Kavinkumar clear first at 3rd Sri Chess Academy Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 31/01/2025

Kavinkumar G scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 3rd Sri Chess Academy Below 1800 Rating Tournament 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Satyanarayana P scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. Niranjan Mochalra, Kannan V, Lanka Marthanda Kumar and Satyajit Sarkar scored 7.5/9 each. They secured third to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹40000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each respectively. The three-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Sri Chess Academy at S3 Sports Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 24th to 26th January 2025. This is Kavinkumar's second overall, first rating tournament triumph in 2025. Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

Top seed domination

Niranjan Mocharla and the top seed of the tournament, Kavinkumar G were the coleaders 7.5/8, heading into the last round. Niranjan lost to Kavinkumar and the latter became champion, the former finished third. Satyanarayana P defeated Kishore V to secure second place. 12-year-old Sriram Jayin Vakada scored 7/9 to finish ninth. He is the youngest top ten finisher of the event.

Champion - Kavinkumar G 8.5/9 | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Niranjan Mocharla 7.5/9, 1st Kavinkumar G 8.5/9 and 3rd Niranjan Mocharla 7.5/9 | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

Kavinkumar G scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 38 Elo rating points

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

L to R: V Balakrishna Rao, IA, Ex-President AVCA, Dr. Rangala Babu Rao, Tournament Director, Adi Narayana, CEO CPE Junior College, GV Kumar, IA, Chief Arbiter and V Sri Kanth, FA, Director, Sri Chess Academy.

Inaugural first move | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

Top boards in action | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

L to R: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao, Tournament Director, IA G V Kumar, Chief Arbiter), A Suresh, President, Andhra Chess and FA K V V Sarma, Chairman, Andhra Chess | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

The tournament hall at S3 Sports Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | Photo: Dr. Rangala Babu Rao / Sri Chess Academy

Thanks to Dr. Rangala Babu Rao, Tournament Director, for sharing photographs and info about the tournament.

A total of 391 players took part from various parts of India, one from Australia and USA each. The three-day nine round Below 1800 Rating tournament was organized by Sri Chess Academy at S3 Sports Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 24th to 26th January 2025. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	AGM	Kavinkumar, G			IND	1792	TN	8,5	50,5	54	51,25	8
2	14		Satyanarayana, P.			IND	1709	TG	8	51	56	49,50	7
3	22	AIM	Niranjan, Mocharla			IND	1688	AP	7,5	51,5	56	44,00	7
4	25		Kannan.V,		PHC	IND	1677	TN	7,5	49	53,5	44,25	7
5	21		Lanka, Marthanda Kumar			IND	1691	VSP	7,5	48	53	43,75	7
6	26		Satyajit, Sarkar			IND	1677	WB	7,5	47,5	51	41,25	7
7	5		Kishore, V			IND	1763	TN	7	54	58	41,50	7
8	10		Vijaya, Kumar A.V.S.			IND	1729	VSP	7	52,5	58,5	44,75	6
9	29		Vakada, Sriram Jayin	U13		IND	1659	VSP	7	51,5	54,5	39,25	6
10	24		Phani, Kanuri			IND	1680	AP	7	51	54	40,25	6
11	44		Mihir, Chandra Loke			IND	1613	TG	7	48,5	52	37,00	7
12	6		Ojas, Joshi	U13		IND	1749	RJ	7	48,5	51	37,75	6
13	19		Suresh, Kolavapalli			IND	1695	AP	7	47,5	51,5	39,00	5
14	45		Shrestha, Vijay D	U15		IND	1608	AN	7	47	51	36,50	6
15	40		Sai, Harshavardhan J			IND	1625	TN	7	46,5	50,5	37,25	6
16	11		P, Srinivas Reddy			IND	1722	VSP	7	46,5	48,5	36,00	7
17	31		Veera, Phani Sai Teja K			IND	1656	AP	7	45	46	32,50	7
18	2		Prasann, Shukla			IND	1778	CT	7	44,5	47	34,50	6
19	89		M Tulasi Ram, Kumar	S55		IND	1513	TG	7	44	47	34,50	7
20	39		Pidintla, Saikumar			IND	1626	VSP	7	42	46	35,00	7
21	15		Gopinath, P			IND	1706	TN	6,5	52	55,5	36,75	6
22	52		Virat, J S	U13		IND	1593	AN	6,5	51,5	54,5	36,75	5
23	67	AFM	Vinayak, K	U13		IND	1554	VSP	6,5	50	52,5	35,50	5
24	3		Yogesh, Loganathan			IND	1765	TN	6,5	49,5	54,5	38,25	6
25	57		Rithwik, Gandu	U15		IND	1588	TG	6,5	49,5	53,5	35,75	5
26	77		Siva, Durga Rao P			IND	1540	VSP	6,5	49	53,5	37,00	6
27	4		Kalyani, B		BW	IND	1763	VSP	6,5	49	52,5	34,75	6
28	91		Balasai, Aravind Ganesh V	U15		IND	1512	TN	6,5	49	52	34,25	6
29	33	ACM	Aadithya, R	U13		IND	1645	AP	6,5	48	52	35,00	5
30	87		Anirban, Pahari			IND	1516	WB	6,5	48	51,5	34,50	6

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