Kasinadhuni Rajya Lalkshmi Memorial International Fide Rating Tournament Hyderabad
Akash Pc Iyer wins title
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by FA S Subba Raju , Chief Arbiter
hird seed Akash Pc Iyer of Tamilnadu
become champion Kasinadhuni Rajya
Lalkshmi Memorial International Fide
Rating Chess Tournament held at L B Stadium, Hyderabad from18th to 2nd June, 2016.
He scored 8 points from 9 rounds. In the
final round Akash(8) defeated his state-mate
International Master R Balasubrahmanyam
(6.5) to clinch the title with clear margin
of half point. V Varun of Hyderabad tied for
second place with AL Muthaiah, S Prasanna
(both from Tamilnadu), J Ramakrihna of
Andhra Bank. These four players scored 7.5
each, but due to higher tie break score Varun
declared runner-up.
Winner Akash got prize money of Rs.
30,000/- where are Varun received Rs.
20,000/- Total Rs. 2 Lakh prize money is
distributed among 50 prize winners.he event
attracted 227 participants from Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu,
Karnataka, Delhi,Pondichery,Jharkh, Haryana and a few participants from USA,Iran,
Bangladesh.
Tournament was inaugurated by Dr.Somalingam, Liasion Officer , Sports Authority
Of Telangana State. Major K A Shiva Prasad,
Vice President TS Chess Association, Sri K S
Prasad, Advisor – TSCA and Sri Ganta Arvindkumar, Tournament Organizer also present.
FA S Subba Raju was the Chief Arbiter and FA
Major K A Shiva Prasad was deputy arbiter
for the event.
In the valedictory function, chief guest Sri
Dinakar Babu, IAS, VCMD-SATS distributed
the prizes. Major K A Shiva Prasad, Vice President Telangana State Chess Association, Sri
K S Prasad, Advisor – TSCA and Sri Ganta
Arvindkumar, Tournament Organizer were
also present.
Final ranking
Rk Name
Pts
1
Akash Pc Iyer
8
2
Varun V
7½
3
Muthaiah Al
7½
4 Prasannaa.S
7½
5
Ramakrishna J.
7½
6
Ajay Kumar Rai
7
7
Chakravarthi Reddy M
7
8
Avi Jaiswal
7
9
Soni Krishan
7
10
R Balasubramaniam
6½
11
Badrinath S.
6½
12
Vishwanath Prasad
6½
13
Sai Agni Jeevitesh J
6½
14
Balkishan A.
6½
15
Bolhari Orfeh
6½
16
Kumar A.
6½
17
Kushagra Mohan
6½
18
Bharath Subramaniyam H
6½
19
Akshit Kumar J
6½
20
Karthick Narayanan S
6½
21
Karthik Sai Ch
6½
22
Prasad J R C
6½
23
Himanshu Moudgil
6½
24
K Ashleesh
6
25
Aaryan Varshney
6
26
Srinivasa Rao G.V.
6
27
Satyanarayana P.
6
28
Anurag Kuruvada
6
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