Mitrabha Guha dominates 1st Birsa Munda Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/11/2024

Top seed GM Mitrabha Guha scored 8.5/9 and 9/9 to win 1st Birsa Munda Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2024. In Rapid, Mitrabha finished a half point ahead of the competition, whereas in Blitz, his perfect score put him a full point ahead of the rest. Kumar Gaurav scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. Anustoop Biswas, Sudhir Kumar Sinha and Jagdish Barik scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed third, fourth and fifth respectively. Top three remained undefeated. In Blitz, GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Sudhir and Kumar scored 8/9 each. They secured second to fourth place respectively. The total prize fund was ₹300000, ₹200000 in Rapid and ₹100000 in Blitz. The top three prizes in Rapid were ₹31000, ₹21000 and ₹15000. For Blitz they were, ₹15000, ₹10000 and ₹8000. This was Mitrabha's 16th and 17th tournament triumph of the year.

Top seed delivers top class performance in both events

Reigning Commonwealth Rapid Gold medalist, GM Mitrabha Guha made a blazing start by winning eight games in-a-row in the Rapid event. Four players - Manish Sharma, Anustoop Biswas, Baivab Mishra and Kumar Gaurav were trailing by a full point at 7/8 each. Mitrabha drew with Anustoop to become a clear champion, Anustoop finished third. Kumar defeated Baivab to secure second place. Jharkhand's very own budding talent, 12-year-old Adhiraj Mitra scored 7/9 to finish sixth. He is the youngest top ten finisher in the Rapid event. The boy gained 149.6 Elo rating points.

Champion in Rapid and Blitz - GM Mitrabha Guha 8.5/9 and 9/9

In Blitz, GM Mitrabha Guha once again faced Anustoop Biswas in the final round with a same score 8/8 for Mitrabha and 7/8 for his opponent. Only color was inverse. Mitrabha defeated Anustoop to become the champion with a 100% score 9/9. Supratim Ghosh lost to GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury. Adhiraj Mitra suffered defeat against Sudhir Kumar Sinha. Saptarshi secured second place, Sudhir third. 14-year-old Rangeet Majumdar scored 7.5/9 to finish fifth. He became the youngest top ten finisher in the Blitz event.

Runner-up in Rapid - Kumar Gaurav 8/9 | Photo: Kazakhstan Chess Federation

Second Runner-up in Rapid - Anustoop Biswas 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up in Blitz - GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury 8/9 | Photo: IA Jayant Kumar Bhuyan

Second Runner-up in Blitz - Sudhir Kumar Sinha 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Mitrabha Guha during one of his games

Rapid Rating: GM Mitrabha Guha scored an unbeaten 8.5/9, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 2.2 Elo rating points

Blitz Rating: GM Mitrabha Guha scored a perfect 9/9, finished a full point ahead of the rest and increased his Elo rating by 7.9 points

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: Seraikela Kharsawan District Chess Association

