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Sanjib Mali clinches 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 Category 'C' Below 1600

by Shahid Ahmed - 31/05/2022

Starting out as the 23rd seed of the tournament, Sanjib Mali (WB) scored an unbeaten 8.5/9. He finished a half point ahead of the field to win 13th KIIT International Chess Festival Category 'C' Below 1600. 13-year-old Gyana Sai Santhosh M (AP) scored sole 8/9 to finish second. Three players scored 7.5/9 each. KIIT's very own Majhi Fakir was placed third according to the tie-breaks. Total prize fund for Category C was ₹600000. Top three prizes were ₹60000, ₹40000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each. A total of 418 players participated from all over the country, Singapore, Sri Lanka and USA in this four-day tournament organized by All Odisha Chess Association and KIIT University. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vinayak Singh Yadav impresses again

11-year-old, Vinayak Singh Yadav (1238) once again delivered a fantastic performance. He was placed fourth in Category B. In Category C, 13 players scored 7/10. He was placed ninth according to tie-breaks. He also gained 152.8 Elo rating points.

Champion - Sanjib Mali 8.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sanjib scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, drew his final round game as it was enough to win the tournament

Runner-up - Gyana Sai Santhosh M 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Majhi Fakir 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Gyana Sai Santhosh M, 1st Sanjib Mali and 3rd Majhi Fakir | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The tournament hall | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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A total of 418 players participated from all over the country, Singapore, Sri Lanka and USA in this four-day tournament. The tournament was organized by All Odisha Chess Association and KIIT University from 26th to 29th May at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Karnataka. The time control for the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
123
Sanjib MaliIND1516West Bengal8,551,556,052,502047,0
212
Gyana Sai Santhosh MIND1537Andra Pradesh8,051,055,046,504077,6
329
Majhi FakirIND1498Kiit7,551,554,543,004050,8
464
Harshit SinghIND1404Uttar Pradesh7,549,553,543,254089,2
576
Tharshan M KIND1361Tamil Nadu7,541,544,035,254038,8
619
Lavyaajyoti RoutrayIND1523Chhattisgarh7,050,054,039,254018,0
717
Khadanga Omm AdityaIND1528Odisha7,047,050,038,2540-9,6
82
Alvares SidarthIND1585Maharashtra7,046,551,038,5020-13,6
9146
Vinayak Singh YadavU12IND1238Uttar Pradesh7,045,049,036,0040152,8
1087
Shrihan SabatU12IND1329Odisha7,045,048,536,0040103,6
11161
Parth BelwalIND1207Delhi7,045,045,534,0040170,4
12414
Tejas LohaniIND0Odisha7,043,548,036,25
1316
Rituraj TamuliIND1532Assam7,043,547,035,0020-12,6
1466
Abishek KIND1400Kerala7,043,546,033,002024,2
15110
Ayush DasIND1289West Bengal7,043,047,034,504041,6
1632
Chourasia PratikIND1485Odisha7,043,046,534,5040-8,8
1755
Tushar BanerjeeIND1432West Bengal7,042,044,533,2520-7,6
18124
ACMParigyan ChakrabortyU12IND1261West Bengal7,040,544,034,004080,8
1930
Deep DasIND1491Assam6,553,057,538,7520-3,2
20159
Bivor AdakU13IND1210West Bengal6,551,054,037,5040157,2
2167
Rachishnu DattaIND1398West Bengal6,550,553,035,004025,6
2245
Swain Arin AnweshIND1459Odisha6,549,054,036,754022,8
235
Amitansu PriyadarsanIND1573Odisha6,549,053,537,7520-15,2
2424
Shambo DuttaIND1511West Bengal6,548,052,035,2520-11,2
2533
Babula BhoiIND1484Kiit6,547,051,035,2520-20,0
26208
Tanish DasU13IND1128West Bengal6,547,050,035,0040172,4
27108
Rishan DebnathU12IND1294West Bengal6,547,050,034,754092,0
2879
Sahoo Devendra KumarS60IND1357Odisha6,546,550,533,0020-11,0
29143
Sreedeep GanguliIND1240West Bengal6,546,549,033,004084,8
30184
Raman Siddhardh BU11IND1169Andhra Pradesh6,546,051,036,0040151,6
3114
Lochan Kumar DasIND1533Odisha6,546,049,534,2520-18,4
3239
Madhvendra Pratap SharmaU09IND1468Madhya Pradesh6,545,048,534,2540-24,4
3334
Yashad BambeshwarU13IND1481Chhattisgarh6,544,548,533,7540-25,6
34118
Keshav PadmanabhanIND1276Tamil Nadu6,544,548,033,0040149,6
3515
Tripathy TanmayaIND1533Odisha6,544,547,032,2540-31,2
366
Pattnaik BishalIND1571Odisha6,543,547,032,2520-22,4
37101
Sourjya MukherjeeU13IND1310West Bengal6,543,046,530,004032,0
38107
Sovna Sonali JenawIND1297Odisha6,543,046,029,002034,2
3992
Srinath BhoiS60IND1324Odisha6,541,044,531,502018,8
4068
Yashsva Anil KanholkarIND1395Chhattisgarh6,539,543,030,2540-28,8

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