Balkishan wins SIMSRH 1st Rapid Rating Open with a perfect score

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/01/2023

Balkishan A scored 7/7 to win SIMSRH 1st Rapid Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Sudarshan Bhat made an unbeaten 6.5/7 to finish second. The top seed of the tournament, IM D V Prasad scored 6/7 and edged past eight more players to finish third on tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹15000, ₹10000 and ₹7500 along with a trophy each. A total of 250 players took part from various part of the country. The one-day seven-round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by New Tumkur District Chess Association and MM Chess Development Trust on 3rd December 2022. Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

Balkishan's sole Rapid Rating triumph of 2022

Karnataka's Balkishan A had won two Rapid Open tournaments earlier in April and June. Both were one-day tournaments where he remained undefeated and became a clear champion. His third triumph of the year occurred on 3rd December when he won the SIMSRH 1st Rapid Rating Open with a 100% score 7/7.

Champion - Balkishan A 7/7 | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

Runner-up - Sudarshan Bhat 6.5/7 | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

Second Runner-up - IM D V Prasad 6/7 | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd IM D V Prasad, 1st Balkishan A and 2nd Sudarshan Bhat | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

Balkishan A scored a perfect 7/7 to gain 21.2 Elo rating points

Arjuna Awardee, IM D V Prasad was the top seed of the tournament | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

Players in action | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

The tournament hall | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

The trophies which were given away as prizes | Photo: New Tumkur District Chess Association

A total of 250 players including an IM took part from all over India. The one-day seven-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by New Tumkur Chess Association and MM Chess Development Trust at Shridevi College of Medical Sciences and Research Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka on 3rd December 2022. The time control of the tournament was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	10		Balkishan A.	IND	1750	KAR	7	29,5	29,50	0	7	4
2	6		Sudarshan Bhat	IND	1933	KAR	6,5	34	31,50	0	6	2
3	1	IM	Prasad Devaki V	IND	2204	KAR	6	35	29,00	0	6	2
4	14		Sailesh R	IND	1637	TN	6	34,5	28,00	0	6	3
5	7		Vigneshwaran S	IND	1853	TN	6	34,5	27,50	0	6	3
6	17		Swara Lakshmi S Nair	IND	1486	KAR	6	32,5	26,50	0	6	4
7	4		Augustin A	IND	2038	KAR	6	31,5	26,50	0	6	2
8	22	AFM	Vivaan Sachdev	IND	1438	KAR	6	31	25,00	0	6	4
9	9		Shripad K V	IND	1796	KAR	6	30	24,50	0	6	2
10	13		Sham R	IND	1690	TN	6	29,5	25,00	0	6	2
11	23		Prasanth Bhuvan Krishna	IND	1423	KAR	6	29,5	24,00	0	6	2
12	8		Anbazhagan	IND	1845	KAR	5,5	34,5	25,75	0	5	2
13	32		Prasiddhi Bhat	IND	1338	KAR	5,5	33,5	24,75	0	5	2
14	29		Karthik S	IND	1374	KAR	5,5	32,5	23,25	0	5	2
15	5		Sudhir S.	IND	1984	KAR	5,5	31	23,75	0	5	3
16	24		Gopal Aravamuthan Iyengar	IND	1421	TN	5,5	30,5	21,75	0	5	2
17	58		Vyan Banchhor	IND	1170	KAR	5,5	30	21,25	0	5	2
18	15		Shantharam K	IND	1557	KAR	5,5	29,5	22,75	0	5	3
19	16		Pranav A J	IND	1539	KAR	5,5	29,5	22,00	0	5	1
20	11		Chandrasekhar M K	IND	1745	WB	5,5	28,5	20,25	0	5	1
21	21		Niranjan J Warrier	IND	1443	KAR	5,5	27,5	19,75	0	5	2
22	26		Satheesh Kumar G	IND	1420	TN	5	33	20,00	0	5	2
23	2	FM	Sharma R. Preetham	IND	2098	KAR	5	32	21,00	0	5	2
24	3		Suraj M.	IND	2052	KAR	5	32	20,50	0	5	2
25	27		Kesavan G	IND	1399	TN	5	32	19,00	0	5	1