GM Mitrabha Guha wins Bangalore Chess Open 2024

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The 1st Bangalore Chess Open concluded today at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru, India!

After a thrilling last round, GM Mitrabha Guha and GM Sethuraman S P finished the event with the score of 8 points (each), tying for first place. Sethuraman headed into the final 10th round as the sole leader of the event but agreed to a draw against GM Ghosh Diptayan in a slightly worse position. In the meantime, 23-year-old Mitrabha Guha defeated GM Shyam Sundar to catch Sethuraman on the top. Having better tiebreak criteria, GM Mitrabha Guha won the tournament, and GM Sethuraman S P finished second.

As many as 8 players scored 7.5 points (each) to tie for the third place, but GM Nigel Short had the best tiebreaks and finished third. The complete final standings can be found below.

The 1st Bangalore Chess Open took place from 18-26 January with the participation of more than 1500 players who competed in three categories: A, B and C. The total prize fund of the event was ₹50,00,000 (~60.000 USD), with ₹25,00,000 (~30.000 USD) reserved for the Open A. Detailed information about the event can be found on the official webpage.

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Bangalore Chess Open 2024 – Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2504	8	61	66	51.5
2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2594	8	61	64	51.5
3	GM	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2592	7.5	63	67	47.8
4	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2513	7.5	61	64	44.5
5	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2541	7.5	59	63	45.8
6	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2446	7.5	58	62	44.8
7	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2486	7.5	58	61	44.3
8	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2568	7.5	56	60	43.8
9	GM	Neelotpal, Das	IND	2329	7.5	55	58	42.3
10	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2469	7.5	55	59	43
11	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2407	7	58	63	40.5
12	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2435	7	55	59	39.3
13	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2422	7	54	58	37.8
14	IM	Tahbaz, Arash	IRI	2425	7	54	58	36.8
15	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2535	7	52	56	37.5
16	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.	IND	2497	7	52	55	35.8
17		Dere, Pushkar	IND	2191	6.5	59	63	38.3
18	IM	Aswath, S	IND	2369	6.5	58	62	37.3
19	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2426	6.5	58	62	37
20	GM	Iniyan, P	IND	2515	6.5	56	60	35.3
21	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	IND	2443	6.5	55	58	34.5
22		Subhayan, Kundu	IND	2385	6.5	55	57	33.8
23		Sathvik, Adiga	IND	2142	6.5	53	56	33.3
24	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	IND	2374	6.5	53	57	34.3
25	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2385	6.5	52	56	32.3
26		Daaevik, Wadhawan	IND	1997	6.5	52	56	34.5
27	FM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2378	6.5	52	54	31.8
28	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	UZB	2362	6.5	51	54	32.8
29	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2525	6.5	51	55	36.3
30	IM	Muthaiah, Al	IND	2464	6.5	50	55	34.8
31	IM	De Silva, L M S T	SRI	2398	6.5	50	55	33.3
32	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	IND	2392	6.5	50	54	34.3
33	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2522	6.5	50	54	33.5
34	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2514	6.5	49	53	33
35	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2366	6.5	49	52	33.5
36	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2428	6.5	49	53	34
37	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2489	6.5	49	52	31.5
38	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2605	6	61	65	35.3
39		Nithin, Babu	IND	2177	6	57	61	32.3
40	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2457	6	57	62	35.3
41	IM	Moksh, Amit Doshi	IND	2355	6	55	59	31.8
42		Omidi, Arya	IRI	2301	6	55	58	29.8
43	FM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2390	6	54	57	31.5
44	IM	Ritviz, Parab	IND	2391	6	53	57	29.8
45		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	IND	1900	6	52	56	31.5
46	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2364	6	52	55	31.3
