IM Al Muthaiah wins 6th Kurukshetra Open 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/08/2019

IM Al Muthaiah continues his phenomenal run in 2019. He gets lucky and wins 6th Kurukshetra Open by scoring 8.0/10, finishing first in tie-breaks. A pack of six players including the champion finished at 8.0/10. They are - IM R Balasubramaniam, GM Saptarshi Roy Choudhury, IM Somak Palit, FM Joydeep Dutta and IM Neeraj Mishra. They were placed 2nd to 6th respectively. This is his second consecutive tournament win in Assam in just 10 days. In both tournaments, Muthaiah drew with Joydeep with the same color black in the final round. Photo: IA Asit Baran Choudhury

Muthaiah wins consecutive tournaments in 10 days, his seventh win in as many months

The podium finishers - Champion IM Al Muthaiah (center), runner-up IM R Balasubramaniam and 2nd runner-up GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury | Photo: Asit Baran Choudhury

Top seed of the tournament IM Al Muthaiah scored an unbeaten 8.0/10 to win 6th Kurukshetra Open 2019. Muthaiah received a a trophy designed in the shape of a king and ₹40000. He drew with all who scored same point as him, only beat India's renowned trainer IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra in round 5.

Muthaiah's unbeaten run at 6th Kurukshetra Open

10 days before winning 6th Kurukshetra Open, Muthaiah won 3rd International Open in Assam by scoring unbeaten 8.5/10. In both tournaments Muthaiah drew with FM Joydeep Dutta in the last round with black pieces. Muthaiah won ₹50000 cash and a beautiful trophy.

Muthaiah's first championship run was in Guwahati, Assam before winning at Dibrugarh, Assam

Champion Al Muthaiah and runner-up R Balasubramaniam with guests | Photo: Asit Baran Choudhury

In the closing ceremony Mr. Narendra Mahila, Vice President, DHSK College, Dr. Intikabur Rahaman, President, Organizing Committee, Mr. Prabin Gogoi, President, Dibrugarh District Chess Association, Mr. Sudhir Nath, Ex-Secretary, AACA were present and distributed the prizes.

Total 195 players including a GM, 4 IMs participated in the tournament from various state across the country. The tournament was organized by Guardians of Greater Dibrugarh Chess Players at DHSK College in Dibrugarh, Assam from 19th to 24th July 2019.

Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	IM	Muthaiah Al			IND	2384	TN	8,0	0,0	66,5	70,5	55,00	6	10	8	8,05	-0,05	10	-0,5
2	5	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam			IND	2198	TN	8,0	0,0	66,0	72,0	56,25	7	10	8	7,09	0,91	10	9,1
3	3	GM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi			IND	2291	Rlys	8,0	0,0	65,0	70,0	54,25	6	10	8	7,62	0,38	10	3,8
4	2	IM	Palit Somak			IND	2322	Rlys	8,0	0,0	63,5	69,0	53,00	7	10	8	8,06	-0,06	10	-0,6
5	7	FM	Dutta Joydeep			IND	2051	Rlys	8,0	0,0	62,5	67,5	53,50	6	10	8	7,33	0,67	20	13,4
6	4	IM	Mishra Neeraj-Kumar			IND	2253	JHAR	8,0	0,0	62,0	67,0	51,75	7	10	8	8,59	-0,59	10	-5,9
7	6		Santu Mondal			IND	2088	CCSC	7,5	0,0	62,0	67,0	48,00	6	10	7,5	6,91	0,59	20	11,8
8	16		Amlan Mahanta			IND	1759	ASSAM	7,5	0,0	60,5	65,5	46,25	6	10	7,5	6,69	0,81	20	16,2
9	17		Iftikar Alom Mazumdar			IND	1750	ASSAM	7,5	0,0	59,5	64,0	46,25	6	10	7,5	6,72	0,78	20	15,6
10	13		Himanshu Moudgil			IND	1783	CCSC	7,5	0,0	58,0	63,0	44,50	7	9	6,5	6,08	0,42	20	8,4
11	10		Rakesh Chakravorty			IND	1877		7,0	0,0	61,5	66,0	43,00	6	10	7	6,54	0,46	20	9,2
12	11		Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur			IND	1865	ASSAM	7,0	0,0	61,0	65,5	43,75	6	10	7	6,98	0,02	20	0,4
13	23		Cheniram Pegu			IND	1684	ASSAM	7,0	0,0	60,5	65,5	42,00	7	10	7	5,56	1,44	20	28,8
14	18		Tuhin Kashyap			IND	1730	ASSAM-DBRG	7,0	0,0	59,5	64,0	40,00	7	10	7	5,45	1,55	40	62,0
15	30		Rintu Brahma			IND	1651	ASSAM	7,0	0,0	58,5	62,5	41,75	5	10	7	5,28	1,72	20	34,4
16	24		Elangbam Shashikanta Singh			IND	1684	MANI	7,0	0,0	56,5	61,0	40,50	6	10	7	6,10	0,90	20	18,0
17	22		Akash Tiwari			IND	1695	WB	7,0	0,0	56,0	60,5	40,75	6	10	7	7,52	-0,52	20	-10,4
18	12		Suvankar Maity			IND	1845	WB	7,0	0,0	56,0	60,0	41,00	6	10	7	8,59	-1,59	20	-31,8
19	14		Subhajit Dhar			IND	1775	ASSAM	7,0	0,0	55,0	60,0	41,25	4	10	7	8,48	-1,48	20	-29,6
20	26		Srivastav J.P			IND	1681	CCSC	7,0	0,0	55,0	59,5	39,50	5	10	7	7,78	-0,78	20	-15,6

Complete standings

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