Srikanth Myakala dominates 1st Karimnagar Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2024 with a perfect 9/9

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/02/2024

Srikanth Myakala won 1st Karimnagar Below 1600 Rating Open 2024 with a 100% score 9/9. He finished a staggering one and a half point ahead of the competition. Four players - Mahender Marri, Gowrichander U, Natura Bethi and Sathvik Gulakaram scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. Srikanth defeated the eventual runner-up, Mahender in the penultimate round. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. Entry fee was only ₹999. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. This was Srikanth's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photos: Vishwanath Chess Academy

Srikanth's first rating tournament triumph of his career

Srikanth Myakala was the sole leader going into the final round 8/8. He had a full point lead over the rest. A draw would have sufficed for a first place finish. Still, he went for a win against Mahendar B to become a clear champion. Mahendar Marri defeated Sanikommu Jaideep Reddy and Gowrichander U drew against Sathvik Gulakaram to secure second and third place respectively. Natura Bethi is the sole female finisher among top 15. She scored 7.5/9 to finish at fourth place.

Champion - Srikanth Myakala 9/9

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Gowrichander U 7.5/9, 1st Srikanth Myakala 9/9 and 2nd Mahender Marri 7.5/9

Srikanth Myakala scored a perfect 9/9, finished one and a half point ahead of the rest and gained 49.8 Elo rating points

A total of 285 players took part from various states across the country in the Below 1600 Rating tournament. The three-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by Vishwanath Chess Academy at Vysya Bhavan in Karimnagar, Telangana from 19th to 21st January 2024. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	11	Srikanth, Myakala			IND	1365	TG	9	51	55	55,00	9
2	22	Mahender, Marri			IND	1278	TG	7,5	51	55	42,75	7
3	15	Gowrichander, U			IND	1341	TN	7,5	50,5	55,5	44,75	7
4	2	Natura, Bethi		w	IND	1499	TG	7,5	50,5	54,5	42,50	7
5	20	Sathvik, Gulakaram	U11		IND	1311	TG	7,5	48,5	52	41,50	6
6	43	Moorthattil, Harikumar			IND	1186	TG	7	52	57	43,00	6
7	6	Aragonda, Mohan			IND	1439	TG	7	52	55	39,75	6
8	14	Ravindra, P			IND	1343	TG	7	49,5	53,5	39,25	6
9	26	Kanthi, Kiran Katarapu			IND	1245	AP	7	49,5	50,5	34,50	7
10	10	Mahendar, B			IND	1374	TG	7	48,5	51	37,50	7
11	12	Imran, Hussain			IND	1358	JH	7	46,5	50,5	38,25	5
12	28	Hariharan, J	U15		IND	1242	TN	7	45,5	48	36,50	6
13	35	M Tulasi Ram, Kumar			IND	1224	TG	7	45	48	37,00	7
14	9	Pavan, C			IND	1387	KA	7	44	48	36,75	6
15	3	Shaik, Riyaz			IND	1476	TG	7	42	45,5	28,50	7
16	5	Vishwanath, Kannam			IND	1464	TG	6,5	47,5	50,5	33,75	6
17	30	Vijetha, Marri		w	IND	1235	TG	6,5	47	52	35,75	5
18	292	Vijay, Yadav A			IND	0	TG	6,5	46,5	50,5	35,25	5
19	27	Bandi, Prashant			IND	1243	TG	6,5	46,5	50	33,25	6
20	13	Singh, Ankit Kumar			IND	1352	JH	6,5	46	50,5	35,50	4