Prashanth J Naik prevails at Chadurangotsava Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/12/2024

Prashanth J Naik scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Chadurangotsava Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Four players - Sibi Srinivas Einstein, Sai Sarthak Karanam,Avirat Chauhan and Aditya Ranjan Sahu scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second to fifth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was ₹500001. The top three prizes were ₹50001, ₹40000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine-round rating open tournament was organized by BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights at BMS College of Engineering in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 14th to 18th November 2024. This was Prashanth's first tournament triumph of the year. Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

Prashanth's first triumph of the year

Prashanth J Naik was the sole leader 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Avirat Chauhan, Sai Sarthak Karnam Naga and Sibi Srinivas Einstein were in pursuit at 7/8 each. Avirat drew with Prashanth, the latter became a clear champion. Sai drew with Sibi to finish third, Sibi secured second place. Fourth seeded Avirat became the youngest top ten finisher of the event. He scored 7.5/9 to secure fourth place.

Champion - Prashanth J Naik 8/9 | Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

Second Runner-up - Sai Sarthak Karanam Naga 7.5/9 | Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

Prashanth J Naik scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 44.4 Elo rating points

Closing ceremony | Photo: BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights

A total of 320 players including two IMs took part from various parts of the country in this five-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by BMS College of Engineering and Chess Knights at BMS College of Engineering in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 14th to 18th November 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	8	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik				IND	1919	8	49,5	54	47,25	0	7	9	8	5,78	2,22	20	44,4
2	20		Sibi, Srinivas Einstein				IND	1835	7,5	49,5	54	45,75	0	7	9	7,5	5,92	1,58	20	31,6
3	12		Naga, Sai Sarthak Karanam	U15			IND	1878	7,5	49,5	54	43,75	0	6	9	7,5	6,04	1,46	40	58,4
4	4		Avirat, Chauhan	U11			IND	1969	7,5	49,5	53	42,00	0	7	9	7,5	6,51	0,99	40	39,6
5	32		Aaditya, Ranjan Sahu	U13			IND	1748	7,5	48	51,5	42,25	0	6	7	5,5	3,99	1,51	40	60,4
6	6		Sharsha, Backer				IND	1937	7	51	55	40,00	0	6	9	7	6,28	0,72	20	14,4
7	5	IM	Hegde, Ravi Gopal	S60			IND	1949	7	50,5	55	41,00	0	6	9	7	6,80	0,20	10	2
8	2		Chinmay, Kowshik	U13			IND	1979	7	50	55	42,00	0	5	9	7	7,48	-0,48	40	-19,2
9	13		Gavi, Siddayya				IND	1874	7	49,5	54,5	40,25	0	6	9	7	6,27	0,73	20	14,6
10	15		Krishna,	U15			IND	1858	7	49	53	39,00	0	6	9	7	6,52	0,48	40	19,2
11	7		Madhesh, Kumar S	U13			IND	1929	7	49	52,5	39,00	0	5	9	7	6,95	0,05	40	2
12	3		Kulkarni, Vinayak				IND	1978	7	48,5	53	39,25	0	6	9	7	7,22	-0,22	20	-4,4
13	11		Afreed, T Khan				IND	1892	7	48,5	52,5	38,00	0	6	9	7	6,35	0,65	20	13
14	9		Devnath, Bijesh	U15			IND	1917	7	46	51	38,50	0	7	9	7	7,41	-0,41	40	-16,4
15	27		Pranav, Ganesh Prabhu	U13			IND	1772	7	45	48	36,00	0	6	8	6	4,77	1,23	40	49,2
16	22		Aneesh, Adiga	U15			IND	1824	7	44	48,5	38,00	0	5	9	7	6,68	0,32	40	12,8
17	10		Divi, Bijesh	F09	w		IND	1912	7	44	47,5	36,50	0	5	9	7	7,27	-0,27	40	-10,8
18	16		Akshay, Madhusoodhanan				IND	1855	7	42,5	49,5	35,50	0	7	7	7	6,00	1,00	20	20
19	78		Abbas, Soni	U15			IND	1582	7	40,5	44	33,50	0	6	7	5	3,40	1,60	40	64
20	14		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	U13			IND	1864	6,5	47,5	51,5	34,00	0	6	9	6,5	6,21	0,29	40	11,6
21	28		Sumeetkumar, M S				IND	1770	6,5	46,5	48,5	32,25	0	6	7	4,5	4,80	-0,30	20	-6
22	38		Raghunandan,				IND	1725	6,5	46	50	32,50	0	6	8	5,5	4,84	0,66	40	26,4
23	17		Mitul, K H	U15			IND	1853	6,5	45	50	35,25	0	5	9	6,5	7,25	-0,75	40	-30
24	48		Magizhini, M		w		IND	1691	6,5	45	49,5	33,00	0	6	8	5,5	4,41	1,09	40	43,6
25	40		Jeevaa, A S	U15			IND	1724	6,5	44	46	30,00	0	6	8	5,5	5,12	0,38	40	15,2
26	46		Stuti, Pradeep	F13	w		IND	1693	6,5	43,5	47,5	32,75	0	6	8	5,5	5,55	-0,05	40	-2
27	37		Sragvidha, S	U09			IND	1728	6,5	43	46,5	31,50	0	5	6	3,5	4,12	-0,62	40	-24,8
28	56		Aravinda, B R				IND	1655	6,5	41,5	44,5	32,25	0	5	8	5,5	4,95	0,55	20	11
29	55	AFM	Aruna, Dinakara				IND	1661	6,5	41	43	29,25	0	6	8	5,5	5,17	0,33	20	6,6
30	128		Tathagata, Manjunath Nayak	U15			IND	1485	6,5	37,5	39,5	26,75	0	6	3	2	0,71	1,29	40	51,6