Deep Sengupta wins Tata Steel Chess Festival 2024 Rapid Rating Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/12/2024

GM Deep Sengupta, GM Diptayan Ghosh and IM Mayank Chakraborty scored an unbeaten 8/9 each at the Tata Steel Chess Festival 2024 All India Rapid Rating Open. Deep won the tournament on tie-breaks, Diptayan and Mayank were placed second and third respectively. Deep drew with both runners-up. The top six finishers were only GMs and IMs. The two-day nine-round rapid rating open was organized by Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal on 16th and 17th November 2024. The total prize fund was ₹300000. Top three prizes were ₹50000 + trophy, ₹30000 and ₹20000 each respectively. This was Deep's fourth tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Top three score 8/9

The rapid rating open made a return after 2022. Last year, a Classical rating tournament took place instead, due to the longer duration of the main event. Due to the change in venue to Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium, more players could participate. Previously 150 used to be usual capacity, this year it was increased to 250. Total 282 players registered, out of them 277 turned up from over ten different states and units across the country. The reigning two-time Najdorf Memorial champion, GM Deep Sengupta won the tournament, his second event of the year in Kolkata. This was also the strongest rapid event to take place in the festival's history.

Champion - GM Deep Sengupta 8/9

Since 2022, one of the perks of winning the tournament is, receiving the prize on the final day of the main event - Tata Steel Chess India 2024 Rapid and Blitz. Apart from getting 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. Unfortunately, Agnivo missed that opportunity as he had a plan to play another tournament which was in a different city.

Two-time reigning Najdorf Memorial winner, GM Deep Sengupta wins his second tournament of the year in Kolkata | Video: ChessBase India

GM Deep Sengupta receiving the prize from GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, in presence of GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR), GM Vishy Anand and others | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani

GM Deep Sengupta scored an unbeaten 8/9, won the tournament on tie-breaks and gained 9.1 Elo rating points

Runner-up - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8/9

Second Runner-up - IM Mayank Chakraborty 8/9

GM Deep Sengupta and GM Diptayan Ghosh were the only two Grandmasters participating at this event and they finished in top two

4th IM Utsab Chatterjee 7.5/9

5th IM Sanket Chakavarty 7.5/9

6th IM Kaustuv Kundu 7/9

7th Soham Bhattacharyya 7/9

8th Anustoop Biswas 7/9

Anustoop - Shahil, Round 8

Position after 17.Nc7!

Anustoop Biswas (2189) made a nice sacrifice 17.Nc7! of course Black cannot take it as Qxf7+ is looming large. 17...d5 18.exd5 Qxc7? Black needed to play Rxe3. The game continued 19.d6 Nb6 20.Bxb6 Qd7 21.Bc7 to keep Black's pieces tied b5 22.f5 Bb7 23.f6 g5 24.Qd3 c5 25.Qg6+ Kh8 26.Bxf7 and it's over.

Moments after Anustoop Biswas played 17.Nc7!

9th Priyanshu Barua 7/9

10th Shankhodip De 7/9

Best Woman 1st - WIM Arpita Mukherjee 6.5/9

Best Woman 2nd - WCM Ishvi Aggarwal 6.5/9

Best Woman 3rd - Olivia Biswas 5.5/9

Best Veteran (Above 60 years) - CM Kunal Chatterjee 5.5/9

Best Veteran 2nd - Bipin Shenoy 5/9

Trophies for the prize winners

Top boards on the stage

The tournament hall at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal

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Video Gallery

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Defending a Rook and two Pawns vs Double Bishop and Pawn - Reyansh v Ujaan | Video: ChessBase India

Bishop becomes Furniture in Three Connected Passed Pawns vs Knight Endgame - Srijan vs Anantajit | Video: ChessBase India

Bishop v Double Bishop - What Happens? Ujan Chanda v IM Kaustuv Kundu | Video: ChessBase India

Grandmaster sacrifices a Queen for two minor pieces - Shankhodip De v GM Deep Sengupta | Video: ChessBase India

Grandmaster hunts the King with Queen and Knight - GM Diptayan Ghosh v Sanjeeban Mondal | Video: ChessBase India

How did he mess up a win? Soham v Anantajit | Video: ChessBase India

Resign, but Why? GM Deep Sengupta vs IM Sanket Chakravarty | Video: ChessBase India

More exciting games will be shared soon. Stay tuned.

A total of 277 players including two GMs, five IMs and a WIM took part from various parts of the country in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Dhanula Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal on 16th and 17th November 2024. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Sengupta Deep			IND	2410	PSPB	8	56	59,5	51,50
2	1	GM	Ghosh Diptayan			IND	2448	RSPB	8	53,5	58	50,25
3	11	IM	Mayank Chakraborty			IND	2170	Assam	8	53	57	49,50
4	6	IM	Utsab Chatterjee			IND	2254	West Bengal	7,5	53,5	58	46,00
5	9	IM	Sanket Chakravarty			IND	2189	West Bengal	7,5	50,5	55,5	44,25
6	4	IM	Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2299	West Bengal	7	53,5	57,5	42,25
7	8		Bhattacharyya Soham			IND	2224	West Bengal	7	49,5	53,5	40,00
8	10		Anustoop Biswas			IND	2189	West Bengal	7	49	52	37,50
9	18		Priyanshu Barua			IND	1896	West Bengal	7	49	51,5	37,50
10	45		Shankhodip De			IND	1723	West Bengal	7	47	51	37,00
11	26	AFM	Parambrata Sarkar	U12		IND	1824	West Bengal	7	45,5	50	37,00
12	33		Narendra Agarwal	U10		IND	1793	West Bengal	7	45	48,5	34,50
13	28		Arghya Sen			IND	1814	West Bengal	7	44,5	48	34,50
14	5	FM	Aditya Vikram Paul			IND	2285	West Bengal	6,5	56	60,5	40,75
15	16		Niladri Banerjee	U12		IND	1930	West Bengal	6,5	50,5	55,5	38,00
16	56		Ankit Das	U12		IND	1684	West Bengal	6,5	49,5	54,5	36,00
17	17		Soham Roy			IND	1913	West Bengal	6,5	48	51,5	35,25
18	53		Sagnik Dutta	U12		IND	1697	West Bengal	6,5	48	51	34,25
19	21	WCM	Arshiya Das		w	IND	1847	Tripura	6,5	47	52	36,75
20	7	IM	Shahil Dey			IND	2227	Assam	6,5	47	52	36,50

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