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Mitrabha Guha
CountryIndia
Born (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 24)
Kolkata, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2528 (September 2026)
Peak rating2545 (July 2024)

Mitrabha Guha is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career[edit | edit source]

In September 2023, he won the Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 Blitz Open ahead of Diptayan Ghosh, Soham Bhattacharyya, and Alekhya Mukhopadhyay with an unbeaten score of 7.5/8. This was his fourth tournament win of the year, and was the second time he won the Blitz Open event.[2]

He had also won the gold medal in the 2023-2024 Commonwealth Chess Championship by defeating IM Rohith Krishna S in the final round.[3]

In January 2024, he won the Bangalore GM Blitz Open and the Bangalore GM Open with a score of 8/10, remaining undefeated in the latter event.[4] He defeated Shyam Sundar M. in the last round to surpass S. P. Sethuraman.[5] This win was his third consecutive victorious event of the year.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (12 September 2023). "Mitrabha Guha dominates Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 Blitz Open".
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Chess Championship". Chessbase India. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Bhaduri, Archiman (30 January 2024). "Bengal players shine in Bangalore GM meet". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "Guha pips Sethuraman to win GM Open tourney". The Times of India. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (28 January 2024). "Mitrabha Guha wins a double at 1st Bangalore GM 2024 with a 2672 performance, Sethuraman second".