Deep Sengupta wins MCT Rapid Rating Open 2024
Six players - GM Deep Sengupta, IM Kaustuv Kundu, GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Neelash Saha, IM Sanket Chakravarty and FM Sourath Biswas scored 9/11 at MCT Rapid Rating Open 2024. Deep won Mitra Charitable Trust Rapid Rating Open 2024 due to better tie-breaks. The remaining five were placed second to sixth respectively. Deep's sole loss was against the eventual runner-up, Kaustuv. Only Mitrabha remained undefeated among the six-pack. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹615000. The top three prizes were ₹125000 + trophy, ₹100000 + trophy and ₹65000 each. The three-day rapid rating tournament was organized by R S Chess Academy at Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Kolkata, West Bengal from 4th to 6th May 2024. This is Deep's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Shahid Ahmed
Top six score 9/11
Four players - GM Deep Sengupta, IM Kaustuv Kundu, GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Neelash Saha were the coleaders 8.5/10 going into the final round. Neelash and Mitrabha made a quick draw on the top board. GM Neelotpal Das had an exciting draw against Kaustuv. IM Aronyak Ghosh had a great opportunity to win against Deep. However, he missed it and the game ended in a draw. Thus, Deep became champion, Kaustuv second and Mitrabha third. This was the highest-ever prize fund for a rapid rating open tournament in West Bengal. It also had the highest-ever top two prizes for a rapid rating open tournament in India. This was the strongest-ever rapid rating open tournament in Kolkata and West Bengal in terms of GM, IM, WGM and WIM numbers and overall tournament average rating.
Sourath - Deep, Round 5
GM Deep Sengupta's (2403) favorite game of the tournament is his win over FM Sourath Biswas (2139). 17...f4 18.Bxh5 gxh5 19.Ngf3 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.e4 Be8 Deep played sublime chess to outplay his opponent in a queenless middlegame. No wonder, it is his favorite game of the event.
Photo Gallery
Organizers made a nice touch of putting up photos of the world champions in the playing hall. Since ICCR often holds art/photography exhibition events, the provision was already there. They just made a good use of the already existing facilities.
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Video Gallery
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A total of 447 players including 5 GMs, 9 IMs, a WGM and a WIM took part from all over the country in this three-day eleven round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by R S Chess Academy at Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Kolkata, West Bengal from 4th to 6th May 2024. The time control of the event was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | IND | 2403 | West Bengal | 9 | 82 | 87 | 69,50 | |||
| 2 | 14 | IM | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2216 | West Bengal | 9 | 79,5 | 85 | 67,25 | |||
| 3 | 1 | GM | Mitrabha, Guha | IND | 2458 | Railway | 9 | 79 | 85 | 67,50 | |||
| 4 | 5 | IM | Neelash, Saha | IND | 2371 | Railway | 9 | 74,5 | 79 | 62,75 | |||
| 5 | 10 | IM | Sanket, Chakravarty | IND | 2227 | West Bengal | 9 | 74 | 79,5 | 63,75 | |||
| 6 | 18 | FM | Sourath, Biswas | IND | 2139 | West Bengal | 9 | 72 | 77 | 61,00 | |||
| 7 | 2 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2429 | Railway | 8,5 | 80,5 | 85,5 | 63,75 | |||
| 8 | 7 | GM | Neelotpal, Das | IND | 2283 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 79,5 | 84,5 | 63,75 | |||
| 9 | 23 | Arpan, Das (Jr) | IND | 1991 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 79,5 | 83,5 | 60,50 | ||||
| 10 | 16 | IM | Panda, Sambit | IND | 2179 | Odisha | 8,5 | 77,5 | 82,5 | 60,75 | |||
| 11 | 20 | Bhattacharyya, Soham | IND | 2119 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 77 | 80,5 | 58,50 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | GM | Laxman, R.R. | IND | 2203 | Icf | 8,5 | 76 | 82,5 | 62,50 | |||
| 13 | 11 | Subhayan, Kundu | IND | 2226 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 75 | 79 | 56,25 | ||||
| 14 | 24 | Arya, Bhakta | IND | 1981 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 73,5 | 79 | 54,50 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | IM | Shahil, Dey | IND | 2238 | Assam | 8,5 | 73 | 79 | 58,50 | |||
| 16 | 12 | IM | Mohota, Nisha | w | IND | 2217 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 71 | 77 | 59,25 | ||
| 17 | 27 | Mrittika, Mallick | w | IND | 1933 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 68,5 | 73 | 55,00 | |||
| 18 | 6 | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | w | IND | 2338 | West Bengal | 8 | 82,5 | 88 | 61,50 | ||
| 19 | 42 | Ritabrata, Chakraborty | IND | 1796 | West Bengal | 8 | 77,5 | 82 | 56,50 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | GM | Das, Sayantan | IND | 2408 | West Bengal | 8 | 75 | 80,5 | 56,00 | |||
| 21 | 8 | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | IND | 2243 | West Bengal | 8 | 73,5 | 79,5 | 53,50 | |||
| 22 | 13 | IM | Suvrajit, Saha | IND | 2217 | West Bengal | 8 | 73,5 | 79 | 53,75 | |||
| 23 | 29 | Arpan, Das | IND | 1923 | West Bengal | 8 | 73 | 78,5 | 52,00 | ||||
| 24 | 128 | Maitreyi, Mondal | F13 | w | IND | 1541 | West Bengal | 8 | 71,5 | 74,5 | 50,25 | ||
| 25 | 33 | Niladri, Banerjee | U13 | IND | 1830 | West Bengal | 8 | 71 | 76 | 53,25 | |||
| 26 | 21 | WIM | Arpita, Mukherjee | w | IND | 2060 | West Bengal | 8 | 70,5 | 75 | 51,00 | ||
| 27 | 46 | Agnivo, Chakraborty | IND | 1754 | West Bengal | 8 | 69,5 | 75 | 53,50 | ||||
| 28 | 43 | Sneha, Halder | w | IND | 1783 | West Bengal | 8 | 69 | 73,5 | 51,00 | |||
| 29 | 63 | Shankhadeep, Maity | IND | 1704 | West Bengal | 8 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 49,25 | ||||
| 30 | 137 | Agnim, Dutta | IND | 1531 | West Bengal | 8 | 68 | 72 | 47,50 |
