Mitrabha Guha dominates Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 Blitz Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/09/2023

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.

Champion - GM Mitrabha Guha 7.5/8

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.

GM Mitrabha Guha receives his prize from the legend - Vishy Anand, in presence of Jeroen van den Berg, Tata Steel Chess India 2023 Tournament Director | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani

GM Mitrabha Guha wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 All India Blitz Open | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Diptayan Ghosh 7/8

Second Runner-up - Soham Bhattacharyya 7/8

4th Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 7/8

5th IM Aronyak Ghosh 6.5/8

6th Puspal Datta 6.5/8

7th IM Kaustuv Kundu 6.5/8

8th IM Shahil Dey 6/8

9th WIM Arpita Mukherjee 6/8

10th FM Sourath Biswas 6/8

11th Mrittika Mallick 6/8

12th IM Neelash Saha 6/8

13th Shaon Chowdhury 6/8

14th Niladri Bhattacharyya 6/8

15th Mrityunjay Kumar 6/8

16th Soumyajit Das 6/8

17th Samip Roy 6/8

18th Supratim Ghosh 6/8

20th FM Aditya Vikram Paul 5.5/8

Present GMs and IMs of West Bengal along with future IMs and GMs discussing after the tournament

The tournament hall at Bhasha Bhavan, National Library in Kolkata, West Bengal

For more photos, please check out the album here.

Video Gallery

When a 1200 rated player faces a 2500+ GM | 1. a3 by Mitrabha vs Srijita | Video: ChessBase India

Is Ponziani a good idea against a GM? Shekhar v Diptayan | Video: ChessBase India

Is 1.b3 sound against a Grandmaster? Soumyajit v GM Mitrabha | Video: ChessBase India

Opening Trap in the Keymer variation - GM Diptayan v Mrityunjay | Video: ChessBase India

Rare Double Bishop vs Bishop Endgame - Puspal v IM Neelash | Video: ChessBase India

Time Time Time! Debapriya v Niladri | Video: ChessBase India

When the Philidor was forgotten in Rook ending - Mayukh vs Sayantan | Video: ChessBase India

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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

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