Final standings:

No	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total	%	SB
1	Rakesh Agrawal		½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	13	92.9	79.5
2	Tanmay Srinath	½		½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12.5	89.3	73.75
3	T.Pavan Kumar	½	½		½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12.5	89.3	73.75
4	Amit Kumar Sharma	0	½	½		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	85.7	67.5
5	Nileshkumar J. Vyas	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	71.4	45
6	Yellapu Pandavakrishna	0	0	0	0	0		½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8.5	60.7	32.5
7	Pervez Mandviwala	0	0	0	0	0	½		1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8	57.1	30.25
8	Sameeh Nazrulla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	½	1	1	1	1	1	6.5	46.4	19.5
9	Abhyuday Santhosh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	1	1	5	35.7	12
10	Venugopal Linga	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0		0	1	1	1	1	5	35.7	14.25
11	Sameer Abdulla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	0	1	5	35.7	15
12	B.S.Dutt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	3	21.4	4
13	Anjum Shafiq Khan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	2	14.3	2
14	Shiju Rajan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	2	14.3	5
15	Amit Dutta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0.0	0

Rakesh Agrawal pipped strong contenders Tanmay Srinath and Pavan Kumar to win this tournament with 13 points from 14 games. He won all his games except for draws against Tanmay Srinath and T.Pavan Kumar. Tanmay Srinath and T.Pavan Kumar are tied, both having scored 12.5 points. They have drawn their games against Rakesh Agrawal, against each other and Amit Kumar Sharma. Amit Kumar Sharma has finished 4^th with a very creditable performance of 12 points, having lost to Rakesh Agrawal, draws against T.Pavan Kumar and Tanmay Srinath and wins in all the other games. It is worth mentioning the good play by Nileshkumar Vyas, making a comeback after long absence from Correspondence Chess. He won all his games except for losses against the top 4.

Congrats to Rakesh, Tanmay and Pavan!

Tie-break for the 2^nd-3^rd positions

As per the mandated rules:

Ties are to be resolved in the following order:

1. Direct encounter (Results of tied players against each other)
2. Greater number of wins
3. Sonneborn-Berger Score (also called Neustadtl Sonneborn-Berger Score)
   S.B.Score is calculated by adding the sum of the scores of the players he has defeated to half the sum of the scores of those he has drawn against
4. Koya system (Number of points acheived against all opponents who have scored 50% or more)
5. Toss of coin

However, in such cases as this, where the scoring pattern of the tied players is identical, the tie is not broken after applying rules 1-4. Toss of coin is mandated, but AIWCF members and the Management too is strongly against this. Hence it is decided to declare T.Pavan Kumar and Tanmay Srinath as joint runners-up.