Pranav V clinches champion trophy in Athens of the East – 1st Blitz FIDE Rated Open held at Madurai
V Pranav of Chennai won the inaugural blitz fide rated event organized by Athens of the East with 9 points out of 10 rounds. The venue was World Tamil Sangam, Madurai, a grand & spacious one. 399 players participated in the event including 3 IMs B T Muralikrishnan, Shyam Nikhil and T S Ravi and WIM Michell Catherina. IM Shyam Nikhil with a rating of 2348 followed by Kunal with a rating of 2291. A prize pool of Rs.2,00,000/- was distributed in 30 main prizes, Best Elo ratings and trophies for age categories.
Twelve years old V Pranav of Chennai, a former Under 9 National Champion, was impeccable in his performance of 8 wins and 2 draws to claim the first prize of Rs.25000/- and a big trophy. Surprisingly the runner up was taken by another 12yr old in M Pranesh of Sivagangai District, the current Under 11 National Schools champion. Pranesh topped 4 others namely Kunal, S S Manigandan, IM B T Muralikrishnan & Srihari on tie breaks of 8.5 points. Top seed IM Shyam Nikhil lost his thread when he drew his game on the 2nd round against Nilesh Channawar of Nagpur to be placed 14th in the final list. The event was entertaining with usual fun and frills of blitz event, noticeably new comers enjoying the game.
The tournament had a special guest in Shri Sellur K. Raju, Minister for Co-Operation. The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Ephrame, Jt. Secy, TNSCA and the prizes were distributed by Mr. Axiom Abdul Nazer, JtSecy, TNSCA along with Mr. Ephrame and Mr B T
Top 30 placings
Rank | Title | Name | Club | Pts | Prize Money |
1 | Pranav V | TN | 9 | 25000 + Trophy | |
2 | Pranesh M | TN | 8½ | 15000 + Trophy | |
3 | Kunal M. | TN | 8½ | 10,000 | |
4 | Manigandan S S | TN-M | 8½ | 8,000 | |
5 | IM | Murali Krishnan B T | TN-M | 8½ | 7,500 |
6 | Srihari L R | TN | 8½ | 5,000 | |
7 | Lokesh N. | TN | 8 | 4,000 | |
8 | WIM | Michelle Catherina P | TN | 8 | 3,000 |
9 | Sa Kannan | TN | 8 | 2,000 | |
10 | DhanushRagav | TN | 8 | 2,000 | |
11 | Dusthageer Ibrahim M. | TN-M | 7½ | 2,000 | |
12 | Manu David Suthandram R | TN | 7½ | 2,000 | |
13 | CM | Nikhil Magizhnan | TN | 7½ | 2,000 |
14 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | TN | 7½ | 2,000 |
15 | Sriram B | TN | 7½ | 2,000 | |
16 | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | TN | 7 | 1,500 | |
17 | IM | Ravi ThandalamShanmugam | TN | 7 | 1,500 |
18 | Subramanian R M | TN-M | 7 | 1,500 | |
19 | Eshwanth Dev Kumar J | TN | 7 | 1,500 | |
20 | AnandhaVenkatesan | TN | 7 | 1,500 | |
21 | Prasannaa.S | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
22 | Venkatakrishnan R | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
23 | AravinthShanmugam S | TN-M | 7 | 1,000 | |
24 | Anannth Varun R | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
25 | Chandra Sekharan A P | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
26 | SubbhuKarthick S M | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
27 | Genish Prakash J | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
28 | Abhijit Chutia | KAR | 7 | 1,000 | |
29 | Kumaresh A | TN | 7 | 1,000 | |
30 | Gokulraj K | TN | 7 | 1,000 |