Sharan Rao dominates 2nd SCMA Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/11/2022

Top seed of the tournament FM Sharan Rao scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 2nd SCMA Rapid Rating Open 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Kaustuv Kundu and Pranav K P scored 8/9 each. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. FM Prasanna S, Raam Hemanth and FM Preetham R Sharma scored 8/9 each. Prasanna won the Blitz Open due to better tie-breaks. Raam and Preetham were adjudged second and third. The total prize fund for the Rapid Rating was ₹200000 and ₹40000 for the Blitz Open. The top three prizes for the Rapid event were ₹30000, ₹15000 and ₹12000 along with a trophy each, for Blitz ₹8000, ₹5000 and ₹3000 each respectively. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Prasanna wins the Blitz Open

This was Sharan Rao's first Rapid Rating Open triumph of the year. In September, he won 24th Grand Hotel Adriatico Open 2022. He also went to become Karnataka State Blitz 2022 champion, a fortnight after this event. 13-year-old Pranav K P was the youngest player to make a top ten finish in both Rapid and Blitz event. Prasannaa won his first Blitz Open event of the year. He won 28th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Open in August, 1st ISC Rating Open in October and won his third Classical event - Shantikumarji Firodia Memorial Rating Open immediately after this. It will be mentioned in a separate report.

Champion in Rapid - FM Sharan Rao 8.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Sharan Rao scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and gained 16.8 Elo rating points in the process

Champion in Blitz - Prasanna S 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

All prize winners | Photo: SCMA

Inaugural first moves are being made | Photo: SCMA

Inauguration ceremony | Photo: SCMA

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: SCMA

Age group prize winners | Photo: SCMA

A total of 262 players in Rapid Rating and 186 in the Blitz Open including an IM took part from various parts of the country. The two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating and Blitz Open tournament took place at Vidyabharathi Sabha Bhavan in Dharwad, Karnataka on 5th and 6th October 2022. The time control for the Rapid Rating was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment and 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment for the Blitz Open.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	FM	Sharan Rao			IND	2256	Kar	8,5	52,5	55,5	51,75
2	3		Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2208	Wb	8	52,5	57	50,00
3	18		Pranav K P	U13		IND	1516	Tn	8	49,5	54	46,50
4	7		Hemanth Raam			IND	1881	Tn	7,5	54,5	57,5	45,25
5	5	FM	Prasannaa.S			IND	2091	Tn	7	54,5	57	40,50
6	2	IM	Kathmale Sameer			IND	2244	Mah	7	54,5	56,5	41,00
7	16		Bipin Raj S			IND	1569	Tg	7	51,5	57	43,25
8	8		Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan			IND	1863	Tn	7	51,5	55,5	39,00
9	19		Aakash K P			IND	1512	Tn	7	50,5	54,5	40,50
10	4	FM	Sharma R. Preetham			IND	2181	Kar	7	50,5	54	37,50
11	14		Dasari Dattatreya Rao			IND	1609	Kar	7	50,5	53,5	38,50
12	11		Kishore Kumar Jaganathan			IND	1748	Tn	7	49	50	35,75
13	52		Srikara Darbha	U15		IND	1259	Kar	7	48	51,5	37,75
14	17		Abhishek I Ganiger			IND	1518	Kar	7	45	49	35,50
15	33		Aravinda B R			IND	1385	Kar	7	44,5	47,5	35,25
16	29		Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande	U15		IND	1423	Kar	7	44,5	46	33,50
17	40		Khairmode Aditya			IND	1314	Mah	7	44	47	34,00
18	28		Leelajai Krishna N			IND	1426	Kar	6,5	50,5	54,5	36,50
19	22		Gagan Bharadwaj K			IND	1482	Kl	6,5	49,5	51,5	32,50
20	12		Bachikar Girish			IND	1715	Kar	6,5	47,5	50,5	33,75
21	88		Vishweshwarayya Gurumath			IND	1104	Kar-Hbl	6,5	47	51	35,25
22	65		Sachin Pai	U15		IND	1201	Kar-Hbl	6,5	47	51	35,25
23	23		Patil Abhishek			IND	1478	Mah	6,5	46	48	31,75
24	9		Shripad K V			IND	1841	Kar-Hbl	6,5	45,5	50,5	35,50
25	92		Udupi Avani Acharya		w	IND	1092	Kar	6,5	44,5	47	33,00
26	209		Sagar Hiregoudar			IND	0	Kar	6,5	42,5	46,5	31,50
27	46		Rachitraj V Shetty			IND	1271	Kar-Hbl	6,5	42,5	46,5	30,25
28	20		Ramachandra Bhat	S55		IND	1511	Kar	6,5	42,5	45,5	28,75
29	32		Anvekar Prashant			IND	1388	Kar	6,5	41	43,5	28,75
30	71		Chavan Aditya	U11		IND	1170	Mah	6	49	52,5	30,50

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Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	FM	Prasannaa.S	IND	2152	8	54	56	49,00
2	10		Hemanth Raam	IND	1853	8	51,5	56	48,00
3	4	FM	Sharma R. Preetham	IND	2166	8	50,5	55,5	49,00
4	16		Pranav K P	IND	1670	7,5	47	51,5	41,50
5	1	FM	Sharan Rao	IND	2250	7	55,5	58	42,00
6	3		Kaustuv Kundu	IND	2208	7	54	58	42,00
7	22		Abhishek I Ganiger	IND	1485	7	51	54	39,00
8	8		Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan	IND	1863	7	50,5	51,5	35,50
9	12		Bachikar Girish	IND	1791	7	47	49,5	36,50
10	28		Leelajai Krishna N	IND	1431	7	46	48	34,50
11	14		Shriya R Revankar	IND	1728	7	45,5	47	34,50
12	57		Aarush Bhat	IND	1140	7	42,5	46	32,00
13	13		Kishore Kumar Jaganathan	IND	1748	6,5	51,5	56	36,75
14	24		Aakash K P	IND	1471	6,5	50,5	53	35,75
15	18		Bipin Raj S	IND	1569	6,5	50	54	35,75
16	54		Pratham P Sahasrabudhe	IND	1166	6,5	48,5	53,5	36,75
17	40		Ashok Jasma Vollepore	IND	1232	6,5	46,5	50,5	33,25
18	30		Khairmode Aditya	IND	1397	6,5	46	48,5	30,75
19	2	IM	Kathmale Sameer	IND	2237	6,5	45,5	48	31,75
20	51		Advaith U P	IND	1178	6,5	45,5	48	30,75

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