Pranav Venkatesh wins 4th Kudremukh Trophy All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/01/2022

15-year-old IM Pranav Venkatesh started the tournament with seven consecutive victories. He lost the eighth round to S S Manigandan, however he bounced back well by defeating the top seed of the tournament IM Viani Antonio Dcunha in the final round to win 4th Kudremukh Trophy All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. Pranav, Manigandan and Balkishan A, all three scored 8.0/9 each. They were placed first to third according to tie-breaks. The tournament had a total prize fund of ₹200000 with the first prize being ₹30000, ₹20000 for second and ₹10000 for third. Top three prizes had a trophy each and total 165 prizes were up for grabs. Pranav finished third in R Hanumantha Memorial Blitz Rating and won Bronze at FIDE Youth Rapid Superfinal among recent events. Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

Top three score 8.0/9

Reigning Tamil Nadu State Under-18 and Open champion, IM Pranav Venkatesh scored 8.0/9 to win 4th Kudremukh Trophy All India Rapid Rating Open. S S Manigandan and Balkishan A who also scored the same points were placed second and third respectively. 13-year-old Sairaj Dilip Vernekar was the youngest finisher among the top ten. He scored 7.0/9 and secured seventh place. Shriya R Revankar was the highest finisher among female players. She scored 7.0/9 and was placed eighth.

Winner IM Pranav Venkatesh 8.0/9 | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

The Chief Guest of the closing ceremony was Mr. M Venkatesh, Managing Director, MRPL, KIOCL Chairman cum Managing Director. Mr. T Saminathan, Director (Finance), Mr. Swapan Kumar Gorai, Director (Production & Projects) Mr. Bhaskara Reddy K V, General Manager (Production) and President, KIOCL Chess Tournament Committee Mr. Ramakrishna Rao H, DKCA President Mr. Ramesh Khota, Co-ordinator were also present on. Mr. S Murgesh, Sr. Manager (HR&A) and Chess Tournament Coordinator briefed the audience on the activities of the tournament.

Pranav scored eight wins, defeated the top seed of the tournament - IM Viani Antonio Dcunha in the final round

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Balkishan A 8.0/9, 1st IM Pranav V 8.0/9 and 3rd S S Manigandan 8.0/9 | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

Lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

The trophies were unveiled | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

Inaugural first move is being made | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

The tournament was inaugurated by Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Dakshina Kannada District, Mr. Nalin Kumar Kateel, and the Commissioner, Mangalore City Corporation, Mr. Akshy Sridhar, IAS, on 1st January 2022 by lighting the lamp, unveiling the trophies and moving the pawns on the demo chess board.

The tournament hall | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

All prize winners | Photo: Murgesh S / KIOCL Ltd

The tournament was organized by KIOCL Ltd. on 1st and 2nd January 2022 at KSRC Nehru Bhavan, Mangaluru, Karnataka. A total of 287 players including three IMs took part in this nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament which had a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	IM	Pranav V				IND	2190	Tn	8,0	54,0	57,5	49,50	0,0	8
2	4		Manigandan S S				IND	1990	Tn	8,0	53,0	58,0	51,00	0,0	7
3	6		Balkishan A.				IND	1923	Kar	8,0	51,5	56,0	48,00	0,0	8
4	5	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam				IND	1924	Tn	7,5	49,5	52,5	42,00	0,0	6
5	19		Lad Mandar Pradip				IND	1461	Goa	7,5	46,0	49,0	39,75	0,0	7
6	1	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha				IND	2348	Kar	7,0	51,0	55,5	40,50	0,0	7
7	31		Sairaj Dilip Vernekar	U15			IND	1306	Goa	7,0	51,0	55,0	40,75	0,0	6
8	9		Shriya R Revankar		w		IND	1718	Kar	7,0	50,5	54,5	39,50	0,0	7
9	7	AGM	Prashanth J Naik				IND	1768	Kar	7,0	50,5	53,5	39,50	0,0	7
10	17		Devesh Anand Naik				IND	1535	Goa	7,0	49,5	54,5	41,25	0,0	6
11	14		Sham R				IND	1597	Tn	7,0	48,5	53,5	40,25	0,0	6
12	23		Parab Rishikesh				IND	1358	Goa	7,0	47,5	50,5	36,00	0,0	7
13	29		Nagvekar Sairudra	U15			IND	1325	Goa	7,0	46,5	50,0	34,00	0,0	6
14	30		Prajwal K M				IND	1308	Kar	7,0	44,5	47,0	33,25	0,0	6
15	13		Praveen Kamath				IND	1603	Kar	7,0	43,0	45,0	33,00	0,0	7
16	16		Sailesh R				IND	1542	Tn	6,5	52,0	56,0	38,00	0,0	6
17	2		Sharma R. Preetham				IND	2245	Kar	6,5	51,5	56,0	37,50	0,0	6
18	10		Ramachandra Bhat	S60			IND	1683	Kar	6,5	50,5	55,5	37,50	0,0	6
19	69		Chinmay S Bhat				IND	1184	Kar	6,5	50,5	55,0	37,75	0,0	6
20	18		Dhanush Ram M	U15			IND	1477	Kar	6,5	49,5	52,5	33,25	0,0	6
21	8		Subramanian R M				IND	1766	Tn	6,5	48,5	53,0	37,00	0,0	6
22	94		Nishanth Dsouza				IND	1136	Kar	6,5	47,0	49,5	32,75	0,0	6
23	41		Karthik P	U15			IND	1253	Kar	6,5	45,0	48,0	32,75	0,0	5
24	42		Swara Lakshmi S Nair		w		IND	1251	Kar	6,5	42,5	45,5	31,50	0,0	6
25	12		Subramanian V	S60			IND	1605	Tn	6,5	42,0	46,0	31,25	0,0	6