Shri Ram School International Open FIDE Rating chess tournament was held at Shri Ram School. Omandur. Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu from 26th to 29th January 2017 . This is the 1st Open fide rating chess tournament conducted by Kingmaker chess Academy, Tindivanam. The event attracted 261 players from all over India, including major states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Haryana, Orissa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Pondicherry and two players from Nepal. Top seed of the event was Kunal M of Tamil Nadu. The 8 round event was conducted in 4 days. Total cash prize was RS. 500100/- . Kunal M of TN with an Elo of 2345 was the winner with 7 points. He remained undefeated with 6.5 points and draws in the final round. In the last round he shared the point with Prasannaa S of TN. He bagged the prize money of RS. 60000 and a glittering trophy. The first runner up is Prasannaa.S of TN with 7 points and the second runner up is Hirthickkesh Pr of TN with 7 points.
Mr. S.Balaraman, Chief Arbiter, Mr. Abslam , Secretary, VDCA, Mr. Gowri Karthykeyan, Secy. Kingmaker Chess Academy, Mr. Natarajan, Secretary, Master Mind Chess Academy, A. David Doss and M. Vinothkumar were distributed the prizes to the winners in the Prize distribution Ceremony.
Final Rankings:
| Rank | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Kunal M. | 7 |
| 2 | Prasannaa.S | 7 |
| 3 | Hirthickkesh Pr | 7 |
| 4 | Syed Anwar Shazuli | 6½ |
| 5 | Manigandan S S | 6½ |
| 6 | Sekar B | 6½ |
| 7 | Surendran N | 6½ |
| 8 | Gunasekaran K. | 6½ |
| 9 | Vinoth Kumar M. | 6½ |
| 10 | Badrinath S. | 6 |
| 11 | Bala Kannamma P | 6 |
| 12 | Ram S. Krishnan | 6 |
| 13 | Kabhilan S | 6 |
| 14 | Kumar S. | 6 |
| 15 | Selvabharathy T | 6 |
| 16 | Ilamparthi A R | 6 |
| 17 | Dhanush Ragav | 6 |
| 18 | Vignesh B | 6 |
| 19 | Vinay R Jumani | 6 |
| 20 | Lama Surbir | 6 |
| 21 | Babu S. | 6 |
| 22 | Ravi Kumar K | 6 |
| 23 | Manu David Suthandram R | 6 |
| 24 | Vishwa Bala Kumaran M | 6 |
| 25 | Balachandar E | 6 |
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