Aravindh Chithambaram scores a hat-trick by clinching 1st Rejoice CTF Rapid Rating Open 2022
After successfully defending the National Rapid and Blitz title, Aravindh won his third consecutive tournament in as many days at 1st Rejoice CTF Rapid Rating Open on 1st May. Five players finished with the same score 8.0/9. They are - GM Aravindh Chithambaram, GM Karthikeyan P, GM Karthik Venkataraman, IM P Shyam Nikhil and FM Niranjan Navalgund. They were placed first to fifth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. Top three prizes were ₹40000, ₹20000 and ₹13000 cash along with a trophy each respectively. A total of 403 players including 10 GMs and 11 IMs took part in this one-day rapid rating tournament held at Rejoice International School, Mumbai, Mahrashtra, organized by Chess Training Foundation. Photo: FM FT Niranjan Navalgund
Five players score 8.0/9
FM FT Niranjan Navalgund is the highest finisher who is not an IM or GM. 14-year-old Ritvik Krishnan is the only untitled player to finish among the top 13. He scored 7.0/9 to finish 11th.
A total of 403 players including 10 GMs and 11 IMs participated in this one-day tournament. It was organized by Chess Training Foundation on 1st May at Rejoice International School, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The time control was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2572 | 8,0 | 53,5 | 56,0 | 48,25 | |||
| 2 | 13 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2295 | 8,0 | 53,0 | 56,5 | 49,00 | |||
| 3 | 19 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2192 | 8,0 | 51,5 | 55,0 | 48,50 | |||
| 4 | 7 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2354 | 8,0 | 51,0 | 55,0 | 48,75 | |||
| 5 | 18 | FM | Navalgund Niranjan | IND | 2217 | 8,0 | 50,0 | 53,0 | 45,50 | |||
| 6 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | IND | 2466 | 7,5 | 56,5 | 61,5 | 50,50 | |||
| 7 | 14 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | IND | 2283 | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56,0 | 44,00 | |||
| 8 | 4 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2362 | 7,5 | 52,0 | 53,5 | 42,00 | |||
| 9 | 27 | IM | Krishnater Kushager | IND | 1936 | 7,5 | 49,5 | 52,5 | 40,75 | |||
| 10 | 2 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2475 | 7,5 | 46,5 | 50,0 | 40,25 | |||
| 11 | 91 | Krishnan Ritvik | U15 | IND | 1346 | 7,0 | 52,0 | 56,0 | 41,00 | |||
| 12 | 8 | GM | Himanshu Sharma | IND | 2352 | 7,0 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 40,00 | |||
| 13 | 53 | FM | Samant Aditya S | IND | 1584 | 7,0 | 50,5 | 53,5 | 39,00 | |||
| 14 | 32 | Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar | IND | 1840 | 7,0 | 49,5 | 53,0 | 38,50 | ||||
| 15 | 39 | CM | Dev Shah | U15 | IND | 1718 | 7,0 | 49,0 | 50,5 | 36,50 | ||
| 16 | 17 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | IND | 2228 | 7,0 | 48,5 | 51,0 | 36,00 | |||
| 17 | 11 | IM | Gusain Himal | IND | 2319 | 7,0 | 48,0 | 52,5 | 39,25 | |||
| 18 | 9 | GM | Neelotpal Das | IND | 2338 | 7,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 38,25 | |||
| 19 | 45 | Harsh Suresh | U15 | IND | 1637 | 7,0 | 48,0 | 51,0 | 36,50 | |||
| 20 | 31 | AGM | Sa Kannan | IND | 1856 | 7,0 | 48,0 | 49,5 | 38,00 | |||
| 21 | 22 | FM | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2135 | 7,0 | 47,0 | 51,0 | 37,50 | |||
| 22 | 38 | Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi | IND | 1727 | 7,0 | 47,0 | 51,0 | 36,50 | ||||
| 23 | 67 | Suthar Pradip | IND | 1453 | 7,0 | 46,0 | 49,0 | 37,00 | ||||
| 24 | 57 | Kherdekar Arnav | IND | 1511 | 7,0 | 45,0 | 49,0 | 36,50 | ||||
| 25 | 61 | Jaeel Atharva | IND | 1489 | 7,0 | 45,0 | 46,5 | 33,00 | ||||
| 26 | 15 | IM | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2271 | 7,0 | 44,0 | 46,5 | 33,50 | |||
| 27 | 114 | Daksh Goyal | U15 | IND | 1239 | 7,0 | 44,0 | 46,5 | 32,00 | |||
| 28 | 119 | Arnav Mahesh Koli | U13 | IND | 1235 | 7,0 | 42,0 | 44,5 | 32,50 | |||
| 29 | 143 | Dhruv Swapnil Haldankar | U15 | IND | 1169 | 7,0 | 41,5 | 44,5 | 32,00 | |||
| 30 | 5 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2355 | 6,5 | 53,0 | 56,0 | 37,25 | |||
| 31 | 68 | Potawad Anirudhha | IND | 1451 | 6,5 | 52,5 | 54,5 | 36,25 | ||||
| 32 | 12 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2300 | 6,5 | 51,5 | 55,5 | 37,75 | |||
| 33 | 21 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2152 | 6,5 | 51,0 | 55,5 | 36,50 | |||
| 34 | 26 | FM | Wagh Suyog | IND | 1942 | 6,5 | 50,0 | 54,5 | 36,50 | |||
| 35 | 20 | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2177 | 6,5 | 48,5 | 53,0 | 36,25 | |||
| 36 | 55 | CM | Kadam Om Manish | U15 | IND | 1544 | 6,5 | 48,0 | 51,5 | 34,25 | ||
| 37 | 23 | FM | Sauravh Khherdekar | IND | 2128 | 6,5 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 33,75 | |||
| 38 | 58 | Aarav Dengla | U13 | IND | 1499 | 6,5 | 46,5 | 49,5 | 30,50 | |||
| 39 | 25 | Chittal Sairaj | IND | 1983 | 6,5 | 44,0 | 48,0 | 33,75 | ||||
| 40 | 49 | Gupta Rajesh R.S. | IND | 1600 | 6,5 | 44,0 | 48,0 | 32,50 |
