Prudhvi Kumar V wins Prestige Open B Below 2000 Rating Tournament 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/02/2023

23-year-old Prudhvi Kumar V and Jovan Mijajlovic (SRB) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 each. Prudhvi won the Prestige 2023 Open B Below 2000 Rating tournament due to better tie-breaks. It was part of Winter Chess Festival "Paracin 2023". Their fourth round encounter ended in a draw and they both finished a full point ahead of the competition. FM Dinu-Simi Suciu (ROU) scored sole 6.5/9 to finish third. The total prize fund of the tournament was 180000 RSD (approx. ₹135914). The top three prizes were 50000, 36000 and 25000 RSD each respectively. Prudhvi won approximately ₹37754. Photo: FM IA IO FT Sasa Jevtic

Prudhvi wins his first Rating tournament

Prudhvi Kumar V has won few district level tournaments. This was his first Rating Open tournament triumph, the rating restriction was Below 2000.

Champion - Prudhvi Kumar V 7.5/9 | Photo: FM IA IO FT Sasa Jevtic

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Jovan Mijajlovic (SRB) 7.5/9, 1st Prudhvi Kumar V 7.5/9 and 3rd FM Dinu-Simi Suciu (ROU) 6.5/9 | Photo: FM IA IO FT Sasa Jevtic

Prudhvi Kumar V scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 and gained 39 Elo rating points

A total of 50 players took part in the Open B category from eight countries across the world - Bulgaria, India, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and USA. The seven-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by OŠK "Paraćin" at Pool Prestige in Paracin, Serbia from 17th to 23rd January 2023. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	5	MK	Prudhvi Kumar V	IND	1879	7,5	47,5	40	6	20	39
2	9	MK	Mijajlovic Jovan	SRB	1820	7,5	46,5	40	6	20	48,4
3	2	FM	Suciu Dinu-Simi	ROU	1969	6,5	49	34	4	20	-5,8
4	23	I	Udovenko Daniel	USA	1626	6	48	33	5	40	131,6
5	20	I	Zhezhovska Monika	MKD	1636	6	46	31,5	5	40	124,8
6	12	MK	Cirjan Daniel	ROU	1774	6	43	29	4	20	9,8
7	26	I	Demirkol Kerim Calvelo	TUR	1556	6	37,5	26	5	40	70,4
8	4	MK	Jovanovski Teodor	MKD	1882	5,5	46,5	30,5	5	40	-26,8
9	3	FM	Dezelin Milan	SRB	1895	5,5	44,5	31	2	20	-4,4
10	1	MK	Andric Sinisa	SRB	1991	5,5	44,5	29,5	4	20	-25