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M.S Nawin wins the 13th Modern School Fide Rated Chess Tournament

by Himank Ghosh - 23/08/2022

M.S. Nawin clinched the 13th Modern School Fide-rated chess tournament, scoring a perfect 7/7. 3 players tied for second place with 6.5/7- Ashwin Sairam, Lukesh A, and Vignesh Kannan P. The tournament took place from 12th-15th August, with a 90+30 time control.  Nawin was the second-highest-rated player in the event, and he increased his rating by 32 points with this victory. The tournament was held in Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, Chennai. Photo: M.S. Nawin.

A dominating performance

M.S. Nawin scored 7 victories back-to-back in this 7 round classical tournament. He won the first prize of rs. 25,000. His best win was against the tournament's top seed, Vignesh N. in the last round. Both of them were tied with 6/6 after the penultimate round, this game decided the champion of the tournament. 

The young school kid scored 7/7 with a performance rating of 2151, increasing his rating by 32 points.

Nawin sent us his annotations on the final-round battle:

M.S. Nawin with the first-place trophy and certificate. Photo: MS Nawin

Olympiad Bronze medalist, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu handed out the certificates. Photo: MS Nawin

Nawin's parents, tournament organizers, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu, and Nawin himself stand together with the trophy for a nice picture.

Nawin is currently a student in the Velammal Vidyalaya west. The tournament was held in Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, Chennai. The time control of the event was 90 minutes+30 seconds, and it s was held from 12th-15th August 2022. A total of 441 players participated in the event. Mr. Ravichandran V. was the tournament director, and IA Vijayakumar Manickavasagam was the chief arbiter of this tournament.

Check out Nawin's annotations of his penultimate round (6th round) win against Vishnu Gokula (1514):

Final standings

Rk.SNoNameTypsexGrFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
12
Nawin M SIND1851Velammal Vidyalaya West730,53333,50
24 Ashwin Sairam IND1734Hindu Senior Secondary School6,531,53431,25
36Lukesh AU14IND1644St John's, Besant Nagar6,530,53330,75
410Vignesh Kannan PU12IND1519Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Karaikudi6,5293330,75
51Vignesh NIND1852Modern Sr Sec School630,533,527,00
6299Mithun Ramalingam RIND0Sunshine Chennai Senior Secondary School6303324,50
721Vakeesh SIND1426The Hindu Colony Chellamal Vidyalaya6303226,50
819Nivedita V CF12wIND1434Sree Sankara Bala Vidyalaya Pallika629,531,526,00
949Sanchith Sundararam KU14IND1294Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K K Nag628,531,525,00
1030Jeevika SF14wIND1384Amrita Vidyalayam, Pondicherry628,531,523,50

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