Praloy Sahoo victorious at 2nd DD-DBCA Rating Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/05/2022

Praloy Sahoo scored 8/9 and finished a half point ahead of the competition. He won his first tournament of the year 2nd DD-DBCA Open Rating. Arpan Das and reigning West Bengal State Rapid champion Subhayan Kundu scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. Top three prizes were ₹30000 and a trophy, ₹20000 and ₹15000 each respectively. This was the first Open Classical Rating tournament in West Bengal since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020. A total of 181 players participated from various parts of the state. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Top four seeds finishes in reverse order

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly inaugurated the event, while GM Deep Sengupta was the Chief Guest at the Closing Ceremony.

Champion - Praloy Sahoo 8/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Check out Praloy's win against the eventual runner-up Arpan Das from the seventh round which he analyzed in the video.

Shounak - Praloy, Round 9

Position after Ne5

Find out the winning combination for Black.

Praloy scored 8/9, suffering only one loss against the top seed Kaustuv Kundu and gained 28.8 Elo rating points

Runner-up - Arpan Das 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

3rd Subhayan Kundu 7.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

4th Kaustuv Kundu 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

5th Akash Tiwari 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Akash had a very good chance to beat Praloy in the penultimate round.

Praloy - Akash, Round 8

Position after 32.Qf2

Black's rook at a3 seems to be trapped, however there is a nice tactic. Can you spot it? The game continued 32...Nc4+ 33.Bxc4 Raxc3 34.Bd3 Qg7 35.e5 Nxe5 36.Kxc3 Nxd3+ 37.Kc4 b5+ 38.Kd5 and Black was presented with one final opportunity.

Position after 39.Kd5

The finish is not easy to spot, however, Black is completely winning here. Try to find out the correct continuation for Black after 39.Kd5.

6th Ritabrata Chakraborty 7/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

7th Shounak Mazumder 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th Rupankar Nath 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th Koustav Chakraborty 6.5/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

10th Shuvam Roy 6/9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly inaugurated the event with GM Dibyendu Barua and the top seed of the tournament Kaustuv Kundu | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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A total of 181 players participated from various districts across West Bengal in this first Open Classical Rating tournament in the state in over two years since Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020. The event was organized by and at Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy, Kolkata, West Bengal from 13th to 18th May 2022. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	RtgN	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Praloy Sahoo				IND	2065	0	8,0	52,5	53,0	46,50
2	3	Arpan Das				IND	2093	0	7,5	53,0	58,0	46,25
3	2	Subhayan Kundu				IND	2323	0	7,5	52,0	54,5	44,00
4	1	Kaustuv Kundu				IND	2327	0	7,0	54,0	55,5	41,25
5	9	Akash Tiwari				IND	1730	0	7,0	49,5	53,0	38,25
6	11	Ritabrata Chakraborty				IND	1639	0	7,0	46,5	50,5	37,00
7	10	Shounak Mazumder				IND	1709	0	6,5	51,0	55,0	36,50
8	5	Nath Rupankar				IND	2023	0	6,5	50,5	52,5	34,75
9	6	Koustav Chakraborty				IND	1945	0	6,5	49,0	52,0	34,25
10	19	Mayukh Majumder	U10			IND	1406	0	6,5	47,5	49,5	32,00
11	161	Shrutartha Maiti				IND	0	0	6,5	46,5	51,5	37,25
12	58	Agnim Dutta				IND	1162	0	6,5	42,5	46,0	33,00
13	12	Shuvam Roy				IND	1580	0	6,0	49,5	54,0	34,25
14	8	Rupam Mukherjee				IND	1768	0	6,0	48,0	52,0	32,00
15	23	Venkatesh H				IND	1379	0	6,0	47,5	52,5	33,50
16	29	Shourya Paul				IND	1332	0	6,0	47,0	50,5	29,75
17	7	Basak Bishal				IND	1855	0	6,0	47,0	50,0	31,00
18	36	Shreyas Bhowmik				IND	1301	0	6,0	47,0	50,0	29,50
19	47	Ahanjit Banerjee				IND	1229	0	6,0	46,5	50,0	30,25
20	28	Soureen Bhattacharya				IND	1342	0	6,0	46,0	49,0	28,50