DBCA wins ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Rating 1800-2200 category

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/08/2018

DBCA defeated Punjab Kesari Centre of Chess Excellence by 3-1 in the first match of the finals. PKCCE bounced back in the second match by defeating DBCA 2.5-1.5 and thus forcing a tie-break. In the tie-break match Debarshi of DBCA defeated Dushyant of PKCCE. Debarshi finished undefeated in the league and won all games in the finals and the tie-break too. Team DBCA won €200 (almost ₹16000) worth of ChessBase products from ChessBase India shop. The prize is sponsored by ChessBase. DBCA can buy any ChessBase products from the shop. The most interesting and exciting games and positions are mentioned in the report. Photo: DBCA/Sayan Bose

DBCA reigns supreme in ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Rating 1800-2200 category

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Deba (Debarshi Mukherjee) was undoubtedly the star player of DBCA as he won both of his final matches and the important tie-break match too | Photo: Dishan Barua

Tie-break rules: If both teams win a match each in the finals, then both team managers nominated a player of their choice to play the Blitz. Time control of Blitz was 3 minutes + 2 seconds each. Color was decided randomly.

In the first final match, Debarshi defeated the current World Amateur Champion, Arvinderpreet Singh. Debarshi had advantage out of the opening but the finish is definitely a study-like aesthetically pleasing ending.

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Debarshi dominated the final tie-breaker Blitz against Dushyant Sharma of PKCCE after getting out of time trouble several times.

Team DBCA: Arpita Mukherjee (top left) lost both her games in the finals, Sumit Kumar (top row middle) won a game and drew the other one, Sayan Bose (top right) won the first one and could not play the second one and Debarshi Mukherjee (bottom right) won all three games

Individual performance of DBCA members:

Arpita Mukherjee - 5.5/8

Sumit Kumar - 5.5/8

Sayan Bose - 6.0/7

Debarshi Mukherjee - 6.5/7

Pallabi Roy - 1.0/2

Mohana Sengupta - Did not play

Orange City Rockers defeated d'pawn Chess Academy 4-0 in the first match for 3rd-4th place and defeated them again 3-1 in the second match. Thus OCR secured 3rd position and dpCA was adjudged 4th in the ACL 1st Super League 2018 in Rating 1800-2200 category.

Aim of the Academy Chess League (ACL):

There are many chess academies all over the world. However, in terms of playing practice and partners they are bounded by geographical limitations. The Academy Chess League by ChessBase India wants to overcome these limitations and barriers and ensure that academies, schools and institutions situated in one part of the world can compete against teams anywhere on the planet. The aim is to play high quality chess and that's why the time control of 45 minutes + 10 seconds has been decided. ACL is an initiative by ChessBase India that will be played online on the Playchess platform. Over 300 players from 50 institutions have registered with us for the 1st Super League that has begun from the 1st of July. The second league will soon follow, so stayed tuned!