Sharan Rao wins LJ Slovakia Below 2300 Rating Tournament 2023, Jeet Jain second

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/07/2023

FMs - Sharan Rao, Jeet Jain and Martin Zvarik (SVK) scored 6.5/8 each at LJ Slovakia Open Below 2300 Rating Tournament 2023. Sharan became champion due to better tie-breaks. Jeet and Zvarik were placed second and third. Only Sharan suffered one loss out of the top three. His sole defeat was against the eventual runner-up, Jeet. The total prize fund of the tournament was €4300. The top three prizes were €700, €500 and €400 each respectively. This is Sharan's second triumph of the year. He became Karnataka State Rapid 2023 champion on 30th April. After his triumph in Slovakia, Sharan went on to score his final IM-norm at Karel Janeček Open, 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023.

Top three score 6.5/8

Three players FM Sharan Rao, FM Jeet Jain and FM Martin Zvarik (SVK) were in the lead 6/7 heading into the final round. Sharan drew with Zvarik and Jeet drew his game against Martin Solcan (SVK). Thus, Shara, Jeet and Zvarik were placed first, second and third according to their tie-break scores.

Champion - FM Sharan Rao 6.5/8

Runner-up - FM Jeet Jain 6.5/8

The top six finishers | Photo: Slovakia Chess Open fb

FM Sharan Rao scored 6.5/8 and gained 15.8 Elo rating points

FM Sharan Rao and... | Photo: Slovakia Chess Open fb

...FM Jeet Jain in action | Photo: Slovakia Chess Open fb

The tournament hall at Hotel Sorea*** in Liptovský Ján, Slovakia | Photo: Slovakia Chess Open fb

A total of 137 players took part from nine countries across the world in this four-day eight-round Swiss League Below 2300 Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Slovak Chess Federation at Hotel Sorea in Liptovský Ján, Slovakia from 15th to 18th June 2023. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	2	FM	Sharan Rao				IND	2248	0		6,5	39,5	0	6	20	15,8
2	5	FM	Jeet Jain				IND	2199	0		6,5	39	0	5	20	26,4
3	13	FM	Zvarik Martin				SVK	2151	0	Sk Visnove	6,5	38,5	0	5	20	28,8
4	10		Solcan Martin				SVK	2165	0	Sk Levice	6	39	0	5	20	11,2
5	21		Lauda Alexandr				MDA	2078	0		6	38,5	0	4	20	30,4
6	1	FM	Stevik Patrik	U20			SVK	2275	0	Sk Junior Cvc Banska Bystrica	6	37	0	4	20	-8,6
7	16		Gorbenko Rustem				UKR	2111	0		6	36,5	0	5	20	15,2
8	12		Holly Andrej	U20		RL	SVK	2158	0	Liptovska Sachova Skola	6	36,5	0	4	20	5,2
9	7		Gyerpal Adrian	U20			SVK	2190	0	Sk Cebovce	6	36,5	0	4	20	-2
10	8	FM	Zetocha Adrian	U20			SVK	2167	0	Sk Slovan Bratislava	6	36	0	5	20	4,8
11	3		Fenik Jozef				SVK	2218	0	Msk Vranov Nad Toplou	6	35,5	0	4	20	2
12	11		Koval Jakub				SVK	2159	0	Psk Tatran Dason Ism Presov	6	34,5	0	6	20	0,2
13	6		Bango Lukas				SVK	2198	0	Tss Trnava Msk Sered	6	34	0	6	20	0,2
14	19		Skreno Vladimir				SVK	2088	0	Nitriansky Sachovy Klub Nitra	5,5	35	0	5	20	4,6
15	23		Kulich Filip	U20			SVK	2028	0	Sk Povazske Podhradie	5,5	35	0	4	40	3,2

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