Chakravarthy Reddy clinches Sushruta Reddy's 1st Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/10/2022

Top seed of the tournament, IM Chakravarthi Reddy scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Sushruta Reddy's 1st Rating Open 2022. Dhanush Ragav N S and Arpan Das also scored 8/9 each. However, they were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Third to fifth seed finished in the same order. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹600000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 and a trophy, ₹40000 and ₹30000 each respectively. A total of 247 players took part from various parts of the country, Australia, Mongolia, Scotland and USA. The five-day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy from 1st to 5th October at Virginia Mall, Whitefield in Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Top three score 8/9

This is IM Chakravarthi Reddy's second tournament triumph of the year. He won the 1st BUDCA Rapid Rating Open 2022 in May this year and also finished third in the Blitz event. The last Classical Open Rating tournament he won was in August 2019 in Sri Lanka. 10-year-old Sathvik Adiga and Sarthak Sharma were the youngest to finish in top ten. They both scored 7/9 to finish seventh and eighth place. Alka Das was the highest finisher among female participants. She scored 6.5/9 to finish 17th overall.

Champion - IM Chakravarthi Reddy 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

IM Chakravarthi Reddy scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win the tournament

Runner-up - Dhanush Ragav N S 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Second Runner-up - Arpan Das 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Top three with the Chief Arbiter (L to R) - 2nd Dhanush Ragav N S, 1st IM Chakravarthi Reddy M, 3rd Arpan Das and IA Vasanth B H | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

4th Kartavya Anadkat 7.5/9| Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Highest finisher among female participants - 17th Alka Das 6.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

All prize winners | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Top seed and winner of the tournament - IM Chakravarthi Reddy in action | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

The organizer FI NA Sushruta Reddy pondering over a plan | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

The tournament hall at Virginia Mall at Whitefield in Bangalore, Karnataka | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

A glimpse of the tournament hall | Video: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Huge spacious waiting area for the parents and accompanying persons | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

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A total of 247 players including an IM took part from various parts of the country along with players from Australia, Mongolia, Scotland and USA. The five-day nine-round Swiss league Classical Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka from 1st to 5th October 2022. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M			IND	2301	8	54	59	51,50
2	7		Dhanush Ragav N S			IND	1845	8	52	55	47,00
3	3		Arpan Das			IND	2052	8	49,5	54	47,50
4	4		Anadkat Kartavya			IND	1995	7,5	51	55,5	44,50
5	5		Mehta Naitik R			IND	1888	7,5	49,5	54,5	44,00
6	2		Augustin A			IND	2072	7	54	58,5	42,50
7	12		Sathvik Adiga	U13		IND	1728	7	46,5	50	36,00
8	35		Sarthak Sharma	U13		IND	1413	7	45,5	48,5	35,00
9	49		Aravindakshan Su			IND	1345	7	45,5	48	34,00
10	25		Niranjan J Warrier	U13		IND	1454	7	44	48,5	36,50
11	13		Abhyuday Santhosh	U13		IND	1688	6,5	52	56,5	38,00
12	11		Apoorv Kamble	U13		IND	1735	6,5	50,5	55	36,75
13	40		Sriram Alwala	U13		IND	1389	6,5	49,5	52	35,25
14	6		Jagadish P			IND	1855	6,5	49	52	34,25
15	31		Atharva Kale			IND	1431	6,5	48	52	35,25
16	39		Balaram U			IND	1389	6,5	47,5	51,5	33,50
17	9		Alka Das		w	IND	1754	6,5	47	51	34,50
18	29		Siddhanth Poonja	U10		IND	1439	6,5	44	47,5	31,50
19	185		Jargalsaikhan Surenkhuu	S60		MGL	0	6,5	43,5	47,5	33,00
20	27		Medhvansh Madeti	U13		IND	1446	6,5	42,5	46,5	31,75
21	19		Rejith Babu C			IND	1498	6,5	42,5	46	32,50
22	18		Advait Ratnakar Vibhute			IND	1534	6,5	42,5	44	29,00
23	61		Tapovrata Handique			IND	1306	6,5	41	43	27,50
24	43		Sumeetkumar M S			IND	1387	6	49	50,5	29,25
25	16		Hermon Dain Saldanha			IND	1555	6	48	52	32,00