IM Muthaiah Al dominates Torpedoes Rashmi Shetti Memorial All India Rapid Rating Open 2021

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/12/2021

IM Muthaiah Al of Tamil Nadu, scored eight consecutive victories before drawing his final round game against IM Ratnakaran K of Railways, as it was enough to win Torpedoes Rashmi Shetti Memorial All India Rapid Rating Open 2021. Karnataka's very own, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha scored 8.0/9 with a no-draw approach to secure second position. Three players IM Harikirshnan A Ra (TN), IM Ratnakaran K and 14-year-old Gokulakrishna S (TN) scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to fifth according to tie-breaks. Muthaiah won ₹30000 cash, Viani got ₹20000 and Harikrishnan ₹10000. Total cash prize ₹200000 and 159 trophies were given as prize including top three. Photo: Babu J Poojary

Muthaiah is back to his winning ways

IM Muthaiah Al is well-known for winning Open tournament in all over India in all formats of the game. Before Covid-19 pandemic struck, he won eight tournaments in 2019. Thus, him starting 8.0/8 does not come as a surprise as it shows that he strengthened himself in the last two years.

Champion - IM Muthaiah Al 8.5/9 | Photo:Babu J Poojary

Muthaiah scored an unbeaten 8.5/9

Runner-up IM Viani Antonio D'cunha 8.0/9 | Photo:Babu J Poojary

Second Runner-up IM Harikrishnan A Ra 7.5/9 | Photo:Babu J Poojary

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd IM Viani Antonio D'cunha, 1st IM Muthaiah Al and 3rd IM Harikrishnan A Ra | Photo:Babu J Poojary

The prize winners | Photo:Babu J Poojary

The beautiful trophies which were given away as prize | Photo:Babu J Poojary

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The tournament was organized by Torpedoes Sports Club on 11th and 12th December 2021 at Udupi, Karnataka. A total of 252 players including six IMs took part in the nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament which had a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	IM	Muthaiah Al			IND	2177	TN	8,5	51,5	55,5	51,75
2	2	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha			IND	2363	Kar	8,0	51,0	56,0	49,50
3	8	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra			IND	2085	TN	7,5	51,5	55,5	45,00
4	3	IM	Ratnakaran K.			IND	2346	Railways	7,5	51,0	53,5	42,50
5	36		Gokulakrishna S	U15		IND	1389	TN	7,5	48,0	51,5	41,75
6	11		Manigandan S S			IND	1973	TN	7,0	53,5	58,0	42,75
7	12		Balkishan A.			IND	1927	Kar	7,0	51,5	56,0	40,50
8	20		Sunyuktha C M N		w	IND	1705	TN	7,0	50,5	54,5	40,00
9	10	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam			IND	1979	Tn	7,0	50,0	52,5	38,50
10	67		Sathvik Adiga	U11		IND	1206	Kar	7,0	49,0	51,5	37,75
11	37		Viraj Prabhakar Shetti			IND	1382	Kar	7,0	49,0	51,5	35,50
12	15		Mandar Mohan Sane			IND	1883	Mah	7,0	48,5	51,0	35,00
13	17	AGM	Mani Bharathy			IND	1745	TN	7,0	48,0	52,0	37,75
14	1	IM	Shyaamnikhil P			IND	2389	ICF	7,0	47,0	50,5	35,50
15	16	AGM	Prashanth J Naik			IND	1750	Kar	7,0	46,5	49,5	37,50
16	100		Shaun Deon Sequeira	U13		IND	1101	Kar	7,0	44,0	47,0	34,00
17	19		Ramachandra Bhat	S60		IND	1716	Kar	7,0	43,5	45,0	33,50
18	9		Hemanth Raam			IND	2016	TN	6,5	55,5	60,5	42,00
19	4		Sharma R. Preetham			IND	2318	Kar	6,5	47,5	52,0	34,25
20	30		Arpith S Bijoy	U13		IND	1471	Ker	6,5	47,5	50,5	32,75
21	41		Nagvekar Sairudra	U15		IND	1311	Goa	6,5	44,5	45,5	28,50
22	83		Prathamesh Shashikant Deshmukh	U11		IND	1152	Kar	6,5	44,0	47,5	32,75
23	34		Vivaan Sunil Ballikar	U13		IND	1400	Goa	6,5	43,0	47,0	31,75
24	22		Sham R			IND	1668	TN	6,5	43,0	45,5	31,75
25	82		Sachin Pai	U15		IND	1153	Kar	6,5	42,0	45,5	29,25