Pranay Akula clinches title at 18th TCA Rapid Chess Tournament

Pranay Akula claimed the top spot in the 18th TCA One-day Rapid Open Chess Tournament. P. Sri Sai Baswanth and J. Malleswara Rao secured second and third, respectively, in the competition

Hyderabad: Pranay Akula won the 18th TCA One-day rapid open chess tournament organised at Telangana Chess Academy here on Saturday.

P. Sri Sai Baswanth and J. Malleswara Rao finished second and third respectively.

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Final placings: 1. Pranay Akula, 2. P. Sri Sai Baswanth, 3. J. Malleswara Rao, 4. Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni, 5. Ch. Sai Karthik, 6. V. Raghav Srivathsav, 7. Suresh Duvvala, 8. Ayush Yadav, 9. V. Varun and 10. M.Y. Aditya.

Under-9: 1. Banothu Humpy, 2. Gantem Shouri Aryan, 3. Sharika Tunki.

Under-13: 1. Penjarla Poojit Ayaan, 2. Arnav Nandan Pitchika, 3. Gurrupu Vidhya Dhan.

Under-15: 1. Akhil Repalle, 2. Aniruddh Mellachruvu, 3. Siva Subramanyam.

Unrated category: 1. Bujala Sahith Reddy, 2. Teja Krishna Talabattula, 3. Sasank Badrinath.

Veterans: 1. K.S. Ranganathan, 2. P.V.V. Satyanarayana Murthy.

Women: 1. G. Anitha, 2. Krishna Sahithi Nalappareddy.

Below ELO 1600: 1. A.K. Raju, 2. Y. Murali Mohan.

Below 1800: 1. Shanmukha Pilli, 2. Tijil Singh.