Gran Hotel Bali 2023: Mitrabha Guha clinches Blitz Nocturno, third in Open A, Sham R wins Aficionados B

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/12/2023

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win XIV Gran Hotel Bali Blitz Rating Open 2023. He finished a half point ahead of the field. FM Xulio Del Prado Rodriguez (ESP), GM Rustam Khusnutdinov (KAZ), FM Felix-Antonio Illinca (ROU) and Francisco Javier Barranco Cara (ESP) scored 7/8 each. They were placed second to fifth place respectively. This was Mitrabha's ninth tournament triumph of the year. GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) won the Open A event scoring 8/9 and remained undefeated. Seven players scored 7/9 each. Out of them, GM Evgeny Zanan (ISR) and Mitrabha secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. Sham R won the Aficionados B (Below 2000) tournament. He scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win the tournament. Miquel Fabre Massana (ESP) and Jamison Edrich Kao (HKG) scored 7.5/9 each to be placed second and third respectively. Photos: Official site

Mitrabha's ninth, Sham's seventh tournament triumph of the year

FM Xulio Del Prado Rodriguez (ESP) had a sole lead 7/7 heading into the final round of Blitz Nocturno. GM Mitrabha Guha defeated him to become a clear champion, Xulio secured second place. GM Rustam Khusnutdinov (KAZ) defeated Nicolas Asensio Asensio (ESP) to finish third. In the Open A event, GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) was a full point ahead of others 7.5/8. He drew against GM Mitrabha Guha to become a clear champion. GM Evgeny Zanan (ISR) drew with IM Ruben Domingo Nunez (ESP) to be placed second, Mitrabha third. In the Aficionados B group, Lluis Navarro Rico (ESP), Jamison Edrich Kao (HKG) and Sham R were the three leaders 7/8 each. Lluis lost to Sham and Jamison won against Matei Vladut (ROU). Adolfo Santamaria Baeza (ESP) went down against Miquel Fabre Massana (ROU). Thus, Sham won Group B, Miquel second and Jamison third.

Champion in Blitz Nocturno - GM Mitrabha Guha 7.5/8

Runner-up in Blitz Nocturno - FM Xulio Del Prado Rodriguez (ESP) 7/8

Second Runner-up in Blitz Nocturno - GM Rustam Khusnutdinov (KAZ) 7/8

Blitz Nocturno Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM Rustam Khusnutdinov (KAZ) 7/8, 1st GM Mitrabha Guha 7.5/8 and 2nd FM Xulio Del Prado Rodriguez (ESP) 7/8

The top three prizes in the Blitz Nocturno were €200, €140 and €100 along with a trophy each.

GM Mitrabha Guha in action

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 7.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 2.6 Elo rating points

Champion in Open A - GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) 8/9

Runner-up in Open A - GM Evgeny Zanan (ISR) 7/9

Second Runner-up in Open A - GM Mitrabha Guha 7/9

Top 3 in Open A (L to R): 2nd GM Evgeny Zanan (ISR) 7/9, 1st GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) 8/9 and 3rd GM Mitrabha Guha 7/9

The top three prizes in the Open A were €2000, €1200 and €1000 along with a trophy each.

World Under-8 Girls 2022 Gold medalist - Charvi A scored an impressive 5/9 and gained 160.8 Elo rating points in the Open A section

Aficionados Group B (Below 2000) Champion - Sham R 8/9

Aficionados Group B (Below 2000) Runner-up - Miquel Fabre Massana (ESP) 7.5/9

Aficionados Group B (Below 2000) Second Runner-up - Jamison Edrich Kao (HKG) 7.5/9

Aficionados Group B (Below 2000) Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Jamison Edrich Kao (HKG) 7.5/9, 1st Sham R 8/9 and 2nd Miquel Fabre Massana (ESP) 7.5/9

The top three prizes in the Aficionados B were €2400, €1400 and €1100 along with a trophy each.

