Vaisnav A dominates 8th ICA Below 1700 Rating Tournament

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/12/2022

Third seed of the tournament, Vaisnav A scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 8th ICA Below 1700 Rating Tournament 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Yogesh Selvam scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. He also remained undefeated. Five players scored 7.5/9. Out of them, Satheesh Kumar G was placed third according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹599000. The top three prizes were ₹50000 and a trophy, ₹40000 and ₹30000 each respectively. A total of 426 players took part from various parts of the country, Mongolia and USA. The three-day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy from 11th to 13th November at Virginia Mall, Whitefield in Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Vaisnav's first rating tournament triumph

This is Vaisnav A's first-ever Rating tournament championship finish. It is also his first-ever podium finish in any of the tournaments he has played so far.

Champion - Vaisnav A 8.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Vaisnav A scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the field

Runner-up - Yogesh Selvam A 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Second Runner-up - Satheesh Kumar G 7.5/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Tournament Director Sushruta Reddy scored 7/9 and finished at 11th place | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

Age group prize winners | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

18 trophies for the age group prize winners | Photo: FI NA Sushruta Reddy

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A total of 426 players took part from various parts of the country along with players from Mongolia and USA. The three-day nine-round Swiss league Classical Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka from 11th to 13th October 2022. The time control of the tournament was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3		Vaisnav A			IND	1680	8,5	52,5	58,5	55,25
2	30		Yogesh Selvam			IND	1488	8	48	52,5	47,00
3	24		Satheesh Kumar G			IND	1507	7,5	51	54	42,00
4	49		Naveen K S			IND	1435	7,5	49	53,5	42,25
5	27		Chiranth M D			IND	1494	7,5	49	53	43,50
6	21		Mahith Giridhar			IND	1510	7,5	46	49,5	41,50
7	28		Ayyappan Santhosh	U08		USA	1489	7,5	42,5	45,5	37,25
8	14		Jake Shanty	U13		IND	1558	7	51	55	40,75
9	11		Kashthuri Bhai R		w	IND	1600	7	50	54	40,50
10	9		Srihari K R			IND	1616	7	50	53,5	40,00
11	36	AIM	Sushrutha Reddy			IND	1470	7	48,5	52,5	39,00
12	4		Menhajul Hoda			IND	1663	7	48,5	52,5	37,50
13	46		Siddhanth Poonja	U10		IND	1437	7	48	51,5	38,75
14	41		Santhosh Manikantan			IND	1454	7	48	51	37,75
15	10		Padhi Kamal Lochan			IND	1610	7	47,5	51,5	39,25
16	7		Sahil Bheron			IND	1627	7	47,5	51,5	38,00
17	26		Mithiran A	U13		IND	1498	7	46	50,5	38,50
18	62		Sai Kiran G V			IND	1405	7	45,5	50	35,00
19	76		Abbas Soni	U13		IND	1370	7	44	45,5	33,25
20	32		Atharva Kale			IND	1478	7	43,5	47,5	37,00
21	31		Gopinath P			IND	1487	7	43,5	47,5	36,50
22	94		Mitul K H	U13		IND	1328	7	43	46	34,00
23	38		Jargalsaikhan Surenkhuu	S60		MGL	1460	7	42	45	34,25
24	54		Phani Kanuri			IND	1428	7	41,5	46	35,75
25	100		Ethan V Johnson			IND	1314	7	39,5	42,5	30,00