Arghyadip Das wins 16th BRDCA All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 31/03/2022

IM Arghyadip Das scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a half point ahead of the competition to win 16th BRDCA All India Rapid Rating Open 2022. His only draw was against Sanjeev Mishra in the seventh round. Three players scored 8.0/9 - Balkishan A, Prasanna S and FM Sharan Rao. They were placed second to fourth according to the tie-breaks. Arghyadip won ₹25000 cash and a trophy, Runner-up Balkishan earned ₹18000 and a trophy, and Prasanna received ₹15000 cash as their respective prize. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. 18-year-old Dhanush Raghav N S won 11th BRDCA Blitz Open. Total prize fund for Blitz event was ₹40000.

Dhanush Ragav triumphs 11th BRDCA Blitz Open

In Round 8, IM Arghyadip Das beat the sole leader of the tournament IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete was at 7.0/7. Heading into the final round, IM Ravi T S, FM Sharan Rao and Arghyadip were in a three-way tie 7.5/8. Arghyadip beat Ravi in the final round and Sharan drew with Sammed. Thus, Arghyadip emerged clear winner 8.5/9, a half point ahead of the competition. 15-year-old Swara Lakshmi S Nair scored 7.0/9 in Rapid and 6.5/9 to finish at 11th and 20th place respectively. She was the highest finisher among women participants in both events.

16th BRDCA Rapid Rating Open champion - IM Arghyadip Das 8.5/9

Runner-up Balkishan A 8.0/9 | Photo: Chidananda

Arghyadip scored an unbeaten 8.5/9

Winner of 11th BRDCA Blitz Open - Dhanush Raghav N S 8.0/9 | Photo: Chidananda

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete also scored 8.0/9 to secure 2nd place in Blitz | Photo: Chidananda

Lighting of the lamp by Karnataka's first GM Thej Kumar and guests | Photo: Chidananda

The tournament hall | Photo: Sushruta Reddy's fb

Bird's eye view of the tournament hall | Photo: Chidananda

A total of 397 players in the Rapid Rating and 233 in the Blitz event including two GMs and 5 IMs from various states across the country. The tournaments were organized by BRDCA (Bangalore Rural District Chess Association) on 19th and 20th March 2022 at Bangalore, Karnataka. The nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating event had a time control of 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment and the Blitz Open had a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final Standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	IM	Das Arghyadip			IND	2358	WB	8,5	51,5	56,5	53,25	0,0	8
2	12		Balkishan A.			IND	1928	KA	8,0	52,5	56,5	49,00	0,0	8
3	6		Prasannaa.S			IND	2108	TN	8,0	52,5	56,0	49,00	0,0	8
4	11	FM	Sharan Rao			IND	1932	KA	8,0	51,0	55,5	48,00	0,0	7
5	7	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete			IND	2081	MH	7,5	55,5	59,5	47,00	0,0	7
6	5	IM	Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam	S45		IND	2143	TN	7,5	55,0	59,5	47,00	0,0	7
7	4		Lokesh N.			IND	2165	TN	7,5	49,5	54,0	44,50	0,0	7
8	3	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M			IND	2241	TG	7,5	49,0	52,5	43,00	0,0	7
9	16		Barath Kalyan M			IND	1901	TN	7,5	46,5	48,0	37,25	0,0	7
10	18	GM	Raja Rithvik R			IND	1870	TG	7,0	52,5	56,5	42,00	0,0	7
11	93		Swara Lakshmi S Nair		w	IND	1259	KA	7,0	52,0	55,5	40,50	0,0	7
12	15	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	S45		IND	1911	TN	7,0	51,5	55,0	38,50	0,0	7
13	17	AGM	Sa Kannan			IND	1877	TN	7,0	51,0	55,5	42,50	0,0	6
14	66		Abhinav Banerjee			IND	1353	KA	7,0	50,5	53,5	38,00	0,0	7
15	47		Nidheshpa S			IND	1472	TN	7,0	50,0	54,0	39,00	0,0	7
16	1	GM	Thejkumar M. S.			IND	2382	KA	7,0	49,5	53,5	39,00	0,0	7
17	26		Ram Vishwanathan			IND	1726	KA	7,0	49,0	52,5	38,00	0,0	7
18	8		Mushini Ajay			IND	2018	AP	7,0	48,5	52,5	39,00	0,0	7
19	19		Parthasarathy R			IND	1854	KA	7,0	48,5	52,0	38,00	0,0	6
20	24	AGM	Prashanth J Naik			IND	1756	KA	7,0	48,0	52,0	37,75	0,0	6

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Final Standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	17		Dhanush Ragav N S			IND	1921	TN	8,0	53,0	55,0	48,00	0,0	7
2	4	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete			IND	2253	MH	8,0	51,0	55,5	49,50	0,0	8
3	15		Mushini Ajay			IND	1992	AP	7,5	53,5	56,5	44,50	0,0	7
4	1	IM	Das Arghyadip			IND	2382	WB	7,5	50,5	55,0	43,75	0,0	7
5	13	FM	Sharan Rao			IND	2063	KA	7,5	49,5	54,5	43,50	0,0	7
6	9	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M			IND	2190	AP	7,5	49,5	54,0	44,25	0,0	7
7	2	GM	Thejkumar M. S.			IND	2294	KA	7,0	50,0	55,0	40,00	0,0	7
8	20		Barath Kalyan M			IND	1845		7,0	50,0	54,0	39,50	0,0	7
9	7	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	S45		IND	2213	TN	7,0	50,0	53,0	38,50	0,0	6
10	10		Laddha Shubh Jayesh			USA	2177	KA	7,0	49,0	53,0	37,50	0,0	7
11	3	GM	Raja Rithvik R			IND	2255	TG	7,0	49,0	52,0	38,00	0,0	7
12	16		Parthasarathy R			IND	1992	KA	7,0	48,0	52,0	37,75	0,0	6
13	14	AGM	Sa Kannan			IND	2040		7,0	48,0	52,0	37,50	0,0	7
14	12		Balkishan A.			IND	2065		7,0	47,0	51,0	38,00	0,0	7
15	25		Varun Anant			IND	1746	KA	7,0	45,0	48,5	35,50	0,0	7
16	44		Advait Ratnakar Vibhute			IND	1532	KA	7,0	45,0	48,5	35,00	0,0	6
17	72		Sathvik Adiga	U11		IND	1366	KA	6,5	54,5	58,5	40,75	0,0	6
18	5	IM	Ravi Thandalam Shanmugam	S45		IND	2215	TN	6,5	51,0	55,5	36,50	0,0	6
19	32		Apoorv Kamble	U14		IND	1679		6,5	50,5	54,5	36,75	0,0	6
20	123		Swara Lakshmi S Nair	FW	w	IND	1122		6,5	48,0	50,5	32,50	0,0	6

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