Aronyak Ghosh dominates Tata Steel Chess Festival 2021 All India Rapid Rating Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/11/2021

IM Aronyak Ghosh scored a massive 8.5/9 at the Tata Steel Chess Festival 2021 All India Rapid Rating Open. He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Three players finished at 7.5/9. They are - IM Koustav Chatterjee, IM Neelash Saha and GM Mitrabha Guha. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. A total of 148 players including a GM, 4 IMs and a WIM took part in this event, in this nine-round Rapid Rating tournament with a time control of 20 mins + 5 seconds each. The total prize fund was ₹100000. Check out the games of the champion and photos from the event in this article. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Aronyak finishes a full point ahead

Tata Steel Chess Festival 2021 All India Rapid Rating Open was the first Open Rapid Rating tournament in West Bengal since the Covid-19 pandemic began. It was announced that the tournament registration of 150 players capacity was filled within 40 hours since the registration started. It just shows that West Bengal is not only a sports loving state but also loves chess immensely. AICF Hony. Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan gave away the prizes in presence of GM Dibyendu Barua and Tushar Chatterjee, Secretary of Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha.

Champion IM Aronyak Ghosh receives the beautiful champion's trophy and ₹20000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

"It feels great to win a tournament after a long time. Played some good games (I think), although the last round was bad. Need to improve a lot. Enjoyed playing the tournament and cricket afterwards." - Aronyak on winning the tournament.

Aronyak scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 and finished a full point ahead of the competition

Replay Aronyak's games

Runner-up IM Koustav Chatterjee 7.5/9, received ₹15000 cash | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

3rd IM Neelash Saha 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

4th GM Mitrabha Guha 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

5th WIM Arpita Mukherjee 7.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

6th IM Shahil Dey 7.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

7th Aditya Vikram Paul 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th Kaustuv Kundu 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th Bishal Basak 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

10th Soham Bhattacharyya 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

11th Utsab Chatterjee 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

12th Agnim Dutta 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

13th Samriddhaa Ghosh 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

14th Arindam Mukherjee 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

15th Shresth Mahapatra 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

16th Soureen Bhattacharya 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

17th Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 6.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

18th Priyanshu Barua 6.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

19th Shuvam Roy 6.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

20th Mrittika Mallick 6.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Best Rating 1401-1800 1st - Gopal Das 6.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Best Woman 1st - Sudipa Haldar 6.0/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM R B Ramesh made the first move on the youngest player's board | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The conference room at Bhasha Bhavan in The National Library of India was a huge spacious hall | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Game on | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

West Bengal's first and latest GM along with the future GMs | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bhasha Bhawan (ভাষা ভবন) at The National Library of India was the venue | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	5	IM	Aronyak Ghosh		IND	2049	West Bengal	8,5	51,5	55,0	52,25	8	0,0
2	4	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		IND	2055	West Bengal	7,5	53,0	57,5	46,75	6	0,0
3	7	IM	Neelash Saha		IND	1883	West Bengal	7,5	52,0	56,5	44,25	7	0,0
4	1	IM	Mitrabha Guha		IND	2122	West Bengal	7,5	50,5	55,0	44,50	7	0,0
5	8	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	w	IND	1837	West Bengal	7,0	51,5	55,0	39,25	6	0,0
6	9	IM	Shahil Dey		IND	1816	Assam	7,0	46,0	50,0	37,00	6	0,0
7	17		Aditya Vikram Paul		IND	1508	West Bengal	6,5	50,5	55,0	35,75	6	0,0
8	3		Kaustuv Kundu		IND	2098	West Bengal	6,5	50,5	54,5	36,25	6	0,0
9	15		Basak Bishal		IND	1592	West Bengal	6,5	50,5	54,0	36,25	6	0,0
10	21		Bhattacharyya Soham		IND	1375	West Bengal	6,5	49,5	54,0	36,25	6	0,0
11	12		Utsab Chatterjee		IND	1650	West Bengal	6,5	48,0	52,5	33,50	6	0,0
12	52		Agnim Dutta		IND	1148	West Bengal	6,5	47,0	50,5	33,50	6	0,0
13	13		Ghosh Samriddhaa	w	IND	1614	West Bengal	6,5	45,5	48,5	31,75	6	0,0
14	2		Arindam Mukherjee		IND	2120	Railways	6,5	43,5	48,0	32,75	6	0,0
15	32		Shresth Mahapatra		IND	1262	West Bengal	6,5	41,0	44,0	28,25	6	0,0
16	25		Soureen Bhattacharya		IND	1310	West Bengal	6,5	38,0	41,5	25,25	6	0,0
17	19		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay		IND	1418	West Bengal	6,0	47,5	48,5	25,50	6	0,0
18	50		Priyanshu Barua		IND	1162	West Bengal	6,0	46,0	50,0	30,50	6	0,0
19	18		Shuvam Roy		IND	1469	West Bengal	6,0	46,0	48,5	29,00	6	0,0
20	34		Mrittika Mallick	w	IND	1254	West Bengal	6,0	43,5	47,5	27,75	5	0,0

Complete standings

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