Nitin and Rathanvel win D A V Krida Kendram Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/11/2022

IM Nitin S and FM Harsh Suresh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 at D A V Krida Kendram Rapid Rating Open 2022. However, the former won the tournament due to better tie-breaks and the latter settled with second place. Harsh also finished third in the Blitz Rating Open, scoring 7/8. IM Ajay Krishna S was adjudged third out of the four players who finished at 8/9. IM Rathanvel V S edged past GM Laxman R R on tie-breaks to win the Blitz Rating event. Both scored 7.5/8 each and remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000, ₹200000 for Rapid and ₹100000 for Blitz comprising 195 and 144 prizes respectively. The top three prizes in Rapid were ₹30000, ₹18000 and ₹15000, in Blitz it was ₹18000, ₹14000 and ₹11000 each. Photo: Vinoth Kumar/D A V Krida Kendram

Nitin and Rathanvel's first Rapid and Blitz Rating Open triumph of 2022

IM Nitin S has won three Blitz Rating Open tournaments in 2022. He made a podium finish each in a GM Open and a Rapid Rating Open tournaments. However, this is his first Rapid Rating Open tournament of the year. IM Rathanvel V S had a third place finish at 38th Andorra Open Blitz Rating tournament in July. Thus, this is also his first Blitz event triumph of the year. A low entry of ₹750 for Rapid and ₹500 for Blitz, encouraged a huge number of participation.

Rapid winner - IM Nitin S 8.5/9 | Photo: Vinoth Kumar/D A V Krida Kendram

IM Nitin S scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and gained 13.8 Elo rating points in the process

Runner-up in Rapid and Second Runner-up in Blitz - FM Harsh Suresh 8.5/9 and 7/8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - IM Ajay Krishna S 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Blitz winner - IM Rathanvel V S 7.5/8 | Photo: Vinoth Kumar/D A V Krida Kendram

IM Rathanvel V S scored 7.5/8, remained undefeated and increased his Elo rating by 6 points

Runner-up - GM Laxman R R 7.5/8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

All prize winners | Photo: Vinoth Kumar/D A V Krida Kendram

Audience at the closing ceremony | Photo: Vinoth Kumar/D A V Krida Kendram

The tournament hall at D A V Krida Kendram | Photo: Vinoth Kumar/D A V Krida Kendram

Glimpses - International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament hosted by D A V Krida Kendram | Video: D A V Group of Schools, Chennai

A special thanks to Vinoth Kumar for sharing the photos.

A total of 703 players in Rapid and 409 players including a GM, 6 IMs and a WIM took part in the Blitz from various parts of the country. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating and eight-round Blitz Rating Open tournaments were organized by D A V Krida Kendram, Sports Academy of D A V Group of Schools at D A V Group of School, Pallikaranai in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 15th and 16th October 2022. The time control for the Rapid tournament was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment and for Blitz it was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	IM	Nitin S.			2307	TN	8,5	55	58,5	54,75	0	8
2	11	FM	Harsh Suresh			2180	TN	8,5	50,5	54,5	47,25	0	8
3	4	IM	Ajay Krishna S			2283	TN	8	53	57	49,50	0	8
4	15		Sai Vishwesh.C			2119	TN	8	52	56	48,50	0	8
5	17	FM	Senthil Maran K			2109	TN	8	52	55,5	48,50	0	8
6	12	CM	Rajarishi Karthi			2139	TN	8	50,5	53,5	45,75	0	7
7	2	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra			2309	TN	7,5	56,5	59	44,25	0	7
8	19	AGM	Vignesh B			1950	TN	7,5	55,5	60	48,25	0	7
9	5	GM	Laxman R.R.			2278	ICF	7,5	52,5	56,5	42,25	0	6
10	6	FM	Aarav Dengla	U14		2257	MAH	7,5	52	57	45,75	0	7
11	30		Suganthan S			1800	TN	7,5	52	54,5	44,00	0	7
12	31		Mithun Anand V			1768	TN	7,5	50,5	54	43,75	0	7
13	21		Karthick Narayanan S			1921	TN	7,5	50	54	44,75	0	7
14	20		Arnav Maheshwari			1946	DAV	7,5	50	53	43,25	0	6
15	13	IM	Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam			2137	TN	7,5	49,5	53,5	43,75	0	7
16	24		Hemanth Raam			1887	TN	7,5	49	53	42,25	0	7
17	76		Mahish S A	U12		1356	TN	7,5	48	52,5	41,25	0	7
18	27		Peter Anand A			1837	PON	7	55	60,5	46,00	0	6
19	14	FM	Mohamed Anees M			2137	TN	7	53,5	56,5	42,00	0	7
20	18		Aswath S	U14		2086	TN	7	52,5	56,5	41,00	0	7

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	IM	Rathanvel V S			2429	TN	7,5	44,5	48,5	45,00	0	7
2	3	GM	Laxman R.R.			2375	ICF	7,5	42,5	45	41,75	0	7
3	13	FM	Harsh Suresh			2180	TN	7	42	46	38,25	0	6
4	10	FM	Karthik Rajaa			2202	TN	7	41,5	45,5	37,75	0	6
5	8	FM	Aarav Dengla	U14		2257	MAH	7	40,5	44,5	37,00	0	7
6	18	FM	Ram Aravind L N			2118	TN	7	39,5	43	36,00	0	7
7	53		Pranav K P	U14		1589	TN	7	37,5	40	31,00	0	7
8	60		Ajjesh J R	U14		1479	TN	7	37	39	33,00	0	7
9	14		Sai Vishwesh.C			2149	TN	7	34,5	35	31,00	0	7
10	2	IM	Nitin S.			2390	TN	6,5	44	49	38,00	0	6
11	4	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan			2341	TN	6,5	41	45	34,75	0	6
12	12	IM	Praveen Kumar C			2193	TN	6,5	41	43,5	31,75	0	6
13	11	CM	Rajarishi Karthi			2196	TN	6,5	39,5	41,5	32,75	0	6
14	19	FM	Senthil Maran K			2109	TN	6,5	39	43	33,75	0	6
15	38		Ayyappan P Santhana Prabu			1732	TN	6,5	38	40	30,25	0	6
16	34		Suganthan S			1800	TN	6,5	37,5	41,5	32,25	0	6
17	16	FM	Mohamed Anees M			2137	TN	6,5	36,5	39,5	30,25	0	6
18	6		Kunal M.			2288	TN	6,5	36	40	32,00	0	6
19	40		Dharani Kumar M S			1708	TN	6,5	35	37,5	27,75	0	6
20	23		Arnav Maheshwari			1946	DAV	6	40,5	44,5	30,50	0	6