Mitrabha Guha triumphs at 55th Late Shri Babukaka Shirgaokar Rapid Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/05/2024

GM Mitrabha Guha won his third tournament in two days. Mitrabha along with GM Venkatesh M R, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete and IM Ritviz Parab scored 8/9 each. Top seed and the reigning Commonwealth Gold medalist, Mitrabha became the champion. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively according to tie-breaks. Only Mitrabha and Venkatesh remained undefeated. Their final round clash against each other ended in a draw. The total prize fund was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹60000, ₹40000 and ₹25000 along with a trophy each. The champion also received a Late Dr. V N Desai Rolling Silver Trophy. The one-day rating tournament was organized by Nutan Buddhibal Mandal, Coordinated by JK's Excellence Chess Academy at Abhiruchi Mall in Pune, Maharashtra on 12th May 2024. This is Mitrabha's twelfth overall, sixth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: IA FI Juily Kulkarni-Deshpande

Top four score 8/9

GM Mitrabha Guha and GM Venkatesh M R were the coleaders 7.5/8 each, going into the final round. Four players - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, FM Suyog Wagh, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete and IM Ritviz Parab were in pursuit with a score of 7/8 each. Mitrabh and Venkaesh drew their last round battle. Sammed and Ritviz defeated Aakash and Suyog. Mitrabha became champion, Venkatesh second and Sammed third. Thus, Mitrabha gave the best Mother's day gift to his mother, by winning three tournaments consecutively during the Mother's day weekend.

Champion - GM Mitrabha Guha 8/9

Runner-up - GM Venkatesh M R 8/9

Second Runner-up - IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 8/9, drew with the eventual runner-up, GM Venkatesh M R in the final round

India's fourth GM in history - Abhijit Kunte inaugurated the tournament

Trophies for the prize winners

The tournament hall at Gulmohar Hall, Abhiruchi Mall in Pune, Maharashtra

A total of 385 players including 2 GMs and 8 IMs took part from all over the country, one from Germany and USA each in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Nutan Buddhibal Mandal, Coordinated by JK's Excellence Chess Academy at Gulmohar Hall, Abhiruchi Mall in Pune, Maharashtra on 12th May 2024. The time control of the event was 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha			IND	2458	Railways	8	53,5	58,5	51,00	7
2	2	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.			IND	2394	Tamil Nadu	8	51,5	56,5	49,25	7
3	3	IM	Sammed, Jaykumar Shete			IND	2276	Maharashtra	8	50	52,5	45,00	8
4	5	IM	Ritviz, Parab			IND	2189	Goa	8	48,5	52,5	45,50	8
5	11	IM	Sai, Agni Jeevitesh J			IND	2124	Telangana	7,5	53	56	45,50	7
6	6	IM	Ayush, Sharma			IND	2188	Madhya Pradesh	7,5	51	53	42,50	7
7	9	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya			IND	2155	Maharashtra	7,5	50,5	55	44,00	7
8	20		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	U16		IND	1986	Maharashtra	7,5	49	54	44,25	7
9	7	IM	Kathmale, Sameer			IND	2187	Maharashtra (Sg)	7	55	57	42,00	6
10	12		Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi			IND	2107	Maharashtra	7	54,5	59	44,00	7
11	4	FM	Wagh, Suyog			IND	2268	Maharashtra	7	54	57	41,00	7
12	31		Sharnarthi, Viresh	U14		IND	1887	Maharashtra	7	52	55,5	41,50	7
13	10	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar			IND	2137	Maharashtra	7	50	55	40,75	6
14	14	WFM	Bakshi, Rutuja		w	IND	2027	Maharashtra	7	50	55	40,25	6
15	16	CM	Gaurav, Rajesh Zagade			IND	2003	Maharashtra	7	48	53	40,50	7
16	43		Chavan, Nameet			IND	1804	Maharashtra	7	48	52	38,25	6
17	17		Shet, Prajwal P			IND	1995	Karnataka	7	48	52	38,00	7
18	48		Patil, Divya	F16	w	IND	1783	Maharashtra	7	48	49,5	36,00	7
19	26		Arpan, Das			IND	1923	West Bengal	7	47,5	52	38,50	7
20	25		Vikas, R Sharma			IND	1952	Maharashtra	7	47,5	51,5	38,25	6
21	35		Om, Nagnath Lamkane			IND	1873	Maharashtra	7	47	52	39,00	7
22	49		Avirat, Chauhan	U10		IND	1776	Maharashtra	7	47	51	37,00	7
23	67		Anushka, Bapu Kutwal	F16	w	IND	1697	Maharashtra	7	45	48,5	35,50	7
24	21	FM	Bagwe, Gaurang	U16		IND	1971	Maharashtra	7	43,5	47,5	36,00	7
25	74		Aadish, Shah	U14		IND	1683	Gujarat	7	40	47	33,00	7
26	108		Patil, Disha	F16	w	IND	1592	Maharashtra	6,5	51	54	35,75	6
27	15		Nagare, Akhilesh			IND	2024	Maharashtra	6,5	50,5	55,5	37,75	6
28	8	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.			IND	2187	Tamil Nadu	6,5	49,5	55	38,25	6
29	37		Gaikwad, Manas	U14		IND	1832	Maharashtra	6,5	48,5	52,5	35,25	6
30	19	ACM	Iyer, Arvind	U16		IND	1986	Maharashtra	6,5	48	53	36,25	6