Muthaiah Al triumphs at Tirumala Tirupati Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/11/2022

Top seed of the tournament IM Muthaiah Al, Saranya Y and FM Karthik Rajaa scored 8/9 each. Muthaiah clinched Tirumala Tirupati Rapid Rating Open 2022 due to better tie-breaks. Saranya and Karthik were adjudged second and third. Both Muthaiah and Karthik remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹35000, ₹21000 and ₹15000 each. A total of 226 players took part in this event. This was Muthaiah's first Rapid Rating Open triumph of the year, second overall. Earlier, he won Radnickichess GM Round Robin 2 and earned his maiden GM-norm in July this year.

Top three score 8/9

IM Muthaiah Al went on to win another Rapid Rating tournament, early this month. It will be mentioned in a separate report. This was Saranya's first-ever podium finish in a Rapid Rating Open event, definitely a commendable performance.

Champion - IM Muthaiah Al 8/9

Muthaiah scored an unbeaten 8/9

Runner-up - Saranya Y 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Saranya Y, 1st IM Muthaiah Al and 3rd FM Karthik Rajaa

A total of 226 players including 2 IMs took part from various parts of the country and one from Sri Lanka. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament took place in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh on 29th and 30th October 2022. The time control of the tournament was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Muthaiah Al	IND	2354	TN	8	53	56,5	49,50
2	13		Saranya Y	IND	1844	TN	8	50,5	55	47,50
3	5	FM	Karthik Rajaa	IND	2202	TN	8	50,5	53,5	46,50
4	4		Anustoop Biswas	IND	2212	WB	7,5	52,5	56,5	45,75
5	3	FM	Sharma R. Preetham	IND	2218	KA	7,5	51,5	55	44,75
6	7	FM	Ramakrishna J.	IND	2128	Union Bank of India	7	55	58	42,75
7	6	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2187	TEL	7	52,5	57,5	42,50
8	2		Arpan Das (Jr)	IND	2264	WB	7	52,5	56,5	41,75
9	16		Nawin M S	IND	1785	TN	7	52	55	40,25
10	23		Saketh B	IND	1575	AP-ANPLI	7	52	55	39,50
11	11		Karthick Narayanan S	IND	1921	TN	7	50,5	54,5	40,50
12	12		Rao J. Malleswara	IND	1917	AP-KRI	7	50	53	38,00
13	9		Shivkumar L.V.	IND	2075	TEL	7	49	53,5	37,00
14	15		Priyankara Chamil	SRI	1803	SRI LANKA	7	46	50	38,00
15	35		Pawar Sohum	IND	1400	MAH	7	45	47,5	32,50
16	14		Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar	IND	1824	WB	6,5	50	53	35,00
17	19		Vijay Anand M.	IND	1745	TN	6,5	49,5	52,5	35,25
18	32		Sarvani Cheedella	IND	1427	AP-KRI	6,5	47,5	52	34,75
19	36		Talla Nischal	IND	1387	AP-KRI	6,5	47	52	35,00
20	18		Jai Sankar Subramanian	IND	1747	TN	6,5	47	51	33,00
21	27		Ramachandra Bhat	IND	1530	KA	6,5	46,5	49,5	31,75
	33	AFM	Naveen Kumar P	IND	1411	TN	6,5	46,5	49,5	31,75
23	24		Nihal Swarna	IND	1574	AP-TPT	6,5	46	49,5	31,50
24	29		Ajjesh J R	IND	1518	TN	6,5	45,5	49	33,00
25	40		Avinash Vvus	IND	1294	TEL	6,5	43,5	45	28,75
26	30		Naga Akhil Charan B	IND	1487	AP-EG	6	50	53,5	30,50
27	17	WFM	Potluri Supreetha	IND	1772	AP-KRI	6	49	54	33,50
28	28		Joglekar Abhijit	IND	1523	MAH	6	49	53,5	32,50
29	34		Abhishek J R	IND	1404	TN	6	49	52,5	30,75
30	20		Bhillva Nilaya K E K	IND	1719	AP-TPT	6	48	51,5	32,00