Dinesh Rajan M wins 2nd Nanban CEG Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/11/2023

Seven players scored 8/9 each at 2nd Nanban CEG Rapid Rating Open 2023. They are - Dinesh Rajan M, GM Vishnu Prasanna V, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, IM Harshavardhan G B, Arpith S Bijoy, IM Ratnakaran K and FM Prasannaa S. Dinesh won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, the remaining six were placed second to seventh respectively. Dinesh, Vishnu, Arpith and Prasannaa remained undefeated among them. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each respectively. This is Dinesh's fourth overall, second rating tournament triumph of 2023. His first rating tournament victory of the year was at 29th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2023 Below 2000 Rating tournament. Photos: GM FT Akash G/The Guindy Times

Top seven score 8/9

Dinesh Rajan M, Arpith S Bijoy and FM Prasannaa S were the three leaders 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Prasannaa drew against Arpith and Dinesh shared the point with IM FT Harikrishnan A Ra. GM Vishnu Prasanna and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy defeated Srihari L and IM P Saravana Krishnan. Dinesh became champion, Vishnu second and Deepan third. 14-year-old Arpith became the youngest among top ten finisher. He was placed fifth and he also remained undefeated.

Champion - Dinesh Rajan M 8/9

Runner-up - GM Vishnu Prasanna V 8/9

Second Runner-up - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy 8/9

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Vishnu Prasanna 8/9, 1st Dinesh Rajan M 8/9 and 3rd GM Deepan Chakkravarthy 8/9

Castle Red and Nanban Foundation presents 2nd Nanban CEG Rapid Rating Open 2023 tournament banner

Dinesh Rajan M scored an unbeaten 8/9 and gained 66.2 Elo rating points

4th IM Harshavardhan G B 8/9

5th Arpith S Bijoy 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

6th IM Ratnakaran K 8/9

7th FM Prasannaa S 8/9

Various prize winners

Top boards

The tournament hall at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Beautiful trophies for the prize winners

Players, parents and accompanying persons at the closing ceremony

The Guindy Times team with India's 66th GM Akash G

A total of 570 players including 3 GMs and 8 IMs took part from various places all over the country and one from Australia in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Castle Red at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 15th October 2023. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	27		Dinesh Rajan M			IND	1902	TN	8	55,5	59,5	52,25	0	7
2	2	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V			IND	2451	TN	8	53,5	58	50,75	0	7
3	3	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2342	TN	8	53,5	58	50,00	0	8
4	4	IM	Harshavardhan G B			IND	2331	TN	8	52,5	57,5	50,00	0	8
5	20		Arpith S Bijoy	U18		IND	2011	KL	8	52,5	56	48,00	0	7
6	7	IM	Ratnakaran K.			IND	2218	KL	8	52	56	49,00	0	8
7	16	FM	Prasannaa.S			IND	2046	TN	8	50,5	53,5	44,50	0	7
8	5	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra			IND	2274	TN	7,5	53,5	57,5	46,50	0	6
9	23	AGM	Vignesh B			IND	1976	TN	7,5	53	56,5	45,25	0	7
10	9	FM	Ashwath R.			IND	2200	TN	7,5	51	55,5	45,00	0	6
11	12	FM	Ram Aravind L N			IND	2111	TN	7,5	50	54	43,25	0	7
12	21		Lokesh N.			IND	2002	TN	7,5	48,5	52	41,75	0	7
13	14	CM	John Veny Akkarakaran	U18		IND	2070	KL	7,5	47	50	41,00	0	7
14	22	FM	Syed Anwar Shazuli			IND	2000	TN	7,5	45	49	40,75	0	7
15	19		Aakash G	U14		IND	2014	TN	7	54,5	59,5	43,50	0	7
16	36		Arnav Maheshwari	U18		IND	1858	TN	7	53	58	42,75	0	6
17	8		Srihari L			IND	2217	PY	7	53	57,5	42,50	0	7
18	30	CM	Barath Kalyan M			IND	1886	TN	7	53	57	41,50	0	6
19	10	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.			IND	2155	TN	7	52,5	56,5	40,50	0	7
20	54		Mithun Anand V			IND	1702	TN	7	51	56	40,50	0	7