M.S Nawin wins the 13th Modern School Fide Rated Chess Tournament

by Himank Ghosh - 23/08/2022

M.S. Nawin clinched the 13th Modern School Fide-rated chess tournament, scoring a perfect 7/7. 3 players tied for second place with 6.5/7- Ashwin Sairam, Lukesh A, and Vignesh Kannan P. The tournament took place from 12th-15th August, with a 90+30 time control. Nawin was the second-highest-rated player in the event, and he increased his rating by 32 points with this victory. The tournament was held in Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, Chennai. Photo: M.S. Nawin.

A dominating performance

M.S. Nawin scored 7 victories back-to-back in this 7 round classical tournament. He won the first prize of rs. 25,000. His best win was against the tournament's top seed, Vignesh N. in the last round. Both of them were tied with 6/6 after the penultimate round, this game decided the champion of the tournament.

The young school kid scored 7/7 with a performance rating of 2151, increasing his rating by 32 points.

Nawin sent us his annotations on the final-round battle:

M.S. Nawin with the first-place trophy and certificate. Photo: MS Nawin

Olympiad Bronze medalist, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu handed out the certificates. Photo: MS Nawin

Nawin's parents, tournament organizers, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu, and Nawin himself stand together with the trophy for a nice picture.

Nawin is currently a student in the Velammal Vidyalaya west. The tournament was held in Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, Chennai. The time control of the event was 90 minutes+30 seconds, and it s was held from 12th-15th August 2022. A total of 441 players participated in the event. Mr. Ravichandran V. was the tournament director, and IA Vijayakumar Manickavasagam was the chief arbiter of this tournament.

Check out Nawin's annotations of his penultimate round (6th round) win against Vishnu Gokula (1514):

Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Nawin M S				IND	1851	Velammal Vidyalaya West	7	30,5	33	33,50
2	4	Ashwin Sairam				IND	1734	Hindu Senior Secondary School	6,5	31,5	34	31,25
3	6	Lukesh A	U14			IND	1644	St John's, Besant Nagar	6,5	30,5	33	30,75
4	10	Vignesh Kannan P	U12			IND	1519	Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Karaikudi	6,5	29	33	30,75
5	1	Vignesh N				IND	1852	Modern Sr Sec School	6	30,5	33,5	27,00
6	299	Mithun Ramalingam R				IND	0	Sunshine Chennai Senior Secondary School	6	30	33	24,50
7	21	Vakeesh S				IND	1426	The Hindu Colony Chellamal Vidyalaya	6	30	32	26,50
8	19	Nivedita V C	F12	w		IND	1434	Sree Sankara Bala Vidyalaya Pallika	6	29,5	31,5	26,00
9	49	Sanchith Sundararam K	U14			IND	1294	Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K K Nag	6	28,5	31,5	25,00
10	30	Jeevika S	F14	w		IND	1384	Amrita Vidyalayam, Pondicherry	6	28,5	31,5	23,50