Balasubramaniam wins his first tournament of 2022
IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam (2119) scored seven consecutive victories. He was a full point ahead of the field heading into the final round. A draw was enough for him to win the tournament. That is exactly what he did against the top seed of the tournament, Prasannaa S (TN, 2164) in the final round.
Champion - IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 7.5/8 | Photo: Sa Kannan
IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 and finished a half point ahead of the competition
Runner-up - Umashankar A 7.0/8 | Photo: Sa Kannan
Second Runner-up - Sa Kannan 7.0/8
A total of 272 players including an IM participated in this four-day Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Sri Sai Saravanaa Academy from 5th to 8th May at Sudarshan College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 2 | IM | Ramnathan Balasubramaniam | IND | 2119 | Tamil Nadu | 7,5 | 40,5 | 43,0 | 39,75 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Umashankar A | CC | IND | 1864 | Pondicherry | 7,0 | 38,0 | 42,5 | 36,00 | ||
| 3 | 6 | AGM | Sa Kannan | IND | 1933 | Tamil Nadu | 7,0 | 37,5 | 42,0 | 36,25 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Mishra Sanjeev | IND | 1749 | Maharashtra | 6,5 | 42,0 | 45,5 | 34,75 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Prasannaa.S | IND | 2164 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 41,0 | 44,5 | 34,75 | |||
| 6 | 15 | Vengatesh Krishnan C | IND | 1581 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 39,0 | 43,0 | 32,75 | |||
| 7 | 5 | Selvamurugan B | IND | 1953 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 37,5 | 41,0 | 32,25 | |||
| 8 | 14 | Sathyanarayanan S. | IND | 1595 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 37,0 | 40,5 | 30,25 | |||
| 9 | 20 | Siddhesh B U | IND | 1511 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 40,5 | 44,5 | 31,25 | |||
| 10 | 3 | Arnav Maheshwari | IND | 2093 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 40,0 | 44,0 | 31,00 | |||
| 11 | 22 | Balakowshi D S | IND | 1492 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 39,0 | 42,5 | 28,50 | |||
| 12 | 12 | Paramasivam M. | IND | 1649 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 38,5 | 42,5 | 30,00 | |||
| 13 | 29 | Bharanidharan Nedunchezhian | IND | 1446 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 36,0 | 38,0 | 26,75 | |||
| 14 | 10 | Ashvin Venkat G | IND | 1704 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 35,5 | 39,5 | 28,75 | |||
| 15 | 25 | Yogesh Selvam | IND | 1478 | Tamii Nadu | 6,0 | 35,5 | 39,5 | 27,50 | |||
| 16 | 30 | Vignesh Kannan P | IND | 1444 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 35,5 | 37,0 | 25,00 | |||
| 17 | 24 | Darshan Sasthaa M | IND | 1479 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 35,0 | 39,0 | 27,50 | |||
| 18 | 32 | Rishi R | IND | 1384 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 34,5 | 38,5 | 28,50 | |||
| 19 | 61 | Srinish Udhayan M | IND | 1254 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 34,0 | 34,0 | 22,50 | |||
| 20 | 9 | Sri Sakthivel Murugan C | IND | 1727 | Pondicherry | 6,0 | 33,5 | 37,5 | 27,50 | |||
| 21 | 35 | Kannan.V | IND | 1345 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 33,5 | 35,5 | 24,50 | |||
| 22 | 41 | Nigash G | IND | 1312 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 33,0 | 35,5 | 25,75 | |||
| 23 | 13 | Subramanian V | VT | IND | 1610 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 32,5 | 36,5 | 26,75 | ||
| 24 | 4 | Sridhar J | IND | 2090 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 32,0 | 35,5 | 26,00 | |||
| 25 | 68 | Marikani Kandasamy | IND | 1233 | Tamil Nadu | 6,0 | 32,0 | 33,5 | 23,25 |
