Diptayan Ghosh dominates Tata Steel Chess Festival 2024 Blitz Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/12/2024

GM Diptayan Ghosh scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Tata Steel Chess Festival 2024 All India Blitz Open. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. IM Mayank Chakraborty and FM Aditya Vikram Paul scored 8/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Diptayan drew with Mayank and defeated Aditya. The one-day nine-round blitz open was organized by Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal on 17th November 2024. The total prize fund was ₹51000. Top three prizes were ₹15000 + trophy, ₹10000 and ₹5000 each respectively. This was Diptayan's sixth tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Diptayan's sixth triumph of the year

The reigning National Rapid and Blitz champion, GM Diptayan Ghosh scorched the field by scoring eight wins in-a-row. IM Mayank Chakraborty was the sole player trailing him by a half point. Diptayan drew with Mayank in the final round to become a clear champion, Mayank finished second. FM Aditya Vikram Paul defeated GM Deep Sengupta to finish third. WCM Arshiya Das scored 7/9 to become the sole female to make a top ten finish. She was placed tenth. The total number of main prizes were increased by five from 15 to 20 and Women's prize got an additional one more place due to the huge number of participation - 254.

Champion - GM Diptayan Ghosh 8.5/9

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.

National Rapid and Blitz Champion - GM Diptayan Ghosh convincingly clinches Tata Steel Chess Festival Blitz Open 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

GM Diptayan Ghosh receiving the prize from GM Kateryna Lagno, in presence of GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR), GM Vishy Anand, GM Dibyendu Barua and others | Photo: IA Vivek Sohani

Runner-up - IM Mayank Chakraborty 8/9

Second Runner-up - FM Aditya Vikram Paul 8/9

4th Soham Bhattacharyya 7.5/9

5th IM Utsab Chatterjee 7.5/9

6th IM Sanket Chakavarty 7/9

7th IM Shahil Dey 7/9

8th Sayantan Dutta 7/9

9th Sumit Kumar 7/9

10th WCM Arshiya Das 7/9

Best Woman 1st - WIM Arpita Mukherjee 6.5/9

Best Woman 2nd - WFM Sneha Halder 6/9

Top boards on the stage

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

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Video Gallery

Exchange Sac Combination in time trouble - Tanuj v Sayantan | Video: ChessBase India

Grandmaster navigates through pawn maze - Soham Roy v GM Diptayan Ghosh | Video: ChessBase India

Unbelievable escape from Mate in 7 - GM Deep Sengupta v Rupam Mukherjee | Video: ChessBase India

Fast and Furious Queen Endgame - Coach Shambo Dutta v IM Utsab Chatterjee | Video: ChessBase India

Passed Pawns must be Pushed - GM Diptayan Ghosh v Puspal Datta | Video: ChessBase India

Grandmaster grinds a Queen and minor piece endgame - GM Diptayan Ghosh v FM Aditya Vikram Paul | Video: ChessBase India

Why Draw in a Winning position? Sanjeeban Mondal v IM Mayank Chakraborty | Video: ChessBase India

More exciting games will be shared soon. Stay tuned.

A total of 254 players including two GMs, four IMs and a WIM took part from various parts of the country in this one-day nine round Blitz Open tournament. It was organized by Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal on 17th November 2024. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Ghosh Diptayan			IND	2552	RSPB	8,5	52,5	58	54,00
2	3	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	U19		IND	2306	Assam	8	52	56	48,50
3	7	FM	Aditya Vikram Paul	U19		IND	2261	West Bengal	8	49	54	45,50
4	4		Soham Bhattacharyya	U19		IND	2297	West Bengal	7,5	48	52	43,25
5	9	IM	Utsab Chatterjee			IND	2168	West Bengal	7,5	47	51	41,75
6	6	IM	Sanket Chakravarty			IND	2269	West Bengal	7	53	57	40,50
7	11	IM	Shahil Dey	U19		IND	2126	Assam	7	49	54	42,00
8	5		Dutta Sayantan			IND	2272		7	48	51,5	39,00
9	13		Sumit Kumar			IND	2097		7	47,5	54	40,75
10	31	WCM	Arshiya Das	F19	w	IND	1852	Tripura	7	46	50	36,00
11	21		Jyotshnav Talukdar	U19		IND	1956	Odisha	7	45,5	48,5	35,00
12	52		Narendra Agarwal	U10		IND	1746	West Bengal	7	44,5	49	34,50
13	18	CM	Anurag Jaiswal			IND	1989	West Bengal	7	43,5	48	35,75
14	22		Shourya Paul	U19		IND	1940	West Bengal	7	42	46,5	36,50
15	58		Sanjeeban Mandal	U19		IND	1703	West Bengal	6,5	52,5	56,5	37,00
16	2	GM	Sengupta Deep			IND	2354	PSPB	6,5	49	54,5	36,75
17	60		Snehil Raj Singh	U19		IND	1678	West Bengal	6,5	49	50,5	32,25
18	34		Sumit Roy			IND	1828		6,5	47,5	51,5	33,25
19	8		Anustoop Biswas			IND	2203	West Bengal	6,5	47	51	35,25
20	39		Rupam Mukherjee			IND	1815	West Bengal	6,5	47	50	33,75

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