Deepan domination at First Kashvi Chess School Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/10/2019

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of Integral Coach Factory scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 to win First Kashvi Chess School Open. He finished a half point ahead of the runner-up. Senthil Maran and Lokesh of Tamil Nadu, both scored 7.5/9. They were placed second and third according to their tie-break score. The Below 1600 tournament was won by Saikanth Nagasri of Andhra Pradesh. He scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to become champion. Both winners of the tournament received ₹100000 and a huge new trophy each. Total 551 players participated from all over the country combining both tournaments and total ₹2032000 prize fund was distributed among the prize winners. Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Deepan wins his second tournament within a month

Top seed of the tournament GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of ICF scored an unbeaten 8.0/9 to win his second consecutive tournament within a month.

Deepan with his champion's trophy and ₹100000 cash prize | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Deepan beat Karnataka's first GM in the final round to win the tournament

Runner-up Senthil Maran scored 7.5/9, remained unbeaten, received a trophy and ₹70000 cash | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Second runner-up Lokesh N also scored 7.5/9, won a trophy and ₹40000 cash | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Saikanth Nagasri wins KCS 1st Below 1600

Eight seeded Saikanth Nagasri (1498) of Andhra Pradesh scored 8.5/9 and remained undefeated to win Kashvi Chess School 1st Below 1600 tournament.

Sainkanth received his champion's trophy and ₹100000 cash prize | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Saikanth's unbeaten championship run allowed him to gain 40 Elo rating points

Photo Gallery

Traditional lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

The huge and extremely spacious tournament hall | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Support from schools at Kundapura | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Parents and players attending the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

India's 50th and Karnataka's first GM Thejkumar | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

The prizes and mementos | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Traditional inaugural dance | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

The Arbiters' team | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

Mime performance | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

The human pyramid | Photo: Kashvi Chess School

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Total 215 players in the Open and 336 in the Below 1600 tournament participated from various states all over the country. The tournaments were jointly organized by Kashvi Chess School and Hale Vidyarthigala Sangha, Karnataka Public School from 10th - 17th October 2019 at Karnataka Public School in Udupi, Karnataka.

Final Standings in the Open tournament

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.				IND	2548	ICF	8,0	0,0	49,0	53,5	47,00	7	2184	9	8	7,84	0,16	10	1,6
2	9		Senthil Maran K				IND	2274	Tn	7,5	0,0	54,0	59,0	48,00	6	2281	9	7,5	5,67	1,83	20	36,6
3	12		Lokesh N.				IND	2227	Tn	7,5	0,0	49,0	53,0	43,25	7	2145	9	7,5	6,43	1,07	20	21,4
4	3	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh				IND	2420	Mah	7,0	0,0	52,5	56,5	43,00	5	2244	9	7	6,88	0,12	10	1,2
5	5	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M				IND	2355	Tel	7,0	0,0	51,0	55,0	41,00	7	2067	9	7	7,60	-0,60	10	-6,0
6	14		Manigandan S S				IND	2140	Tn	7,0	0,0	50,5	54,5	39,75	6	1935	9	7	6,66	0,34	20	6,8
7	6	IM	Rathnakaran K.				IND	2325	Southern Rlys	7,0	0,0	50,0	54,5	40,50	5	2081	9	7	7,23	-0,23	10	-2,3
8	8	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.				IND	2305	Karur Vysya Bank	7,0	0,0	49,5	55,5	42,00	7	2061	9	7	7,07	-0,07	20	-1,4
9	15		Balkishan A.				IND	2111	Kar	7,0	0,0	49,0	53,5	39,25	6	2046	9	7	6,08	0,92	20	18,4
10	11	FM	Navalgund Niranjan				IND	2234	Kar	7,0	0,0	48,5	53,0	40,00	6	1950	8	6	6,17	-0,17	20	-3,4
11	22		Lakshmi Sandeep Naidu V				IND	1878	Ap	7,0	0,0	46,0	50,5	37,00	6	1948	9	7	5,49	1,51	20	30,2
12	2	GM	Thejkumar M. S.				IND	2444	SWR	6,5	0,0	54,5	59,5	40,50	6	2228	9	6,5	6,65	-0,15	10	-1,5
13	4	IM	Nitin S.				IND	2360	Southern Rlys	6,5	0,0	50,0	54,5	37,75	5	2072	9	6,5	7,17	-0,67	10	-6,7
14	23	AGM	Vignesh B	U15			IND	1842	Tn	6,5	0,0	49,5	54,5	37,00	5	1906	9	6,5	5,01	1,49	40	59,6
15	10		Prasannaa S				IND	2254	Tn	6,5	0,0	48,5	52,5	34,75	5	1930	9	6,5	7,45	-0,95	20	-19,0
16	31		Keshav Kothari	U15			IND	1775	Kar	6,5	0,0	48,0	52,0	35,50	5	1861	9	6,5	5,00	1,50	40	60,0
17	13	AGM	Lakshmi Narayanan M V				IND	2188	Tn	6,5	0,0	47,5	50,5	34,25	5	1857	9	6,5	7,49	-0,99	20	-19,8
18	19		Varma Shabdhik				IND	1947	Dk	6,5	0,0	46,5	50,5	34,75	6	1856	9	6,5	6,42	0,08	20	1,6
19	28		Vijay Anand M.				IND	1806	Tn	6,5	0,0	46,0	50,0	32,75	6	1742	9	6,5	6,55	-0,05	20	-1,0
20	18		Sreekumar P.				IND	1994	Ker	6,5	0,0	45,5	49,0	32,75	6	1885	9	6,5	6,50	0,00	20	0,0

