Soham Bhattacharyya wins 1st Checkmate Chess Academy, Barasat Rapid Rating Open 2024
Soham Bhattacharyya and IM Subhayan Kundu scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at 1st Checkmate Chess Academy, Barasat Rapid Rating Open 2024. Soham won the tournament on tie-breaks, Subhayan was placed second. Nine players scored 7.5/9 each. Out of them, top seed of the tournament IM Arghyadip Das finished third. Srijit needed to draw in the final round to become champion. However, he lost to Subhayan and finished fourth. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. The top three prizes were ₹40000 + trophy, ₹30000 + trophy and ₹20000 each respectively. This was the first-time ever a one-day rapid rating tournament was held in Kolkata. This is Soham's second rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Shahid Ahmed
Over 400 players take part
IM Srijit Paul was the sole leader 7.5/8 heading into the final round. He just needed to draw to become the champion. However, it was not clear if a draw would be enough as his tie-break score was low. Thus, he refused IM Subhayan Kundu's draw offers, got himself a winning position and eventually blundered in time trouble which cost him the game and a podium finish. Soham Bhattacharyya defeated Chiranjit Manna to win the tournament. Subhaayan secured second place. IM Arghyadip Das scored a full point over Alekhya Mukhopadhyay to finish third. Soham went on to win another rating tournament in the next few days. That will be published in a separate report.
Chiranjit - Soham, Round 9
Chiranjit Manna (1760) played well throughout the game against Soham Bhattacharyya (2212). He did not make any significant mistake until his opponent played 60...e3. Where should the rook move? If the obvious move is the first thing that comes to your mind 61.Re2?? then it is a loss for White which happened in the game. Find out why and what White could have done instead.
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Alka Das scored 6/9 to win Best Woman first prize. Her daughter, Dishita Dey scored 5/9 to receive Under-11 Girls second prize. Alka's brother, FM Abhishek Das scored 7.5/9, finished 11th overall and received eighth prize.
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A total of 412 players including 3 IMs took part from all over the country in this one-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Checkmate Chess Academy, Barasat at Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Kolkata, West Bengal on 22nd August 2024. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Bhattacharyya Soham | IND | 2212 | West Bengal | 8 | 51 | 55,5 | 49,75 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | Subhayan Kundu | IND | 2225 | West Bengal | 8 | 51 | 55 | 48,25 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | IM | Das Arghyadip | IND | 2310 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 53 | 57,5 | 46,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | IM | Srijit Paul | IND | 2282 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 46,25 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 15 | Arpan Das | IND | 1951 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 51,5 | 56,5 | 46,00 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 6 | 7 | Arpan Das (Jr) | IND | 2064 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 51,5 | 56 | 46,25 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 7 | 24 | Soham Roy | IND | 1863 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 51 | 55 | 44,50 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 25 | Soumma Chakraborty | IND | 1863 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 50 | 54 | 42,75 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 9 | 28 | WFM | Bristy Mukherjee | w | W | IND | 1815 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 39,00 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 54 | AFM | Parambrata Sarkar | U13 | IND | 1714 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 48,5 | 51 | 40,25 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 6 | FM | Abhishek Das | IND | 2074 | Railway | 7,5 | 47,5 | 51 | 41,75 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | 38 | Aritrya Pal | IND | 1773 | West Bengal | 7 | 51 | 55 | 40,00 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 13 | 10 | Arya Bhakta | IND | 1993 | West Bengal | 7 | 50,5 | 55 | 42,00 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 14 | 40 | Manna Chiranjit | IND | 1760 | West Bengal | 7 | 49,5 | 53 | 38,00 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 15 | 42 | Narendra Agarwal | U11 | IND | 1755 | West Bengal | 7 | 48,5 | 53 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | 21 | CM | Anurag Jaiswal | IND | 1903 | West Bengal | 7 | 48 | 52 | 38,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 17 | 44 | Uddipan Roy | IND | 1745 | West Bengal | 7 | 48 | 51,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 18 | 20 | Ritabrata Chakraborty | IND | 1928 | West Bengal | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 38,00 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 19 | 55 | Soumalya Mondol | IND | 1713 | West Bengal | 7 | 47,5 | 51 | 37,75 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 20 | 85 | Supratim Ghosh | IND | 1629 | West Bengal | 7 | 47 | 50 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 |
