11-year-old Vinayak Singh Yadav impresses
Four players scored 8/10. 11-year-old, Vinayak Singh Yadav (1238) was placed fouth according to tie-breaks. He scored an impressive 8/10 and gained a mammoth 218.8 Elo rating points.
Champion - Bhoopnath 8.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
I prepared by avoiding chess engines - Bhoopnath | Video: ChessBase India
Bhoopnath scored an unbeaten 8.5/10, drew with the eventual runner-up Kushal O in the final round
Runner-up - Kushal O 8.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
I watched a bunch of movies before tournaments - Kushal O | Video: ChessBase India
Second Runner-up - Krishna Karthik N 8/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
I want to see where Chess takes me - Krishna Karthik N | Video: ChessBase India
4th Vinayak Singh Yadav 8/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
The tournament hall | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
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A total of 327 players participated from all over the country and Kenya in this four-day tournament. The tournament was organized by All Odisha Chess Association and KIIT University from 22nd to 25th May at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Karnataka. The time control for the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 18 | Bhoopnath | IND | 1690 | 8,5 | 59,5 | 64,0 | 53,00 | |||
| 2 | 19 | Kushal O | IND | 1686 | 8,5 | 57,0 | 62,0 | 52,00 | |||
| 3 | 26 | Krishna Karthik N | IND | 1646 | 8,0 | 59,5 | 65,0 | 51,50 | |||
| 4 | 155 | Vinayak Singh Yadav | IND | 1238 | 8,0 | 55,0 | 58,0 | 44,00 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Hitesh S. Jariya | IND | 1819 | 8,0 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 47,75 | |||
| 6 | 11 | Karjee Manindra | IND | 1755 | 8,0 | 51,5 | 56,0 | 45,25 | |||
| 7 | 101 | Lakshmi Charan Naidu G | IND | 1353 | 7,5 | 62,5 | 67,0 | 48,50 | |||
| 8 | 66 | Gokulakrishna S | IND | 1465 | 7,5 | 62,5 | 67,0 | 47,25 | |||
| 9 | 31 | Mrityunjay Kumar | IND | 1617 | 7,5 | 59,0 | 63,0 | 44,25 | |||
| 10 | 64 | ACM | Aatreya Saha | IND | 1467 | 7,5 | 58,5 | 62,5 | 45,25 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Sahu Rajendra Kumar | IND | 1831 | 7,5 | 57,0 | 61,5 | 44,50 | |||
| 12 | 27 | Mughaho Awomi | IND | 1646 | 7,5 | 56,5 | 61,5 | 44,75 | |||
| 13 | 17 | Kishore Kumar Jaganathan | IND | 1705 | 7,5 | 56,5 | 61,0 | 43,75 | |||
| 14 | 41 | Balaji P | IND | 1545 | 7,5 | 55,0 | 60,0 | 44,50 | |||
| 15 | 8 | Kishan Kumar | IND | 1775 | 7,5 | 55,0 | 59,5 | 42,50 | |||
| 16 | 46 | Rituraj Tamuli | PH | IND | 1532 | 7,5 | 52,0 | 55,5 | 40,75 | ||
| 17 | 81 | Vandan Alankar Sawai | IND | 1428 | 7,0 | 62,0 | 65,5 | 42,00 | |||
| 18 | 134 | Ayush Das | IND | 1289 | 7,0 | 61,5 | 64,0 | 41,00 | |||
| 19 | 28 | AIM | Subhabrata Roy | IND | 1636 | 7,0 | 58,0 | 64,0 | 44,00 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Nayak Sanjeeban | IND | 1779 | 7,0 | 57,5 | 62,0 | 42,00 | |||
| 21 | 63 | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | IND | 1468 | 7,0 | 57,0 | 60,5 | 38,50 | |||
| 22 | 43 | Arkya Chatterjee | IND | 1535 | 7,0 | 56,0 | 61,0 | 40,25 | |||
| 23 | 30 | Anubhab Gupta | IND | 1619 | 7,0 | 54,5 | 59,0 | 38,75 | |||
| 24 | 80 | Anshuman Ganguly | IND | 1429 | 7,0 | 54,0 | 58,5 | 39,50 | |||
| 25 | 117 | Danvanth R | IND | 1319 | 7,0 | 54,0 | 56,5 | 38,50 | |||
| 26 | 25 | Rabindra Kumar Ojha | IND | 1647 | 7,0 | 53,5 | 58,0 | 40,00 | |||
| 27 | 53 | Khillo Purna | IND | 1508 | 7,0 | 53,5 | 57,0 | 38,75 | |||
| 28 | 91 | Rachishnu Datta | IND | 1398 | 7,0 | 52,0 | 56,0 | 35,00 | |||
| 29 | 150 | Sahoo Stitaprangya | IND | 1249 | 7,0 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 35,50 | |||
| 30 | 109 | Sritama Sen | w | IND | 1325 | 7,0 | 50,5 | 53,0 | 34,75 |
