Debarshi snatched title from top seeds
He was not considered as fovourite among the title contenders at the beginning of this 9-round tournament.
But Debarshi had the last laugh after dramatic end of the tournament, when he snatched the title from 2nd seed Sayan Bose with better tie-break score, Both Debarshi and Sayan finished with 7.5 points at the end of 9th round.
Debarshi won cash prize award of Rs, 6000 along with a very nice trophy, while Sayan had to content with cash award of Rs. 5000 only.
Defending Commonwealth Champion GM Deep Sengupta and WGM Nisha Mohota gave away the prizes.
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