Bhoopnath wins 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 Category 'B' Below 1900

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/05/2022

Both Bhoopnath and newly crowned National Amateur Under-1700 Open champion, Kushal O scored an unbeaten 8.5/10. They faced each other in the final round and the game was drawn. Bhoopnath clinched the first place at 13th KIIT International Chess Festival Category B (Below 1900) due to better tie-breaks, Kushal had to settle for second place. Krishna Karthik N was adjuged third out of four players who finished with a score of 8/10. Total prize fund for Category B was ₹600000. Top three prizes were ₹60000, ₹45000 and ₹35000 along with a trophy each. Category C (Below 1600) starts today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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

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