Good Afternoon
I am Koshin Das. Today I am going to write about my
experience in the 1st Guwahati International Open
GRANDMASTERS Chess Tournament 2022 held at DTRP
Indoor Stadium, Guwahati from 14th to 20th of March 2022.
I have taken part in this tournament in which I have scored
5/10. Every morning, my grandfather used to drop me to the
venue. Then after the 1st round my parents used to come to
the venue and we had our lunch together.
On 14th, 17th, 19th, 20th of March 2022, my father stayed
at the venue because on these days there was only 1 round
each. On 15th, 16th, 18th of March 2022, my mother stayed at
the venue because there was two rounds.
In the 14th of March, there was one round which I
lost to Arjun Ghimire from NEPAL. His ELO Rating was 1838.
He played the Smith-Morra Gambit of Sicilian which was
unknown to me.
In the 15th of March, there was two rounds. In the first
round I lost to Anuraag Saikia from DIBRUGARH. His ELO
Rating was 1465. He played the Kings Indian Defence. In the
opening I played a advance move. He took advantage of that
move.
In the second round on 15th of March, I played with a
unrated player Piyush Pritom. In which I won easily. I played
the Kings Indian Defence.
In the 16th of March, there was also two rounds. In the
first round I drew to Mujhyaman Thakuria from Assam. His
ELO Rating was 1427. I played the LONDON System.
In the second round of 16th of March, I played with
Nilkamal Das of Assam . His ELO Rating was 1430. I have
played the Kings Indian Defence. That was a good game but
in the middle game I missed a calculation and played a wrong
move. He brilliantly took advantage of that move and I lost.
In the 17th of March, I drew with Anabil Goswami
from Tripura, Agartala. His ELO Rating was 1334. I have
played the Sicilian. This game was winning game of mine but
I accepted the draw. A big mistake!!
In the 18th of March, I won with Uddhav Phukan from
Duliajhan. He was a unrated player and I played the LONDON
System and I won easily.
In the 19th of March, I lost to Vivek Rajkumar from
DIBRUGARH. I was playing well but at the end I made a
mistake in the move order. He took advantage of it. This was
also a winning game of mine. His ELO Rating was 1525. I
played the Kings Indian Defence.
I felt really bad after losing to Vivek Rajkumar, , so I was
crying at the venue sitting with my father in the car. My
Coach felt really bad and gave me a punishment that I can’t
have my lunch because I lost a easy game. My parents also
skipped their lunch.
So, on the last day and the last round of this
tournament, I won with Debashish Deb Purakayastha from
Assam. I played the LONDON System with him and won the
game easily. His ELO Rating was 1403.
So, in this grand tournament I increased my ELO
Rating from 1073 to 1156, ♟♟♟😀😀👌!
Some photos of mine during the game:
Regards- Koshin Das.