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

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:

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

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