Sai Agni Jeevitesh dominates 1st Check N Mate Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/10/2024

IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Check N Mate Rapid Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Three players - GM Laxman R R, FM Ojas Kulkarni and IM Avinash Ramesh scored 8/9 each. They secured second to fourth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Only Sai and Ojas remained undefeated among the podium finishers. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹30000, ₹20000 and ₹15000 along with a trophy each. The one-day nine round Rapid Rating tournament was organized by Check N Mate on 22nd September 2024 at Linden Montessori in Bangalore, Karnataka. This is Sai's fourth overall and first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Force GW

Sai Agni wins both Rapid Rating and Blitz Open tournaments

Augustin A, IM Sammed Shete and IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh were the leaders 7.5/8, heading into the final round. Sai defeated Augustin to become a clear champion. GM Laxman R R won against Sammed to finish second. FM Ojas Kulkarni scored a full point against Srihari K R to be placed third. A day before winning this, Sai won the Blitz Open scoring 6.5/7. Sammed, Laxman and Ojas also scored the same. They were placed second to fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund for the Blitz Open tournament was ₹35000. The top three prizes were ₹5000, ₹3500 and ₹3000 each.

Champion - IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh 8.5/9 | Photo: Force GW

Runner-up - GM Laxman R R 8/9 | Photo: Force GW

Second Runner-up - FM Ojas Kulkarni 8/9 | Photo: Force GW

IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 24.6 Elo rating points

Players in action | Photo: Ghilli Chess

A total of 532 players including a GM and four IMs took part from all over the country and one from USA in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Check N Mate at Linden Montessori in Bangalore, Karnataka on 22nd September 2024. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	8	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J			TG	2122	Tg	8,5	52,5	55,5	51,75	8
2	3	GM	Laxman, R.R.			ICF	2208	Icf	8	53	57,5	50,00	8
3	10	FM	Ojas, Kulkarni			17546KSCA2024	2054	Ka	8	52,5	57,5	50,50	7
4	7	IM	Avinash, Ramesh			TN	2156	Tn	8	52,5	57	50,00	8
5	15		Augustin, A			10441KSCA2023	1958	Ka	7,5	56	60	47,75	7
6	4	FM	Ashwath, R.			TN	2207	Tn	7,5	55	59	47,75	6
7	1	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete			MH	2255	Mh	7,5	55	58	45,75	7
8	2	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra			OR	2255	Or	7,5	54	58,5	48,75	7
9	5	FM	Karthik, Rajaa			TN	2193	Tn	7,5	53,5	58,5	47,50	6
10	13		Siddhanth, Poonja	U13		10535KSCA2023	1982	Ka	7,5	52	57	46,75	7
11	12		Hirthickkesh, Pr			TN	2039	Tn	7,5	52	56	44,75	7
12	11		Lokesh, N.			TN	2043	Tn	7,5	51,5	55,5	45,25	6
13	21		Afreed, T Khan			AP	1854	Ap	7,5	51	54	42,75	7
14	33		Darshan, S	U13		TN	1817	KA	7,5	49	52,5	41,75	7
15	22		Sudarshan, Bhat			BLU170426	1854	Ka	7,5	48,5	50,5	42,00	7
16	19		Vaidyanathan, Kannan	U11		USA	1896	Ka	7	54	58	42,75	6
17	30	AGM	Rutherford, S			TN	1829	Tn	7	53	57	42,25	6
18	29		Gugan, G			TN	1835	Tn	7	52,5	57,5	41,00	7
19	17	WCM	Charvi, A	U11	w	BLU191163	1944	Ka	7	51,5	56,5	41,00	7
20	6	FM	Apoorv, Kamble	U18		10479KSCA2023	2161	Ka	7	51,5	56	42,00	6
21	28		Subramanian, R M			TN	1843	Tn	7	51,5	56	41,50	7
22	20		Srihari, K R			TN	1861	Tn	7	51,5	55,5	40,00	7
23	42	AIM	Sushrutha, Reddy			BLU160398	1742	Ka	7	51	55,5	42,25	6
24	36		Satyam, Prakash			DL	1793	Dl	7	50,5	54	38,50	7
25	47		Shreya, Rajesh	U11	w	10055KSCA2023	1707	Ka	7	49,5	54,5	40,50	7
26	81		Ishaan, Bhansali	U11		10322KSCA2023	1601	Ka	7	48	52,5	38,00	7
27	35		Ranjith, R.K.			TN	1803	Tn	7	48	51,5	37,00	7
28	39		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	U13		11107KSCA2023	1764	Ka	7	48	51,5	36,00	7
29	117		Balaji, Shanmugavel			TN	1540	Tn	7	47,5	51,5	37,00	7
30	34		Pranav, A J			12486KSCA2023	1817	Ka	7	47,5	50	37,00	7

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A total of 208 players including a GM and four IMs took part from all over the country in this one-day nine round Blitz Open tournament. It was organized by Check N Mate at Linden Montessori in Bangalore, Karnataka on 21st September 2024. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	4	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J			TG	2232	TG	6,5	33,5	37,5	34,25	4
2	6	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete			MH	2195	MH	6,5	33	37	33,75	3
3	1	GM	Laxman, R.R.			ICF	2367	ICF	6,5	30	33	30,25	4
4	7	FM	Ojas, Kulkarni			17546KSCA20	2110	KA	6,5	30	32	29,25	4
5	3	IM	Avinash, Ramesh			TN	2246	TN	6	33	36	30,00	3
6	8		Sachin, Kamath			13595KSCA2023	2082	KA	6	32,5	37,5	31,00	3
7	11		Siddhanth, Poonja	U13		10535KSCA2023	1972	KA	6	31,5	35,5	29,00	4
8	13	WCM	Charvi, A	U11	w	BLU191163	1889	KA	6	30,5	34,5	28,00	3
9	12		Gugan, G			TN	1969	TN	6	30,5	33,5	27,00	4
10	10		Augustin, A			10441KSCA2023	2031	KA	6	30,5	33,5	27,00	3
11	16		Afreed, T Khan			AP	1806	AP	6	30	33	27,00	3
12	17	WCM	Pratitee, Bordoloi	U11	w	10452KSCA2023	1793	KA	6	28,5	31,5	25,00	4
13	9		Hirthickkesh, Pr			TN	2074	TN	6	27,5	30,5	25,00	4
14	217		Srinivasa, Ramam Aryasomayajula	U13		20644KSCA2024	0	KA	6	26,5	28,5	23,50	4
15	2	FM	Karthik, Rajaa			TN	2268	TN	5,5	33	34	24,25	3
16	20		Pranav, A J			12486KSCA2023	1729	KA	5,5	30	32	22,25	3
17	28		Jaffar, Vali S			AP	1594	AP	5	31	33	21,00	3
18	29		Nakshatra, Gumudavelly	U09	w	10120KSCA2023	1589	KA	5	30,5	31,5	19,00	4
19	25		Aryan, Anand			14528KSCA2023	1623	KA	5	30	33	21,00	3
	36		Vinit, Vishal			10520KSCA2023	1532	KA	5	30	33	21,00	3
21	24		Rajath, Gururaj			20243KSCA2024	1686	KA	5	30	32,5	20,50	3
22	23		Goyal, Sarthak			UP	1707	UP	5	29	33	21,00	4
23	45		Alik, Garai			21107KSCA2024	1462	KA	5	29	32	21,00	4
24	46		Jaden, Sachin	U11		13812KSCA2023	1433	KA	5	29	32	21,00	3
25	21		Chandwani, Prateek			MP	1718	Mp	5	29	31	19,00	3

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