Ramkumar prevails at 2nd Marvel Below 1600 Rating Tournament 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/01/2024

R Ramkumar scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 2nd Marvel Below 1600 Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Tijil Singh and C R Ritvik scored 8/9 each. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. Ramkumar's sole draw was against the eventual runner-up, Tijil. The top three finishers remained undefeated. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹600000. The top three prizes were ₹75000, ₹50000 and ₹40000 along with a trophy each. This was Ramkumar's third overall, first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photos: Marvel Chess Academy

Ramkumar's first rating tournament triumph of his career

R Ramkumar was the sole leader heading into the final round 7.5/8. He defeated Prashanth Vangala to become a clear champion. Tijil Singh and C R Ritvik won against My Aditya and Aswin Babu J to secure second and third position respectively.

Top 3 (L to R): 1st R Ramkumar 8.5/9, 2nd Tijil Singh 8/9 and 3rd C R Ritvik

R Ram Kumar scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 32.4 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Puchalapalli Leela Sundaraiah Function Hall, Pragathinagar in Hyderabad, Telangana

A total of 401 players took part from various states across the country and one from Australia, Canada and USA each in the Below 1600 Rating tournament. The three-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by B Rajashekar at Puchalapalli Leela Sundaraiah Function Hall, Pragathinagar in Hyderabad, Telangana from 28th to 30th December 2023. The time control of the event was 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	3		Ram, Kumar R			IND	1536	AP	8,5	51,5	55,5	51,50	8
2	53		Tijil, Singh	U15		IND	1255	TG	8	52	55	46,75	7
3	4		C, R Ritvik			IND	1527	TG	8	51	55	48,00	7
4	8		Gudimetla, Navaneeth Reddy	U15		IND	1494	TN	7,5	52	52,5	41,25	7
5	13		Vasistha, Ramana Rao K V			IND	1440	TG	7,5	50	52	42,50	6
6	10		Phani, Krishna C H			IND	1449	TG	7,5	47	51	42,25	7
7	6		Venkata, Krishna Tondapu			IND	1505	TG	7,5	45	49	39,75	7
8	1		Aswin, Babu J			IND	1593	TN	7	55	60	43,50	7
9	2	AFM	My, Aditya			IND	1549	AP	7	52,5	57,5	42,50	7
10	16		Vangala, Prashanth			IND	1413	TG	7	51	56	40,50	7
11	9		Andabatla, Satvik	U13		IND	1471	TG	7	49,5	53,5	39,25	6
12	12		Sreenandan, Babu J			IND	1440	TG	7	49	53,5	40,00	6
13	39		Sree, Rama Anjani Kumar K	U13		IND	1317	TG	7	48,5	52	38,75	6
14	11		Phani, Kanuri			IND	1442	AP	7	48	51	36,75	6
15	42		Pratik, Lalit Tambi	U11		IND	1310	MH	7	48	50,5	38,00	7
16	30		Hriday, Mundada	U13		IND	1339	TG	7	47	50	36,00	7
17	7		Nagasri, Saikanth			IND	1498	AP	7	47	49,5	37,75	5
18	26		Anilkumar, Reddy Kasireddy			IND	1352	TG	7	46,5	49,5	37,50	7
19	73		Anandhi, P	F13	w	IND	1204	KA	7	42	45	33,00	7
20	20		Nidhish, Shyamal	U09		IND	1384	TG	6,5	52,5	56,5	38,25	6
21	94		Oam, Baheti	U15		IND	1167	TG	6,5	51	55	37,75	6
22	119	AFM	Abhibhav, Kumar	U13		IND	1127	DL	6,5	50,5	54	37,00	5
23	21		Sarvani, Cheedella	F15	w	IND	1376	AP	6,5	49,5	52	35,75	5
24	25		Subba, Raju S.			IND	1360	TG	6,5	49	53	35,25	6
25	32		Syam, Sudhakar Rao R			IND	1333	AP	6,5	48	52	35,25	6