Tournament banner | Photo: Seraikela Kharsawan District Chess Association

A total of 294 players including two GMs and an IM took part from various parts of the country in this two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Seraikela Kharsawan District Chess Association at Hotel Paras Heights in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand on 26th and 27th October 2024. The time control of the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Rapid Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha				IND	2459	West Bengal	8,5	52	56	52,25	8
2	8		Kumar, Gaurav				IND	1957	Bihar	8	50	52	46,00	7
3	4		Anustoop, Biswas				IND	2175	West Bengal	7,5	53	56	45,25	6
4	7		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar				IND	1965	Bihar	7,5	52	56	45,00	7
5	12		Barik, Jagdish				IND	1833	Odisha	7,5	47	50,5	40,75	7
6	28	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	U13		KP	IND	1687	Jharkhand	7	54	58	42,25	6
7	10		Manish, Sharma			KP	IND	1877	Jharkhand	7	53	57	41,00	7
8	18		Karjee, Manindra				IND	1761	Odisha	7	51,5	55,5	39,00	7
9	23		Debanjan, Sinha	U15		KP	IND	1717	Jharkhand	7	51,5	52,5	37,00	7
10	2	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi				IND	2335	West Bengal	7	51	55	40,75	6
11	5		Baivab, Mishra				IND	2049	Odisha	7	50,5	54,5	39,50	7
12	29		Vibhash, Kumar Sinha				IND	1686	Jharkhand	7	50	52,5	38,50	6
13	3	IM	Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar				IND	2227	Jharkhand	7	49,5	53,5	40,00	6
14	24		Jagreet, Misra	U13			IND	1716	Delhi	7	49,5	53,5	38,00	7
15	19		Supratim, Ghosh				IND	1756	West Bengal	7	49,5	52	38,00	7
16	22		Ujaan, Bhattacharya				IND	1725	West Bengal	7	48,5	53,5	40,25	6
17	26		Kumar, Sankalp				IND	1704	Jharkhand	7	45	49	36,50	6
18	78		Nikunj, Agrawal	U13		KP	IND	1533	Jharkhand	7	45	49	35,50	7
19	13		Alka, Das		w	KP	IND	1831	Jharkhand	7	44,5	47,5	35,50	7
20	9		Rohan, Vijay Shandilya			KP	IND	1883	Jharkhand	6,5	50,5	54,5	36,75	6
21	50		Rangeet, Majumdar	U15			IND	1591	West Bengal	6,5	49	52,5	34,50	6
22	32		Das, Bhola Nath			KP	IND	1678	Jharkhand	6,5	47,5	51,5	34,75	6
23	42		Aabhash,	U15			IND	1603	Jharkhand	6,5	47	50,5	32,75	6
24	15		Bhaskar, Sri Viswaroopanand				IND	1813	Odisha	6,5	44,5	48,5	33,75	6
25	11	FM	Aayush, Bhattacherjee				IND	1852	West Bengal	6,5	44	48	34,00	5
26	99		Reyansh, Jagnani	U11			IND	1473	West Bengal	6,5	44	48	33,75	6
27	37		Sharma, Jagannath Prasad				IND	1642	Jharkhand	6,5	44	47,5	32,75	5
28	83		Singh, Vidya Bhushan				IND	1506	Bihar	6,5	44	46	28,50	6
29	39		Nishant, Raj				IND	1619	Jharkhand	6,5	43	46	31,25	6
30	31		Sachin, Toppo				IND	1680	Jharkhand	6,5	42,5	45,5	31,25	6

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A total of 280 players including two GMs and an IM took part from various parts of the country in this one-day nine round Blitz Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Seraikela Kharsawan District Chess Association at Hotel Paras Heights in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand on 27th October 2024. The time control of the event was 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Blitz Rating

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2526	West Bengal	9	53	56,5	56,50	9
2	2	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi		IND	2256	West Bengal	8	55,5	59,5	50,50	8
3	8		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar		IND	2029	Bihar	8	54	59	52,00	7
4	10		Kumar, Gaurav		IND	1962	Bihar	8	51,5	55,5	46,50	8
5	20		Rangeet, Majumdar	U15	IND	1816	West Bengal	7,5	51	54,5	44,50	7
6	4		Anustoop, Biswas		IND	2212	West Bengal	7	55	60	43,75	6
7	12		Biswajit, Chatterjee		IND	1925	Jharkhand	7	52,5	55	40,00	7
8	17		Supratim, Ghosh		IND	1837	West Bengal	7	52	55	39,50	6
9	9		Badamundi, Tapan		IND	1975	Odisha	7	51,5	56	40,50	7
10	16		Rohan, Vijay Shandilya		IND	1860	Jharkhand	7	51	55	39,50	7
11	5	FM	Aayush, Bhattacherjee		IND	2181	West Bengal	7	50,5	55	40,00	7
12	7		Baivab, Mishra		IND	2065	Odisha	7	50	51	35,75	6
13	23		Manish, Sharma		IND	1804	Jharkhand	7	49	51	36,00	7
14	27		Karjee, Manindra		IND	1762	Odisha	7	47,5	52	38,50	7
15	24		Kamal Kishore, Debnath		IND	1782	Jharkhand	7	47,5	51	38,75	6
16	3	FM	Abhishek, Das		IND	2230	Jharkhand	7	46,5	51,5	39,00	7
17	129		Harsh, Kumar Jha		IND	1437	Jharkhand	7	45,5	49,5	36,50	7
18	6	IM	Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar		IND	2137	Jharkhand	7	45	48	35,50	7
19	19		Barik, Jagdish		IND	1833	Odisha	7	44	48	34,50	7
20	35		Nikhil, Singh		IND	1707	Jharkhand	7	39,5	42,5	32,00	7

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