Incredibly close battle
On Friday 10th March 2023, two rounds before the completion of the Classical event, Chessemy Blitz Open took place. It was a closely fought battle where three players finished with the same score of 7.5/9 after nine rounds of Swiss league Blitz event. Thus, the winner had to be decided in Playoffs. The Classical event report will be published in a separate article.
GM Diptayan Ghosh (2539), GM Harsha Bharathakoti (2481) and GM Sayantan Das (2389), all three scored 7.5/9 each. Diptayan and Harsha played two blitz playoff games.
After Harsha won the first tie-break game, Diptayan scored the equalizer in the second game.
Armageddon was enforced as both Playoff games were won by each player, resulting in another tie 1-1. Diptayan having the white pieces, had to go for a win as his opponent Harsha had draw odds with the black pieces as per the usual Armageddon rules. Diptayan forced a win in a drawn endgame as a draw would not have been enough.
A special thanks to IM FI Jonathan Carlstedt of Chessemy for sharing the photos and videos.
A total of 73 players including 3 GMs, 9 IMs, 2 WGMs and a WIM took part from six countries all over the world. The one-day nine-round Swiss league Blitz Rating tournament was organized by Jonathan Carlstedt at Hotel Forellenhof in Walsrode. Germany on 10th March 2023. The time control of the tournament was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Ghosh,Diptayan, | IND | 2539 | 7,5 | 56,5 | 46,00 | 6 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti, | IND | 2481 | 7,5 | 54,5 | 43,25 | 7 | |
| 3 | 10 | IM | Das,Sayantan, | IND | 2389 | 7,5 | 53 | 42,00 | 6 | |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Lampert,Jonas, | GER | 2482 | Hamburger SK von 1830 eV | 7 | 55,5 | 40,50 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | FM | De Winter,Arthur, | NED | 2371 | SV Erkenschwick 1923 e | 6,5 | 52 | 34,00 | 6 |
| 6 | 15 | IM | Koellner,Ruben Gideon, | GER | 2303 | SF Deizisau | 6,5 | 49 | 32,25 | 6 |
| 7 | 6 | IM | Lubbe,Nikolas, | GER | 2447 | SF Neuberg | 6,5 | 48,5 | 33,50 | 6 |
| 8 | 16 | FM | Colbow,Collin, | GER | 2279 | SAbt SV Werder Bremen | 6,5 | 47 | 31,25 | 6 |
| 9 | 9 | FM | Petrovskyi,Vadym, | UKR | 2398 | Sfr. Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen | 6 | 55 | 33,00 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | IM | Schneider,Ilja, | GER | 2519 | HSK Lister Turm | 6 | 53 | 31,50 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 | IM | Carlstedt,Jonathan, | GER | 2328 | SAbt SV Werder Bremen | 6 | 50,5 | 30,00 | 6 |
| 12 | 8 | IM | Berger,Steve, | GER | 2410 | SSV Rotation Berlin e.V. | 6 | 47 | 30,00 | 6 |
| 13 | 18 | WGM | Lubbe,Melanie, | GER | 2263 | SF Neuberg | 6 | 44 | 28,00 | 6 |
| 14 | 19 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki, | IND | 2256 | 6 | 43,5 | 26,00 | 6 | |
| 15 | 27 | Koellner,Aaron Noah, | GER | 2148 | SF Deizisau | 6 | 43,5 | 24,00 | 6 |
