Sandeep Santhosh wins 4th ISC Triumph Cup Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/07/2024

Sandeep Santhosh, Christy George and Anecx Kanjiravila B C scored 8/9 each at 4th ISC Triumph Cup Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2024. Sandeep won the tournament due to better tie-break score. Christy and Anecx were placed second and third respectively. Only Sandeep remained undefeated out of the them. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹499999. The top three prizes were ₹51000 + trophy, ₹45000 and ₹35000 each. The tournament was held from 15th to 17th June at Sri Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thycaud in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was organized by International School of Chess Foundation. This was Sandeep's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Top three score 8/9

Ebin Benny was the sole leader heading into the final round 7.5/8. Six players - Sandeep Santhosh, Shanmugasundaram G, Anecx Kanjiravila B C, Christy George, Aron Rose and Allen Varghese were trailing him by a half point. Sandeep defeated Ebin to become the champion. Christy scored a win over Allen and Anecx was victorious against Shanmugasundaram. Christy secured second place and Anecx third.

Champion - Sandeep Santhosh 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Sandeep Santhosh scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 42.6 Elo rating points

A total of 445 players took part from various parts of the country, one from New Zealand and two from the USA in this three-day nine round Swiss-league Rating tournament. It was organized by International School of Chess Foundation at Sri Swathi Thirunnal College of Music, Thycud in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala from 15th to 17th June 2024. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	19	Sandeep, Santhosh			IND	1729	KER	8	53	57,5	50,50	7
2	39	Christy, George	U15		IND	1682	KER	8	51	53	45,50	8
3	31	Anecx, Kanjiravila B C	U15		IND	1702	KER	8	49,5	54,5	48,50	8
4	7	Ebin, Benny			IND	1770	KER	7,5	51,5	55,5	44,25	7
5	76	Aron, Rose			IND	1597	KER	7,5	49	53,5	43,50	6
6	66	Kedarnath, U	U12		IND	1614	KER	7,5	46,5	50,5	40,00	7
7	5	Pranav, A J			IND	1783	KAR	7,5	45	52,5	41,50	7
8	32	Kathir, Kaman T	U12		IND	1700	TN	7	53,5	58	43,25	5
9	64	Shanmugasundaram, G.			IND	1621	TN	7	51	54	38,50	6
10	41	Karthik, Raj			IND	1680	KER	7	50,5	55	41,00	6
11	24	Martin, Samuel			IND	1714	KER	7	50	53,5	38,00	7
12	15	Giridhar, A			IND	1740	KER	7	49,5	52	37,25	6
13	87	Ameya, A R	F12	w	IND	1585	KER	7	47,5	50,5	38,00	6
14	16	Dhrikshu, K Vasant			IND	1737	KAR	7	47	51,5	39,00	7
15	3	Sidharth, Mohan			IND	1792	KER	7	47	51	38,50	5
16	2	Shreyas, M			IND	1796	TN	7	46,5	50,5	39,50	6
17	8	Prajit, Ravishankar	U15		IND	1768	TN	7	46,5	50,5	37,75	6
18	29	Allen, Varghese			IND	1706	KER	7	46,5	50	38,50	7
19	20	Arushi, Severin Helen D Silva	F15	w	IND	1726	KAR	7	46	50,5	37,00	6
20	60	Ishan, S	U15		IND	1628	KER	7	46	50	35,50	7
21	21	Tarun, N			IND	1722	DEL	7	44,5	48,5	37,00	7
22	46	Kumaran, Charan			IND	1667	TEL	7	43,5	47	35,25	6
23	10	Rejath, Renjith	U15		IND	1756	KER	7	43	46,5	33,50	6
24	12	Aditya, Dileepraj	U12		IND	1748	KER	7	41,5	44	33,00	6
25	30	Balamurugan, Senthilkumar			IND	1704	TN	7	41	44,5	34,00	7