Srijit Paul wins it big by winning the tournament, best game award and runner-up prize for his school
Srijit Paul receives his championship trophy and ₹21000 cash
Final moments from the championship winning game from the last round
Srijit Paul receives Parimal Mukherjee Trophy from Late Parimal Mukherjee's wife for best game
Srijit Paul won the Parimal Mukherjee Trophy for the best game of the tournament for his last round game against FM Mitrabha Guha who got the second position after suffering a loss. Here is the game annotated by the champion Srijit Paul himself.
However, Srijit Paul's personal favorite game from the tournament is from 5th round of the tournament against GM Ziaur Rahman's son Zia Tahsin Tajwar.
FM Mitrabha Guha scored 7.5/9, due to a better tie-break score secured 2nd position bagging home a trophy and ₹16000 cash
FM Rajdeep Sarkar also scored 7.5/9, secured 3rd position and took home ₹12000 cash
South Point (L to R: Mitrabha Guha, Anustoop Biswas and CM Aronyak Ghosh) continued it's dominance by winning the Best School prize with a cumulative score of 22.5/27
Delhi Public School (L to R: Srijit Paul, Oishik Kundu and Subhayan Kundu) finished at 2nd position with a cumulative score of 21/27
Aditya Academy (L to R: Dhritabrata Kundu, Souvik Kar and Sambarta Banerjee) was adjudged 3rd with a cumulative score of 19/27
The tournament was inaugurated by GM Ziaur Rahman and WGM Mary Ann Gomes
Main Playing Hall of the tournament which accommodated over 60 boards
Interviews from the tournament:
Tournament Director Soumen Majumdar speaks about the history of The Telegraph tournament and much more
Bangladesh No. 1, GM Ziaur Rahman talks about his memory of the tournament
Champion Srijit Paul tells why he does not practice chess at the moment
Champion of the 25th edition, GM Diptayan Ghosh takes a trip down memory lane
Joint Secretary of AICF and General Secretary of BCA, IM Atanu Lahiri speaks about spreading chess in India
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 3 | Srijit Paul | IND | 2319 | Dps (N) | 8,5 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 55,5 | |||
| 2 | 2 | FM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2319 | South Point | 7,5 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 60,0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | FM | Rajdeep Sarkar | IND | 2393 | Bhavan's G.K.Vidyamandir | 7,5 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 57,5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | IND | 2309 | South Point | 7,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 55,5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | FM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | BAN | 2298 | Little Jewels International School | 7,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 53,5 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Anustoop Biswas | IND | 2037 | South Point | 7,5 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 55,0 | |||
| 7 | 15 | Rupam Mukherjee | IND | 1721 | Uttarpara Amrendra Vidyapith | 7,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 54,5 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Subhayan Kundu | IND | 2071 | Dps (N) | 7,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 56,0 | |||
| 9 | 28 | Shuvam Roy | IND | 1600 | Sonarpur Shiksha Sadan | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 50,5 | |||
| 10 | 23 | Rahul Krishna Viswanathan | IND | 1661 | LSA | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 51,5 | |||
| 11 | 36 | Soham Pal | IND | 1549 | The Frank Anthony Public School | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 50,0 | |||
| 12 | 26 | Sudipa Haldar | w | IND | 1618 | Shri Shikshayatan School | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 50,0 | ||
| 13 | 24 | Atri Chattopadhyay | IND | 1658 | Techno India, Chinsurah | 7,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 46,0 | |||
| 14 | 7 | Neelash Saha | IND | 2105 | Nava Nalanda | 6,5 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 56,0 | |||
| 15 | 12 | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | BAN | 1819 | Word Bridge International School | 6,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 54,0 | |||
| 16 | 19 | Sourath Biswas | IND | 1703 | Sri Aurobindo Institute Of Educatio | 6,5 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 51,5 | |||
| 17 | 30 | Praloy Sahoo | IND | 1587 | Santragachi Kedarnath Institution(H | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 52,5 | |||
| 18 | 17 | Sambarta Banerjee | IND | 1719 | Aditya Academy | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 54,0 | |||
| 19 | 27 | Soham Dey | IND | 1610 | Bidhan Nagar Municipal School | 6,5 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 51,5 | |||
| 20 | 57 | Sneha Paul | w | IND | 1309 | St. Augustine's Day School | 6,5 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 51,0 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Shouvik Kar | IND | 1740 | Aditya Academy | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 51,0 | |||
| 22 | 31 | Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | U12 | IND | 1583 | Sri Aurobindo Institute Of Educatio | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 51,0 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Aditya Basu | IND | 1874 | South Point | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 50,0 | |||
| 24 | 18 | Ambarish Sharma | IND | 1714 | Apeejay School | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 49,5 | |||
| 25 | 25 | AIM | Debarghya Samanta | U12 | IND | 1633 | Calcutta Boys School | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 49,0 |
