Dibyendu Barua organizes a tournament in honor of a pioneer chess coach of his academy
Paritosh Bhattacharya worked at Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy for more than 12 years
Dibyendu Barua organized a one-day all Bengal rapid tournament to raise funds for the family of Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya who has worked for his academy for more than 12 years. The tournament was supported by top players of West Bengal and India. Sandipan Chanda who was attending Harika's wedding at Hyderabad, flew back to Kolkata only for this reason. Neelotpal Das did not play the tournament, still he was there to support. Neeraj Kumar Mishra made his way to Kolkata only for this reason.
Dibyendu Barua hands over the cheque of ₹214201 (2 lacs fourteen thousand and two hundred one rupees) amount collected from all donations to Poulami Bhattacharyya, daughter of Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya
Sandipan Chanda, Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Dibyendu Barua, Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Bipin Shenoy, Diptayan Ghosh and Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya's wife Mousumi Bhattacharyya lights up the candle during inauguration | Photo: Saheli Dhar
Dibyendu Barua scored 6.5/7, receives the first prize, however he donated the entire cash amount to the family of Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya
There was a four-way tie at the first position. Diptayan Ghosh also scored 6.5/7 and he secured 2nd position based on tie-break score
Neeraj Kumar Mishra played fantastic chess and he was placed 3rd. He also scored 6.5/7
Mitrabha Guha scored 6.5/7 and settled for 4th position. He defeated top seed Sandipan Chanda and drew with Diptayan Ghosh
Anustoop Biswas scored 6.0/7 and he was declared joint 5th with...
...Suvradeepta Das who also scored 6.0/7 and their tie-break score was same
Arpita Mukherjee secured 7th position due to a better tie-break score by scoring 5.5/7
Rajdeep Sarkar was placed 8th with a score of 5.5/7
Arindam Mukherjee scored 5.5/7 and secured 9th position
Tamal Chakrabarty receives 10th prize. He also scored 5.5/7
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Professor Chandan Banerjee made sure that Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya's daughter Poulami Bhattacharya's college fees are completely waived off
Aronyak Ghosh might have gone down against soft spoken powerhouse Diptayan Ghosh, but he won a tournament within six days after this battle
Childhood friends share a good laugh before the match, but when the clock starts ticking, game face is on
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Former National Rapid Champion Neelotpal Das was present during the tournament to show his support
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2600+ GM Sandipan Chanda showcases correct technique in the endgame
Famous and veteran trainer IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra defeats GM Sandipan Chanda
GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury tries to checkmate with two knights
Childhood friends and rivals over the board faced off each other in a tournament after almost two decades
The prodigal Mitrabha defeated the top seed of the tournament GM Sandipan Chanda
GM Diptayan Ghosh showcased brilliant technique in the endgame
Sandipan Chanda talks about his first coach Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya in a candid interview
Neelotpal Das talks about his childhood coach Late Paritosh Bhattacharyya and his memories of him
Dibyendu Barua talks about his academy's coach whom he has known for a long time
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Barua Dibyendu | IND | 2404 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 34,5 | 31,25 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | IND | 2521 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 35,5 | 32,75 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 7 | IM | Mishra Neeraj-Kumar | IND | 2227 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 33,5 | 30,25 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 11 | FM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2036 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 34,0 | 30,75 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 18 | Anustoop Biswas | IND | 1900 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 32,5 | 26,00 | 6 | |||
| 21 | Suvradeepta Das | IND | 1827 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 32,5 | 26,00 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | WFM | Arpita Mukherjee | w | IND | 1837 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 34,5 | 25,25 | 5 | |
| 8 | 13 | FM | Rajdeep Sarkar | IND | 1997 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 30,5 | 33,5 | 24,25 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Arindam Mukherjee | IND | 2157 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 32,5 | 25,25 | 5 | |||
| 10 | 23 | Chakrabarti Tamal | IND | 1767 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 30,5 | 21,25 | 5 | |||
| 11 | 10 | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | U16 | IND | 2063 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,5 | 23,75 | 5 | |
| 12 | 14 | Arpan Das | IND | 1965 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 | 24,25 | 5 | |||
| 13 | 25 | Sonkalan Bharati | IND | 1706 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 31,0 | 21,75 | 5 | |||
| 14 | 17 | Srijit Paul | IND | 1913 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 30,0 | 22,75 | 5 | |||
| 15 | 3 | GM | Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi | IND | 2444 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 21,50 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 1 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | IND | 2602 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 36,5 | 23,50 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Debarshi Mukherjee | IND | 2027 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 33,0 | 19,00 | 5 | |||
| 18 | 4 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2431 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 34,0 | 21,00 | 5 | ||
| 19 | 30 | Soumyaditya Saha | IND | 1650 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,5 | 22,00 | 5 | |||
| 20 | 46 | Souhardo Basak | U12 | IND | 1439 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 30,0 | 17,00 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 6 | IM | Palit Somak | IND | 2325 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 20,00 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 45 | Sanket Chakravarty | U14 | IND | 1449 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 18,00 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 62 | Mouhurtik Ray | U14 | IND | 1277 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 28,0 | 15,50 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 44 | Atri Chattopadhyay | U14 | IND | 1456 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 19,00 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 53 | Anuronan Das | IND | 1378 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 18,75 | 4 | |||
| 26 | 32 | Sayantan Chandra | IND | 1623 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 18,75 | 4 | |||
| 27 | 40 | Aditya Bikram Paul | U12 | IND | 1486 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 18,00 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 38 | Arijit Mukherjee | IND | 1533 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 17,00 | 5 | |||
| 29 | 199 | Subhamay Ghosh | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 19,75 | 4 | |||
| 30 | 50 | Soham Dey | U14 | IND | 1408 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,0 | 17,00 | 5 |
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