Samriddhaa survives two massive scares at 27th The Telegraph Schools' 2018

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/12/2018

Reigning West Bengal State Women's champion and 6th seed of the tournament escaped from the brink of loss against Soumyajit Das of Aditya Academy school in round 5. In round 4 also she narrowly escaped a loss when she miscalculated a tactic. Top four seeds remained unscathed and they are in the lead along with six other players at 5.0/5. Biggest upset of round 4 was, former WB State sub-junior girls' champion Sudipa Haldar blundering a checkmate against Debargha Basu and Mortuza Mahathir Islam (BAN) lost against Srihaan Poddar (PHI). In the fifth round Srihaan caused another upset by defeating Soyamsree Mohanty of Odisha. The report contains photos, videos and games from round 4 and 5. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Samriddhaa gets lucky twice in a day

You need a little bit of luck in everything you do. In today's case, Samriddhaa had all the luck on her side | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

In round 4, Samriddhaa Ghosh almost blundered a piece except her opponent Arijit Ghosh did not notice it. In Giuco Piano, she launched an overambitious attack which almost cost her a piece and the game. Fortunately opponent misplayed it and she managed to win eventually.

This is a typical position in Giuco Piano. What is the best continuation for White here?

Here is the final part of the game between Samriddha and Arijit in 4th round | Video: Shahid Ahmed

In round 5, Samriddhaa had a roller coaster of a game. She was losing for the better part of the game, however her opponent Soumyajit Das gave her some opportunity to get the full point but she was unable to capitalize due to time pressure. The game ended up in a draw eventually.

Samriddhaa speaks after escaping from the brink of loss in round 5 | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Samriddhaa played 55...Be4 here. What was the win for Black here?

55...Be4 was a mistake because White is winning now. Can you find out why?

Sudipa blunders mate against Debargha and Srihaan defeats Mortuza in round 4

Final moments of the game between Sudipa Haldar and Debargha Basu in round 4 | Video: Shahid Ahmed

White's pawns are marching towards promotion. Black has only one left trick left in his bag. Can you find it?

There was at least two easy ways for White to get a draw here. However, Sudipa blundered checkmate in one move due to time pressure.

Subhabrata Roy panicked in a seemingly equal position against fourth seeded Sanket Chakravarty | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

White just played 35.Ng4 with a simple threat. How should Black react?

WCM Noshin Anjum of Bangladesh defeated Anushka Gupta in the 4th round | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Noshin showed some brilliant tactics here after 18...Bxe5. Can you find it?

Among other upsets of round 4:

Mortuza Mahathir Islam (1614, BAN) lost to AGM Srihaan Poddar (1383, PHI)

Rajarshi Mondal (1569) drew with Debaprabho Gorai (1295)

Jyotisko Sengupta (1235, IND) drew with Sadnan Hasan Dihan (1944, BAN)

Ujaan Bhattacharya (1179) drew with Arijit Mukherjee (1566)

Kazi Zarin Tasnim (1627) drew with Debapriya Manna (1144)

Srihaan Poddar defeats Soyamsree Mohanty in round 5 and joins the leaders

Srihaan Poddar joins the leaders pack with a score of 5.0/5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Koustav's King walk became the deciding factor in his fifth round victory | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Among other upsets in round 5:

Soham Bhattacharyya (1290) drew with Rajarshi Mandal (1569)

Alekhya Mukhopadhyay (1617) drew with Sankalan Shah (1314)

Soumalyo Mondol (1298) drew with Mortuza Mahathir Islam (1614)

Soham Pal (1554) lost to Ayantika Das (1261)

Subhabrata Roy (1525) drew with Sayan Biswas (1252)

Photo Gallery:

It's time to expand my limits | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Need a little bit of chocolate to recharge | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Cute corner: We can barely reach the pieces | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The cute row | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Dressed to impress | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Hear no evil | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

We don't need chairs where we are going | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Girl power: A whole lot of girls are playing in the tournament | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Absolutely focused | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Even the small one can cast a long shadow | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Everyone has put their thinking cap on, I don't have mine | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

