The 2nd RCA Chess Championship was held at the Raja’s Chess Academy branch at Kaggadasapura , Bangalore - 93  on 26th January 2006 - Seedings were based on alphabetical order - 10 minutes blitz in 6 rounds swiss followed by 5 minutes blitz in 6 rounds swiss was conducted with final standings based on combined grand prix points approach - Combined S.B. was used to resolve ties - Purely seedings pairings without colour weightage as initially introduced by FIDE in 1985 was used - Full point bye was given only in round-1 and then half point byes - Players seeded were : 01. Anurag Menon 02. Arjun Bharat 03. Atishay Samuel 3a. S.Harith 04. Krish Bharat 05. M.Priadarshni 06. Y.G.Rajashree 07. Shah Rukh Sait 08. C.A.Shyam 09. Siddharth Panicker 10. Y.G. Sriram  11. V.Srivathsa 12. M.Trivikrama 13. B.Venkatesh 14. Vetrivel Natarajan 15. M.Vigram 16. Vineetha Pereira 17. J.Vrishni Ritvic 18. M.L.Yashaswini - S.Harith arrived late just after round -1 pairing had been done and was introduced as card-3a with first round full point bye - A base rating of 1000 was given to all players making their expectancy exactly 50% = 3/6 in both 6 rounds swiss events - Crosstable of results in 10 minutes blitz 6 rounds swiss is shown below -

Player name--------------Rd-1----Rd-2----Rd3----Rd4----Rd-5----Rd-6---Points---SB---Rank---GPP

01. Anurag Menon-----B10W---W09W---B3aL--W05W--B14L--W07L----3.0---07.50---9th-----11

02. Arjun Bharat-------W11D---B17W---B17W--W15L--W03D--B3aL-----3.0---09.50---8th-----12

03. Atishay Samuel-----B12W---W13L---B15L--W09W--B02D--W04W----3.5---06.00---7th-----13

3a. S.Harith-------------Bye----W14W---W01W--B07W--B15L--W02W---5.0---17.50---2nd-----18

04. Krish Bharat--------W13L----B11L---W18W--B10W--W06L--B03L----2.0---04.50---15th-----5

05. M.Priadarshni-------B14L---W10W---W16W--B01L---B13W--W17L---3.0---07.50---10th----10

06. Y.G.Rajashree------W15L---B12W---W14L---B16W--W04W--W11L---3.0--05.50---11th-----9

07. Shah Rukh Sait------B16W--W15D---B11W---W3aL--W17W--B01W---4.5---15.75---3rd----17

08. C.A.Shyam---------W17L---B16L----W10L-----Bye---B12D---W18W--2.0---03.50---16th-----4

09. Siddharth Panicker---B18W---B01L---W17L----B03L--W10L-----Bye---1.5---03.00---17th-----3

10. Y.G. Sriram----------W01L---B05L---W08W---W04L--B09W--W13W--3.0---05.00---12th----8 

11. V.Srivathsa-----------B02D--W04W---W07L---B17L---W18W--B06W--3.5---08.00---6th----14

12. M.Trivikrama--------W03L---W06L-----Bye----B18L--- W08D---B16L---1.0--02.50---19th----1

13. B.Venkatesh---------B04W---B03W---W02L---B14L---W05L---B10L---2.0---05.50---14th----6

14. Vetrivel Natarajan---W05W---B3aL---B06W---W13W--W01W--B15L---4.0---11.00---4th----16

15. M.Vigram-----------B06W---B07D--W03W---W02W--W3aW--W14W--5.5---20.75---1st----19

16. Vineetha Pereira-----W07L--W08W---B05L---W06L------Bye---W12W--2.5---04.50---13th---7

17. J.Vrishni Ritvic-------B08W--W02L---B09W--W11W----B07L---B05W--4.0---09.50----5th---15

18. M.L.Yashaswini-----W09L----Bye----B04L---W12W----B11L---B08L---1.5---02.50---18th----2

Seedings for the 5 minutes blitz event was based on the rankings achieved above - 

Crosstable of results in 5 minutes blitz 6 rounds swiss is shown below : 

Player name--------------Rd-1----Rd-2----Rd3----Rd4----Rd-5----Rd-6---Points---SB---Rank---GPP

  1.M.Vigram------------B10W--W06W--B02W---W05W--B09W--B04W----6.0---21.5 --1st---19--

  2.S.Harith--------------W11W--B07W--W01L---W04W--B05W--W03D----4.5---14.5--2nd---18--

  3.Shah Rukh Sait-------B12W--W08D--W05L---B06W--W10W--B02D-----4.0---13.5---4th---16--

  4.Vetrivel Natarajan----W13W-W09D--W08W--B02L---B07W---W01L----3.5--12.25---6th---14--

