A2H Open Rapid and Blitz chess tournament announces top 10 finishers

Sree Shaunak Chanda won the rapid event and Kandi Santosh Sai Karthik claimed the blitz title at the A2H Open Rapid and Blitz prize-money chess tournament. The two players finished runners-up in each other’s respective formats

Hyderabad: FIDE-rated Sree Shaunak Chanda won the rapid event, while Kandi Santosh Sai Karthik emerged victorious in the blitz event at the A2H Open Rapid and Blitz prize-money chess tournament held at the academy.

Santosh Sai Karthik finished runner-up in the rapid event, while Shaunak Chanda secured second place in blitz.

Final placings:

Rapid:

1. Sree Shaunak Chanda

2. Kandi Santosh Sai Karthik

3. Sri Akhil Prasad

4. G V Srinivasa Rao

5. Nagavarapu Saket

6. Shanmukha Pulli

7. Akhil Repalle

8. S V C Chakravarthi

9. N Rohith

10. Manoj Reddy Maram.

Blitz:

1. Kandi Santosh Sai Karthik

2. Sree Shaunak Chanda

3. Surya Alakanti

4. Sri Akhil Prasad

5. N Rohith

6. G V Srinivasa Rao

7. J Malleswara Rao

8. Tijil Singh

9. Akhil Repalle

10. V U Diwakar.