Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri victorious at 5th Bangalore Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/04/2023

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri and IM Chakravarthi Reddy M scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 each at 5th Bangalore Rating Open 2023. Bharat became the champion due to better tie-break score, the top seed Chakravarthi was placed second. FM Joydeep Dutta edged past five other players to finish third. The top five finishers remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹700000. The top three prizes were ₹60000 + trophy, ₹50000 and ₹40000 each respectively. Bharat won quite a few tournaments in this year. However, this is his first Rating tournament triumph since October 2022. Earlier this month, Bharat secured a runner-up finish at CCS Chess Festival Rapid Rating Open. Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Top two score an unbeaten 8.5/10

IM Chakravarthi Reddy M had a half point lead 8/9 heading into the final round. He drew with Kunal M. Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri became the sole player out of seven to defeat Om Batra and tie his score with Chakravarthi 8.5/10 each. Bharat became champion as he had better tie-breaks. 11-year-old Jake Shanty is the youngest player to make a top ten finish at this event. He scored 7.5/10 to secure tenth place.

Champion - Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri 8.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Runner-up - IM Chakravarthi Reddy 8.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Second Runner-up - FM Joydeep Dutta 8/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Chakravarthi Reddy M, 1st Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri and 3rd FM Joydeep Dutta | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri scored 8.5/10, remained undefeated and gained only 2 Elo rating points

4th FM Vinoth Kumar M 8/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

5th Kunal M 8/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

7th IM Somak Palit 8/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

8th Shriraj Bhosale 8/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

9th FM Prasannaa S 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

10th Jake Shanty 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

11th FM FT Senthil Maran K 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

13th Peter Anand A 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

14th Arjun Sidharth S 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

17th Yash Abhijit Patil 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

18th Vivaan Sachdev 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

20th Kiran Panditrao 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

21st Augustin A 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

22nd Balkishan A 7.5/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

23rd Sushanth Kamabathula 7/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

24th Hermon Dain Saldanha 7/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

25th Sumeetkumar M S 7/10 | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

89-year-old T V Subramanian scored an impressive 6/10 and gained 29.8 Elo rating points | Photo: FI NA Sushrutha Reddy

Prize winners of various categories with Chief Arbiter, IA Vasanth B H and FI NA Sushrutha Reddy | 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 337 players including 3 IMs participated from various states across the country and one from Australia, Singapore and USA each. The five-day ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Innovators Chess Academy at Virginia Mall in Bangalore, Karnataka from 8th to 12th April 2023. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5		Bharat, Kumar Reddy Poluri			IND	2197	TG	8,5	67,5	72,5	60,75
2	1	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M,			IND	2278	TG	8,5	65	70	58,00
3	8	FM	Dutta, Joydeep			IND	2093	WB	8	65,5	70,5	54,00
4	11	FM	Vinoth Kumar, M.			IND	1973	TN	8	65	70,5	54,75
5	6		Kunal, M.			IND	2172	TN	8	63	67	51,75
6	25		Aritrya Pal,			IND	1651	WB	8	61	66	49,75
7	2	IM	Palit, Somak			IND	2267	PB	8	61	65,5	50,25
8	12		Bhosale, Shriraj			IND	1948	MH	8	60	64	47,25
9	7	FM	Prasannaa S,			IND	2140	TN	7,5	65,5	71,5	51,25
10	17		Jake Shanty,	U13		IND	1733	KL	7,5	62	66,5	47,75
11	4	FM	Senthil, Maran K			IND	2213	TN	7,5	61	67	48,50
12	3	IM	Abhishek Kelkar,			IND	2257	MH	7,5	61	66	47,50
13	14		Peter Anand A,			IND	1869	PY	7,5	60,5	65	45,75
14	23		Arjun Sidharth S,			IND	1662	PY	7,5	59,5	64,5	46,25
15	37	AFM	Sureka Akshat,			IND	1530	KA	7,5	59	63,5	44,75
16	27		Mitul, K H	U13		IND	1629	KA	7,5	58,5	62,5	43,25
17	29	AIM	Yash Abhijit Patil,			IND	1621	KA	7,5	58	63,5	46,50
18	71	AFM	Vivaan Sachdev,	U13		IND	1388	KA	7,5	57	57,5	37,75
19	20		Om Batra,			IND	1690	DL	7,5	56,5	61,5	44,00
20	16	AGM	Kiran Panditrao,			IND	1739	MH	7,5	56,5	60,5	45,50
21	9		Augustin A,			IND	1978	KA	7,5	56	61	46,75
22	13		Balkishan, A.			IND	1915	KA	7,5	53,5	55,5	39,75
23	26		Sushanth Kamabathula,			IND	1638	TG	7	59	64	41,50
24	38		Hermon Dain Saldanha,			IND	1529	KA	7	59	63,5	40,75
25	39		Sumeetkumar, M S			IND	1525	KA	7	57,5	62	39,50