Diptayan wins New Year Open 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/01/2019

GM Diptayan Ghosh wins New Year Open 2019 at Outram Club in Kolkata by scoring 7.0/8, finishing a half point ahead of the pack of four players. 13-year old Arya Bhakta was the surprise of the tournament as he defeated IM Suvrajit Saha, GM Neelotpal Das and drew with IM Somak Palit in the penultimate round to secure 2nd position due to a better tie-break score. Another untitled player, Arindam Mukherjee secured 3rd position by scoring also 6.5/8. He scored a fine win over FM Mitrabha Guha in round 5. Former National Rapid Champion GM Neelotpal Das who was one of the Chief Guests last year, participated in this edition and secured 6th position. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Diptayan dominates despite starting with a draw

GM Diptayan Ghosh scored 7.0/8 and became champion, won the Champion's Trophy and ₹31000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Diptayan talks about the tournament, his performance in 2018 and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Top seed of the tournament Diptayan had a rocky start as he was held by 14-year old Sourath Biswas to a draw in the first round.

Final moments of the game between Sourath Biswas and GM Diptayan Ghosh in round 1 | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Final part of the game between GM Diptayan Ghosh and Koustav Chatterjee in round 6 | Video: Shahid Ahmed

13-year old Arya Bhakta had a fantastic tournament. He scored 6.5/8 and got richer by ₹21000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Having a victory over IM Suvrajit Saha, GM Neelotpal Das and a draw with IM Somak Palit surely speaks volumes about the boy's unbeaten performance

Despite being under time pressure, Arya kept his cool and plays with ease | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Untitled Arindam Mukherjee also scored 6.5/8 and finished 3rd. He won ₹15000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Arindam had luck on his side from round 2 as he defeated Bristy Mukherjee in an equal Opposite Color Bishop endgame.

Arindam's perseverance paid off as his opponent blundered and he got a full point | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Reigning West Bengal State Blitz Champion CM Aronyak Ghosh scored 6.5/8, remained undefeated and finished at 4th place. He got ₹10000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Newly crowned Telegraph Champion FM Mitrabha Guha suffered only one loss and finished with 6.5/8 at 5th position. He won ₹8000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Neelotpal Das was one of the Chief Guests last year, he scored 6.0/8 and finished 6th, bagging home ₹7000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Former National Rapid Champion GM Neelotpal Das talks about various topics | Video: Shahid Ahmed

IM Arghyadip Das scored 6.0/8 and finished 7th. He was awarded ₹6000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Suvrajit Saha also scored 6.0/8 and finished 8th. He won ₹5000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Despite making a strong start and leading at the end of round 5, a loss against the eventual champion and 2nd runner-up in round 6 and 8 respectively cost him dearly. Koustav secured 9th position and he got ₹4000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Somak Palit scored 5.5/8 and he was placed 10th due to a better tie-break score. He won ₹3000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

For more Prize Distribution Ceremony photos, visit here.

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The Tournament gate | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Tournament Flex | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The Chivalrous kids of under-10 age group | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The smiling kids before the game | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The playing arena | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Before and during the match | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Under-6 kids | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Knight vs Pawn endgame in two consecutive boards | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

It is not everyday you get to see GM Neelotpal Das, IM Somak Palit and IM Arghyadip Das playing in the same tournament in their hometown Kolkata | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Father (IM Suvrajit Saha) and son (Debarpan Saha) have each other's backs | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Video Gallery:

IM Arghyadip Das talks about barely making it on time for round 1 and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Rated 1688 Saptorshi Gupta held GM Neelotpal Das to a draw | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Queen vs Three Passed Pawns ends in a draw | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Queen endings are interesting till they end up in a draw | Video: Shahid Ahmed

The tournament witnessed the participation of over 310 players from various districts across the state of West Bengal. Alekhine Chess Club and Outram Club jointly organized this event at Outram Club, Kolkata from 2nd - 4th January 2019 for the second consecutive year.

Final Standings in the Open category:

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	GM	Ghosh Diptayan			IND	2521	7,0	0,0	36,0	39,5	34,50	6
2	37		Arya Bhakta			IND	1519	6,5	0,0	40,0	41,5	33,25	5
3	7		Arindam Mukherjee			IND	2120	6,5	0,0	38,5	42,5	33,50	6
4	9	CM	Aronyak Ghosh			IND	2066	6,5	0,0	38,5	42,5	32,25	5
5	12	FM	Mitrabha Guha			IND	2036	6,5	0,0	34,5	37,5	27,25	6
6	4	GM	Neelotpal Das			IND	2312	6,0	0,0	34,5	37,0	26,75	5
7	2	IM	Das Arghyadip			IND	2365	6,0	0,0	34,0	37,5	25,50	6
8	6	IM	Suvrajit Saha			IND	2217	6,0	0,0	34,0	37,0	26,50	6
9	11		Koustav Chatterjee			IND	2043	5,5	0,0	40,5	44,0	26,25	5
10	3	IM	Palit Somak			IND	2325	5,5	0,0	40,0	44,0	28,50	4
11	5	FM	Dutta Joydeep			IND	2288	5,5	0,0	35,0	38,5	25,00	4
12	24		Saptorshi Gupta			IND	1688	5,5	0,0	34,5	37,5	22,25	4
13	19		Suvradeepta Das			IND	1827	5,5	0,0	34,5	36,5	20,75	5
14	21		Sarbojit Paul			IND	1783	5,5	0,0	34,0	36,5	22,50	4
15	13		Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar			IND	2015	5,5	0,0	33,5	36,5	23,00	4
16	14		Anurag Jaiswal			IND	2003	5,5	0,0	33,0	36,0	24,25	4
17	22	AGM	Shahid Ahmed S.K.			IND	1758	5,0	0,0	36,0	39,0	21,50	4
18	43		Ayan Pal			IND	1448	5,0	0,0	36,0	37,5	21,50	4
19	10		Debasish Mukherjee			IND	2056	5,0	0,0	35,5	39,0	22,00	3
20	25		Arpan Das (Jr)			IND	1676	5,0	0,0	35,0	38,5	23,50	4

Complete Standings

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Diptayan wins New Year Open 2019

Diptayan dominates despite starting with a draw

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