Bharath Subramaniyam H triumphs at 4th ICA Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/04/2023

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H, Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, GM Arjun Kalyan and CM Gireman Ja scored 8/9 each at 4th ICA Rapid Rating Open 2023. Bharath won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Aakash, Arjun and Gireman were placed second, third and fourth respectively. Only Arjun remained undefeated among them. Bharath defeated the runner-up, Aakash in Round 5. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹51000, ₹41000 and ₹31000 each respectively. Before this Bharath had two consecutive podium finishes at CCS Chess Festival. This is his first tournament triumph since he won a one-day rapid rating tournament back in August 2022. Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Top four score 8/9

IM Rathanvel V S defeated GM Bharath Subramaniyam H in the penultimate round. He gained sole lead 7.5/8 heading into the final round. GM Arjun Kalyan got the better of him in Round 9. CM Gireman Ja, GM Bharath Subramaniyam H and Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi defeated GM Diptayan Ghosh, IM Abhishek Kelkar and IM Harikrishnan A Ra respectively. Thus, four players ended up with the same score 8/9.

Champion - GM Bharath Subramaniyam H 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Runner-up - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Second Runner-up - GM Arjun Kalyan 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H scored 8/9, suffered only one loss against IM Rathanvel V S and gained 16.4 Elo rating points

4th CM Gireman Ja 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

5th IM Hari Madhavan N B 7.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

6th IM Rathanvel V S 7.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

7th IM FT Muthaiah Al 7.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

8th GM Stany G A 7.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

9th IM FT Abhishek Kelkar 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

11th GM Diptayan Ghosh 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

12th Apoorv Kamble 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

13th FM Senthil Maran K 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

14th Srihari L 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

15th IM Ravi T S 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

17th IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

18th Peter Anand A 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

19th Augustin A 7/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Prize winners of various categories | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Parents and accompanying persons at the prize distribution ceremony | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

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A total of 371 players including 4 GMs and 10 IMs participated from various states across the country and one from Australia and Singapore each. The nine-round Swiss league one-day Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka on 7th 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	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	4	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H			IND	2355	TN	8	54	58	50,50	0	8
2	17		Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi,			IND	2169	MH	8	51,5	53,5	45,50	0	8
3	3	GM	Arjun Kalyan,			IND	2387	TN	8	51	55	48,75	0	7
4	21	CM	Gireman Ja,			IND	2084	TN	8	51	53,5	46,00	0	8
5	9		Hari, Madhavan N B			IND	2284	TN	7,5	55	60	48,25	0	7
6	8	IM	Rathanvel, V S			IND	2295	TN	7,5	52,5	56,5	45,25	0	7
7	6	IM	Muthaiah, Al			IND	2337	KA	7,5	52	56	45,25	0	6
8	2	GM	Stany, G.A.			IND	2416	KA	7,5	49	53,5	44,25	0	6
9	13	IM	Abhishek Kelkar,			IND	2235	MH	7	53,5	57,5	41,50	0	7
10	18		Bharat, Kumar Reddy Poluri			IND	2169	TG	7	52,5	56,5	41,75	0	6
11	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan			IND	2442	WB	7	51,5	55,5	40,75	0	6
12	36		Apoorv Kamble,			IND	1801	KA	7	51	56	41,50	0	7
13	22	FM	Senthil, Maran K			IND	2082	TN	7	51	55	40,50	0	6
14	15		Srihari, L			IND	2216	KA	7	51	54	39,00	0	7
15	28	IM	Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam			IND	1921	TN	7	50,5	54,5	39,50	0	7
16	5	IM	Ravi, Teja S.			IND	2350	AP	7	50	54	40,00	0	7
17	19	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J			IND	2162	TG	7	50	54	38,50	0	7
18	33		Peter Anand, A			IND	1852	PY	7	50	53	39,50	0	7
19	24		Augustin A,			IND	2051	KA	7	49,5	53,5	38,50	0	7
20	16	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M,			IND	2181	TG	7	49	53	38,00	0	7