Lucas Clinched the 4th Kolkata Chess Classic Online Blitz Championship 2020 !!

IM Lucas Liascovich
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International Master Lucas Liascovich from Argentina dominate the 4th Edition of  Kolkata Chess Classic Online Blitz on 14th July 2020. This is the 4th edition of Kolkata Classic organized by Garihat Chess Club and the event was Supported by Chess Needs. IM Lucas grabs the 1st position with a score of 58 which was enough for as he was 4 point ahead of his next competitor which was Grand Master Dusan Popovic from Russia settled for 2nd position and 3rd  position Secured by Grand Master Diptayan Ghosh with 51 Points. Altogether 129 Players have participated in this event from different parts of India along with 6 different countries i.e Argentina, Russia, Serbia, Nepal, and Srilanka. With the Presence of more than 20 titled players with Highest Elo rated player was Diptayan Ghosh From India with a rating of 2541 making this event a more competitive and successful one.

The event was Played in an arena format with a time control of 5 minutes each (without increment) on the lichess Platform on 14th July from 7:30pm to 9:00pm with a duration of 90minutes. Lichess Arena is quite popular for every organizer as well as for the player because till the last no one knows who will become the champion. Simple Tagline for lichess Arena is Who play fast will gain more point but with a win ( survival for the fittest). Total Prize Money of the Tournament was Rs.12,000/-(Rupees Twelve thousand only).

FM Joydeep Dutta was the tournament director and Supported by Bishal. And also a special thank you to Mr.Debasish Basu for sponsoring the event. The entire was Stream by Chessbase India editor Shahid Ahmed with his commentary on his Youtube channel . To watch and feel  the entire stream of the tournament go through the link: Shahid Ahmed Youtube channel

The Prospectus of Tournament :

For watching the games of the champions, go through the link: Tournament Link

The Details of Prize winners :

Open Category: Main Prize

Ranking	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
Champion	IM Luclia	IM Lucas Liascovich	Rs.1000/-
2nd	GM Dulemaster	GM Dusan Popovic	Rs.700/-
3rd	GM MasterAssasin123	GM Diptayan Ghosh	Rs.600/-
4th	IM Mitrabho	IM Mitrabho Guha	Rs.500/-
5th	Vjers	Vijaysarathi	Rs.400/-
6th	Kartavya_Anadkat	Kartavya Anadkat	Rs.300/-
7th	IM DrMelekess	IM Alexandr Ulanov	Rs.250/-
8th	IM Agontuk	IM Sayantan Das	Rs.250/-
9th	GM INDIAN-ELEPHANT	GM R.R.Laxman	Rs.200/-
10th	IM lyaguwka_kvakuwka	IM lyaguwka	Rs.200/-
11th	IM Abdisalimov	IM Abdisalimov	Rs.170/-
12th	IM Saparmyrat	IM Saparmyrat	Rs.170/-
13th	Alvis99	Kaustuv Kundu	Rs.170/-
14th	IM Neelash	IM Neelash Saha	Rs.170/-
15th	FM aaryan_varshney	FM Aaryan Varshney	Rs.170/-
16th	SingamDance	Pranesh M	Rs.150/-
17th	rvrv	Verma, Rahul	Rs.150/-
18th	SWEETHEAVEN983	GM Himanshu Sharma	Rs.150/-
19th	magicalchessplay	Jagadish P.	Rs.150/-
20th	Nayas281995	Sayan Bose	Rs.150/-
21st	MiniDora	Debankan Dhara	Rs.150/-
22nd	baby_winner	Aman Yadav	Rs.150/-
23rd	Garydasdeep	Deep Das	Rs.150/-
24th	IM dinesh501	IM Dinesh Sharma	Rs.150/-
25th	sahibknight	Sahib Singh	Rs.150/-

Rating Category Below-1800

Ranking	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
Champion	Dark-Sharky	Varshank Chouhan	Rs.400/-
2nd	bsaketh	Saketh.B	Rs.250/-
3rd	mycrownmykingdom	Subhabrata Roy	Rs.200/-
4th	Samjrao	Samarth J Rao	Rs.175/-
5th	hostileking2500	Tejash Jain	Rs.150/-
6th	JAIGANESH_1818	Arul Anandh S PK	Rs.125/-

Below-1400

Ranking	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
Champion	AquariuSd11	Aryan Rajesh Jain	Rs.400/-
2nd	D_Notorious	Dakshita kumawa	Rs.250/-
3rd	Nursery	Charvi Patidar	Rs.200/-
4th	kirti15	Harshvardhan Sahay	Rs.175/-
5th	so_deep	Prakash Varma	Rs.150/-
6th	anand1970	Prem, Anantha Rajan V.	Rs.125/-

Age Category Under-13

Ranking	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
Champion	Thechampion_78	Bhavesh Mahajan	Rs.200/-
2nd	tksk	Harsh Suresh	Rs.150/-
3rd	Rvition	Ritam Ghosh	Rs.130/-

Under-11

Ranking	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
Champion	sd1109	Samyak Dharewa	Rs.200/-
2nd	Abhrajyoty1	Abhrojyoty Nath	Rs.150/-
3rd	SRA01	SNEHAAL ROY	Rs.130/-

Under-9

Ranking	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
Champion	mahi0805	ReyanMd	Rs.200/-
2nd	Crushing11	Vageesh Swaminathan	Rs.150/-
3rd	SRavi9	Biswa Preet Roy	Rs.130/-

 

 

Best Veteran	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
	Das4	Dilip Das	Rs.200/-

 

 

Best Woman	Lichess ID	Name	Amount
	Payelchaudhuri	Payel Chaudhuri	Rs.200/-

Now Some Important Facts about Garihat Chess Club :

From chess champions and MPhil students to hawkers and the homeless, everyone takes a shot at the game at this truly unique club -- Gariahat Chess Club.

It is 7pm on a sultry night in Kolkata. Clusters of men huddle over chess boards under the busy Gariahat flyover, oblivious to the traffic and noise around them. This is the Gariahat Chess Club where for a fee if INR 10 you can become a member and play some pretty intense rounds of chess. Playing games like carrom, ludo, and chess on pavements is something very Kolkata — the Left governments had installed carrom boards in every nook and gully for one thing. This chess club was just an informal gathering of chess lovers in the area in the late 1980s before the flyover was built. It took shape of a chess club in 2006 and is now called the Gariahat Chess Club. It has over 100 members — there are people who never miss a day’s play. You can also play caroms here. It’s open to all.

Also, Kolkata is one of the most egalitarian cities in the country — its public space is truly open to all. This chess club reflects that trait with people from all backgrounds coming together to play here — street dwellers, MPhil students, small traders, shopowners, retired professionals, school kids, middle-class babus, in fact, many of the players are sons of hawkers who man the popular street stalls in the area.

This spot is also popular as a general hangout joint — friends catching up on their way back from work, sipping tea, people singing or strumming a guitar, beggars and the homeless contemplating life, street kids playing. All this is one of the noisiest, most polluted junctions in the city!

Two Super Grand Master (GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Ding Liren) along with our very own GM Dibyendu Baruah at Gariahat Chess Club during Tata Steel 2019 at Kolkata.

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International Master Tania Sachdev takes a look at the Gariahat Chess Club, right in the middle of a busy Kolkata intersection. Hikaru Nakamura and Ding Liren get a chance to challenge the locals!.

         For Complete Interview go through the link: International Master Tania Sachdeva at Gariahat Chess Club

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