Sham R in action

Sham R scored an unbeaten 8/9, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 49.4 Elo rating points

Players in action

View from the top of the venue - Hotel Bali - Benidorm in Alicante, Spain

The beautiful sky

A total of 174 players including 6 GMs, 9 IMs, a WGM and 2 WIMs took part from 27 countries across the world in the Open A category. The eight-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Luis Barona Boj at Hotel Bali - Benidorm in Alicante, Spain from 1st to 8th December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Open A

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.		*	ARM	2638	2645	Benalmádena	8	43,5	52,5	42,5	2670	9	8	7,52	0,48	10	4,8
2	4	GM	Zanan, Evgeny		*	ISR	2483	0	Rishon Lezion	7	43,5	51	37	2442	9	7	6,56	0,44	10	4,4
3	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		*	IND	2508	0		7	42	51	33,5	2395	9	7	7,43	-0,43	10	-4,3
4	3	GM	Solodovnichenko, Yuri		*	UKR	2486	2529	Figueres	7	41	48,5	33,5	2328	8	6	6,73	-0,73	10	-7,3
5	13	GM	Campora, Daniel H.	S60	*	ARG	2354	2386	Oromana	7	40,5	49,5	37,5	2409	9	7	6,39	0,61	10	6,1
6	5	IM	Domingo Nunez, Ruben		*	ESP	2429	2418	Villa de la Zubia	7	40,5	48,5	35,5	2407	9	7	6,89	0,11	10	1,1
7	28		Munoz Avila, Jose Luis		*	ESP	2238	2245	Gros Xake Taldea	7	39	46	34	2296	9	7	6,01	0,99	20	19,8
8	16	IM	Goluch, Piotr		*	POL	2312	0	Polonia	7	37,5	45	34	2331	8	6	5,81	0,19	10	1,9
9	6	GM	Moskalenko, Viktor	S60	*	ESP	2427	2428	Colon Sabadell Chessy	6,5	44,5	54	35,5	2399	9	6,5	6,59	-0,09	10	-0,9
10	54		Ambartsumian, Tyhran	U12	*H	ARM	2138	0		6,5	41,5	48,5	32,5	2320	9	6,5	4,35	2,15	40	86
11	38	WGM	Grabuzova, Tatiana		*	ESP	2202	2205	Filántropos Equigoma	6,5	38	45	33	2314	6	5	3,92	1,08	10	10,8
12	17	FM	Gomez Dieguez, David		*	ESP	2303	2301	Ourense	6,5	36	43,5	29,5	2296	9	6,5	6,48	0,02	20	0,4
13	14	FM	Luque Saiz, Andres		*C	ESP	2349	2347	Silla	6,5	35,5	43,5	28	2187	9	6,5	7,53	-1,03	20	-20,6
14	20	IM	Granero Roca, Antonio		*C	ESP	2273	2276	Silla	6,5	34,5	41,5	31	2248	9	6,5	6,66	-0,16	10	-1,6
15	41	AGM	Vignesh, B		*	IND	2179	0		6	43	47,5	35	2297	9	6	4,14	1,86	20	37,2

Details

A total of 221 players including 2 GMs and 3 IMs took part from 20 countries across the world in the Blitz Nocturno event. The one-night eight round Rating Open tournament was organized by Luis Barona Boj at Hotel Bali - Benidorm in Alicante, Spain on 6th and 7th December 2023. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz Nocturno

