 | 56 | 42,50 | |||
7 | 7 | Aswath S | Cape | IND | 2092 | TN | 7,5 | 50,5 | 55,5 | 45,75 | |||
8 | 2 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2294 | TN | 7,5 | 50 | 54 | 43,00 | |||
9 | 19 | Chandar Raju | IND | 1855 | KER - EKM | 7,5 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 42,75 | ||||
10 | 12 | Anilkumar O.T. | S55 | IND | 1934 | KER - KZK | 7,5 | 48,5 | 53,5 | 41,25 | |||
11 | 27 | Madhavan R Munjanattu | IND | 1706 | KER - KYM | 7 | 52 | 56,5 | 41,00 | ||||
12 | 5 | FM | Harsh Suresh | IND | 2148 | TN | 7 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 42,00 | |||
13 | 39 | Hermon Dain Saldanha | IND | 1606 | KAR | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,50 | ||||
14 | 35 | Anupam M Sreekumar | w | IND | 1637 | KER - TVM | 7 | 48 | 51 | 37,50 | |||
15 | 47 | Shaun Deon Sequeira | U14 | IND | 1534 | KAR | 7 | 45 | 49,5 | 37,00 | |||
16 | 87 | Atul Krishna M | U14 | IND | 1336 | KER - EKM | 7 | 44,5 | 47,5 | 35,00 | |||
17 | 49 | Arunkumar S | IND | 1520 | KER - TVM | 7 | 43 | 46 | 34,00 | ||||
18 | 58 | AIM | Aadinath Harilal | U13 | IND | 1450 | KER - EKM | 7 | 41 | 44 | 33,25 | ||
19 | 57 | Kavin Oviyan R | IND | 1453 | KER - PTA | 7 | 41 | 44 | 33,00 | ||||
20 | 64 | Kalyani Sirin | F13 | w | IND | 1424 | KER - TCR | 7 | 41 | 44 | 32,25 | ||
21 | 20 | Vaibhav Kalpaka | U14 | IND | 1805 | KAR | 6,5 | 52,5 | 57 | 39,25 | |||
22 | 34 | Femil Chelladurai | w | IND | 1642 | TN | 6,5 | 50,5 | 56 | 37,75 | |||
23 | 11 | Raju O A | IND | 1952 | KER - TCR | 6,5 | 50 | 53,5 | 34,25 | ||||
24 | 30 | Godson Merlin E | IND | 1660 | TN | 6,5 | 48 | 51,5 | 35,25 | ||||
25 | 54 | ACM | Madhavakrishnan R | IND | 1474 | TN | 6,5 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 29,25 | |||
26 | 22 | Abdallah M Nisthar | IND | 1771 | KER - KLM | 6,5 | 47 | 51,5 | 35,50 | ||||
27 | 116 | Patil Akshaj | U14 | IND | 1256 | MH | 6,5 | 47 | 48 | 33,25 | |||
28 | 16 | Mythireyan P | IND | 1906 | TN | 6,5 | 46 | 50 | 34,25 | ||||
29 | 55 | AFM | Sureka Akshat | U14 | IND | 1473 | KAR | 6,5 | 46 | 49,5 | 31,75 | ||
30 | 56 | Sidharth Mohan | MCA | IND | 1457 | KER - TVM | 6,5 | 46 | 49 | 31,25 |
Links
Cademic Chess Center: Official site and fb page