Thej Kumar wins SCMA All India Rapid Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/05/2022

Top seed of the tournament GM Thej Kumar M S, Nithin Babu and FM Sharan Rao scored 8.0/9 each. Thej won the SCMA All India Rapid Rating Open 2022 due to better tie-break score. He took a no-draw approach, scored eight wins and the sole loss was against the eventual runner-up Nithin Babu. Sharan was placed third according to tie-breaks. All three podium finishers suffered a loss each, yet none of them made a single draw. The total prize fund for the Rapid Rating was ₹200000 along with trophies in each event. Top three prizes in were ₹30000, ₹15000 and ₹12000 cash along with a trophy each respectively. Photo: SCMA

Ritviz Parab clinches the Blitz Open

Ritviz Parab and Nithin Babu scored sole 8.0/9. He won the Blitz Open tournament on account of better tie-break score. He also remained undefeated. Four players scored 7.5/9. FM Sharan Rao also claimed third place in Blitz. The total prize fund for the Blitz Open was ₹40000. Top three prizes were ₹8000, ₹5000 and ₹3000 cash each.

Champion - GM Thej Kumar M S 8.0/9 | Photo: SCMA

GM Thej Kumar scored 8.0/9, won eight games, drew none and lost only one game against the eventual runner-up Nithin Babu

Runner-up - Nithin Babu 8.0/9 | Photo: SCMA

Second Runner-up - FM Sharan Rao 8.0/9 | Photo: SCMA

Top three (L to R) - 2nd Nithin Babu, 1st GM Thej Kumar M S and 3rd FM Sharan Rao | Photo: SCMA

63-year-old Ramachandra Bhat scored 7.0/9 to secure 13th place. 11-year-old Akshaya Sathi was the youngest finisher among the top 15. He scored 7.0/9 to finish 15th. Physically Challenged CM Samarth Rao scored an impressive 7.0/9 to finish 16th and gain 46.8 Elo rating points.

CM Samarth Rao scored 7.0/9 to secure 16th place | Photo: SCMA

Winner of Blitz Open - Ritviz Parab 8.0/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Prize winners | Photo: SCMA

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A total of 298 players including a GM and two IMs in the Rapid Rating and 213 in the Blitz Open including a GM and an IM, participated in this two-day tournament. The tournament was organized by Sri Sadguru Chessmartz & Music Academy, Hubli and Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashram on 30th April and 1st May at Hubbali, Karnataka. The time control for the Rapid Rating was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment and for Blitz Open, it was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final Standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	GM	Thejkumar M. S.			2346	Rlys	8,0	54,0	56,5	48,00	0,0	8
2	8		Nithin Babu			1999	Ker	8,0	52,5	54,5	47,50	0,0	8
3	9	FM	Sharan Rao			1967	Kar	8,0	49,5	51,5	44,50	0,0	8
4	2	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J			2229	Tel	7,5	53,0	57,5	46,00	0,0	7
5	4		Sharma R. Preetham			2210	Kar	7,5	50,5	55,0	44,75	0,0	7
6	10		Shreeshan S			1949	Kar	7,5	48,0	51,5	40,50	0,0	7
7	11		Balkishan A.			1929	Kar	7,0	54,0	58,0	43,25	0,0	6
8	23		Sudarshan Bhat			1501	Kar	7,0	52,0	54,0	39,00	0,0	7
9	21		Nitish Bhat			1517	Kar	7,0	50,0	53,5	38,00	0,0	7
10	19		Om Nagnath Lamkane			1602	Mah	7,0	49,0	53,0	34,75	0,0	6
11	32		Sujay B M			1390	Kar	7,0	48,0	51,0	36,50	0,0	7
12	5		Ritviz Parab			2133	Goa	7,0	47,0	48,5	35,75	0,0	6
13	17		Ramachandra Bhat	S55		1659	Kar	7,0	45,0	49,0	37,00	0,0	7
14	66		Nishanth Dsouza			1208	Kar	7,0	45,0	47,5	36,50	0,0	7
15	28		Akshaya Sathi	U13	w	1444	Kar	7,0	44,0	47,5	38,00	0,0	7
16	53	CM	Samarth J Rao			1266	Kar- PC	7,0	43,5	45,0	34,25	0,0	6
17	26		Walvekar Praveen			1487	Kar	7,0	43,0	47,0	34,50	0,0	7
18	7	IM	Hegde Ravi Gopal	S55		2019	Kar	6,5	51,5	55,5	37,75	0,0	6
19	71		Khairmode Aditya			1190	Mah	6,5	51,0	54,0	36,00	0,0	6
20	20		Dasari Dattatreya Rao			1576	Kar	6,5	50,5	54,5	36,75	0,0	6
21	18		Sathyanarayanan S.			1610	TN	6,5	49,5	53,5	36,25	0,0	6
22	14		Nikam Ravindra			1774	Mah	6,5	48,5	52,0	36,00	0,0	5
23	37		Parab Rishikesh			1371	Goa	6,5	48,0	53,0	36,25	0,0	6
24	39		Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande	U15		1361	Kar	6,5	48,0	50,0	32,75	0,0	5
25	34	AFM	Vivaan Sachdev	U13		1382	Kar	6,5	47,5	52,5	36,25	0,0	5
26	98		Pratham Sahasrabudhe			1083	Kar-HD	6,5	47,0	50,5	34,75	0,0	5
27	36		Aravinda B R			1371	Kar	6,5	46,5	50,5	33,00	0,0	6
28	62		Varun V Navali			1216	Kar-HD	6,5	45,5	49,5	33,75	0,0	6
29	35		Vivaan Sunil Ballikar	U15		1372	Goa	6,5	45,5	49,5	32,75	0,0	6
30	44		Bharath Raj H M			1323	Kar	6,5	42,0	46,0	31,25	0,0	6

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Final Standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3		Ritviz Parab	IND	2174	8,0	52,0	54,5	47,25
2	7		Nithin Babu	IND	1992	8,0	51,5	55,5	48,50
3	5	FM	Sharan Rao	IND	2078	7,5	51,5	54,5	43,50
4	11		Nikam Ravindra	IND	1846	7,5	49,5	54,0	45,00
5	4	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2138	7,5	49,5	51,0	39,75
6	1	GM	Thejkumar M. S.	IND	2294	7,5	47,0	50,0	40,50
7	6		Balkishan A.	IND	2065	7,0	56,0	60,5	44,75
8	2		Sharma R. Preetham	IND	2290	7,0	55,0	57,5	42,50
9	8		Shreeshan S	IND	1949	7,0	52,0	56,5	42,50
10	13		Sirsat Shekhar V.	IND	1768	7,0	48,5	52,0	39,00
11	16		Shriya R Revankar	IND	1728	7,0	47,5	51,5	34,00
12	47		Shrihari Venkatesh Deshpande	IND	1248	7,0	47,5	50,0	35,50
13	43		Pednekar Balkrishna	IND	1280	7,0	47,0	50,5	36,00
14	26		Patil Abhishek	IND	1429	7,0	47,0	48,5	34,00
15	41		Nishanth Dsouza	IND	1283	7,0	46,0	49,5	35,50
16	65		Pratham Sahasrabudhe	IND	1166	7,0	45,5	49,0	35,00
17	106		Chaitanya Vijay Gaonkar	IND	0	6,5	48,5	51,5	36,00
18	49		Stuti Pradeep	IND	1238	6,5	46,5	50,0	33,75
19	10		Akshay V Halagannavar	IND	1874	6,5	45,0	49,0	33,25

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