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		*	IND	2508	0		7,5	33,5	40	37,50	2531	8	7,5	7,24	0,26	10	2,6
2	9	FM	Del Prado Rodriguez, Xulio	U16	*H	ESP	2289	0	Ourense	7	35,5	45	37,50	2500	8	7	4,99	2,01	20	40,2
3	2	GM	Khusnutdinov, Rustam		*	KAZ	2429	0		7	35	44	37,00	2403	8	7	7,02	-0,02	10	-0,2
4	3	FM	Ilinca, Felix-Antonio	U14	*C	ROU	2423	0	Paterna	7	30,5	37	32,50	2372	8	7	7,19	-0,19	10	-1,9
5	17		Barranco Cara, Francisco Javier		*H	ESP	2221	0		7	30	37,5	32,00	2249	8	7	6,79	0,21	20	4,2
6	7	FM	Diaz Velandia, Jose Manuel		*C	VEN	2329	0	Gambito Benimaclet	6,5	33,5	42,5	34,25	2333	8	6,5	6,18	0,32	10	3,2
7	106		Sarvade, Mihiir		*	IND	1825	0		6,5	31,5	38,5	30,75	2268	7	5,5	0,93	4,57	40	182,8
8	8	FM	Ingunza Curro, Andres		*	ESP	2328	0	Madrid	6,5	30	37	28,75	2203	8	6,5	7,13	-0,63	10	-6,3
9	5	FM	Ortega Ruiz, Jose Miguel		*H	ESP	2358	0	Diagonal Alcorcón	6,5	29	37	29,25	2264	8	6,5	6,91	-0,41	20	-8,2
10	20	FM	Sande Edreira, Jose Antonio		*H	ESP	2209	0	Gijon Ajedrez 64	6,5	29	36,5	29,25	2212	8	6,5	6,19	0,31	20	6,2
11	86		Sham, R		*H	IND	1897	0		6	34	43	31,00	2276	8	6	2,04	3,96	20	79,2
12	31		Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		*	IND	2130	0		6	33	41	27,50	2156	8	6	5,37	0,63	20	12,6
13	11	IM	Granero Roca, Antonio		*C	ESP	2273	0	Silla	6	32,5	40	28,50	2151	8	6	6,83	-0,83	10	-8,3
14	52		Moreno Lopez, Avelino		*	ESP	2024	0	Getafe	6	32,5	39	26,00	2197	8	6	4,11	1,89	20	37,8
15	47		Asensio Asensio, Nicolas	U16	*H	ESP	2050	0	Aulazenter	6	32	37	24,50	2204	8	6	4,27	1,73	40	69,2
16	23	AGM	Vignesh, B		*	IND	2179	0		6	31	38	26,00	2071	8	6	6,74	-0,74	20	-14,8
17	48		Lorente Melcon, Maximo	U14	*H	ESP	2040	0	Oberena	6	31	37,5	25,00	2160	8	6	4,63	1,37	40	54,8
18	87		Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan		*H	ROU	1895	0		6	30	35	24,50	2084	8	6	3,73	2,27	20	45,4
19	22	FM	Jimenez Martinez, Jose Vicente		*	ESP	2195	0	Excalibur	6	29	35,5	25,75	2114	8	6	6,54	-0,54	20	-10,8
20	107		Fernandez Pastor, Luis		*H	ESP	1819	0	Ourense	6	28	34,5	25,00	1962	7	6	2,84	3,16	40	126,4

Details

A total of 326 players took part from 29 countries across the world in the Aficionados Group B (Below 2000) event. The eight-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by Luis Barona Boj at Hotel Bali - Benidorm in Alicante, Spain from 1st to 8th December 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Group B

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	45	Sham, R		*H	IND	1897	0		8	43	0	52	2105	9	8	5,53	2,47	20	49,4
2	6	Fabre Massana, Miquel	S60	*	ESP	1982	2002	Moia Moianes	7,5	44,5	0	53,5	2125	9	7,5	5,98	1,52	20	30,4
3	74	Kao, Jamison Edrich	U14	*H	HKG	1835	0		7,5	43,5	0	51	2119	9	7,5	4,17	3,33	40	133,2
4	11	Navarro Rico, Lluis		*C	ESP	1965	1967	ASSSA Enric Valor	7	48,5	0	58	2068	9	7	5,83	1,17	20	23,4
5	58	Conde Chamizo, Pablo		*	ESP	1869	1895	Cultural Tussam	7	46,5	0	54,5	2073	9	7	4,58	2,42	20	48,4
6	4	Vladut, Matei		*	ROU	1989	0		7	45,5	0	54	2086	9	7	5,90	1,10	20	22
7	3	Talledo Lagos, Cesar Frank		*H	PER	1993	0		7	45	0	53,5	2099	9	7	5,80	1,20	20	24
8	124	Gyaneshwar, B		*	IND	1712	0		7	44,5	0	51,5	2089	9	7	2,60	4,40	20	88
9	8	Sempere Domenech, Abel		*C	ESP	1979	1977	Alcoy	7	44	0	52,5	2064	9	7	6,00	1,00	20	20
10	23	Stanchev, Aleksandar		*	BUL	1948	0	Kaisa Varna	7	43,5	0	52	1947	9	7	6,63	0,37	20	7,4
11	16	Lloret Climent, Miguel	S60	*C	ESP	1954	1954	L'Alfàs del Pi	7	43,5	0	50	2035	9	7	6,06	0,94	20	18,8
12	84	Blanco Garcia Bajo, David	U12	*	ESP	1812	1827	Fundación La Caja	7	42,5	0	49	2037	9	7	4,08	2,92	40	116,8
13	22	Perez Garcia, Juan Angel		*	ESP	1948	1945	Ateneo Albacetense	7	40	0	47,5	1943	9	7	6,83	0,17	20	3,4
14	17	Martin Ramos, Hector		*	ESP	1953	1987	Getafe	7	38	0	47	2000	9	7	6,47	0,53	40	21,2
15	21	Buitron Ramil, David		*H	ESP	1948	1946	Cabo Touriñán	7	38	0	46,5	1949	9	7	6,53	0,47	20	9,4