Mummana Venkata Ruthvik wins 2nd Sri Chess Academy Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/02/2024

Mummana Venkata Ruthvik and Ashutosh Kumar scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 at 2nd Sri Chess Academy Rating Open 2024. The 14-year-old Mummana won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. Ashutosh was placed second. Mohit Kumar Soni, Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy, Hariram Saikrishna Perecharla (USA), Sreetej B and D Lakshmanrao scored 7/8 each. They secured third to seventh place respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹30000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each. Mummana defeated the eventual second runner-up Mohit in the seventh round. The four-day rating tournament was organized by Sri Chess Academy from 25th to 28th January 2024 at S3 Sports Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Photos: V Srikanth/Sri Chess Academy

Mummana's first rating tournament triumph

Mummana Venkata Ruthvik, Ramana Babu B, Ashutosh Kumar and Dhinesh Babu K were the four leaders 6.5/7, before the final round. Ramana and Dhinesh lost to Mummana and Ashutosh respectively in the last round. Mummana and Ashutosh secured first and second place. Mohit defeated Sravyasree Bheemarasetty to finish third. 10-year-old Hariram Saikrishna Perecharla (USA) is the youngest top ten finisher. He scored 7/8 to be placed fifth.

Champion - Mummana Venkata Ruthvik 7.5/8

Runner-up - Ashutosh Kumar 7.5/8

Second Runner-up - Mohit Kumar Soni 7/8

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd Ashutosh Kumar 7.5/8, 1st Mummana Venkata Ruthvik 7.5/8 and 3rd Mohit Kumar Soni 8/9

Mummana Venkata Ruthvik scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 and gained 16.52 Elo rating points

Lighting of the lamp

Inuguration Ceremony

4th Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy 7/8

5th Hariram Saikrishna Perecharla (USA) 7/8

The tournament hall at S3 Sports Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Thanks to V Srikanth for sharing the photos.

A total of 413 players took part from various states across the country and one from Australia and USA each. The four-day eight round Rating tournament was organized by Sri Chess Academy at S3 Sports Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 25th to 28th January 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	4		Mummana, Venkata Ruthvik	U15	IND	1841	VSP	7,5	41,5	45,5	42,25	7
2	10		Ashutosh, Kumar		IND	1659	Bihar	7,5	38,5	42,5	40,50	7
3	9		Mohit, Kumar Soni		IND	1675	Bihar	7	42	46	38,50	7
4	29		Srivardhan, Reddy Devareddy		IND	1404	AP	7	38,5	40,5	34,50	7
5	33		Perecharla, Hariram Saikrishna	U11	USA	1364	USA	7	38	42	36,00	7
6	28		Sreetej, B	U15	IND	1404	TG	7	38	41	33,00	7
7	3		Lakshmanrao, D.		IND	1974	AP	7	38	40	32,75	6
8	5		Ramana, Babu B.		IND	1770	VSP	6,5	43	47	36,25	6
9	12		Naveen, K S		IND	1629	TN	6,5	41	45,5	36,25	5
10	19		K., Dhinesh Babu		IND	1532	TN	6,5	41	42	31,25	6
11	31		Vamsi Krishna, R		IND	1385	VSP	6,5	40	42,5	32,25	6
12	20		Surada, Yashaswi Satya Gangadhar	U15	IND	1508	AP	6,5	39	43	34,00	5
13	23		Aryagopal,		IND	1483	KARNATAKA	6,5	38	41,5	30,50	6
14	40	AIM	Chandra, Mouli K R G V		IND	1317	AP	6,5	36,5	40,5	32,00	6
15	1	FM	Srinivasa Rao, M.		IND	2067	AP	6,5	36,5	39	31,25	6
16	24		Hriday, Nikshipt Adari	U15	IND	1477	VSP	6	41,5	46	32,00	6
17	2		Raghav, Srivathsav V		IND	2017	TG	6	41	45	31,50	6
18	11		Samal, Ansuman		IND	1645	Odissa	6	40,5	44,5	32,75	5
19	16		Sameer, Kumar Y		IND	1566	TG	6	40,5	41	29,00	5
20	18		Suresh, Kolavapalli		IND	1557	AP	6	40	43,5	28,00	6
21	17		Vijaya, Kumar A.V.S.		IND	1564	VSP	6	39,5	41,5	28,50	5
22	8	AFM	Gorli, Nyna	F13	IND	1713	VSP	6	39	43,5	30,00	6
23	104		Karri, Omkar	U15	IND	1091	AP	6	39	42	29,00	6
24	39		Kota, Kalpak Harsha Keertan	U13	IND	1319	AP	6	38	42	28,75	5
25	25	AGM	Karyasheel, P		IND	1476	TG	6	37,5	40,5	29,75	5
26	32		Ravikumar, K		IND	1366	VSP	6	37	39	26,00	6
27	6		Nanda, Kumar T.S.		IND	1768	TN	6	36,5	40	28,50	5
28	22		Sravyasree, Bheemarasetty	F13	IND	1485	AP	6	36,5	39,5	25,50	6
29	63		Alok, Singh Kshatri		IND	1202	Chhattisgarh	6	36	38	27,50	6
30	96		Annipindi, Vamsi	U11	IND	1111	VSP	6	35,5	38,5	27,50	6

Details

Related news:

	Kushagra Mohan wins Masthanaiah Chess World Rapid Rating Open 2023 @ 18/07/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Vignesh N R clinches 34th All India Railway Chess Championship 2022 @ 16/11/2022 by R Anantharam (en)
	Southern Railway dominates 34th All India Railway Team Championship after 16 years @ 10/11/2022 by R Anantharam (en)
	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad wins Leelavathi Memorial 1st Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 10/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Kaustuv Kundu and Ravi Teja win Vizag Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2022 @ 12/10/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Mitrabha Guha clinches 1st Talent Chess Academy All India Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 17/05/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Play at KL University Rapid Rating Open and watch games live on 70 mm Silver Screen @ 01/05/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Krishna Teja clinches Masthanaiah All India Rapid Rating Open 2022 @ 23/03/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	B Giribabu wins Nellore District Senior Championship 2021 @ 29/04/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en)