School chess championship means a lot of uniforms will be observed, meditation and yawn both can be seen too | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Interesting position can occur on anyone's board | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	FM	Rajdeep Sarkar	2370	4	1 - 0	4		Bhattacharyya Soham	1727	13
2	15		Rounak Pathak	1719	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Mitrabha Guha	2351	2
3	3		Koustav Chatterjee	2345	4	1 - 0	4	WCM	Noshin Anjum	1722	14
4	17		Shuvam Roy	1681	4	0 - 1	4		Sanket Chakravarty	1974	4
5	19		Soumyajit Das (Jr)	1666	4	½ - ½	4		Ghosh Samriddhaa	1892	6
6	7		Rupam Mukherjee	1875	4	1 - 0	4		Anish Rooj	1584	26
7	21		Pratyay Chowdhury	1645	4	0 - 1	4		Ayan Pal	1827	10
8	51		Debargha Basu	1428	4	0 - 1	4		Soham Dey	1770	12
9	59	AGM	Srihaan Poddar	1383	4	1 - 0	3½		Mohanty Soyamsree	1706	16
10	11		Praloy Sahoo	1795	3½	1 - 0	3½		Anjishnu Mondal	1440	47
11	75		Ishan Das	1315	3½	0 - 1	3½		Diya Chowdhury	1652	20
12	80		Debaprabho Gorai	1295	3½	0 - 1	3½	AIM	Debarghya Samanta	1595	25
13	81		Soham Bhattacharyya	1290	3½	½ - ½	3½		Rajarshi Mandal	1569	28
14	87		Anukarssa Dutta	1261	3½	0 - 1	3½		Swapnil Priyadarshi	1559	30
15	135		Shreya Shree Bansal	1136	3½	0 - 1	3½		Dhritabrata Kundu	1527	34
16	5		Sadnan Hasan Dihan	1944	3	0 - 1	3		Ujan Sarkar	1317	73
17	77		Dhrubajyoti Barman	1306	3	0 - 1	3		Sambarta Banerjee	1874	8
18	9		Aditya Bikram Paul	1873	3	1 - 0	3		Debarpita Ghosh	1316	74
19	94		Oishik Kundu	1244	3	0 - 1	3		Sudipa Haldar	1675	18
20	23		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	1617	3	½ - ½	3		Sankalan Shah	1314	76
21	79		Soumalya Mondol	1298	3	½ - ½	3		Mortuza Mahathir Islam	1614	24
22	29		Arijit Mukherjee	1566	3	1 - 0	3		Projoy Jana	1267	84
23	31		Soham Pal	1554	3	0 - 1	3		Ayantika Das	1261	88
24	33		Shounak Mazumder	1528	3	1 - 0	3		Aarshiya Biswas	1258	90
25	35		Subhabrata Roy	1525	3	½ - ½	3		Sayan Biswas	1252	92
26	97		Yamijala Koulini	1237	3	1 - 0	3		Supratim Ghosh	1519	36
27	37		Arijit Ghosh	1509	3	1 - 0	3		Dolisiyas Dash	1238	96
28	99		Debapriyo Saha	1234	3	0 - 1	3		Akshath Sinha	1504	38
29	39		Anubhab Gupta	1491	3	1 - 0	3		Jyotisko Sengupta	1235	98
30	41		Sagnik Saha	1478	3	½ - ½	3		Ritabrata Chakraborty	1208	104

Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10		Ayan Pal	1827	5		5	FM	Rajdeep Sarkar	2370	1
2	2	FM	Mitrabha Guha	2351	5		5		Rupam Mukherjee	1875	7
3	12		Soham Dey	1770	5		5		Koustav Chatterjee	2345	3
4	4		Sanket Chakravarty	1974	5		5	AGM	Srihaan Poddar	1383	59
5	6		Ghosh Samriddhaa	1892	4½		4½		Diya Chowdhury	1652	20
6	25	AIM	Debarghya Samanta	1595	4½		4½		Praloy Sahoo	1795	11
7	30		Swapnil Priyadarshi	1559	4½		4½		Soumyajit Das (Jr)	1666	19
8	34		Dhritabrata Kundu	1527	4½		4		Aditya Bikram Paul	1873	9
9	8		Sambarta Banerjee	1874	4		4		Atreya Nandy	1431	50
10	13		Bhattacharyya Soham	1727	4		4		Debargha Basu	1428	51
11	14	WCM	Noshin Anjum	1722	4		4		Mouhurtik Ray	1350	63
12	56		Kumar Sankalp	1393	4		4		Rounak Pathak	1719	15
13	62		Sayandeep Roy	1354	4		4		Shuvam Roy	1681	17
14	18		Sudipa Haldar	1675	4		4		Soham Bhattacharyya	1290	81
15	70		Sayantan Das	1325	4		4		Pratyay Chowdhury	1645	21
16	26		Anish Rooj	1584	4		4		Yamijala Koulini	1237	97
17	28		Rajarshi Mandal	1569	4		4		Snehil Raj Singh	1188	109
18	72		Rowdrick Saha Talukdar	1321	4		4		Arijit Mukherjee	1566	29
19	73		Ujan Sarkar	1317	4		4		Shounak Mazumder	1528	33
20	88		Ayantika Das	1261	4		4		Arijit Ghosh	1509	37
21	38		Akshath Sinha	1504	4		4		Ritam Kundu	1170	117
22	142		Gairick Saha	1127	4		4		Anubhab Gupta	1491	39
23	42		Debi Prasad Nayak	1470	4		4		Bratajit Mukherjee	1105	163
24	160		Soumick Bandopadhyay	1109	4		4		Eshan Bhattacharjee	1461	43
25	156		Ishir Narayan	1113	4		4		Anushka Gupta	1455	45
26	16		Mohanty Soyamsree	1706	3½		3½		Anukarssa Dutta	1261	87
27	92		Sayan Biswas	1252	3½		3½		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	1617	23
28	24		Mortuza Mahathir Islam	1614	3½		3½		Ishika Mondal	1261	89
29	32	CM	Manon Reja Neer	1548	3½		3½		Mohapatra Pratyush	1249	93
30	104		Ritabrata Chakraborty	1208	3½		3½		Subhabrata Roy	1525	35

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