Rajdeep and Arpita win 46th West Bengal State Junior 2018

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/10/2018

Rajdeep Sarkar and Arpita Mukherjee win 46th West Bengal State Junior (under-19) 2018. Rajdeep scored 7.0/8, remained undefeated to clinch his second State title while Arpita scored an emphatic 7.5/8 to win the State Junior title for the 3rd time since 2014 after missing last year's edition. Last year's state champion Neelash Saha also scored 7.0/8 and finished at 2nd position due to a lower tie-break score. Koustav Chatterjee missed his 3rd State title in four months as he scored 6.5/8 and had to settle with 3rd position. Diya Chowdhury scored 6.5/8 and finished at 2nd position and Mehendi Sil scored 6.0/8 and finished 3rd. Photo: Swati Biswas

Rajdeep and Arpita victorious at 46th West Bengal State Junior 2018

Rajdeep Sarkar scored 7.0/8 and clinched the championship. He bagged home ₹10000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

IM-norm holder and former National under-17 champion, FM Rajdeep Sarkar won his second State title by scoring 7.0/8 and remained undefeated. His last triumph in State was in 2014 in under 13 category.

WFM Arpita Mukherjee scored 7.5/8 and became champion. She took home ₹10000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

Asian Youth under-18 rapid Gold medal winner and two WIM-norm holder, Arpita Mukherjee became State Junior champion for the third time.

The tournament flex

The poised champion Rajdeep Sarkar meditates even after winning quickly

Koustav Chatterjee would have definitely liked to win his third state title in four months

Two IM-norm holder and 26th The Telegraph champion Srijit Paul

National sub-junior 2018 runner-up Utsab Chatterjee did not have the best tournament | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

A kid rocking our latest blue t-shirt. You can get one for yourself here | Photo: Swati Biswas

Arpita lived up to her t-shirt inscription in the tournament

Reigning State Women's champion Samriddhaa Ghosh lost to the eventual champion and before that to...

...12-year-old Yash Jyoti Bir | Photo: Swati Biswas

Diya Chowdhury pulled off some upsets in the tournament as she defeated...

...current State under-11 champion Sinthia Sarkar (left) and former State sub-junior champion Sudipa Haldar (right) in consecutive rounds | Photo: Swati Biswas and Shahid Ahmed

Prize Distribution Ceremony photos:

Two-IM norm holder and former State champion Neelash Saha scored 7.0/8, finished second due to a lower tie-break score. He won ₹8000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

Koustav needed a win in the last round to clinch the title but he drew with the eventual champion, Rajdeep. Koustav scored 6.5/8 and took ₹6000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

Srijit Paul also scored 6.5/8 and finished 4th. He bagged home ₹5000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

Defending champion Kaustuv Kundu scored 6.5/8 and was adjudged 5th. He won ₹4000 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

6th Soumma Chakraborty - 6.5/8. He got ₹3000 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

7th Subhayan Kundu - 6.0/8. He bagged ₹2500 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

8th Utsab Chatterjee - 6.0/8. He won ₹2000 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

9th Soham Bhattacharyya - 6.0/8. He got ₹1500 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

10th Sarbojit Paul - 6.0/8. He received ₹1500 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

Diya Chowdhury had the tournament of her life. She scored 6.5/8 and won ₹8000 cash along with a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

Despite starting with a loss, Mehendi Sil made a strong finish by drawing her last two games against the champion and runner-up. Mehendi scored 6.0/8, finished 3rd and bagged home ₹6000 cash and a trophy | Photo: Swati Biswas

Ananya Bothra won State level Rating tournament few months ago. She scored 6.0/8, secured 4th position and got ₹5000 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

Two losses proved a bit too much for Samriddhaa Ghosh. She scored 6.0/8 and finished at 5th position, bagging home ₹ 4000 cash and a memento | Photo: Swati Biswas

No rest for the wicked. Recently crowned National under-9 champion Sneha Halder scored 5.0/8 and finished 15th | Photo: Swati Biswas

The 46th edition of West Bengal State Junior 2018 witnessed 190 boys and 59 girls participating from various district across the state. The tournament was organized by 64 Squares and Bengal Chess Association in association The Bhawanipur Education Society College from 29th September to 2nd October 2018.

Final Standings after 8 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	FM	Rajdeep Sarkar	IND	2355		7,0	0,5	45,5	38,75
2	1		Neelash Saha	IND	2373	Gb	7,0	0,5	45,0	38,75
3	4		Koustav Chatterjee	IND	2344		6,5	0,0	46,0	36,50
4	5		Srijit Paul	IND	2335	Gb	6,5	0,0	44,0	34,25
5	2		Kaustuv Kundu	IND	2368		6,5	0,0	43,5	34,25
6	11		Soumma Chakraborty	IND	1909	Paid	6,5	0,0	40,5	31,50
7	8		Subhayan Kundu	IND	2093		6,0	0,0	45,0	31,50
8	6		Utsab Chatterjee	IND	2149	Sujit	6,0	0,0	43,5	29,50
9	25		Bhattacharyya Soham	IND	1635	Pc	6,0	0,0	41,0	27,50
10	10		Sarbojit Paul	IND	1913	Paid	6,0	0,0	40,5	28,00
11	7		Saptorshi Gupta	IND	2136	Gb	6,0	0,0	40,0	29,25
12	12		Sambarta Banerjee	IND	1904		6,0	0,0	39,5	29,00
13	13		Aditya Bikram Paul	IND	1853		6,0	0,0	39,5	28,50
14	30		Anish Rooj	IND	1576	Gb	6,0	0,0	38,5	26,50
15	18		Souhardo Basak	IND	1738	Bank - Mail	6,0	0,0	36,0	26,00

Final Standings after 8 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	WFM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2207	500-Dist. Sel	7,5	0,0	43,5	40,50
2	6		Diya Chowdhury	IND	1577	Gb	6,5	0,0	44,0	33,50
3	4		Mehendi Sil	IND	1633	Gb	6,0	0,0	41,5	30,50
4	5		Ananya Bothra	IND	1586		6,0	0,0	41,5	27,50
5	2		Ghosh Samriddhaa	IND	1904	Gb	6,0	0,0	39,5	27,00
6	7		Anushka Gupta	IND	1480	Gb	6,0	0,0	34,5	24,75
7	3		Sudipa Haldar	IND	1697	Pc	5,5	2,0	44,5	27,50
8	8		Angira Choudhuri	IND	1478	Gb	5,5	0,0	37,0	24,00
9	15		Srijita Sarkar	IND	1257		5,5	0,0	33,5	21,00
10	9		Yash Jyoti Bir	IND	1415		5,0	0,0	41,0	23,50
11	12		Prateeti Gorai	IND	1347	Neft	5,0	0,0	40,5	22,00
12	13		Debarpita Ghosh	IND	1301	Gb	5,0	0,0	37,0	19,50
13	21		Anwesha Saha	IND	1206	Nb	5,0	0,0	37,0	18,50
14	11		Sinthia Sarkar	IND	1369		5,0	0,0	36,0	20,25
15	16		Sneha Halder	IND	1245	Am	5,0	0,0	36,0	19,25

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