Kaustuv Kundu conquers 3rd TTCA Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/11/2022

Kaustuv Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 3rd TTCA Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. S Prasanna and Arpan Das made 7.5/9 each. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Kaustuv defeated the eventual runner-up in the seventh round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹360000. The top three prizes were ₹55000, ₹40000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. A total of 238 players took part in this event. The organizer Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association took the initiative to popularize chess across the state of Goa by organizing tournaments like these. Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

Kaustuv's fourth triumph of the year

This is Kaustuv's second Classical Rating Open tournament victory of the year. Previously he won the 4th Bangalore Open 2022 in April. Overall fourth rating tournament first place finish and if non-rated events are considered, then fifth in total.

Champion - Kaustuv Kundu 8/9 | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

L to R: IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter, Ashok Parab, Member Secretary IMB, Guest of Honor, Shrinivas Dempo, Chairman Dempo Group of Companies, Chief Guest, Mahesh Candokar, Tournament Director, Dnyaneshwar Naik, Chairman Goa Chess Ad-hoc Committee and Dattaram Pinge, Secretary TTCA.

Runner-up - S Prasanna 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - Arpan Das 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: IA Arvind Mhamal

Making the inaugural moves on the board: Ms Pallavi Dempo and CM Niraj Saripalli.

Standing L to R: IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter, Prakash Sawant, Sandesh Amonkar, Dnyaneshwar Naik, Mahesh Candokar, Gorakh Mandrekar, Dattaram Pinge, Atish Angle and FA Nandhini Saripalli.

A special thanks to IA Arvind Mhamal, Chief Arbiter of the tournament for sharing photos and info about the tournament.

A total of 238 players including 2 IMs took part from various parts of the country and one from Hungary. The five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association at Institute Menezes Braganza Hall in Panaji, Goa from 30th October to 3rd November 2022. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2		Kaustuv Kundu			2308	W B	8	51,5	54	47,25	7	7,28	-0,28	20	-5,6
2	3		Prasannaa.S			2191	T N	7,5	52	54,5	43,25	6,5	6,64	-0,14	20	-2,8
3	8		Arpan Das			2052	W B	7,5	49	51	41,00	6,5	7,20	-0,70	20	-14
4	10		Sharsha Backer			2010	Kerala	7	52	55	40,25	6	5,71	0,29	20	5,8
5	20		Roneet Das			1751	Nagpur, Mah	7	51,5	56	41,75	5	3,79	1,21	20	24,2
6	22		Kishore Kumar Jaganathan			1686	T N	7	50	53	38,25	6	3,65	2,35	20	47
7	9	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam			2048	T N	7	46	50	37,75	6	7,76	-1,76	10	-17,6
8	15		Anilkumar O.T.			1898	Kerala	7	44,5	48,5	37,50	6	7,76	-1,76	20	-35,2
9	18		Joy Lazar M.A.			1778	Kerala	7	41	44	32,50	6	6,66	-0,66	20	-13,2
10	14		Chandar Raju			1934	Kerala	6,5	53	55,5	36,75	5,5	4,64	0,86	20	17,2
11	7	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar			2154	Mumbai-Mah	6,5	50,5	55	38,25	5,5	7,78	-2,28	20	-45,6
12	6	FM	Maheswaran P.			2156	T N	6,5	48,5	53	36,75	5,5	7,66	-2,16	20	-43,2
13	13		Marthandan K U			1967	Kerala	6,5	47,5	50,5	34,25	5,5	6,78	-1,28	20	-25,6
14	1	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya			2310	Mumbai-Mah	6,5	47,5	49,5	34,25	5,5	6,80	-1,30	10	-13
15	11		Hemanth Raam			1987	T N	6,5	47	51	35,50	5,5	7,66	-2,16	20	-43,2
16	26		Pednekar Ayush			1618	Salcete-Goa	6,5	47	49,5	31,75	5,5	4,19	1,31	20	26,2
17	36		Guru Prakash	U15		1508	Mumbai-Mah	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,00	5,5	2,98	2,52	40	100,8
18	28		Pranav K P	U13		1585	T N	6,5	46	50	33,50	5,5	4,98	0,52	40	20,8
19	32		Vivaan Sunil Ballikar	U15		1536	Salcete-Goa	6,5	46	49	31,75	5,5	3,69	1,81	40	72,4
20	57		Atharv Nitin Narayan	U13		1319	Tiswadi	6,5	46	48	31,75	3,5	2,06	1,44	40	57,6
21	19		Lad Mandar Pradip			1754	Bardez-Goa	6,5	45	48,5	31,75	5,5	6,17	-0,67	40	-26,8
22	23		Aadithya Pradeep			1678	Kerala	6,5	44,5	49	33,25	5,5	4,79	0,71	40	28,4
23	42		Gaude Sachin			1450	Ponda-Goa	6,5	44,5	48,5	31,75	4,5	2,78	1,72	20	34,4
24	21		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	U13		1725	U P	6,5	44,5	48	33,25	5,5	5,65	-0,15	40	-6
25	27		Aryan Shamrao Raikar			1614	Salcete-Goa	6,5	43,5	46,5	32,50	5,5	4,99	0,51	20	10,2
26	12		Sanjay Thakurel			1974	Mumbai-Mah	6,5	41	44	31,25	4,5	5,75	-1,25	20	-25
27	46		Raghav V	U13		1429	T N	6	52	56	35,50	5	1,63	3,37	40	134,8
28	38		Sandeep Santhosh			1495	Kerala	6	49	53	33,00	5	2,85	2,15	20	43
29	54		Parab Rishikesh			1344	Mormugao-Goa	6	48	51	30,50	5	2,15	2,85	40	114
30	4	CM	Niraj Saripalli			2169	Salcete-Goa	6	47,5	51	31,00	4	6,69	-2,69	20	-53,8