Kushagra Mohan wins Masthanaiah Chess World Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/07/2023

IM Kushagra Mohan and FM Md. Imran scored an unbeaten 9/10 each at Masthanaiah Chess World Rapid Rating Open 2023. Kushagra won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Imran was placed second. FM Harsh Suresh, IM D V Prasad, IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam, Nihal Swarna, Mani Bharathy and Hari Charan Sai Kalluri scored 8.5/10 each. They were placed third to eighth respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹20000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each respectively. This is Kushagra's fifth tournament victory of the year. Photo: apchess.org

Teenagers claim the podium

IM Kushagra Mohan and Md. Imran were the coleaders heading into the final round 8.5/9. They drew their game against each other in the last round to finish a half point ahead of the field.

Champion - IM Kushagra Mohan 9/10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up - FM Md. Imran 9/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - FM Harsh Suresh 8.5/10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd FM Harsh Suresh 9/10, 1st IM Kushagra Mohan 9/10 and 2nd Md. Imran 8.5/10 with organizers and guests | Photo: apchess.org

Kushagra - Nihal Swarna, Round 8

Position after 23.Nd7

IM Kushagra Mohan (2250) got a substantial positional advantage against Nihal Swarna (1720). 23.Nd7 Rc8 24.cxd6 Bg7 25.Ne5 exd6 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Qb3 dxe5 28.Rxd8 Rcxd8 and Black did not have enough pieces to fight back.

IM Kushagra Mohan scored an unbeaten 9/10

4th IM D V Prasad 8.5/10 | Photo: apchess.org

Highlights of the tournament (Telugu audio) | Video: 7tv channel Nellore

A total of 520 players including 4 IMs took part from various states across the country, one from Bangladesh, two from New Zealand and Sri Lanka each in this two-day ten-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament. The event was organized by Masthanaiah Chess World at The Nellore Arya Vysya Bullion Merchants in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on 8th and 9th July 2023. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Bdld	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	U19		IND	2250		Telangana	9	69,5	74	64,75	0	8
2	5	FM	Md, Imran	U16		IND	2147		AP	9	65,5	70,5	63,50	0	8
3	6	FM	Harsh, Suresh	U16		IND	2110		Tamilnadu	8,5	67,5	71,5	58,00	0	8
4	8	IM	Prasad, Devaki V	S55		IND	2064		Karnataka	8,5	63	68,5	57,25	0	8
5	10	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam			IND	1884		Tamilnadu	8,5	63	67,5	57,00	0	8
6	18		Swarna, Nihal	U16		IND	1720		AP	8,5	63	67,5	56,50	0	8
7	14	AGM	Mani, Bharathy		Title	IND	1802		Tamilnadu	8,5	62	66,5	54,75	0	8
8	12		Hari, Charan Sai Kalluri	U19		IND	1840		Telangana	8,5	62	65,5	56,75	0	8
9	3		Bharat, Kumar Reddy Poluri			IND	2199		Telangana	8	66	69	52,75	0	7
10	56		Seetasagar, Konaparthi	U16		IND	1388		AP	8	64,5	67	49,00	0	8
11	22		Gowtham, K K			IND	1692		Tamilnadu	8	63	68	52,00	0	8
12	21		Jai, Sankar Subramanian	U16		IND	1694		Tamilnadu	8	62,5	65,5	51,00	0	8
13	25		Rupesh, Reddy Y	U16		IND	1582		AP	8	62	66,5	50,75	0	7
14	11		Rao J., Malleswara			IND	1853		AP	8	62	63,5	49,50	0	8
15	1	IM	Ravi, Teja S.			IND	2296		AP	8	58,5	62	49,00	0	8
16	35		Druvesh, Dondapati	U16		IND	1499		AP	8	56,5	60	48,00	0	8
17	7	FM	Srinivasa Rao, M.			IND	2076		AP	8	51,5	54	45,00	0	8
18	42		Sathwik, D S S U	U16		IND	1443		AP	7,5	64,5	69	49,25	0	7
19	30		Siddhanth, Poonja	U13		IND	1524		Karnataka	7,5	64,5	68	46,75	0	7
20	43		Siba, Prasad Panda			IND	1440		Odissa	7,5	64	69	48,25	0	7
21	24		Konatham, Snehil	U19		IND	1641		AP	7,5	64	67,5	46,25	0	7
22	20		Srinivasa, Rao G.V.	S55		IND	1699		AP	7,5	61,5	64,5	45,25	0	7
23	27		Afreed, T Khan			IND	1554		AP	7,5	60	64,5	45,00	0	7
24	59		Majji, Ram Charan Teja	U16		IND	1384		AP	7,5	59,5	63,5	44,25	0	7
25	50		Rajapalem, Veera Bhagatheswar Reddy	U16		IND	1400		AP	7,5	59,5	63	44,00	0	7
26	33		Ravi, Kumar K			IND	1502		AP	7,5	59	63,5	43,75	0	7
27	16		Sri, Sai Baswanth P			IND	1760		AP	7,5	58	62,5	45,25	0	7
28	82		Prabhakar, Konaparthi	U19		IND	1295		AP	7,5	58	62	45,00	0	6
29	37	AIM	Sushrutha, Reddy		Title	IND	1478		Karnataka	7,5	58	60,5	42,00	0	7
30	45		Rama, Sreekar Yeleswarapu	U19		IND	1417		AP	7,5	57,5	61,5	44,50	0	6

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