Top three score an unbeaten 8/9
Apart from organizing three consecutive rating tournaments in the month of April 2023, FI NA Sushrutha Reddy also took part in this event. He scored 7/9 and finished 14th. After this, he went on to win Vrindavana Chess Festival DCC Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023. We will mention it in a separate article.
Champion - Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
Runner-up - Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
Second Runner-up - Aarav Saish Amonkar 8/9 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande scored 8/9, remained undefeated and gained a massive 145.6 Elo rating points
Prize winners of various categories with Chief Arbiter, IA Vasanth B H and FI NA Sushrutha Reddy | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
89-year-old T V Subramanian (left) scored a commendable 4.5/9
| Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
Trophies for the prize winners
| Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
Players in action at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy
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A total of 361 players participated from various states across the country and one from Australia, Scotland and Singapore each. The three-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka from 13th to 15th April 2023. The time control for the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 63 | Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande, | IND | 1304 | KA | 8 | 49,5 | 53 | 45,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 68 | Srivardhan Reddy Devareddy, | IND | 1290 | AP | 8 | 49,5 | 53 | 45,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 33 | Aarav Saish Amonkar, | U13 | IND | 1404 | KA | 8 | 49 | 53 | 45,75 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Advait Ratnakar Vibhute, | IND | 1524 | KA | 7,5 | 53 | 57 | 45,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 19 | Sai, Kiran G V | IND | 1473 | TN | 7,5 | 50 | 54,5 | 44,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 14 | Balakowshi D S, | IND | 1492 | TN | 7,5 | 49,5 | 53 | 43,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 34 | Shibin K Benny, | IND | 1404 | KA | 7,5 | 46 | 49,5 | 41,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Satheesh, Kumar G | IND | 1556 | TN | 7 | 53 | 57 | 41,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 12 | Vishwanath Kannam, | IND | 1498 | TG | 7 | 51 | 55,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 18 | Muhammed Reja C, | IND | 1475 | KA | 7 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 85 | Harish Karthik M, | IND | 1252 | TN | 7 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 6 | Chiranth M D, | IND | 1523 | KA | 7 | 47,5 | 52 | 39,75 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 13 | 22 | Samuel Mathew, | IND | 1459 | KA | 7 | 47,5 | 51 | 38,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 14 | 15 | AIM | Sushrutha, Reddy | IND | 1490 | KA | 7 | 47 | 50,5 | 36,75 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 44 | AFM | Aruna Dinakara, | IND | 1363 | KA | 7 | 44,5 | 46,5 | 33,50 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 43 | AGM | Mathiyazhagan M, | IND | 1366 | PY | 7 | 43,5 | 46,5 | 33,00 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 49 | Rishi R, | IND | 1350 | TN | 7 | 42,5 | 44,5 | 33,25 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 18 | 61 | Deepak, Kushwaha | IND | 1313 | UP | 7 | 42,5 | 44 | 32,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 19 | 112 | Pranav, Ganesh Prabhu | U13 | IND | 1191 | TN | 7 | 39,5 | 42 | 30,00 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Kesavan, G | IND | 1525 | TN | 6,5 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 38,75 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 21 | 32 | Siddharthan Anandan, | IND | 1405 | TN | 6,5 | 52 | 56 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 22 | 80 | Sripathi, Surendar | IND | 1264 | TN | 6,5 | 51 | 52,5 | 34,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 23 | 60 | Prasanth, Bhuvan Krishna | U13 | IND | 1317 | KA | 6,5 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 35,50 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 55 | Ram, Natraj M | IND | 1325 | TN | 6,5 | 49,5 | 54 | 36,00 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 25 | 46 | Karthik S, | IND | 1360 | KA | 6,5 | 48 | 51,5 | 35,25 | 0 | 5 |
