IM Dinesh Sharma wins National Blitz Championship 2018

7 years ago

Gujarat: IM Dinesh Sharma of Life Insurance Corporation clinched the National Blitz Championship title on 5th May with a half-point margin at GSC Bank, Ahmedabad. GM Lalith Babu finished second with a score of 9.0/11 points. FM Erigaisi Arjun occupied the third place.

From R to L: Samir Shah (Treasurer, GSCA), Anantharam Rathinam (Chief Arbiter), Ms. Silva Patel (Director, Karnavati Club Ltd.), Jayesh Modi (Vice President, GSCA), Bhavesh Patel (Secretary, GSCA) [Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association]

In the last round, Dinesh Sharma and Satyapragyan Swayangsu’s game on board 1 ended up in a draw while Erigaisi Arjun and Harsha Bharatakothi’s clash also resulted in a draw. Lalith, who won the National Rapid title a few days ago, defeated IM K. Ratnakaran on board 3. In the final list, Dinesh led with 9.5 points while Lalith and Arjun followed with nine points each.

In the four-day event (Rapid & Blitz), around 164 players representing all states and affiliated sports departments participated. The event was organized by the Gujarat State Chess Association.

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	19	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.			IND	2313	9,5	0,0	74,0	79,0	66,00	9	11	9,5	5,99	3,51	20	70,2
2	2	GM	Lalith Babu M R			IND	2543	9,0	1,0	77,5	83,0	65,75	8	11	9	8,27	0,73	20	14,6
3	12	FM	Erigaisi Arjun			IND	2368	9,0	0,0	78,5	84,0	67,25	8	11	9	6,78	2,22	20	44,4
4	25	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2279	8,5	0,0	68,5	72,5	52,00	8	11	8,5	6,68	1,82	20	36,4
5	23	FM	Sadhwani Raunak			IND	2282	8,5	0,0	68,0	71,0	51,50	7	11	8,5	6,58	1,92	20	38,4
6	15	IM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2346	8,0	0,0	74,5	79,5	53,00	7	11	8	6,34	1,66	20	33,2
7	21	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu			IND	2302	8,0	0,0	70,0	74,5	50,50	8	11	8	6,68	1,32	20	26,4
8	31	IM	Abhishek Kelkar			IND	2215	8,0	0,0	69,5	74,5	51,25	7	11	8	5,10	2,90	20	58,0
9	16	IM	Satyapragyan Swayangsu			IND	2345	8,0	0,0	68,5	73,0	51,50	7	11	8	8,58	-0,58	20	-11,6
10	17		Ram S. Krishnan			IND	2335	8,0	0,0	65,0	69,5	48,00	8	11	8	8,56	-0,56	20	-11,2