Neelash and Samriddhaa win 2nd West Bengal State under-17

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/06/2019

IM Neelash Saha and Samriddhaa Ghosh win 2nd West Bengal State under-17 2019. Both won their maiden State under-17 title emphatically scoring 6.5/7. Neelash won his second state championship in consecutive months as he won State Blitz last month while Samriddha bounced back after unsuccessful defence of her State Women's crown and finished a full point. CM Aronyak Ghosh also finished at 6.5/7 but due to a better tie-break score, Neelash edged ahead and won the championship. Newly crowned National Schools under-17 girls champion Diya Chowdhury scored 5.5/7 and finished at 2nd position among the girls. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Neelash and Samriddhaa's dominant show

Champion - IM Neelash Saha 6.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Neelash's only draw was against the eventual runner-up of the tournament CM Aronyak Ghosh

An interview with Neelash after his victory | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Champion - Samriddhaa Ghosh 6.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Samriddhaa's only draw was against the newly crowned West Bengal State Women's Champion Ananya Bothra

Samriddhaa talks how she bounced back after losing the opportunity to defend her State Women's title and won State under-17 girls in her first and final attempt | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Samriddhaa - Diya, Round 5

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Here is a game annotated by Samriddhaa against Diya Chowdhury from round 5:

Photos from the tournament:

Top boards in the open section | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Top boards in the girls section | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bird's eye view of the playing arena | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Youngest participants of the tournament - just turned 4-year-old Sriyan Saha | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Prize Distribution Ceremony photos:

Runner-up in open section - CM Aronyak Ghosh 6.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up in girls section - Diya Chowdhury 5.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

3rd - Anirudh Chatterjee 6.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

3rd - Yash Jyoti Bir 5.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

4th - Utsab Chatterjee 6.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

5th - Shuvam Roy 5.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

6th - Aayush Jha 5.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

7th - Tejash Jain 5.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th - Debargha Basu 5.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th - Soham Dey 5.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

10th - Rupam Mukherjee 5.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

4th - Sudipa Haldar 5.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

5th - Annyatoma Das 5.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

6th - Ananya Bothra 4.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

7th - Ishika Mondal 4.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th - Sinthia Sarkar 4.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th - Arhana Kundu 4.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

10th - Debarpita Ghosh 4.0/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Video Gallery:

Round 1 highlights | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Final moments of the game between Debarpita and Samriddhaa from the final round | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Final Standings in open category

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2		Neelash Saha			IND	2302	6,5	0,5	31,5	34,0	31,75	6
2	1	CM	Aronyak Ghosh			IND	2340	6,5	0,5	30,0	32,5	29,75	6
3	10		Aniruddh Chatterjee			IND	1721	6,0	0,0	30,5	34,0	28,00	6
4	3		Utsab Chatterjee			IND	2055	6,0	0,0	29,5	33,0	27,50	6
5	12		Shuvam Roy			IND	1675	5,5	0,0	29,5	31,0	23,75	4
6	6		Ayush Jha			IND	1849	5,5	0,0	28,5	31,5	23,75	4
7	22		Tejash Jain			IND	1525	5,5	0,0	28,0	31,0	21,75	5
8	19		Debargha Basu			IND	1533	5,5	0,0	26,0	28,0	18,25	5
9	9		Soham Dey			IND	1782	5,0	0,0	30,0	33,0	18,50	4
10	7		Rupam Mukherjee			IND	1828	5,0	0,0	28,5	32,0	21,25	4
11	8		Swarnava Biswas			IND	1801	5,0	0,0	28,5	31,0	20,00	3
12	31		Snehil Raj Singh	U11		IND	1373	5,0	0,0	28,5	31,0	19,50	5
13	17		Soham Pal			IND	1548	5,0	0,0	28,0	31,5	20,75	4
14	13		Rounak Guha Roy			IND	1674	5,0	0,0	28,0	30,5	17,50	5
15	18		Anukarssa Dutta			IND	1541	5,0	0,0	28,0	29,0	19,50	4
16	21		Aryan Bandyopadhyay			IND	1525	5,0	0,0	27,5	31,0	20,00	4
17	16		Supratim Ghosh			IND	1631	5,0	0,0	27,0	30,0	19,00	5
18	27		Ujaan Bhattacharya			IND	1438	5,0	0,0	27,0	29,5	20,00	5
19	23		Eshan Bhattacharjee	U11		IND	1493	5,0	0,0	27,0	29,0	18,75	4
20	25		Tushar Barua			IND	1452	5,0	0,0	26,5	29,0	19,50	3

Complete Standings

Final Standings in girls category

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1	Ghosh Samriddhaa		w	IND	1963	6,5	0,0	27,5	31,0	29,75
2	2	Diya Chowdhury		w	IND	1763	5,5	0,0	28,0	31,5	23,00
3	5	Yash Jyoti Bir	F13	w	IND	1507	5,5	0,0	26,5	30,0	22,50
4	3	Sudipa Haldar		w	IND	1654	5,0	0,5	26,5	29,5	20,25
5	8	Annyatoma Das		w	IND	1378	5,0	0,5	25,0	27,0	19,00
6	4	Ananya Bothra		w	IND	1550	4,5	0,0	29,5	32,5	16,75
7	12	Ishika Mondal		w	IND	1276	4,5	0,0	26,0	28,5	15,25
8	7	Sinthia Sarkar	F13	w	IND	1408	4,5	0,0	25,5	27,0	16,25
9	16	Arhana Kundu		w	IND	1207	4,5	0,0	21,5	23,5	11,00
10	10	Debarpita Ghosh		w	IND	1319	4,0	0,0	28,0	31,0	12,00

Complete Standings

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