Mitrabha Guha wins a double at 1st Bangalore GM 2024 with a 2672 performance, Sethuraman second

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/01/2024

GM Mitrabha Guha defeated GM Shyam Sundar M to win 1st Bangalore GM 2024. Three days after winning the 1st Bangalore GM Blitz Open 2024, Mitrabha won his third over-the-board tournament he played in 2024. It is also his first major tournament triumph of his career. The previous day leader, GM Sethuraman S P also ended up with the same score 8/10 after sharing the point against GM Diptayan Ghosh. However, he had to be content with second place due to tie-breaks. Eight players scored 7.5/10. English legend, GM Nigel Short was placed third. The remaining places in the top ten were claimed by Indians. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹2500000. The top three prizes were ₹450000, ₹350000 and ₹250000 along with a trophy each. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Mitrabha wins his third consecutive event in 2024; Six players earn GM, IM and WIM-norms

The success of a GM tournament lies in the fact on how many players scored a norm. The tournament has been outstanding in that matter, as six players scored norms. A GM-norm, four IM-norms and one WIM-norm were scored by them. Only three foreigners managed to finish in the top 30, the remaining 27 places were claimed by Indians. Mitrabha is in the habit of winning various tournaments in all three formats all over the globe. Last year, he won ten individual tournaments in different formats. This year, he has played three over-the board tournaments - East Zone Inter University Men 2023-24, 1st Bangalore GM Blitz Open 2024 and now 1st Bangalore GM 2024. He has won all of them while remaining undefeated. He has indubitably made a fantastic start to 2024.

Champion - GM Mitrabha Guha 8/10

I am happy to win my first major tournament in India - GM Mitrabha Guha | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Sethuraman S P 8/10

I am a little disappointed to not win the championship - GM Sethuraman S P | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 (L to R): 3rd GM Nigel Short (ENG) 7.5/10, 1st GM Mitrabha Guha 8/10 and 2nd GM Sethuraman S P 8/10

Mitrabha - Shyam Sundar: 1-0

GM Shyam Sundar M's (2497) early ambitious attack on the kingside did not work out the way he wanted it to be. GM Mitrabha Guha (2504) handled it quite well.

Position after 34...Nb4??

Black did not assess the threat of connected c and d-passed pawns correctly. 34...Nb4?? allowed White to gain the upper hand 35.Nc4 a2 36.Ne5+ Ke8 37.c6 the pawns on the sixth rank became menacing Nxc6 38.Nxc6 Kd7 39.Ne5+ Kxd6 40.Nb6+ Ke5 41.Rxa2 and White converted his material advantage into a win without any difficulty.

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an important victory in the final round against GM Shyam Sundar M to become the champion

GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 8/10, performed at 2672 and gained 21.6 Elo rating points

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4th GM Pranav Anand 7.5/10

5th IM Aronyak Ghosh 7.5/10

6th IM Neelash Saha 7.5/10

7th GM Sandipan Chanda 7.5/10

8th GM Diptayan Ghosh 7.5/10

Neelotpal Das beats Iniyan Pa to finish ninth | Video: ChessBase India

9th GM Neelotpal Das 7.5/10

It is not everyday we get five consecutive rank holders belong to the same state in a GM tournament. That's what happened as fifth to ninth position holders are either IM or GMs from West Bengal.

10th IM Srihari L R 7.5/10

11th IM Viani Antonio Dcunha 7/10

12th IM Nitish Belurkar 7/10

13th GM Deepan Chakkravarthy 7/10

14th IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) 7/10

15th GM Sankalp Gupta 7/10

16th GM Shyam Sundar M 7/10

17th Pushkar Dere 6.5/10

18th IM Aswath S 6.5/10

19th IM Ilamparthi A R 6.5/10

Karnataka's best (L to R): IM Viani Antonio Dcunha, WIM Isha Sharma and GM Stany G A

Norm makers

GM-norm: IM Neelash Saha

IM Neelash Saha on scoring his second GM-norm, playing and winning open tournaments in India and more | Video: ChessBase India

IM Neelash Saha scored 6/10, finished sixth, gained 19.9 Elo rating points and earned his second GM-norm

IM-norm: Pushkar Dere, Daaevik Wadhawan, Nithin Babu, and Sathvik Adiga

Pushkar Dere scored 6.5/10, finished 17th, the highest untitled finisher, performed at 2493 and gained 77.4 Elo rating points en route his second IM-norm

I have eleven months to become a Grandmaster - Sathvik Adiga | Video: ChessBase India

