Samriddhaa Ghosh scored 5.5/6, receives her maiden State Women's champion's trophy and certificate
For the first time in West Bengal, State Women's Chess Championship became a FIDE Rated tournament. Here is an annotated game by the champion herself against Mohana Sengupta from the final round of the tournament:
Samriddhaa speaks about how she continued practicing chess even during her board exams
Pallabi Roy also scored 5.5/6 and luck was not on her side
as Pallabi's TB1 and TB2 score was same as Samriddhaa but her TB3 score was 1.0 point less than the champion.. She had to be content with 2nd position
Mehendi Sil, who gave the toughest competition to the champ scored 5.0/6 and secured 3rd position
Ananya Bothra also scored 5.0/6, but due to a lesser tie-break score, she finished at 4th position
Mohana Sengupta scored 4.5/6 and secured 5th position
Diya Chowdhury scored 4.5/6 and finished at 6th place
Reigning West Bengal State Sub-Junior Champion Sudipa Haldar did not have a good tournament. She scored 4.5/6 and finished at 7th position
Asmita Das was placed 8th
Aditi Saha secured 9th position
After winning West Bengal State Under 11 few days ago, Sinthia Sarkar finished at 10th position
In a parallel State Under 7 Championship, Aaron Bhuimali scored 7.0/7 and became Champion in open category
Arhashirsha Biswas also finished with 100% score 6.0/6 and became State Under 7 Champion in the Girls' category
Photos and Video Gallery:
Minister-in-charge of Women & Child Welfare Dept. Govt. of West Bengal, Dr. Shashi Panja, M.L.A. inaugurates
Top seed Samriddhaa Ghosh in action in Round 1
Second seed of the tournament, Pallabi Roy ponders over her plan against Early London System
Tournament Gate at the main road
Special Guest of the Prize Distribution Ceremony was none other than the voice of most elite level tournaments, GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko
First round starting moments of 44th West Bengal State Women's Chess Championship 2018
This year the number of participants was 85 which is the highest among State Women in the recent history.
Final Ranking in 44th State Women after 6 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | IND | 2022 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 25,0 | 23,0 | |
| 2 | 2 | Roy Pallabi | IND | 1863 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 25,0 | 22,0 | |
| 3 | 7 | Mehendi Sil | IND | 1578 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 21,5 | |
| 4 | 11 | Ananya Bothra | IND | 1442 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 20,0 | |
| 5 | 3 | Mohana Sengupta | IND | 1842 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 22,0 | |
| 6 | 8 | Diya Chowdhury | IND | 1515 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 20,5 | |
| 7 | 5 | Sudipa Haldar | IND | 1629 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 20,5 | |
| 8 | 6 | Asmita Das | IND | 1613 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 18,5 | |
| 9 | 19 | Aditi Saha | IND | 1197 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 20,5 | |
| 10 | 12 | Sinthia Sarkar | IND | 1349 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 19,5 |
Final Ranking in 30th State Under 7 Open category after 7 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Aaron Bhuimali | IND | 0 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 30,5 | |
| 2 | 22 | Debaditya Roy | IND | 0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 29,5 | |
| 3 | 36 | Rajdeep Pramanik | IND | 0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 28,0 | |
| 4 | 4 | Aayushman Jha | IND | 0 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 28,5 | |
| 5 | 7 | Aditya Kayet | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 29,5 | |
| 6 | 56 | Sujoy Mandal | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 29,0 | |
| 7 | 9 | Advaita Das | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 28,0 | |
| 8 | 20 | Chandrachoor Sarkar | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 28,0 | |
| 9 | 35 | Protyay Bhowmick | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 26,5 | |
| 10 | 52 | Sourasis Saha | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 25,5 | |
| 11 | 59 | Tridipta Bhattacharyya | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 26,0 | |
| 12 | 6 | Adhrit Chatterjee | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 24,0 |
Final Ranking in 30th State Under 7 Girls category after 6 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 5 | Arhashirsha Biswas | IND | 0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 21,5 | |
| 2 | 17 | Priyanjali Saha | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 20,5 | |
| 3 | 13 | Ishani Chattopadhyay | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 18,5 | |
| 4 | 9 | Daksh Rudra | IND | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 17,5 | |
| 5 | 4 | Anindita Bhowmick | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 20,5 | |
| 6 | 14 | Kashvi Chitlangia | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 17,5 |
