Rathanvel VS clinches R Hanumantha Memorial Cup All India Open Rapid and Blitz Rating 2021

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/01/2022

MPL scholar IM Rathanvel VS won both Rapid and Blitz Rating event at R Hanumantha memorial Cup All India Open. He scored 8.0/9 in the Rapid event, edged past IM P Saravana Krishnan and FM Aradhya Garg on tie-breaks, both finished with the same score. They were placed second and third respectively. Rathanvel's only loss in the Rapid event was against Saravana. In the Blitz event, Rathanvel made a dominating start 8.0/8. A last round draw was enough for him to win the tournament as he had a full point lead heading into the last round and that's what he did. IM Pranav V, Abhishek Das and IM Ratnakaran K scored 8.0/9. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Rathanvel dominates both Rapid and Blitz

A total of ₹300000 prize fund, ₹200000 in Rapid and ₹100000 in Blitz was distributed among the prize winners. Rathanvel won ₹37500 in total (₹25000 in Rapid and ₹12500 in Blitz), Saravana earned ₹18000, Aradhya ₹15000, Pranav ₹9000 and Abhishek ₹7500. All podium finishers won a trophy each.

Rapid Rating top 3 (L to R) - 2nd IM P Saravanan Krishnan, 1st IM Rathanvel V S and 3rd FM Aradhya Garg | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Blitz Rating top 3 (L to R) - 3rd Abhishek Das, 1st IM Rathanvel V S and 2nd IM Pranav V | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

"It was wonderful to win both Blitz and Rapid. The tournament was well organised, and a huge thanks to the organising team for organising such a fantastic event." - Rathanvel on winning both tournaments.

Rathanvel V S won the Rapid event suffering only one loss and without a single draw

IM P Saravana Krishna was in the sole lead 7.5/8 and seven players including Rathanvel was at 7.0/8 each. Thus, it was a must-win situation for Rathanvel to win the tournament. Check out the last round game, annotated by Rathanvel himself

Rathanvel scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win the Blitz tournament

Photo Gallery

Lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Mrs. Jayanthi Hanumantha lights up the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Mr. Rajashekara N, IPS Deputy Inspector General of Police, Nagaland, Mr. C Chandrashekhar, Chairman and MD of Hotel Amaravathi, Mr. C Ashwath, Director of Hotel Amaravathi were the Chief Guests at the inauguration ceremony. Mr. Nageswar, Mr. Ramesh Madi Shetty and Mr. Venumadhav - Co-founder of Safestorage Technologies and Services Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Aravind Shasty, KSCA Secretary, Mr. Sreenivas Reddy, Film Director, TTD SVBC board member, Mr. K Gururaj, Railway department Football coach, Mr. K Gopinath, Multimedia Research Centre, University of Mysore, Mrs. Jayanthi, Chess Shoots Bangalore, were also present at the ceremony.

The tournament hall | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Karnataka State Chess Association (KSCA) logo was unveiled | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Rapid Rating top 3 (L to R) - 2nd IM P Saravanan Krishnan, 1st IM Rathanvel V S and 3rd FM Aradhya Garg | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

The Arbiters' team | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Mr. T N Madhukar, KSCA Vice President, Mr. M Nagendra, KSCA Vice President, Mr. Bharath Gowda, Director of operations, Hotel Amaravathi, Mr. T Varaprasad, MDCA Vice President and Mrs. Jayanthi, Chess Shoots Bangalore were present at the Closing Ceremony.

Jayathi Hanumatha and Orgaisng Secretary Madhuri Jain | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Tribute to Late R Hanumantha | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Visually Impaired player Sunidhi M Manjunatha got a special prize | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Venue - Hotel Amaravathi at Mandya, Karnataka | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

A total of 316 players in Rapid and 278 in Blitz including a GM and six IMs took part in this two-day Rapid and Blitz rating tournament was organized by Mandya Chess Academy and Smart Queen's Chess Academy on 25th and 26th December at Hotel Amaravathi in Mandya, Karnataka.

