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South Point reclaims 14th Chessmate Inter School Team Rapid Rating 2022 after five years

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/09/2022

South Point High School A defeated their B team to clinch the 14th Chessmate - Inter School Rapid Rating Team 2022. Since the defending champion, Garden High School did not participate, a new champion was guaranteed to be crowned. South Point A finished first 13/14, followed by Aditya Academy Senior Secondary at second place 12/14. Both teams remained undefeated. Delhi Public School Ruby Park secured second place 10/14 due to better tie-breaks. Among the Girls teams, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy won the first place in the Girls category for the fourth consecutive year. Shri Shikshayatan School finished second and Gokhale Memorial Girls School third. South Point alumni, India's 72nd GM Mitrabha Guha was the Chief Guest at the prize distribution ceremony. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Back after a three-year hiatus

A lot of tournaments around the world were forced to go on hiatus for a year, two or longer, due to Covid-19 pandemic. This is the only Inter-School Rapid Rating Team event in the country which has no entry fees, yet cash prizes and trophies, returned to over-the-board after three years. Children were obviously delighted to compete with and against their friends on the board, push the actual pieces and press the physical clock in a unique team which completed its 14th edition on 13th August 2022.

Champion - South Point High School A 13/14 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The highest rated player and the Captain of the team, CM Aayush Bhattacherjee led from the front and scored 6.5/7. The remaining three members suffered a loss each, yet their contributions were valuable too - Ritabrata Chakraborty 6/7, Shounak Mazumder 5.5/7 and Shresth Mahapatra 4.5/7. South Point won this event for the first time since 2017.

South Point High School wins 14th Chessmate Inter School Team Rapid Rating first time in five years | Video: Shahid Ahmed

South Point High School A performed as a team to win the tournament

Runner-up - Aditya Academy Senior Secondary School 12/14 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up - Delhi Public School Ruby Park 10/14 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Lakshmipat Singhania Academy Girls won the championship in the Girls section for the fourth consecutive edition. They scored 8/14 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Runner-up in Girls - Shri Shikshayatan School 6/14 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second Runner-up in Girls - Gokhale Memorial Girls School 6/14 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board Prize winners

Board #1 Open - Aniruddh Chatterjee of DPS Ruby Park 6.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #2 Open - Soham Bhattacharyya of La Martiniere for Boys 6.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #3 Open - Soham Dey of Aditya Academy Senior Secondary 7/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #4 Open - Ishan Das of Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore 7/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #1 Girls - Ayushi Roy of Gokhale Memorial Girls School 4/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #2 Girls - Sara Basu of The Heritage School 4/6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #3 Girls - Juhi Parekh of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy 6/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Board #4 Girls - Sayona Dutta of Shri Shikshayatan School 4.5/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Photo Gallery

South Point B lost to South Point A 0.5-2.5 in the final round | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Aditya Academy Senior Secondary defeated Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir 2.5-1.5 to finish second | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Delhi Public School Ruby Park squashed M P Birla Foundation High School 3.5-0.5 to finish third | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

There were several teams which had a combination of both boys and girls | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
India's 72nd and West Bengal's ninth GM Mitrabha Guha was the Chief Guest of the tournament | Video: ChessBase India

The tournament was organized by and at South Point High School on 12th and 13th August 2022. A total of 134 players from 35 schools across West Bengal took part in this two-day seven-round Inter School Rapid Rating event. The time control was 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment.

Final standings

Rk.SNoTeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL A761013022,5116
21Aditya Academy Senior Secondary752012018,5118,5
34DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RUBY PARK750210019,5114,5
43LA MARTINIERE FOR BOYS742110017112,5
55SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL B73319016114,5
610BHAVAN'S GANGABUX KANORIA VIDYAMANDIR74129016106
714INDUS VALLEY WORLD SCHOOL73228017,5110
88LAKHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY BOYS73228017112
913M. P. BIRLA FOUNDATION H. S. SCHOOL74038016,5113,5
106KOLA UNION HIGH SCHOOL73228016,5107

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