Laxman R R dominates 17th BRDCA Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/10/2022

GM Laxman R R scored an unbeaten 9/10 to win 17th BRDCA Rapid Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Second seed of the tournament, GM Sankalp Gupta and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored 8.5/10 each. They secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. Sankalp remained undefeated too. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹51000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. Arjuna Awardee IM FT D V Prasad attended the prize distribution ceremony and gave away the prizes. A total of 128 prizes were up for grabs. Photo: Chidananda

Laxman's third Rapid Rating triumph of the year

GM Laxman R R has won a total of five tournaments this year. This is his third Rapid Rating Open triumph after he won 1st DKCA Rapid Rating Open in May and GRT Shasun Jain College Rapid Rating Open in July this year.WIM Savitha Shri B was the only female player to finish in top ten. She scored 8/10 to finish tenth.

Champion - GM Laxman R R | Photo: Chidananda

GM Laxman R R scored an unbeaten 9/10 and gained 36.6 Elo rating points

Runner-up - GM Sankalp Gupta 8.5/10 | Photo: Chidananda

Second Runner-up - IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 8.5/10 | Photo: Chidananda

A total of 279 players including 2 GMs, 9 IMs and a WIM took part from various parts of the country and Australia in this two-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating tournament. The event was organized by BRDCA (Bangalore Rural District Chess Association) at Sri Sai Palace & Convention Hall in Bangalore, Karnataka from 17th to 18th September 2022. The time control of the event was 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	10	GM	Laxman R.R.				IND	2224	ICF	9	66,5	71,5	63,25	0	8	2206
2	2	GM	Sankalp Gupta				IND	2318	MH	8,5	68	72,5	60,00	0	7	2226
3	9	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete				IND	2226	MH	8,5	67,5	72	59,50	0	8	2126
4	17		Lokesh N.				IND	2069	TN	8	66,5	72	56,00	0	7	2032
5	12	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra				IND	2197	TN	8	63,5	67,5	51,25	0	7	1859
6	3	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha				IND	2294	KA	8	63	67,5	51,00	0	7	1930
7	5	IM	Ajay Krishna S				IND	2281	TN	8	62	67	50,25	0	7	1975
8	7	IM	Muthaiah Al				IND	2244	TN	8	61,5	66,5	52,25	0	7	1751
9	38		Koustav Chakraborty				IND	1582	WB	8	61,5	64,5	48,50	0	8	1734
10	24	WIM	Savitha Shri B	F15	w		IND	1854	TN	8	61	64,5	49,75	0	7	1853
11	28		Dhanush Ragav N S				IND	1732	TN	8	59,5	64	49,00	0	7	1826
12	14	FM	Karthik Rajaa			TT	IND	2163	TN	7,5	64	68,5	48,25	0	6	1875
13	27		Peter Anand A				IND	1789	PY	7,5	64	67,5	47,00	0	7	1915
14	21	FM	Senthil Maran K			TT	IND	1953	TN	7,5	63	66	46,00	0	7	1775
15	16		Ojas Kulkarni				IND	2104	KA	7,5	62,5	67	47,00	0	7	1860
16	1	IM	Rathanvel V S				IND	2337	TN	7,5	62,5	66,5	47,25	0	7	1884
17	15		Anilkumar O.T.	S55			IND	2113	KL	7,5	60,5	63,5	44,50	0	7	1608
18	4	IM	Ratnakaran K.				IND	2283	KL	7,5	56,5	60,5	42,25	0	7	1662
19	6	IM	Prasad Devaki V	S55			IND	2277	KA	7	63	66	43,00	0	6	1651
20	8	IM	Nitin S.				IND	2230	TN	7	61,5	65,5	42,75	0	6	1841
21	23		Sridhar C S	S55			IND	1907	TN	7	60,5	65	41,00	0	7	1751
22	20		Joy Lazar M.A.	S55			IND	2005	KL	7	59,5	64,5	42,50	0	7	1578
23	45		Chiranth M D				IND	1485	KA	7	59,5	63,5	40,25	0	6	1727
24	31		Karthick Narayanan S				IND	1706	TN	7	57,5	62	40,50	0	6	1454
25	49		Jake Shanty	U11			IND	1413	KL	7	57,5	61,5	39,00	0	7	1686