232 players take part
Akshayakalpa Organic 3rd HCC Rapid Chess Tournament conducted at Olivemount Global School, Attapur, Hyderabad, event attracted 232 Players out of which 86 international FIDE Rated players including FIDE Masters - Md. Imran, Kandi Ramu, Rishpal Singh, Former National Under-17 Girls champion - Sarayu Velpula (Classical Fide Rating 2444) along with other top seeded players from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and other states. Total Prize fund of the event was ₹60000.
Left to Right: Swapna Mulukutla, Vice President HCC, CM FI Amithpal Singh, President HCC, Joy Padayatty, Director Olivemount Global School, Shashi Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic, Y Sameer Kumar, Secretary HCC, Daya Bethi, Treasurer HCC, Navya Krishna, Chief Arbiter.
Although on the same day, there were two more tournaments simultaneously taking place in Hyderabad, still HCC has done fairly by attracting 234 entries and closing the entries two days ahead of the tournament. In total, more than 600 players took part in Hyderabad in three tournaments on 22nd October.
Akshayakalpa Organic which is already a big name in the Bangalore chess circles has entered with a bang in Hyderabad. The icing on the cake was Shashi Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa, himself playing the tournament and was available from the morning to encourage the chess players.
Joy Padayatty, Director of Olivemount Global School, a Sports Enthusiast, is always supportive for Hyderabad chess.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 5 | Mehta Jwalin | IND | 1971 | 6 | 20,5 | 23 | 23,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni | U15 | IND | 2078 | 5,5 | 23 | 26 | 23,25 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 16 | Dhruva Thota | U15 | IND | 1563 | 5,5 | 22 | 24 | 21,25 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | FM | Ramu K. | IND | 2133 | 5,5 | 21,5 | 23,5 | 21,25 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 29 | Nidhish Shyamal | U09 | IND | 1388 | 5,5 | 19 | 22 | 19,75 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | FM | Md Imran | U15 | IND | 2177 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 20,00 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | 20 | CM | Md Bashiq Imrose | IND | 1494 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 19,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 55 | Shivamshika G | F13 | w | IND | 1185 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 18,50 | 0 | 5 | |
| 9 | 7 | Bhuta Hriday | IND | 1927 | 5 | 21,5 | 23,5 | 18,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 10 | 3 | FM | Singh Rishpal S | IND | 2098 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 19,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 24 | Sriram Adarsh Uppala | U13 | IND | 1424 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 16,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 38 | Andabatla Satvik | U13 | IND | 1286 | 5 | 20,5 | 23,5 | 18,00 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 27 | Narahari Geethika Hasini | w | IND | 1400 | 5 | 20,5 | 23 | 17,50 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Ritesh Maddukuri | U11 | IND | 1413 | 5 | 20,5 | 22,5 | 17,50 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 19 | Natura Bethi | w | IND | 1530 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 18,00 | 0 | 5 |
About the Author
Amithpal Singh is a Candidate Master and FIDE Instructor. He is the President of Hyderabad Chess Centre and also the Director of Maestro Chess Academy.
