Mitrabha Guha dominates Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 Blitz Open
GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 All India Blitz Open. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. GM Diptayan Ghosh, Soham Bhattacharyya and Alekhya Mukhopadhyay scored 7/8 each. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively. Top three prizes were ₹15000 + trophy, ₹10000 and ₹5000 each respectively. This was Mitrabha's fourth tournament triumph of the year. This is the second time he won the Blitz Open event, part of Tata Steel Chess India Festival. Back in 2021, he won the event for the first time. This time, he became a clear champion, no tie-breaks were needed. It was the strongest event of the festival this year as 2 GMs, 4 IMs and 2 WIMs took part in it. Photos: Shahid Ahmed
Mitrabha wins Tata Steel Festival Blitz event for the second time
GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Aronyak Ghosh were the coleaders 6.5/7 heading into the final round. The winner of their encounter would win the tournament. Mitrabha won the game and became the champion.
Since last year, one of the perks of winning the tournament is, receiving the prize on the final day of the main event - Tata Steel Chess India 2023 Rapid and Blitz. Apart from receiving the prize from the legend and India's second GM in history - GM Dibyendu Barua, one gets to share the stage with another legend Vishy Anand on the final day. Receiving the prize in front of star-studded world-class players is an added bonus apart from the usual cash and trophy prize. No wonder, every year, the festival events reach its capacity in no time once it is announced.
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A total of 174 players including 2 GMs, 4 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from various states across the country, in this one-day eight round Swiss-league Blitz Open tournament which was organized by Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy at Bhasha Bhavan, National Library in Kolkata, West Bengal on 5th September 2023. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | GM | Mitrabha, Guha | IND | 2507 | WB | 7,5 | 41 | 45,5 | 42,00 | ||
2 | 1 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2545 | WB | 7 | 41 | 45 | 38,00 | ||
3 | 10 | Bhattacharyya, Soham | IND | 2209 | WB | 7 | 38,5 | 42,5 | 36,00 | |||
4 | 18 | Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay | IND | 1899 | WB | 7 | 36 | 39,5 | 33,00 | |||
5 | 3 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2421 | WB | 6,5 | 44,5 | 49,5 | 38,50 | ||
6 | 49 | Puspal, Datta | IND | 1566 | WB | 6,5 | 38,5 | 41 | 32,75 | |||
7 | 11 | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2187 | WB | 6,5 | 35,5 | 39,5 | 31,25 | |||
8 | 5 | IM | Shahil, Dey | IND | 2299 | Assam | 6 | 41,5 | 45 | 32,00 | ||
9 | 13 | WIM | Arpita, Mukherjee | w | IND | 2129 | WB | 6 | 39 | 41,5 | 29,50 | |
10 | 12 | FM | Sourath, Biswas | IND | 2171 | WB | 6 | 38,5 | 41,5 | 29,00 | ||
11 | 21 | Mrittika, Mallick | w | IND | 1889 | WB | 6 | 38 | 41,5 | 27,00 | ||
12 | 4 | IM | Neelash, Saha | IND | 2398 | WB | 6 | 37,5 | 40,5 | 28,00 | ||
13 | 20 | Shaon, Chowdhury | IND | 1897 | WB | 6 | 34 | 37,5 | 28,25 | |||
14 | 22 | Bhattacharya, Niladri Shekhar | IND | 1869 | WB | 6 | 34 | 37,5 | 27,50 | |||
15 | 46 | Mrityunjay, Kumar | IND | 1606 | Bihar | 6 | 34 | 37,5 | 24,50 | |||
16 | 47 | Soumyajit, Das (Jr) | IND | 1583 | WB | 6 | 34 | 37 | 25,00 | |||
17 | 33 | Samip, Roy | IND | 1701 | WB | 6 | 33 | 35,5 | 24,00 | |||
18 | 41 | Supratim, Ghosh | IND | 1644 | WB | 6 | 32 | 32,5 | 21,00 | |||
19 | 72 | Shakya, Singha Modak | IND | 1361 | Tripura | 6 | 30,5 | 33 | 23,50 | |||
20 | 7 | FM | Aditya, Vikram Paul | IND | 2261 | WB | 5,5 | 39 | 42 | 26,25 |