Deep Sengupta wins 22nd Najdorf Memorial 2023
GM Deep Sengupta, GM Valery Kazakouski (LTU) and GM Jacek Tomczak (POL) scored 7/9 each at 22nd Najdorf Memorial A 2023. Deep won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Kazakouski and Tomczak secured second and third place respectively. Ten players scored 7/8. Despite losing his fourth round game, Deep managed to score 4.5/5 in his next five games to become the champion. GM Sriram Jha and GM Shardul Gagare scored 6/9 each. They were placed seventh and tenth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the festival was 45000 PLN, 24000 PLN in A, 12000 in B and 9000 in C. The top three prizes were 8000, 4000 and 3000 PLN each respectively in the A category. This is Deep's second consecutive podium finish after securing a second place finish at České Budějovice GM B 2023.
Deep's first tournament triumph of 2023
GM Deep Sengupta drew against GM Valery Kazakouski (LTU) in the final round to finish with 7/9 and win the tournament on tie-breaks. This is Deep's first individual rating tournament triumph since he won 18th Vandoeuvre Open 2021 in France. The Warsaw Chess Festival 2023 witnessed a combined participation of 642 (Group A, B, C and Blitz).
Sieciechowicz - Deep, Round 8
GM Deep Sengupta (2456) made an interesting queen sacrifice 23...Bxc6!? 24.Rxd5 Bxd5. The reason behind the sacrifice is, Black can gain a lot of material by giving discover checks repeatedly. White decided to return the queen 25.Bc4 Nd4+ 26.Bxd5 Nxe2 27.Bxa8 fxe5 now White blundered 28.Re1 Nxg3+ 29.fxg3 Rxa8 the resultant endgame is winning for Black due to the fact of extra pawn advantage paired with a rook and bishop against a rook and knight in an open position.
Replay all Category A games
A total of 81 players including 9 GMs, 5 GMs and a WIM took part from various countries across the world in this Open A (>2000) category. The nine-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open tournament. The event was organized by Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski Chess Foundation at Sports hall at Konwiktorska in Warsaw, Poland from 10th - 19th July 2023. The time control of the event was 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move no.1.
Final standings
| Place | S.No. | Title | Name | Fed. | FIDE | Local | Total | CBch | Bch. | Wins | Prog. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | IND | 2456 | 2600 | 7.0 | 46.00 | 50.50 | 6 | 34.5 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Kazakouski, Valery | LTU | 2539 | 2600 | 7.0 | 45.00 | 49.00 | 5 | 39.5 |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Tomczak, Jacek | POL | 2606 | 2600 | 7.0 | 44.00 | 47.50 | 5 | 34.5 |
| 4 | 12 | FM | Cukrowski, Filip | POL | 2378 | 2300 | 6.5 | 46.00 | 49.50 | 4 | 35.0 |
| 5 | 11 | IM | Kowalski, Igor | POL | 2380 | 2450 | 6.5 | 40.50 | 45.00 | 5 | 29.5 |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Rozentalis, Eduardas | LTU | 2496 | 2600 | 6.0 | 45.50 | 49.00 | 3 | 33.0 |
| 7 | 17 | GM | Sriram, Jha | IND | 2315 | 2600 | 6.0 | 43.50 | 46.00 | 4 | 31.0 |
| 8 | 25 | CM | Mulawa, Cyprian | POL | 2202 | 2200 | 6.0 | 42.00 | 45.00 | 4 | 27.5 |
| 9 | 20 | k++ | Chomczyk, Marek | POL | 2277 | 2300 | 6.0 | 41.50 | 43.00 | 4 | 30.0 |
| 10 | 5 | GM | Gagare, Shardul | IND | 2480 | 2600 | 6.0 | 40.50 | 45.00 | 3 | 29.0 |
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