47	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	IND	2256	6	52	55	31
48		Majumder, Shrayan	IND	1916	6	51	56	31.5
49	FM	Wagh, Suyog	IND	2266	6	51	53	24.8
50	AGM	Aquino, Jethro Dino	PHI	2166	6	50	54	29
51	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2385	6	50	53	30.8
52	WIM	Sharma, Isha	IND	2183	6	49	53	28.5
53	GM	Stany, G.A.	IND	2459	6	49	53	31
54		Vrashank, Chouhan	IND	2046	6	49	53	30
55	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	IND	2233	6	48	52	27.8
56	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	IND	2132	6	47	50	28.5
57	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2322	6	47	50	28
58	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	IND	2349	6	45	47	26
59	FM	Daakshin, Arun	IND	2309	6	44	47	28
60	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	KGZ	2384	5.5	54	58	27.8
61	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2338	5.5	54	57	27.8
62	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	IND	2287	5.5	53	57	30.3
63		Kumar, Gaurav	IND	1953	5.5	53	57	30.5
64		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	IND	2316	5.5	53	57	28.8
65	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2269	5.5	53	57	28
66		Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	IND	2180	5.5	53	56	28.5
67	IM	Thilakarathne, G M H	SRI	2391	5.5	52	56	28.3
68		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	IND	1852	5.5	52	56	28.3
69		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay	IND	2184	5.5	51	55	27.3
70	CM	Apoorv, Kamble	IND	2308	5.5	51	54	25.3
71	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2441	5.5	51	55	27.3
72	FM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	IND	2334	5.5	50	53	26.5
73	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.	IND	2372	5.5	50	53	25.5
74	CM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	IND	2112	5.5	49	53	26.3
75	IM	Prasad, Devaki V	IND	2229	5.5	49	52	27.3
76	WIM	Priyanka, K	IND	2068	5.5	48	52	27.5
77	WIM	Pujari, Rucha	IND	2181	5.5	48	51	24.5
78		Ankit, Ray	IND	1912	5.5	46	51	26.8
79		Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	IND	2204	5.5	46	50	24
80		Aarav, Sinha	IND	1981	5.5	46	49	25
81	IM	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam	IND	1916	5.5	45	49	24
82		Prudhvi, Kumar V	IND	2123	5.5	45	48	23.3
83	GM	Gonzales, Jayson	PHI	2367	5.5	45	49	26
84		Anilkumar, O.T.	IND	1877	5.5	43	47	24.8
85	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	IND	2322	5.5	43	46	23
86	IM	Mohota, Nisha	IND	2147	5.5	43	46	22.3
87	FM	Ramakrishna, J.	IND	1923	5.5	41	44	22
88		Srihari, L	IND	2288	5	55	59	27.5
89	IM	Sarwat, Walaa	EGY	2175	5	52	56	26
90	GM	Teterev, Vitaly	BLR	2288	5	51	54	23.8
91	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi	IND	2183	5	50	54	24
92	WIM	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	VIE	2118	5	50	53	21.3
93	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	IND	2319	5	50	52	22.3
94	FM	Jaiveer, Mahendru	IND	2294	5	49	53	19.5
95	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	IND	2413	5	49	53	24.8
96	WFM	Lasya.G,	IND	1945	5	48	53	25
97	IM	Panda, Sambit	IND	2404	5	48	51	23.8
98		Vijayakumar, Rishi	SCO	2104	5	48	51	21.8
99		Manigandan, S S	IND	2016	5	47	50	20.5
100	IM	Sangma, Rahul	IND	2182	5	46	50	21.5
101	FM	Ayushh, Ravikumar	IND	1885	5	46	50	23.8
102	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	IND	2170	5	46	50	22
103		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet	IND	2039	5	46	48	21.3
104	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	IND	2332	5	45	48	20.5
105		Sanjay, S Pillai	IND	1918	5	45	48	23.3
106	AFM	Pawar, Harshit	IND	1945	5	45	48	21.8
107	WGM	Frayna, Janelle Mae	PHI	2197	5	45	47	19.5
108	AIM	Abhay, Bandewar	IND	2025	5	45	47	18.8
109		Dhyey, Agarwal	IND	2087	5	44	46	20.5
110	AIM	Syed, Abdul Khader	IND	1897	5	43	46	20.8
111	CM	Barath, Kalyan M	IND	2040	5	43	46	19
112	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh	NEP	2009	5	42	46	19.5
113		Aarav, Sarbalia	IND	2022	5	42	44	19.5
114	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	IND	2095	5	42	44	17.3
115		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	IND	2028	5	40	43	18.3
116		Sharnarthi, Viresh	IND	1926	5	37	40	17.5
117	FM	Dhananjay, S	IND	2151	4.5	53	55	22.8
118		Dhrupad, Kashyap	IND	1998	4.5	51	55	21.8
119		Pattnayak, Nilsu	IND	1987	4.5	50	54	22.5
120	CM	Gaurav, Rajesh Zagade	IND	2132	4.5	50	54	21.8
