Top seed Stany dominates the field
Starting out as the top seed, GM Stany GA scored 10.0/11 to win Mandya Chess Academy All India Open Blitz tournament. He finished a half point ahead of the runner-up IM Nitin S who scored 9.5/11. Stany suffered only one loss in the seventh round of the tournament against IM P Saravana Krishnan who scored 8.5/11 and finished ninth. Four players finished at 9.0/11. Among them R Ashwath was placed third due to his better tie-break score.
Stany beat Karnataka's first GM Thejkumar in the final round to become champion of the tournament.
Total 326 players including 79 women participated from eight different states including a union territory - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu. The tournament was organized by Mandya Chess Academy at SB Samudaya Bhavan, Mandya, Karnataka on 1st December 2019. Total prize fund ₹200500 and trophies were distributed among the prize winners.
The tournament was supported by Superintendent ARTO, Nagamangala, Vinay Kumar RS Class 1, Contractor PWD, Ms. Meera Shivalingaiah SB Education Trust, Podar International School, Daffodils School, IGI Chess & Abacus Educations, Ms. Jyoti Suryavamshi and Rajani Anand.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | Gr | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Stany G.A. | IND | 2488 | Kar | 10,0 | 0,0 | 81,0 | 87,0 | 78,50 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2401 | Tn | 9,5 | 0,0 | 78,5 | 81,0 | 67,00 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Ashwath R. | IND | 2265 | Tn | 9,0 | 0,0 | 81,5 | 85,5 | 66,50 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 11 | Shet Prajwal P | IND | 1914 | Kar | 9,0 | 0,0 | 79,0 | 84,0 | 66,00 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 14 | Likhit Chilukuri | IND | 1836 | Kar | 9,0 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 78,0 | 60,50 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 45 | Pathak Gir Raj | IND | 1423 | Mp | 9,0 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 70,5 | 55,00 | 9 | |||
| 7 | 3 | GM | Thejkumar M. S. | IND | 2313 | Kar | 8,5 | 0,0 | 82,0 | 86,0 | 63,00 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Syed Anwar Shazuli | IND | 2244 | ICF | 8,5 | 0,0 | 81,5 | 87,5 | 64,25 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 5 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | IND | 2246 | KVB | 8,5 | 0,0 | 80,0 | 83,5 | 62,00 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Ojas Kulkarni | IND | 2069 | Kar | 8,5 | 0,0 | 76,5 | 80,5 | 58,50 | 8 | |||
| 11 | 51 | Shivanth M | U15 | IND | 1354 | Kar | 8,5 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 78,0 | 57,50 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 34 | Chiranth M D | IND | 1494 | Kar | 8,5 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 73,0 | 52,25 | 8 | |||
| 13 | 9 | Swaraj Palit | IND | 1999 | Jha | 8,5 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 74,0 | 56,25 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 25 | Afreed T Khan | IND | 1593 | Ap | 8,0 | 0,0 | 80,5 | 84,5 | 58,50 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 7 | Phoobalan P. | IND | 2234 | ICF | 8,0 | 0,0 | 79,0 | 83,0 | 56,50 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 10 | Sharan Rao | IND | 1963 | Kar | 8,0 | 0,0 | 75,5 | 81,0 | 56,00 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 17 | AIM | Abhijit Chutia | IND | 1780 | Kar | 8,0 | 0,0 | 75,5 | 80,0 | 53,50 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Subash Sanker D M | IND | 1629 | Tn | 8,0 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 78,0 | 52,00 | 8 | |||
| 19 | 39 | AGM | Sriram Udhayakumar | U15 | IND | 1454 | Kar | 8,0 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 78,0 | 52,50 | 8 | |
| 20 | 35 | Druva Chipli | IND | 1472 | Kar | 8,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 77,0 | 51,50 | 8 |
