14-year-old Arvind Iyer is the winner of Surya Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/03/2023

14-year-old Arvind Iyer scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win Surya Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. The teenager had a half point lead going into the final round. He drew with the eventual runner-up Maulik Raval to become a clear champion. Apart from Maulik, Shaikh Sohil, Ankit Chudasama and Shailesh Rawal also scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹100000. The top three prizes were ₹11000, ₹9000 and ₹7000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Arvind's first rating tournament triumph

The 14-year-old teenager from Kalyan, Maharashtra, has won a few tournaments. However, this is his rating open tournament victory. Four players - Arvind Iyer, Maulik Raval, Shailesh Rawal and Ajay Virwani remained undefeated among the top ten finishers.

Champion - Arvind Iyer 8/9 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd Shaikh Sohil 7.5/9, 1st Arvind Iyer 8/9 and 2nd Maulik Raval 7.5/9 | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Arvind Iyer scored an unbeaten 8/9 and gained 89.6 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Hotel Surya, Vadodara, Gujarat | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Various prize winners | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

Parents and accompanying persons at the prize distribution ceremony | Photo: Pruthviraj Leuva

A total of 193 players participated in this two-day nine-round Swiss league Rapid Rating tournament. The tournament was organized by Divyam Foundation on 18th to 19th February 2023 at Hotel Surya in Vadodara, Gujarat. The time control for the event was 20 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	ACM	Iyer Arvind	IND	1788	8	47,5	51,5	44,75
2	2		Maulik Raval	IND	2019	7,5	52,5	56,5	45,25
3	9		Shaikh Sohil	IND	1787	7,5	48,5	49	39,75
4	10		Chudasama Ankit	IND	1775	7,5	48	51	41,25
5	6		Rawal Shailesh	IND	1816	7,5	47	50	40,00
6	31		Jiaan Abhishek Gondalia	IND	1350	7	49	53,5	40,00
7	11		Mraduhas Tripathi	IND	1658	7	48,5	51,5	36,00
8	4		Ajay Virwani	IND	1830	7	47,5	51,5	39,75
9	21		Chandwani Prateek	IND	1493	7	45	48,5	34,50
10	26		Raj Patel	IND	1433	7	44	47	35,25
11	32		Kholia Kishan	IND	1349	7	44	47	33,50
12	142		Musin Bulat	RUS	0	6,5	53,5	58,5	40,00
13	37		Aarav Kumar	IND	1301	6,5	47,5	51	34,25
14	19		Parmar Jagdish	IND	1505	6,5	47,5	50	32,25
15	14		Chevli Miral	IND	1612	6,5	47	49	33,50
16	50		Arpita Patankar	IND	1203	6,5	45	46	29,50
17	13		Bhatkar Zaheer Abbas	IND	1624	6,5	44,5	47,5	32,25
18	131		Khanak Kapadia	IND	0	6,5	44	47	31,50
19	72		Tanay Saboo	IND	1099	6,5	43,5	46,5	31,25
20	18		Barot Yug Kandarpbhai	IND	1509	6,5	43	45,5	30,00