Top seed Adamas University finishes at the top
Jadavpur University has won the maximum number of East Zone University championship in the Men's section, a total of five times from 2012 to 2019. The Women's section were won by KIIT University (2018) and University of Calcutta (2019). Adamas ended the JU and CU duopoly by winning both Men and Women sections convincingly.
The top two boards of the Men's team - IM Neelash Saha and Subhayan Kundu anchored the team with an unbeaten 5.5/6 each, followed by Saurabh Anand who scored a valuable 5.0/6.
The Women's team had three players - WIM Arpita Mukherjee, Samriddhaa Ghosh and Asmita Das score 100%, 6.0/6 each. Bidisha Roy also scored an important 5.5/6.
The tournament was organized by OP Jindal University, Raigarh, Chattisgarh from 20th to 23rd December 2021 at the same place. A total of 24 teams in Men and 18 in Women took part in the six-round Swiss league tournament which had a time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings Men
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 |
| 1 | 1 | Adamas University | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,5 | 0 | 88,0 |
| 2 | 3 | University of Calcutta | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19,0 | 0 | 85,0 |
| 3 | 5 | L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19,0 | 0 | 71,5 |
| 4 | 2 | Jadavpur University Kolkata | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17,5 | 0 | 96,0 |
Final standing Women
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 |
| 1 | 1 | Adamas University | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23,5 | 0 | 68,5 |
| 2 | 2 | University of Calcutta | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19,5 | 0 | 85,0 |
| 3 | 15 | Shahid Nand kumar patel University | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12,0 | 0 | 78,0 |
| 4 | 11 | Manipur University | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14,0 | 0 | 72,5 |
