Aronyak Ghosh wins Bengal FIDE rated Rapid tournament

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/08/2017

It was a huge rapid event in Kolkata that was organized by Pioneer Chess School and West Bengal Chess Association. The tournament was held on the 8th and 9th of August with a time control of 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment. Youngster CM Aronyak Ghosh won the title and took back home the first prize of Rs.10,000! IM Somak Palit and Koustav Chatterjee also scored the same points but had to settle for second and third spot respectively on tiebreak. We have a report on the tournament as well as some nicely captured videos of the action during the event.

CM Aronyak Ghosh won 1^st All Bengal FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship 2017 by scoring 8 points out of 9 rounds. Top seed IM Somak Palit and Koustav Chatterjee also scored 8 points but due to better tie break score CM Aronyak Ghosh became the champion. Aronyak led throughout the tournament. Both Aronyak and Somak remained undefeated, but unfortunately they did not face each other.

CM Aronyak Ghosh receives Championship Trophy and ₹10000 Cash from Jt. Secretary of AICF IM Atanu Lahiri

Top seed of the tournament, IM Somak Palit receives 2^nd prize ₹8000 cash

Koustav Chatterjee receives 3^rd Prize ₹7000 cash

The playing hall at Indian Council for Cultural Relations

The tournament took place in Indian Council for Cultural Relations on 8^th & 9^th July 2017 in which 361 players participated over 10 districts across West Bengal. The number of participants was the highest for an Open Rapid Rating Tournament in West Bengal.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	16	CM	Aronyak Ghosh		IND	1912	8,0	0,0	58,0	53,5	50,50	7,0
2	1	IM	Palit Somak		IND	2338	8,0	0,0	55,5	51,5	48,50	7,0
3	20		Koustav Chatterjee		IND	1870	8,0	0,0	55,0	52,0	47,50	8,0
4	12	FM	Rajdeep Sarkar		IND	1957	7,5	0,0	58,0	53,0	47,00	6,0
5	14		Arpan Das		IND	1916	7,5	0,0	57,5	55,0	45,75	6,0
6	18		Anustoop Biswas		IND	1900	7,5	0,0	55,5	51,5	44,00	7,0
7	7		Nath Rupankar		IND	2035	7,5	0,0	55,0	50,5	45,25	6,0
8	77	AIM	Debarghya Samanta		IND	1376	7,5	0,0	47,5	45,0	38,25	7,0
9	46		Arpan Das (jr)		IND	1594	7,0	0,0	56,5	53,0	40,50	7,0
10	37	AGM	Arka Sengupta		IND	1685	7,0	0,0	54,5	51,5	39,00	6,0
11	2		Arindam Mukherjee		IND	2182	7,0	0,0	54,5	51,0	40,50	7,0
12	4		Pradip Ghosh		IND	2060	7,0	0,0	54,0	51,0	39,50	7,0
13	29	AGM	Ritam Nag		IND	1770	7,0	0,0	54,0	50,0	38,50	7,0
14	25		Neelash Saha		IND	1812	7,0	0,0	51,5	49,0	36,00	7,0
15	8		Mallick Anjan		IND	2027	7,0	0,0	51,0	48,5	37,00	6,0
16	40		Soumma Chakraborty		IND	1645	7,0	0,0	51,0	47,0	37,75	6,0
17	3		Chattarjee Laltu		IND	2091	7,0	0,0	50,0	48,0	36,25	6,0
18	9		Basu Suman		IND	2017	7,0	0,0	50,0	46,5	37,75	6,0
19	78		Dhiman Mitra		IND	1374	7,0	0,0	47,5	45,5	34,50	7,0
20	71		Ayush Jha		IND	1401	7,0	0,0	47,0	44,0	32,75	6,0

Final rankings

Some highlights from tournament:

IM Somak Palit converts advantage in a Same Color Bishop Endgame

Shounak Mazumder uses Pawn Power to hold Kaustuv Kundu

Anurag Jaiswal holds his nerves in time pressure and wins out of nowhere

Arindam Mukherjee finishes off Sanjit Saha with a slo-mo style

Laltu Chatterjee's experience triumphs over young Rajarshi Dutta

Arka Sengupta's opponent Dhiman Mitra loses on time

IM Somak Palit squeezes a win against Neelash Saha

Anurag Jaiswal uses Pawn Power in a Rook and multiple Pawn Endgame

Somak Palit talks about the tiebreak rules and shares his experience about the tournament

There were 155 Prizes and Entry Fee was only ₹600 which was another record for a Rapid Rating tournament in West Bengal. The tournament was organized by Pioneer Chess School.

Tournament Director Mr Prasenjit Bhattacharya shares his view as an Organizer