Avyukt Dasgupta wins October Blitz!

By Adam Raoof, Events Director

Saturday 5 October, 2024

The latest Hendon Blitz tournament, featuring 33 players, saw Avyukt Dasgupta claim 1st place with a score of 5½/6, earning a prize of £32.

Ben Keohane took 2nd place with 5/6 and received £16. Two players, Jean-Claude Sartenaer and Jonathan Rubeck, were the top-performing Hendon members, each scoring 4 points and earning £10 each. Participants praised the newly renovated venue.

Full standings:

• 1: Avyukt Dasgupta (5½/6)
• 2: Ben Keohane (5/6)
• 3-4: Edward Godber, Connor Clarke (4½/6)
• 5-10: David J Cork, Vishnu Kirupakaran, Kaichen Sun, Jean-Claude Sartenaer, Orest Stus, Jonathan Rubeck (4/6)
• 11-13: Felix Johnson, Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari, Andrey Kovalenko (3½/6)
• 14-20: Lion Lebedev, ACM Gautam Sriram, Austin Tan, Alexander Bruells, Daniel Greenstein, Steve Phillips, Sudhir Giri (3/6)
• 21-25: Salvatore Pepe, Guy Levi, Damien Sobolevski, Taohai Khan, Kestutis Gudovijus (2½/6)
• 26-30: Sebastian Rohan, Paul Braithwaite, Musa Siddiqui, Gengadharanâ Selvarattinam, Jonathan Rosen-Webb (2/6)
• 31-32: Oscar Worrall, Garry Wimble (1/6)
• 33: Andrew M Shoulders (0/6)

Full results available here.