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 |
