Mitrabha Guha dominates AICF National Senior Online Open 2021
IM Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal scored an unbeaten 10.0/11, to win his third National title and first Senior championship. He drew with GM Vaibhav Suri in the final round to become AICF National Senior Online 2021 champion. He won ₹50000 cash prize. Vaibhav Suri of Delhi 9.0/11 secured second position. He earned ₹40000. Six players finished at 8.5/11. According to the Playoffs, GM Abhijeet Gupta was placed third, and he got ₹35000. Total prize fund for the event was ₹250000 for the top 10 places. Check out an annotated game by the champion Mitrabha himself and also his interview. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
West Bengal claims three in top ten
Mitrabha 10.0/11 finished a full point ahead of the competition. GM Vaibhav Suri of Delhi scored an unbeaten 9.0/11 to secure the second position. Six players finished at 8.5/11. GM Abhijeet Gupta was placed third according to the Playoffs. The remaining fourth to eighth are - IM Harikrishnan A Ra of Tamil Nadu, IM Sayantan Das of RSPB, IM Sidhant Mohapatra of Odisha, IM Rathanvel V S of Tamil Nadu and GM M S Thejkumar of RSPB. West Bengal secured three out of top ten places.
"Thanks very much for your wishes. I love playing online chess, whether it is Rapid or Blitz games. So this tournament was to my liking. In the future, I would love to play online Rapid or Blitz games with at least two cameras (one front and the other side) so that the game is played in true spirits." - Mitrabha's thoughts on winning the tournament. He shared a game with his annotations:
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 14 | IM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2467 | West Bengal | 10,0 | 1 | 75,0 | 79,0 | 69,5 | 0,0 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Vaibhav Suri | IND | 2600 | Delhi | 9,0 | 2 | 76,5 | 81,5 | 65,3 | 0,0 |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2612 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | 8,5 | 3 | 73,0 | 78,0 | 57,5 | 0,0 |
| 4 | 25 | IM | A Ra Harikrishnan | IND | 2429 | Tamil Nadu | 8,5 | 4 | 75,0 | 79,5 | 53,8 | 0,0 |
| 5 | 24 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2431 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | 8,5 | 5 | 70,0 | 75,5 | 56,0 | 0,0 |
| 6 | 35 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | IND | 2367 | Odisha | 8,5 | 6 | 75,5 | 80,5 | 59,8 | 0,0 |
| 7 | 18 | IM | Rathanvel V S | IND | 2445 | Tamil Nadu | 8,5 | 7 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 53,5 | 0,0 |
| 8 | 23 | GM | Thejkumar M. S. | IND | 2433 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | 8,5 | 8 | 63,5 | 68,0 | 49,5 | 0,0 |
| 9 | 19 | IM | Aronyak Ghosh | IND | 2440 | West Bengal | 8,0 | 0 | 78,5 | 83,5 | 56,5 | 0,0 |
| 10 | 49 | FM | Wagh Suyog | IND | 2246 | Maharashtra | 8,0 | 0 | 73,5 | 79,0 | 55,5 | 0,0 |
| 11 | 21 | IM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | IND | 2437 | Tamil Nadu | 8,0 | 0 | 73,5 | 79,0 | 53,5 | 0,0 |
| 12 | 15 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | IND | 2463 | Telangana | 8,0 | 0 | 71,5 | 77,0 | 55,5 | 0,0 |
| 13 | 51 | Soham Kamotra | IND | 2229 | Jammu And Kashmir | 8,0 | 0 | 71,0 | 75,0 | 51,3 | 0,0 | |
| 14 | 6 | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2506 | Tamil Nadu | 8,0 | 0 | 70,5 | 75,5 | 53,3 | 0,0 |
| 15 | 5 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2509 | Telangana | 8,0 | 0 | 67,0 | 72,5 | 51,8 | 0,0 |
| 16 | 28 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2411 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | 8,0 | 0 | 66,0 | 70,5 | 45,5 | 0,0 |
| 17 | 13 | IM | Ravi Teja S. | IND | 2469 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | 8,0 | 0 | 65,0 | 70,0 | 51,0 | 0,0 |
| 18 | 7 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2495 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | 8,0 | 0 | 64,0 | 69,0 | 50,5 | 0,0 |
| 19 | 17 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2453 | Railway Sports Promotion Board | 8,0 | 0 | 63,5 | 67,5 | 47,8 | 0,0 |
| 20 | 46 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | IND | 2277 | Delhi | 7,5 | 0 | 70,5 | 75,0 | 47,5 | 0,0 |