  5.J.Vrishni Ritvic--------B14W--W19W--B03L---B01L--W02L----B10W---4.0---9.50---5th---15--

  6.V.Srivathsa-----------W15W--B01L---W09L--W03L--B19W----W13W--3.0---6.0----9th---11--  

  7.Atishay Samuel--------B16W--W02L--B17W--B09L---W04L----W11W--3.0---6.0---10th---10--

  8.Arjun Bharat----------W17W--B03D--B04L---W12W-W11W---W09W---4.5--12.0---3rd---17--

  9.Anurag Menon--------B18W--B04D--B06W---W07W-W01L----B08L----3.5---9.75---7th---13--

10. M.Priadarshni--------W01L---B14W-W16W--B11W--B03L-----W05L---3.0---5.0----12th---8--

11.Y.G.Rajashree--------B02L---W15W-B19W---W10L--W08L----B07L----2.0---3.0----14th---6--

12.Y.G. Sriram-----------W03L---B16W-W18W--B08L--W15W----B17W---3.0---5.0---11th---9--

13.Vineetha Pereira-------B04L---W17L--W14W--B19W-W16W---B06L-----3.0---6.0---8th---12--

14.B.Venkatesh----------W05L---W10L--B13L-----Bye---B18D----W15D---1.50---3.0---17th---3--

15.Krish Bharat----------B06L----B11L----Bye---W18W--B12L-----B14D----2.0---3.25---15th---5--

16.C.A.Shyam-----------W07L--W12L---B10L---W17W--B13L------Bye-----2.5---6.25---13th--7--

17.Siddharth Panicker---B08L---B13W---W07L---B16L----Bye----W12L-----1.5----4.5---18th--2--

18.M.L.Yashaswini------W09L----Bye----B12L---B15L---W14D---W19W-----2.0--3.25---16th--4--

19.M.Trivikrama---------Bye-----B05L---W11L---W13L--W06L-----B18L-----1.0---1.5---19th---1--

Final standings based on combined grand prix points (combined SB used to resolve tie here)

1.M.Vigram = 19 + 19 = 38---2. S.Harith = 18 + 18 = 36---3. Shah Rukh Sait = 17 + 16=33---

4.Vetrivel Natarajan = 16 + 14 = 30 (SB = 23.25)---5.J.Vrishni Ritvic = 30 (SB = 19)---

6.Arjun Bharat = 12 + 17 = 29---7.V.Srivathsa = 14 + 11 = 25---8. Anurag Menon = 11 + 13 = 24---

9.Atishay Samuel = 13 + 10 = 23---10.Vineetha.B.Pereira = 7 + 12 = 19---

12.Y.G.Sriram = 8 + 9 = 17---13.Y.G.Rajashree = 9 + 6 = 15---14.C.A.Shyam = 4 + 7 = 11---

15.Krish Bharat = 5 + 5   = 10---16.B.Venkatesh =  6 + 3 = 9---17.M.L.Yashaswini = 2 + 4 = 6---

18.P.Siddharth = 3 + 2 = 5---19.M.Trivikrama  = 1+1 = 2--- 

RCA Blitz Rating list -1 as on 26-01-2006 after the RCA - 2 chess championship

1.M.Vigram---(Bangalore)---------------1137.50 (12 games)

2 S.Harith---(Hosur)---------------------1075.00 (11 games)

3. Shah Rukh Sait---(Bangalore)---------1062.50 (12 games)

4.J.Vrishni Ritvic---(Erode)--------------1050.00 (12 games)

5.Arjun Bharat---(Bangalore)------------1037.50 (12 games)

6.Vetrivel Natarajan--(Bangalore)--------1037.50 (12 games)

7.Anurag Menon---(Bangalore)----------1012.50 (12 games)

8.Atishay Samuel---(Bangalore)----------1012.50 (12 games)

9.V.Srivathsa---(Bangalore)--------------1012.50 (12 games)

10.Y.G.Sriram---(Bangalore)------------1000.00 (12 games)

12.Vineetha.B.Pereira---(Bangalore)-----0987.50 (11 games)

13.Y.G.Rajashree---(Bangalore)---------0975.00 (12 games)

14.C.A.Shyam---(Bangalore)------------0975.00 (10 games)

15.Krish Bharat---(Bangalore)-----------0950.00 (11 games) 

16.B.Venkatesh---(Bangalore)-----------0937.50 (11 games) 

17.M.L.Yashaswini---(Bangalore)-------0937.50 (10 games)

18.P.Siddharth ---(Bangalore)-----------0925.00 (10 games)

19.M.Trivikrama---(Bangalore)----------0887.50 (10 games)  

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