Sammed Jaykumar Shete wins All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/04/2022

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored an unbeaten 8.5/9. He finished a half point ahead of the competition to win All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. Three players scored 8.0/9 - GM Stany G A, FM FI Sauravh Khherdekar and IM Viani Antonio Dcunha. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Sammed won ₹51000 cash, Runner-up Stany and Second Runner-up Sauravh earned ₹41000 cash each as their prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The one-day nine-round rapid rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy on 9th April at GEAR Innovative International School, Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sammed's first triumph in over two years

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete played brilliantly by winning eight consecutive games. He had a half point lead heading into the final round against GM Stany G A. A draw against him was enough for him to clinch the championship since Stany was the only person who could surpass him. That is exactly what Sammed did to win the tournament. This is also Sammed's first All India Open Rating triumph since February 2020 when he won SSVP's 2nd All India Rating Open at Deopur, Dhule, Maharashtra.

Champion - IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 8.5/9 | Photo: Sushruta Reddy

Sammed scored 8.5/9 and gained 64.6 Elo rating points

It was a very strong tournament due to the participation of 4 GMs and 14 IMs. Sammed faced three IMs and he beat them all. He drew the only GM he faced in the final round as it was enough for him to win the tournament.

Runner-up - GM Stany G A 8.0/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - FM FI Sauravh Khherdekar 8.0/9 | Photo: Sushruta Reddy

The tournament hall at GEAR Innovative International School | Photo: Sushruta Reddy

Waiting area for the parents and accompanying persons | Photo: Sushruta Reddy

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A total of 371 players including 4 GMs and 14 IMs took part from various part of the country and also Canada and USA. The one-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at GEAR Innovative International School on 9th April 2022. The time control of the tournament was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	25	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete				IND	2086	8,5	50,5	54,0	50,00	0,0	8
2	3	GM	Stany G.A.				IND	2354	8,0	52,5	56,0	48,50	0,0	7
3	24	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar				IND	2097	8,0	51,5	56,0	49,75	0,0	7
4	7	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha				IND	2316	8,0	48,5	53,0	46,50	0,0	8
5	35	IM	Neelash Saha				IND	1959	7,5	49,5	54,0	43,75	0,0	7
6	22		Kaustuv Kundu				IND	2109	7,5	48,5	52,5	43,25	0,0	6
7	39	FM	Jeet Jain				IND	1895	7,5	47,0	50,5	40,25	0,0	7
8	17		Ritviz Parab				IND	2133	7,0	53,5	57,5	42,00	0,0	7
9	6	IM	Palit Somak				IND	2325	7,0	52,5	57,0	42,00	0,0	6
10	5	GM	Arjun Kalyan				IND	2334	7,0	51,0	55,5	41,00	0,0	6
11	2	IM	Nitin S.				IND	2382	7,0	51,0	55,5	40,50	0,0	6
12	11	IM	Ravi Teja S.				IND	2264	7,0	50,5	55,5	41,50	0,0	7
13	15	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M				IND	2215	7,0	50,5	54,5	39,75	0,0	6
14	8	IM	Ratnakaran K.				IND	2298	7,0	49,5	54,5	40,25	0,0	6
15	13	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.				IND	2253	7,0	49,5	53,0	37,00	0,0	7
16	155		Laddha Shubh Jayesh	U15			USA	1207	7,0	49,0	53,5	40,75	0,0	6
17	27		Ojas Kulkarni				IND	2046	7,0	49,0	53,0	40,50	0,0	6
18	54	IM	Pranav Anand				IND	1707	7,0	49,0	53,0	39,50	0,0	6
19	51		Sathya Giri V				IND	1788	7,0	49,0	53,0	38,50	0,0	7
20	36		Arpan Das				IND	1952	7,0	48,0	51,0	36,50	0,0	7