Praveen Kumar C wins 1st Hindustan Chess Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/10/2023

IM Praveen Kumar C, R Shadhursshaan, Shankar A and Ram S Krishnan scored 8/9 each at 1st Hindustan Chess Rapid Rating Open 2023. Praveen won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, the remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Only Praveen remained undefeated. He defeated the eventual runner-up, Shadhursshaan in the fifth round. Ram's victory over the sole leader Selvamurugan B in the final round, allowed Praveen to catch up. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹25000 + trophy, ₹18000 and ₹12000 each respectively. This is Praveen's first rating tournament triumph since August 2019. Photos: Hindustan Chess

Top four score 8/9

Selvamurugan B was the sole leader 7.5/8 heading into the final round. Eight players were at 7/8 each. Ram S Krishnan defeated Selvamurugan, Srinish Udhayan M lost to IM Praveen Kumar C, Shankar A defeated Nirmal L and R Shadhursshaan won against Mohammed Tharig S. Thus, Praveen became champion, Shadhursshaan second and Shankar third.

Champion - IM Praveen Kumar C 8/9

Runner-up - R Shadhursshaan 8/9

IM Praveen Kumar C scored an unbeaten 8/9, defeated the eventual runner-up in the fifth round

A total of 367 players including an IM took part from various places all over the country in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Hindustan Chess at Saraswathi Narayanan College in Madurai, 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	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	IM	Praveen, Kumar C		IND	2043	Tn	8	53,5	58	50,75	0	7
2	12		Shadhursshaan, R		IND	1632		8	50,5	55	47,50	0	8
3	2		Shankar, A.		IND	2005		8	50	53,5	47,00	0	8
4	4		Ram, S. Krishnan		IND	1993	Tn-Mdu	8	50	52,5	45,50	0	8
5	8		Selvamurugan, B		IND	1736	Tn-Mdu	7,5	53,5	57	45,50	0	7
6	26		Prawin, K		IND	1457	Tn-Mdu	7,5	46,5	50,5	41,25	0	7
7	17		Mohammed, Tharig S		IND	1576	Tn-Mdu	7	53,5	58,5	43,00	0	7
8	7		Manigandan, S S		IND	1880		7	53	55	40,00	0	6
9	18		Jaidambareesh, N R		IND	1568		7	52,5	55,5	40,00	0	7
10	21		Nirmal, L		IND	1557		7	51	55,5	41,25	0	6
11	5		Ganesh, Babu S		IND	1985		7	50	55	41,00	0	6
12	32	AFM	Siddhartha, B		IND	1392	Tn	7	50	54,5	40,00	0	6
13	35		Kirpesh, I		IND	1359		7	49,5	54	38,00	0	7
14	27		Vel, Murugan B		IND	1445	Tn	7	48,5	52,5	39,25	0	6
15	22	ACM	Madhavakrishnan, R		IND	1548	Tn-Mdu	7	48	52	38,00	0	6
16	42		Srinish, Udhayan M		IND	1321	Tn-Mdu	7	47,5	50	36,00	0	7
17	28		Gopinath, P		IND	1441	Aca	7	47	50,5	39,25	0	6
18	34		Sudarsan, L P		IND	1369	Tn-Mdu	7	46	50	37,50	0	7
19	13		Rathish, T.J.		IND	1613		7	46	49,5	36,75	0	6
20	14	AIM	Arul, Prakash N		IND	1605	Tn-Mdu	7	46	48	36,25	0	6
21	37		Sowthish, Kumar K		IND	1346		7	45	49	36,50	0	6
22	40		Jawahar, P S		IND	1333	Tn-Mdu	7	44,5	48,5	38,00	0	5
23	44		Akshaya Vignesh, M		IND	1309	Tn	7	43,5	46	35,00	0	7
24	116		Pranav, V B		IND	1066	Tn	7	42,5	46,5	35,00	0	6
25	58		Vishweswaran, N		IND	1227		7	42,5	45,5	33,50	0	7
26	11		Godson, Merlin E		IND	1650		6,5	52,5	57	39,25	0	5
27	24		Shanmugasundaram, G.		IND	1504	Tn-Mdu	6,5	49,5	53,5	35,75	0	6
28	9		Rajasekaran, P.		IND	1734		6,5	48,5	52,5	36,00	0	6
29	10		Alaguraja, M.A.		IND	1718	Tn-Pc	6,5	48	52	35,00	0	6
30	19		Pramod, K K		IND	1567	Kerala	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,50	0	6