Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande triumphs at 9th ICA Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/05/2023

Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande, Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy and Aarav Saish Amonkar scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 9th ICA Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023.Shrihari won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Srivardhan and Aarav were adjudged second and third. The tournament leaders, Shrihari and Srivardhan drew against each other in the final round to finish first and second respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹699000. The top three prizes were ₹60000 + trophy, ₹50000 and ₹40000 each respectively. This was the 14-year-old teenager Shrihari's first rating tournament victory. The three-day-nine-round Swiss League event was organized by Innovators Chess Academy. Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Top three score an unbeaten 8/9

Apart from organizing three consecutive rating tournaments in the month of April 2023, FI NA Sushrutha Reddy also took part in this event. He scored 7/9 and finished 14th. After this, he went on to win Vrindavana Chess Festival DCC Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023. We will mention it in a separate article.

Champion - Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Runner-up - Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Second Runner-up - Aarav Saish Amonkar 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande scored 8/9, remained undefeated and gained a massive 145.6 Elo rating points

Prize winners of various categories with Chief Arbiter, IA Vasanth B H and FI NA Sushrutha Reddy | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

89-year-old T V Subramanian (left) scored a commendable 4.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Trophies for the prize winners | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Players in action at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

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A total of 361 players participated from various states across the country and one from Australia, Scotland and Singapore each. The three-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka from 13th to 15th April 2023. The time control for 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	TB4	TB5
1	63		Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande,			IND	1304	KA	8	49,5	53	45,50	0	7
2	68		Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy,			IND	1290	AP	8	49,5	53	45,00	0	7
3	33		Aarav Saish Amonkar,	U13		IND	1404	KA	8	49	53	45,75	0	7
4	5		Advait Ratnakar Vibhute,			IND	1524	KA	7,5	53	57	45,25	0	7
5	19		Sai, Kiran G V			IND	1473	TN	7,5	50	54,5	44,25	0	7
6	14		Balakowshi D S,			IND	1492	TN	7,5	49,5	53	43,50	0	7
7	34		Shibin K Benny,			IND	1404	KA	7,5	46	49,5	41,50	0	7
8	2		Satheesh, Kumar G			IND	1556	TN	7	53	57	41,25	0	6
9	12		Vishwanath Kannam,			IND	1498	TG	7	51	55,5	40,75	0	6
10	18		Muhammed Reja C,			IND	1475	KA	7	49,5	53,5	38,50	0	7
11	85		Harish Karthik M,			IND	1252	TN	7	48,5	52,5	38,50	0	7
12	6		Chiranth M D,			IND	1523	KA	7	47,5	52	39,75	0	5
13	22		Samuel Mathew,			IND	1459	KA	7	47,5	51	38,75	0	6
14	15	AIM	Sushrutha, Reddy			IND	1490	KA	7	47	50,5	36,75	0	6
15	44	AFM	Aruna Dinakara,			IND	1363	KA	7	44,5	46,5	33,50	0	7
16	43	AGM	Mathiyazhagan M,			IND	1366	PY	7	43,5	46,5	33,00	0	7
17	49		Rishi R,			IND	1350	TN	7	42,5	44,5	33,25	0	5
18	61		Deepak, Kushwaha			IND	1313	UP	7	42,5	44	32,25	0	6
19	112		Pranav, Ganesh Prabhu	U13		IND	1191	TN	7	39,5	42	30,00	0	7
20	4		Kesavan, G			IND	1525	TN	6,5	52,5	57,5	38,75	0	6
21	32		Siddharthan Anandan,			IND	1405	TN	6,5	52	56	37,25	0	6
22	80		Sripathi, Surendar			IND	1264	TN	6,5	51	52,5	34,00	0	6
23	60		Prasanth, Bhuvan Krishna	U13		IND	1317	KA	6,5	50,5	54,5	35,50	0	6
24	55		Ram, Natraj M			IND	1325	TN	6,5	49,5	54	36,00	0	6
25	46		Karthik S,			IND	1360	KA	6,5	48	51,5	35,25	0	5