Srinath Narayanan dominates ChessBase India Club 2nd Anniversary Tournament 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/03/2024

GM Srinath Narayanan scored 8.5/9 to win ChessBase India Chess Club 2nd Anniversary Tournament 2024. He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Five players - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, FM Nikhil Dixit, Amardeep Bartakke and IM Vedant Panesar scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to sixth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹25000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The tournament was organized to celebrate the journey of the chess club. It started on 19th March 2022. Every Saturday evening, anyone can come and play chess at Phoenixcity Mall, Kurla in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Photos: Abhyudaya Ram

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GM Srinath Narayanan won eight games in-a-row and had a full point lead heading into the final round. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, Amardeep S Bartakke and FM Nikhil Dixit were trailing at 7/8 each. Srinath drew against Amardeep to become a clear champion. Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi defeated IM Nubairshah Shaikh to finish second. Vikramaditya drew against Nikhil to secure third place. Phoenix Marketcity was the sponsor of the entire event.

Champion - GM Srinath Narayanan 8.5/9 flanked by Gaurav Mistry, Associate Manager in Marketing, The Phoenix Mills Ltd. and IM Sagar Shah, Cofounder and CEO of ChessBase India

Interview with GM Srinath Narayanan | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 7.5/9

Second Runner-up - IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 7.5/9

A beautiful queen sacrifice | IM Nubairshah Shaikh vs GM Srinath Narayanan, Round 6, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

The reason why Srinath Narayanan is such a strong player | GM Srinath vs IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, Round 7, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Grandmaster vs Strong IM - Srinath Narayanan vs Sammed Shete, Round 8, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Anish Giri in his own way congratulated GM Srinath Narayanan for winning the tournament

5th Amardeep Bartakke 7.5/9

6th IM Vedant Panesar 7.5/9

7th Mihir Shah 7/9

9th IM Krishnater Kushager 7/9

Tournament Director - Dr. Vidhi Karelia

Dr. Vidhi Karelia, Tournament Director shared, "Srinath was late for his fourth round. Right after lunch this round was if I am not wrong. The arbiter announced the round and he wasn't there. I called him and he said he was lost in the mall and couldn't find where the tournament space was since he was new there and his time had already started too. He had to ask people around and reach. He was some 2 minutes late to that round against Jeet Shah."

Players in action

A bird's eye view of the playing arena at Phoenix Mall in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Trophies and medals for the prize winners

The ChessBase India team headed by IM Sagar Shah

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All participants of the tournament received discount coupon worth ₹400

The chess club inside this mall is creating a beautiful hub for players for over 2 years now! | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 175 players including a GM and 5 IMs took part from all over the country in this one-day nine round Rapid Open tournament. It was organized by and at Phoenix Marketcity in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 24th March 2024. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Narayanan, Srinath			IND	2458	8,5	48,5	56	52,25
2	6		Aakash, Sharadchandra Dalvi			IND	2169	7,5	52	59,5	48,50
3	7	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya			IND	2166	7,5	49	57,5	45,25
4	8	FM	Dixit, Nikhil			IND	2133	7,5	47	54,5	44,00
5	16		Bartakke, Amardeep S.			IND	1888	7,5	45,5	54	43,25
6	5	FM	Panesar, Vedant			IND	2247	7,5	45,5	53	42,75
7	19		Shah, Mihir			IND	1865	7	49,5	57	42,00
8	4	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete			IND	2262	7	47	55,5	41,00
9	2	IM	Krishnater, Kushager			IND	2298	7	46	53	39,75
10	24		Guru, Prakash	U16		IND	1795	7	44	51,5	37,00
11	38		Dharia, Vishal			IND	1677	7	44	51	39,75
12	14		Patil, Harshal			IND	1893	7	43	50	36,50
13	35		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	F16	w	IND	1688	7	41	48,5	35,00
14	3	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2269	6,5	50	58,5	39,25
15	21		Ram, Vishal Parab	U14		IND	1836	6,5	48	55,5	37,75
16	17	FM	Nagarkatte, Vedant			IND	1884	6,5	47	54,5	36,00
17	10		Dere, Pushkar			IND	1986	6,5	45,5	52,5	36,50
18	20		Majumder, Shrayan			IND	1844	6,5	45	52,5	34,25
19	12	FM	Jaiveer, Mahendru	U16		IND	1897	6	48,5	57	33,50
20	22		Rachit, H Gurnani			IND	1816	6	47,5	55	33,00

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