Complete standings

Final Standings in Below 1600

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	8	Nagasri Saikanth				IND	1498	8,5	0,0	48,0	52,0	48,75	8	1766	9	8,5	6,50	2,00	20	40,0
2	35	Patil Abhishek				IND	1388	8,0	1,0	52,0	56,0	49,00	7	1667	9	8	5,30	2,70	20	54,0
3	19	Karthik Raj	U15			IND	1436	8,0	0,0	51,5	55,5	47,50	8	1663	9	8	5,94	2,06	40	82,4
4	12	Prahlada P Udupa	U15			IND	1473	7,5	0,0	47,5	51,5	41,75	7	1581	9	7,5	6,41	1,09	40	43,6
5	28	Narayan Iyengar	U15			IND	1400	7,5	0,0	47,0	51,5	43,50	6	1556	9	7,5	5,86	1,64	40	65,6
6	30	Bala Ganeshan				IND	1399	7,5	0,0	46,0	47,5	36,00	7	1531	7	5,5	4,05	1,45	20	29,0
7	26	Sudeepan K S				IND	1403	7,5	0,0	43,5	46,5	39,00	7	1512	9	7,5	6,39	1,11	40	44,4
8	75	Sheron Vishwas				IND	1309	7,5	0,0	42,5	45,5	36,25	7	1525	7	5,5	3,36	2,14	20	42,8
9	43	Sugunesh Babu	S55			IND	1370	7,0	0,0	52,0	57,0	42,25	6	1507	9	7	5,42	1,58	20	31,6
10	17	Sailesh R	U15			IND	1448	7,0	0,0	51,0	55,5	40,25	6	1583	9	7	5,44	1,56	40	62,4
11	87	Tanveer Monga				IND	1291	7,0	0,0	49,5	52,5	37,00	7	1546	7	5	2,30	2,70	20	54,0
12	51	Sathwik Prabhu	U15			IND	1351	7,0	0,0	49,0	53,0	39,50	7	1503	8	6	4,33	1,67	40	66,8
13	33	Vineesh P S				IND	1392	7,0	0,0	48,5	52,5	37,50	7	1466	9	7	6,17	0,83	20	16,6
14	29	Subhash Kumar M				IND	1400	7,0	0,0	47,5	51,5	36,50	7	1501	9	7	5,87	1,13	20	22,6
15	31	Bhojwani Ravi				IND	1399	7,0	0,0	47,0	51,0	37,50	7	1474	9	7	6,18	0,82	20	16,4
16	25	Mithun Raj A				IND	1406	7,0	0,0	42,0	46,5	37,00	7	1468	9	7	6,31	0,69	20	13,8
17	67	Sumesh Kabeer				IND	1326	7,0	0,0	40,0	43,5	32,50	7	1412	6	5	3,28	1,72	20	34,4
18	52	Shaik Abdul Nabi				IND	1351	6,5	0,0	51,0	55,5	37,75	6	1498	8	5,5	3,73	1,77	20	35,4
19	64	Imran Hussain				IND	1333	6,5	0,0	49,5	53,5	34,25	6	1495	8	5,5	3,59	1,91	20	38,2
20	53	Nagaraj Naik				IND	1348	6,5	0,0	49,0	51,5	33,25	6	1439	7	4,5	3,47	1,03	20	20,6

Complete standings

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