Pranav Venkatesh wins 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/04/2022

IM Pranav Venkatesh scored an unbeaten 7.0/7. He finished a half point ahead of the field to win 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022. Three players scored 6.5/7 - IM Praveen Kumar C, R Ashwath and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Pranav won ₹25000 cash and a trophy, Runner-up Praveen earned ₹20000 and Ashwath received ₹15000 cash as their respective prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹150000. The one-day seven-round rapid rating tournament was organized by Bruno Chess Foundation on 3rd April at Velankanni Public School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Pranav's third triumph of 2022

Four players were 6.0/6 heading into the final round - India's 73rd GM Bharath Subramaniyam H, top seed of the tournament R Ashwath, Pranav Venkatesh and Surendran N. Ashwath drew with Bharath on top board and Pranav beat Surendran on the second board in the final round. Thus, Pranav became a clear champion.

Champion - IM Pranav Venkatesh 7.0/7

Pranav had a 100% score 7.0/7 and gained 8.8 Elo rating points

This is Pranav's third triumph of the year. He started the year by winning 4th Kudremukh All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. Then he won the 69th Tamil Nadu State Championship in February. It was also his third consecutive state championship. Then he finished second at MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open in March.

IM Pranav Venkatesh won 69th Tamil Nadu State Open also with a 100% score 8.0/8

IM Pranav Venkatesh scored 8.0/8 to become Tamil Nadu State champion for the third consecutive year

Runner-up - IM Praveen Kumar C 6.5/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

A total of 453 players including a GM and three IMs took from various part of the country. The tournament was organized by Bruno Chess Foundation on 3rd April 2022 at Velankanni Public School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The seven-round Swiss league Rapid Rating event had a time control of 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	IM	Pranav V		2207	7,0	33,0	36,0	36,50	0,0	7
2	3	IM	Praveen Kumar C		2189	6,5	31,0	34,5	32,25	0,0	6
3	1		Ashwath R.		2244	6,5	31,0	33,5	30,25	0,0	6
4	5	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U15	2165	6,5	30,0	32,5	29,25	0,0	6
5	12	FM	Vinoth Kumar M.		1978	6,0	32,0	35,0	28,50	0,0	6
6	7		Surendran N		2072	6,0	31,5	34,5	27,50	0,0	6
7	55		Tanish Ragavan S	U12	1405	6,0	30,5	32,5	26,00	0,0	6
8	69		Nawin M S		1339	6,0	30,0	33,0	24,00	0,0	6
9	11		Elancheralathan P		1979	6,0	29,5	33,0	27,75	0,0	5
10	24		Rohit S	U15	1592	6,0	29,5	32,0	25,00	0,0	6
11	14	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan		1760	6,0	29,0	33,0	27,00	0,0	6
12	6		Shankar A.		2104	6,0	28,5	32,0	27,00	0,0	6
13	29		Tamizh Selvan Ganesan		1569	6,0	28,5	31,5	26,25	0,0	5
14	9		Chaithanyaa K G		2035	6,0	25,5	29,0	25,00	0,0	6
15	65		Pranav K P	U15	1356	6,0	25,5	28,0	22,50	0,0	6
16	8	FM	Senthil Maran K		2039	6,0	24,0	26,5	23,00	0,0	6
17	118		Rajapalem Veera Bhagatheswar Reddy	U15	1212	6,0	23,0	25,0	22,00	0,0	6
18	40		Nidheshpa S		1503	5,5	31,5	34,5	25,75	0,0	5
19	10		Hemanth Raam		2005	5,5	31,5	34,5	25,25	0,0	5
20	53		Arunkumar Muthukumar		1411	5,5	30,0	32,0	21,25	0,0	5
21	71		Jaikavin Senthilkumar		1335	5,5	29,5	32,0	23,25	0,0	5
22	4		Phoobalan P.		2166	5,5	29,0	32,0	24,25	0,0	5
23	27		Arnav Maheshwari	U15	1578	5,5	29,0	31,5	23,25	0,0	5
24	41		Sai Alagappan S		1500	5,5	29,0	31,0	22,25	0,0	5
25	13		Barath L		1905	5,5	28,5	31,5	23,75	0,0	5
	38		Thrish Karthik	U15	1513	5,5	28,5	31,5	23,75	0,0	5
27	45		Suman Yaddanapudi		1492	5,5	27,5	30,5	19,25	0,0	5
	51		Kannan.V		1416	5,5	27,5	30,5	19,25	0,0	5
29	61		Sanjeeth P	U15	1374	5,5	27,0	29,0	20,00	0,0	5
30	338		Lukesh A	U15	0	5,5	26,0	30,0	23,75	0,0	5
31	31		Sanjay Thiruvengadam		1561	5,5	26,0	28,5	17,75	0,0	5
32	195	AFM	Mohit S	U12	1095	5,5	24,5	26,5	18,75	0,0	5
33	197		Lochan Hari R	U15	1095	5,5	24,0	27,0	21,25	0,0	4
34	37		Gokulraj K		1515	5,5	23,5	26,0	19,75	0,0	5
35	15		Saranya Y		1757	5,0	30,5	34,0	21,00	0,0	5
36	23		Naveen Kanniyappan S		1605	5,0	30,0	32,5	20,50	0,0	5
37	18	FM	Ayushh Ravikumar		1682	5,0	30,0	32,5	20,00	0,0	5
38	188		Srikara Darbha	U15	1110	5,0	30,0	32,0	22,00	0,0	5
39	84		Vishnu Vijay	U15	1301	5,0	30,0	31,5	19,50	0,0	5
40	167		Nijesh R	U12	1146	5,0	29,0	30,0	19,25	0,0	4