121		Jake, Shanty	IND	1903	4.5	49	53	21.8
122	WIM	Fronda, Jan Jodilyn	PHI	2151	4.5	48	50	19.3
123		Kaustuv, Kundu	IND	2423	4.5	48	51	23
124		Jai, Sankar Subramanian	IND	2025	4.5	48	51	21.5
125		Rakshith, Srinivasan	IND	1966	4.5	48	51	19
126	WIM	Luong, Phuong Hanh	VIE	2102	4.5	47	50	19.5
127	FM	Rosh, Jain	IND	2221	4.5	47	50	18.5
128		Arun, Kataria	IND	2079	4.5	47	50	16.8
129	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	IND	2415	4.5	47	51	21.3
130		Jani, Kushal R	IND	1943	4.5	47	50	21.3
131		Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi	IND	1948	4.5	46	50	21.3
132	WFM	Deodhar, Vrushali Umesh	IND	2100	4.5	45	47	16.5
133		Patil, Harshal	IND	2182	4.5	44	47	19.3
134		Devesh, Anand Naik	IND	1919	4.5	44	46	17.3
135		Nikhil, M	IND	1900	4.5	42	44	14.5
136	IM	Deshmukh, Anup	IND	2139	4.5	40	43	14.3
137	IM	Elgabry, Mohsen	EGY	2160	4.5	39	42	17.3
138		Nagare, Akhilesh	IND	2123	4.5	39	42	16.5
139	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2169	4.5	38	41	17.8
140	FM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2288	4	55	58	20.3
141	IM	Dushyant, Sharma	IND	2357	4	53	58	21
142	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut	IND	2052	4	49	52	18.5
143		Simhadri, Sai Hrushikesh	IND	2050	4	49	52	19
144	WFM	Singgih, Diajeng Theresa	INA	1867	4	48	52	18.5
145		Bhosale, Shriraj	IND	1946	4	48	51	18
146	AFM	Choubey, Saurabh	IND	1991	4	48	50	16.5
147		Priansh, Das	IND	1910	4	47	50	18
148	WIM	Ivana Maria, Furtado	IND	2072	4	46	49	13.5
149	AGM	Vignesh, B	IND	2258	4	44	48	16.5
150		Balkishan, A.	IND	1895	4	44	47	14.8
151	CM	Joel, Paul Ganta	IND	2130	4	43	46	15.5
152		Reyan, Md.	IND	1903	4	43	46	15.3
153	FM	Gaikwad, Siddhant	IND	1967	4	43	46	15.8
154		Ram, Alagappan S	IND	1889	4	43	45	15.5
155	FM	Muhammed, Shuaau	MDV	2093	4	43	45	13.8
156		Sadbhav, Rautela	IND	1949	4	42	45	16.5
157	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	IND	1913	4	42	45	14.3
158		Kartik, Kumar Singh	IND	2004	4	41	44	15
159	IM	Vidarte Morales, Arturo	PER	2261	4	41	43	15.5
160		Ishvi, Aggarwal	IND	1915	4	38	41	14.3
161		Hiren, K G	IND	2052	4	36	38	14
162		Saurabh, Anand	IND	2243	3.5	51	53	15.8
163		Raghav, V	IND	2150	3.5	47	50	15
164		Anup, Shankar R	IND	1912	3.5	46	50	15.8
165	IM	Sobh, Amrou	EGY	2117	3.5	44	47	12.5
166	WGM	Swati, Ghate	IND	2034	3.5	44	46	13.3
167	IM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2433	3.5	44	47	15
168		Chandar, Raju	IND	1950	3.5	44	47	13
169		Gandhi, Anish	IND	2117	3.5	44	46	11.3
170		Sharsha, Backer	IND	1935	3.5	42	46	14.5
171		Uddipan, Roy	IND	1862	3.5	42	45	14
172		Ashvath, Mittal	IND	1959	3.5	40	43	13.3
173	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	IND	2067	3.5	40	42	12.5
174	CM	Shadhursshaan, R	IND	2058	3.5	39	42	14
175		Umashankar, A	IND	1909	3.5	37	39	10.8
176		Augustin, A	IND	1911	3.5	36	38	10.3
177		Leelajai, Krishna N	IND	2045	3.5	34	37	10.5
178		Tiwari, Shivansh	IND	1902	3.5	34	36	10.8
179	ACM	Yun, Hungi	KOR	1898	3.5	30	32	8
180	FM	Md, Imran	IND	2222	3	44	48	13.3
181		Badrinath, S.	IND	2026	3	43	47	14
182	WFM	Anusha, N L V	IND	1971	3	42	45	13.5
183		Rohith, Yadav B R	IND	1900	3	42	44	11
184	WIM	Galas, Bernadette	PHI	2012	3	40	43	10.5
185	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	IND	2058	3	40	42	9
186		Sudarshan, Bhat	IND	2120	3	39	41	8.75
187		Gugan, G	IND	2164	3	39	42	11
188		Kulkarni, Vinayak	IND	1976	3	38	41	10.8
189		Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini	SRI	1848	3	31	33	7.5
190		Gourav, Nigam	IND	2059	2.5	43	46	9.75
191	WGM	Varshini, V	IND	2168	2.5	42	45	9.75
192	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	EGY	2424	2.5	41	43	8.25
193	AFM	Naveen, Kumar P	IND	1937	2.5	40	44	11.5
194	IM	Hegde, Ravi Gopal	IND	1916	2.5	40	43	9.25
195		Sudhir, S.	IND	2017	2.5	37	39	8
196		Jyothilal, N.	IND	2025	2.5	36	38	6.5
197	AIM	Dabhade, Arnav	IND	1909	2.5	36	38	7.75
198		Abel, Sajan	IND	1942	2.5	35	38	7.25
199	FM	Joshua, A P	IND	2234	2	45	48	8.5
200	WIM	Makhija, Aashna	IND	2093	2	39	42	8.25
201		Sumit, Balan Pancha	IND	1918	2	34	36	5.5
202	WIM	Ranasinghe, S D	SRI	1667	2	31	33	4.75
203	IM	Avinash, Ramesh	IND	2290	1.5	39	42	5
204		Tamhankar, Siddhant	IND	1943	1.5	34	36	5.25
205	IM	Shahil, Dey	IND	2363	0.5	33	35	2.25
206		Apaar, Saxena	IND	2150	0	33	34	0
207	IM	Sareen, Vishal	IND	2330	0	32	33	0
	IM	Rakesh, Kumar Jena	IND	2326	0	32	33	0
	CM	Kavinda, Akila	SRI	1941	0	32	33	0
210		Charvi, A	IND	1915	0	31	32	0