Pranav Venkatesh wins 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022
IM Pranav Venkatesh scored an unbeaten 7.0/7. He finished a half point ahead of the field to win 1st BCF Rapid Rating Open 2022. Three players scored 6.5/7 - IM Praveen Kumar C, R Ashwath and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Pranav won ₹25000 cash and a trophy, Runner-up Praveen earned ₹20000 and Ashwath received ₹15000 cash as their respective prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹150000. The one-day seven-round rapid rating tournament was organized by Bruno Chess Foundation on 3rd April at Velankanni Public School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Pranav's third triumph of 2022
Four players were 6.0/6 heading into the final round - India's 73rd GM Bharath Subramaniyam H, top seed of the tournament R Ashwath, Pranav Venkatesh and Surendran N. Ashwath drew with Bharath on top board and Pranav beat Surendran on the second board in the final round. Thus, Pranav became a clear champion.
This is Pranav's third triumph of the year. He started the year by winning 4th Kudremukh All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. Then he won the 69th Tamil Nadu State Championship in February. It was also his third consecutive state championship. Then he finished second at MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open in March.
A total of 453 players including a GM and three IMs took from various part of the country. The tournament was organized by Bruno Chess Foundation on 3rd April 2022 at Velankanni Public School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The seven-round Swiss league Rapid Rating event had a time control of 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment.
Final Standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
1 | 2 | IM | Pranav V | 2207 | 7,0 | 33,0 | 36,0 | 36,50 | 0,0 | 7 | |
2 | 3 | IM | Praveen Kumar C | 2189 | 6,5 | 31,0 | 34,5 | 32,25 | 0,0 | 6 | |
3 | 1 | Ashwath R. | 2244 | 6,5 | 31,0 | 33,5 | 30,25 | 0,0 | 6 | ||
4 | 5 | IM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | U15 | 2165 | 6,5 | 30,0 | 32,5 | 29,25 | 0,0 | 6 |
5 | 12 | FM | Vinoth Kumar M. | 1978 | 6,0 | 32,0 | 35,0 | 28,50 | 0,0 | 6 | |
6 | 7 | Surendran N | 2072 | 6,0 | 31,5 | 34,5 | 27,50 | 0,0 | 6 | ||
7 | 55 | Tanish Ragavan S | U12 | 1405 | 6,0 | 30,5 | 32,5 | 26,00 | 0,0 | 6 | |
8 | 69 | Nawin M S | 1339 | 6,0 | 30,0 | 33,0 | 24,00 | 0,0 | 6 | ||
9 | 11 | Elancheralathan P | 1979 | 6,0 | 29,5 | 33,0 | 27,75 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
10 | 24 | Rohit S | U15 | 1592 | 6,0 | 29,5 | 32,0 | 25,00 | 0,0 | 6 | |
11 | 14 | IM | Ajay Karthikeyan | 1760 | 6,0 | 29,0 | 33,0 | 27,00 | 0,0 | 6 | |
12 | 6 | Shankar A. | 2104 | 6,0 | 28,5 | 32,0 | 27,00 | 0,0 | 6 | ||
13 | 29 | Tamizh Selvan Ganesan | 1569 | 6,0 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 26,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
14 | 9 | Chaithanyaa K G | 2035 | 6,0 | 25,5 | 29,0 | 25,00 | 0,0 | 6 | ||
15 | 65 | Pranav K P | U15 | 1356 | 6,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 22,50 | 0,0 | 6 | |
16 | 8 | FM | Senthil Maran K | 2039 | 6,0 | 24,0 | 26,5 | 23,00 | 0,0 | 6 | |
17 | 118 | Rajapalem Veera Bhagatheswar Reddy | U15 | 1212 | 6,0 | 23,0 | 25,0 | 22,00 | 0,0 | 6 | |
18 | 40 | Nidheshpa S | 1503 | 5,5 | 31,5 | 34,5 | 25,75 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
19 | 10 | Hemanth Raam | 2005 | 5,5 | 31,5 | 34,5 | 25,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
20 | 53 | Arunkumar Muthukumar | 1411 | 5,5 | 30,0 | 32,0 | 21,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
21 | 71 | Jaikavin Senthilkumar | 1335 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 32,0 | 23,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
22 | 4 | Phoobalan P. | 2166 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 32,0 | 24,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
23 | 27 | Arnav Maheshwari | U15 | 1578 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 31,5 | 23,25 | 0,0 | 5 | |
24 | 41 | Sai Alagappan S | 1500 | 5,5 | 29,0 | 31,0 | 22,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
25 | 13 | Barath L | 1905 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 23,75 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
38 | Thrish Karthik | U15 | 1513 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 23,75 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
27 | 45 | Suman Yaddanapudi | 1492 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 19,25 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
51 | Kannan.V | 1416 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 19,25 | 0,0 | 5 | |||
29 | 61 | Sanjeeth P | U15 | 1374 | 5,5 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 20,00 | 0,0 | 5 | |
30 | 338 | Lukesh A | U15 | 0 | 5,5 | 26,0 | 30,0 | 23,75 | 0,0 | 5 | |
31 | 31 | Sanjay Thiruvengadam | 1561 | 5,5 | 26,0 | 28,5 | 17,75 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
32 | 195 | AFM | Mohit S | U12 | 1095 | 5,5 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 18,75 | 0,0 | 5 |
33 | 197 | Lochan Hari R | U15 | 1095 | 5,5 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 21,25 | 0,0 | 4 | |
34 | 37 | Gokulraj K | 1515 | 5,5 | 23,5 | 26,0 | 19,75 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
35 | 15 | Saranya Y | 1757 | 5,0 | 30,5 | 34,0 | 21,00 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
36 | 23 | Naveen Kanniyappan S | 1605 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 32,5 | 20,50 | 0,0 | 5 | ||
37 | 18 | FM | Ayushh Ravikumar | 1682 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 32,5 | 20,00 | 0,0 | 5 | |
38 | 188 | Srikara Darbha | U15 | 1110 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 32,0 | 22,00 | 0,0 | 5 | |
39 | 84 | Vishnu Vijay | U15 | 1301 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 31,5 | 19,50 | 0,0 | 5 | |
40 | 167 | Nijesh R | U12 | 1146 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 30,0 | 19,25 | 0,0 | 4 |