Final standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	5	IM	Rathanvel V S			IND	2331	MPL	8,0	54,0	58,0	49,00	0,0	8
2	8	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.			IND	2216	KVB	8,0	52,5	56,5	49,25	0,0	7
3	11	FM	Aradhya Garg			IND	2025	Del	8,0	51,5	54,5	46,50	0,0	8
4	3	IM	Shyaamnikhil P			IND	2389	ICF	7,5	51,5	56,0	45,25	0,0	6
5	1	GM	Thejkumar M. S.			IND	2404	SW Rly	7,5	51,5	55,5	44,25	0,0	7
6	9	IM	Pranav V	U15		IND	2177	TN	7,5	51,5	55,0	43,25	0,0	7
7	7		Abhishek Das			IND	2222	Jhar	7,5	50,0	55,0	44,75	0,0	6
8	12		Shet Prajwal P			IND	1968	Kar	7,5	49,0	53,0	42,00	0,0	7
9	13	ACM	Saxena Aditya			IND	1956	Kar	7,5	46,5	50,5	42,75	0,0	7
10	4	IM	Ratnakaran K.			IND	2346	S Rly	7,0	52,5	57,0	42,00	0,0	7
11	2	IM	Nitin S.			IND	2404	S Rly	7,0	52,5	55,0	39,75	0,0	6
12	6		Sharma R. Preetham			IND	2318	Kar	7,0	51,0	55,0	41,50	0,0	7
13	23		Hiridik Rajendran			IND	1651	TN	7,0	50,0	53,0	38,50	0,0	7
14	15		Balkishan A.			IND	1927	Kar	7,0	48,5	52,5	38,50	0,0	7
15	17		Chandar Raju			IND	1823	Ker	7,0	48,0	52,0	38,00	0,0	7
16	75		Thejasvi N			IND	1194	Kar	7,0	47,5	52,0	39,00	0,0	7
17	26		Prasanna B M			IND	1590	Kar	7,0	47,0	49,5	35,50	0,0	7
18	18		Gowtam J K			IND	1755	Kar	7,0	46,0	50,5	37,00	0,0	7
19	83		Raveesh Kote	U15		IND	1137	Kar	7,0	44,5	46,5	34,00	0,0	7
20	25	AGM	Sagar Praveen			IND	1607	Kar	7,0	41,5	45,5	37,00	0,0	7

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Final standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	IM	Rathanvel V S			IND	2449	MPL	8,5	54,5	58,0	54,75	0,0	8
2	4	IM	Pranav V	U15		IND	2351	TN	8,0	49,5	53,5	42,50	0,0	8
3	9		Abhishek Das			IND	2227	Jhar	8,0	49,0	53,0	45,50	0,0	8
4	3	IM	Ratnakaran K.			IND	2400	S Rly	8,0	46,0	49,5	44,50	0,0	8
5	15		Shet Prajwal P			IND	1966	Kar	7,5	51,5	56,0	46,25	0,0	7
6	2	IM	Nitin S.			IND	2431	S Rly	7,5	50,5	54,5	43,25	0,0	7
7	7	IM	Shyaamnikhil P			IND	2300	TN	7,0	55,5	60,0	44,00	0,0	7
8	12		Balkishan A.			IND	2052	Kar	7,0	54,5	59,5	43,50	0,0	7
9	6	GM	Thejkumar M. S.			IND	2312	SW Rly	7,0	52,5	57,0	42,00	0,0	7
10	10	FM	Aradhya Garg			IND	2176	Del	7,0	52,0	54,5	40,50	0,0	7
11	13		Chandar Raju			IND	2031	Ker	7,0	51,0	56,0	41,50	0,0	7
12	86	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	F12	w	IND	1152	Kar	7,0	49,5	52,0	38,00	0,0	7
13	11		Karthik Rajaa			IND	2151	TN	7,0	49,0	53,5	39,50	0,0	7
14	36		Rajath Gururaj			IND	1464	Kar	7,0	48,5	53,5	39,50	0,0	7
15	8	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.			IND	2245	KVB	7,0	48,0	52,5	40,50	0,0	7
16	5		Sharma R. Preetham			IND	2318	Kar	7,0	47,0	51,0	36,00	0,0	7
17	20		Gowtam J K			IND	1717	Kar	7,0	46,5	51,0	40,50	0,0	7
18	29		Arunkumar Muthukumar			IND	1554	TN	7,0	45,0	49,5	38,00	0,0	7
19	62		Raveesh Kote	U15		IND	1262	Kar	7,0	44,0	46,5	29,00	0,0	7
20	18		Aarthi G		w	IND	1766	TN	7,0	42,5	46,5	32,00	0,0	7

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