Vigneshwaran S wins 1st Prime Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/12/2022

As many as ten players finished the tournament with a score of 7/8. Vigneshwaran S clinched 1st Prime Chess Academy Rapid Rating Open 2022 due to better tie-breaks. IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam and 12-year-old Vignesh Kannan P secured second and third place. Vigneshwaran drew with the runner-up and defeated the second runner-up in round 7 and 6 respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹15000, ₹13000 and ₹12000 along with a trophy each. A total of 367 players participated in this one-day event held at Vriksha Global School on 20th November 2022. Total number of prizes were 250, out of them 115 were cash prizes and 135 cups. Photo: S Gnanasekaran

Top ten score 7/8

This was Vigneshwaran's first tournament triumph of his career. Winning it on such a large field of 367 players in a one-day Rapid Rating tournament is a huge feat. 12-year-old Vignesh Kannan P scored an impressive 7/8 to finish third. His sole loss of the event was against the eventual champion, Vigneshwaran S in the sixth round.

Champion - Vigneshwaran S 7/8 | Photo: S Gnanasekaran

Runner-up - IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 7/8 | Photo: S Gnanasekaran

Vigneshwaran S scored an unbeaten 7/8 and gained 13.4 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Vriksha Global School at Namakkal, Tamil Nadu | Photo: S Gnanasekaran

Thanks to S Gnanasekaran, Secretary, Namakkal District Chess Foundation for sharing the photos.

A total of 367 players including an IM took part from various parts of Tamil Nadu and one from USA. The one-day eight-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Prime Chess Academy at Vriksha Global School at Namakkal, Tamil Nadu on 20th November 2022. The time control of the tournament was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8		Vigneshwaran S			IND	1837	TN-N	7	45,5	49,5	42,50	0	6
2	5	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam			IND	1949	Chengalpattu	7	42	46,5	39,50	0	6
3	25		Vignesh Kannan P	U12		IND	1483	Karaikkudi	7	41	45	38,00	0	7
4	2		Hirthickkesh Pr			IND	2074	Cuddalore	7	41	43	36,50	0	6
5	19		Dharmaraj P.			IND	1726	Thoothukudi	7	40,5	44,5	38,00	0	6
6	4		Manigandan S S			IND	1979	Madurai	7	39,5	41,5	34,50	0	7
7	13		Gowtham K K			IND	1811	Coimbatore	7	38,5	41	35,25	0	6
8	1		Ram S. Krishnan			IND	2083	BSNL	7	38	42,5	36,50	0	7
9	29		Raaghav Kabil M	U16		IND	1416	Tirunelveli	7	37,5	41,5	34,50	0	7
10	18		Vijay P			IND	1743	Erode	7	37	41	36,50	0	7
11	7		Akil A S J			IND	1847	Madurai	6,5	41	44	33,75	0	6
12	11	FM	Ayushh Ravikumar			IND	1818	Chennai	6,5	40	44	34,00	0	6
13	26		Nigash G	U16		IND	1472	Thoothukudi	6,5	38,5	42,5	32,50	0	6
14	20	AGM	Kannan R.			IND	1629	Erode	6,5	38	42	33,75	0	6
15	3		Stanley Samson P.			IND	2006	Thoothukudi	6	42	45	31,25	0	5
16	21		Nandish V S	U14		IND	1602	Coimbatore	6	40,5	45,5	32,50	0	5
17	52		Vipin K A	U16		IND	1223	Erode	6	39,5	43,5	30,50	0	6
18	24		Gokulakrishna S	U16		IND	1518	Tirupur	6	39	43	29,00	0	6
19	17		Dhanasekar K.			IND	1757	Coimbatore	6	39	42,5	28,50	0	6
20	14		Selvamurugan B			IND	1809	Madurai	6	39	41,5	29,00	0	6