Somak Palit becomes unbeaten champion
Second seeded IM Somak Palit scored 6.5/7 to win Tata Steel Chess Festival All Bengal Open Blitz tournament 2019. IM Mitrabha Guha also finished with the same score, however due to a lower tie-break score, he was placed second. IM Sayantan Das scored 6.0/7 to secure third position according to the tie-break score.
When I reached out to Somak for his thoughts on winning the tournament, this is what he said, "I feel very happy. It was a thrilling experience, it prods and inspires me to perform better in future. The organizers should be thanked for conducting such an event besides the main 'Grand Chess Tour' tournament."
'Moment of the day' definitely goes to top seed of the tournament IM Arghyadip Das as he quickly offered a draw immediately after noticing that he got flagged. His opponent accepted without taking a look at the clock.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 2 | IM | Palit Somak | IND | 2374 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 | 29,25 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | IM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2334 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 26,50 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2370 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,5 | 32,0 | 26,50 | 6 | |
| 4 | 9 | Sarbojit Paul | IND | 2045 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 30,5 | 24,00 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 20 | Debankan Dhara | IND | 1948 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 30,5 | 33,5 | 23,75 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Debarshi Mukherjee | IND | 2235 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 33,5 | 24,75 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | IM | Das Arghyadip | IND | 2382 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 23,00 | 4 | |
| 8 | 10 | Arindam Mukherjee | IND | 2037 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,0 | 18,75 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 27 | AGM | Shahid Ahmed S.K. | IND | 1815 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 27,0 | 19,25 | 5 | |
| 10 | 15 | Praloy Sahoo | IND | 2007 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 25,5 | 19,50 | 5 |
