Pune: Aniruddha Potawad played a marvelous game in the last round - when it mattered the most - to score a win and also claimed the championship in the Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial 2nd All India Open FIDE Rating below 1600 rating chess tournament at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch her on Monday.
Anirudhha showed his class and defeated Dipankar with ease in ninth round to claim the trophy. Rishi Kadam took second place while third best player of the trurnament was Satyam Praskash.
Totally, 824 players participated in the tournament.
Results:
Last round: Dipankar Kamble (7.5) lost to Anirudhha Potawad (8.5); Prakash Satyam (8) beat AFM Abhinav Karthik M (7.5); Rishi Kadam R (8) beat Jitendra Kumar Das (7); Mubeen Yaseen Khan (7) lost to Vangala Prashanth (8); Ranjith Kalaiyarasan (7) lost to Khush Doshi (8); Anand Dhumal (7.5) drew with AFM Shivank Kuncolienkar; Varad Athalye (7.5) beat Akshit Jha (6.5); WCM Sanskruti Wankhade (7.5) beat Sahil Sanjay (6.5); S Emayasri (7.5) beat Mitra Dhiman (6.5); Chanda Nilanta (6.5) lost to AIM Kulkarni Rakesh (7.5); Vishwajit Mankar (7.5) beat Pranav Phadnis (6.5); Rohan Dhore (7) drew with Saikat Nath (7); Sreyans Jain (7) drew with Amar Jyoti Kakoty (7); Devansh Shah (7.5) beat Ranjith Pratap (6.5); Pradip Suthar (6.5) lost to Kamalnayan Deshmuk (7.5).
Final standings:1. Anirudhha Potawad (8.5 points), 2. Rishi R Kadam (8 points), 3. Satyam Prakash (8 points), 4. Doshi Khush (8 points), 5. Prashanth Vangala (8 points), 6. Devansh Shah (7.5 points), 7. AFM Shivank Kuncolienkar (7.5 points); 8. AFM Abhinav Karthik (7.5 points); AIM Rakesh (7.5 points); 10. Dipankar Kamble (7.5 points).
