Bharath Subramaniyam H perfect at 7th BBCF Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/02/2024

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H scored a perfect 9/9 to win 7th BBCF Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Western Asian Junior 2023 Gold and Silver medalist, IM Harshavardhan G B secured sole second place 8.5/9. Four players - IM Srihari L R, Rohit S, Jaivant R and Sridhar C S scored 8/9 each. They were placed third to sixth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹250000. The top three prizes were ₹25000, ₹15000 and ₹12000 along with a trophy each. The one-day rapid rating tournament was organized by Brains Behind Chess Foundation on 3rd February 2024 at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This is the first tournament Bharath played in 2024 after making a fantastic debut at the World Rapid and Blitz 2023. Photo: Balaji S

Top class performance by the top seed Bharath

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H won eight games in-a-row to gain sole lead 8/8, heading into the final round. IM Harshavardhan G B and FM Karthik Rajaa were the only two pursuers at 7.5/8 each. Bharath defeated Karthik and Harshavardhan won against GM Akash G to secure first and second place respectively. IM Srihari L R won against Bhaavan Kolla to finish third.

Champion - GM Bharath Subramaniyam H 9/9 | Photo: Balaji S

Runner-up - IM Harshavardhan G B 8.5/9 | Photo: Balaji S

Second Runner-up - IM Srihari L R 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H won the tournament with a 100% score 9/9, defeated the only other GM in the field, Akash G and gained 9.6 Elo rating points

Closing ceremony | Photo: Balaji S

A total of 523 players including two GMs and seven IMs took part from various states across the country and one from the USA. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Brains Behind Chess Foundation at Saveetha School of Management - Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 3rd February 2024. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	U18		18885CHE2024	IND	2478	TN	9	54	59	59,00
2	3	IM	Harshavardhan, G B			13499CHE2023	IND	2316	TN-CHE	8,5	55	60,5	56,75
3	4	IM	Srihari, L R			9590CGL2023	IND	2287	TN-CGL	8	53,5	58	51,00
4	18		Rohit, S	U18		3306CHE2023	IND	1978	TN	8	52	56	48,00
5	52		Jaivant, R	U18		2289CHE2023	IND	1528	TN-CHE	8	48,5	52,5	45,50
6	44		Sridhar, C S	S55		4095CBE2023	IND	1604	TN	8	48,5	52,5	44,50
7	8	FM	Karthik, Rajaa			2585CHE2023	IND	2191	TN-CHE	7,5	57	62	48,75
8	15	FM	Kunal, M.			8874TRY2023	IND	2054	TN-TRY	7,5	49,5	53,5	40,50
9	10	IM	Avinash, Ramesh			3301CHE2023	IND	2172	TN	7,5	46	50	41,00
10	2	GM	Akash, G			Life Member	IND	2364	TN	7	58	63	46,00
11	5	IM	Nitin, S.			104/SLM/Life	IND	2280	TN	7	54	58	43,50
12	12	FM	Senthil, Maran K			11833TLR2023	IND	2089	TN-CHE	7	53,5	58	42,50
13	7		Srihari, L			Other State	IND	2204	PY	7	52,5	56,5	40,50
14	42		Pranav, Sai Ram R S	U12		8359TLR2023	IND	1608	TN-TVL	7	51,5	55	38,00
15	17		Balasubramaniam, H			2624CHE2023	IND	2027	TN-CHE	7	51	55	41,00
16	83		Harish, Karthik M			8018TLR2023	IND	1413	TN	7	50	53,5	41,50
17	37		Jeevika, S	F15	w	Other State	IND	1633	PY	7	49,5	52	38,00
18	41		Rahul, Bharadwaj B			18090KAN2024	IND	1612	TN-KAN	7	49	53	38,00
19	25		Dinesh, Kumar Jaganathan			9606CHE2023	IND	1854	TN-CHE	7	48,5	53,5	40,25
20	29		Ananthapadmanabh, D V			Other State	IND	1762	KER	7	48,5	52,5	38,00
21	19		Ram, S. Krishnan			5537MDU2023	IND	1946	TN	7	48,5	52,5	37,50
22	43		Karthik, E			9570TLR2023	IND	1607	TN	7	47,5	51,5	37,50
23	34		Divyabharathi, Masanam	F99	w	2384CHE2023	IND	1665	TN-CHE	7	47,5	50	35,00
24	38		Haridev, S	U15		3718CHE2023	IND	1628	TN	7	47	47,5	35,00
25	13	AGM	Vignesh, B			9624CGL2023	IND	2085	TN	7	46,5	50	35,00
26	9	IM	Sharan, Rao			Other State	IND	2176	KA	7	46	50	37,00
27	40		Kolla, Bhaavan	U15		Other State	IND	1613	AP	7	45,5	48,5	36,00
28	75		Ashva, Shanmugam	U12		2348CHE2023	IND	1421	TN-CHE	7	45	48	34,75
29	32		Adane, Narayani	F99	w	Other State	IND	1684	MAH	7	44	48	38,00
30	69		Danvanth, R	U15		7909TLR2023	IND	1450	TN-TVL	7	43	46,5	27,50