12-year-old 109th seeded Sathvik Adiga scored an impressive 6.5/10, finished 23rd, performed at 2426 and increased his Elo rating by 138 points to earn an IM-norm

14-year-old Daaevik Wadhawan scores his maiden IM-norm and gains 218.8 Elo rating points |Video: ChessBase India

14-year-old 155th seeded Daaevik Wadhawan scored an impressive 6.5/10, finished 26th, performed at 2473 and gained a staggering 218.8 Elo rating points to secure an IM-norm

Nithin Babu scored 6/10, performed at 2467 and gained 72 Elo rating points to score an IM-norm

WIM-norm: Lasya G

"I was confused if I should continue playing chess" - WFM Lasya G | Video: ChessBase India

WFM Lasya G scored 5/10, performed at 2234 and gained 64.6 en route her WIM-norm

For more Prize distribution ceremony photos, please click here.

A total of 207 players including 31 GMs, 40 IMs, 4 WGMs and 10 WIMs took part from 16 countries across the world in Category A. The eight-day ten round GM tournament was organized by Bengaluru Urban District Chess Association at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 18th to 26th January 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2594	PSPB	7½	½ - ½	7	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	4	PGN
2	16	IM	Srihari, L R	2469	TN	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Short, Nigel D	2592	ENG	3	PGN
3	12	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2504	WB	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.	2497	TN	13	PGN
4	21	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2443	ICF	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2541	WB	5	PGN
5	60	GM	Neelotpal, Das	2329	PSPB	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Iniyan, P	2515	TN	9	PGN
6	40	IM	Audi, Ameya	2385	GOA	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Pranav, Anand	2513	KAR	11	PGN
7	52	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2362	UZB	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	2486	WB	15	PGN
8	20	IM	Neelash, Saha	2446	WB	6½	1 - 0	6½		Dere, Pushkar	2191	MAH	88	PGN
9	6	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2535	MAH	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Aradhya, Garg	2390	DEL	39	PGN
10	36	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2392	TN	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2525	PSPB	7	PGN
11	23	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2435	GOA	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Nitin, S.	2385	RSPB	41	PGN
12	45	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2374	TEL	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	2428	MAH	25	PGN
13	26	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2426	TN	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2366	SRI	49	PGN
14	50	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2364	VIE	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Tahbaz, Arash	2425	IRI	27	PGN
15	30	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2422	ICF	6	1 - 0	6		Nithin, Babu	2177	KER	96	PGN
16	33	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2407	KAR	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2266	MAH	76	PGN
17	8	GM	Fawzy, Adham	2522	EGY	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2287	ICF	74	PGN
18	56	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2338	ICF	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2514	RSPB	10	PGN
19	14	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2489	RUS	5½	1 - 0	5½		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2316	ODI	65	PGN
20	67	CM	Apoorv, Kamble	2308	KAR	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Muthaiah, Al	2464	TN	17	PGN

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Final standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	12	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2504	WB	8	60,5	65,5	51,50	6
2	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2594	PSPB	8	60,5	64	51,50	6
3	3	GM	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2592	ENG	7,5	62,5	67	47,75	6
4	11	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2513	KAR	7,5	60,5	63,5	44,50	6
5	5	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2541	WB	7,5	58,5	63	45,75	5
6	20	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2446	WB	7,5	57,5	62	44,75	6
7	15	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2486	WB	7,5	57,5	61	44,25	5
8	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2568	WB	7,5	56	59,5	43,75	5
9	60	GM	Neelotpal, Das	IND	2329	PSPB	7,5	55	58	42,25	5
10	16	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2469	TN	7,5	54,5	58,5	43,00	5
11	33	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2407	KAR	7	57,5	62,5	40,50	6
12	23	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2435	GOA	7	54,5	59	39,25	6
13	30	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2422	ICF	7	54	58	37,75	6
14	27	IM	Tahbaz, Arash	IRI	2425	IRI	7	54	58	36,75	6
15	6	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2535	MAH	7	51,5	55,5	37,50	5
16	13	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.	IND	2497	TN	7	51,5	54,5	35,75	5
17	88		Dere, Pushkar	IND	2191	MAH	6,5	59	62,5	38,25	5
18	47	IM	Aswath, S	IND	2369	TN	6,5	58	62	37,25	5
19	26	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2426	TN	6,5	58	61,5	37,00	5
20	9	GM	Iniyan, P	IND	2515	TN	6,5	55,5	60	35,25	5

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