Kaustuv Kundu sensational at 5th DD-DBCA Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/04/2024

Top seed IM Kaustuv Kundu missed the first round as he was busy winning 6th Bangalore Rating Open 2024. He won the next eight games in-a-row scoring 8/9 and finished a half point ahead of the field. IM Shahil Dey, Arpan Das and Ritabrata Chakraborty scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second, third and fourth place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹400000. The top three prizes were ₹70000 + trophy, ₹50000 and ₹30000 each respectively. The six-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by and at Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy in Kolkata, West Bengal from 11th to 16th April 2024. This is Kaustuv's third overall and second consecutive tournament victory in 2024. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Misses first round, wins eight in-a-row to conquer his second rating tournament in ten days

It is not every day we get to witness the top seed of the tournament missing the first round as he was preoccupied winning another rating tournament. Despite the miss, IM Kaustuv Kundu won his next eight consecutive games and finished a half point ahead of the field. It will be extremely difficult to tie his performance, let alone break it. Kaustuv also won the previous edition of this event last year. Kaustuv and IM Shahil Dey were the coleaders 7/8 going into the final round. IM Shahil Dey drew with IM Utsab Chatterjee. Kaustuv was in a must-win situation to become the champion as his tie-break was not good. He managed to beat Santu Mondal and become the winner.

Champion - IM Kaustuv Kundu 8/9

Interview with IM Kaustuv Kundu after winning 6th Bangalore Open and 5th DD-DBCA Rating Open 2024 consecutively in ten days | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - IM Shahil Dey 7.5/9

Second runner-up - Arpan Das 7.5/9

Top 3: 2nd IM Shahil Dey 7.5/9, 1st IM Kaustuv Kundu 8/9 and 3rd Arpan Das 7.5/9

Shahil - Kaustuv, Round 8

Position after 25...Rc3

IM Shahil Dey (2332) made the mistake of retreating his knight to e2 26.Ne2? d4! -+ 27.Qxd4 Bxh1 28.Nxc3 Bf3 29.Rf1 Rd8 30.Qe3 Bxg4 31.Ne4 Bxh5 and Black went on to win the game and join the lead with Shahil 7/8 heading into the final round.

If you want to win, you will find a way - IM Kaustuv v Santu | Video: ChessBase India

IM Kaustuv Kundu won eight games in-a-row after missing the first round, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 6.3 Elo rating points

4th Ritabrata Chakraborty 7.5/9

6th Mayukh Majumder 7/9

7th Shaon Chowdhury 7/9

8th Suman Basu 7/9

9th Kunal Chatterjee 7/9

10th Supratim Ghosh 7/9

11th Santu Mondal 6.5/9

12th Srijon Saha 6.5/9

13th Archisman Patra 6.5/9

14th Himanshu Ranjan 6.5/9

15th Soumalya Mondol 6.5/9

16th Kishan Kumar 6.5/9

17th Supriyo Kundu 6.5/9

18th Ujan Chanda 6.5/9

20th Sudhanshu Ranjan 6.5/9

Best Woman 1st - Arhashirsha Biswas 6/9

Best Woman 2nd - Anushka Gupta 6/9

Best Woman 3rd - Daksha Rudra 6/9

Best Veteran 1st - Swapan Mitra 6/9

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A total of 218 players including three IMs, took part from various states all over the country in this six-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by and at Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy in Kolkata, West Bengal from 11th to 16th April 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1		Kaustuv Kundu		IND	2386	8	44,5	47,5	42,50	8
2	2	IM	Shahil Dey		IND	2332	7,5	52	56	44,50	7
3	5		Arpan Das		IND	1988	7,5	50,5	54,5	44,00	7
4	13		Ritabrata Chakraborty		IND	1907	7,5	48	50	37,75	7
5	3	IM	Utsab Chatterjee		IND	2301	7	49,5	53,5	41,50	6
6	16		Mayukh Majumder	U12	IND	1857	7	47,5	52	38,75	6
7	10		Shaon Chowdhury		IND	1929	7	47	51,5	38,50	6
8	11		Basu Suman		IND	1923	7	46	50	37,50	5
9	12	CM	Chatterjee K.K.	S55	IND	1917	7	45,5	49	37,00	7
10	24		Supratim Ghosh		IND	1774	7	40	42,5	31,50	7
11	6		Santu Mondal		IND	1983	6,5	49,5	53,5	35,75	5
12	14		Srijon Saha		IND	1888	6,5	48,5	52,5	36,50	5
13	37		Archisman Patra	U14	IND	1709	6,5	48	52	35,00	5
14	20		Himanshu Ranjan		IND	1804	6,5	48	50,5	33,25	6
15	25		Soumalya Mondol		IND	1773	6,5	47,5	52	33,00	5
16	9		Kishan Kumar		IND	1933	6,5	47,5	51,5	35,75	5
17	213		Supriyo Kundu		IND	0	6,5	44,5	49	32,75	6
18	33		Chanda Ujan	U12	IND	1721	6,5	44	48	32,50	6
19	15	CM	Anurag Jaiswal		IND	1874	6,5	42,5	46,5	32,75	6
20	7		Sudhanshu Ranjan		IND	1941	6,5	41,5	45,5	30,75	6