Parallel performance of unbeaten champions
Utsab Chatterjee's first State title was back in 2014 when he won State under-11 open. After that his major triumph was in 44th National Sub-Junior where he secured first runner-up position.
Here is an interview conducted with Utsab after his triumph
Utsab sent us an annotated game of his against Anish Rooj from round 5.
Sudipa had won State under-11 and State Sub-Junior girls before. Earlier this year she secured the first runner-up position in State Women's.
I caught up with Sudipa after she won almost a 4.5 hour long battle in her final round, must win game.
Here is her best game from the tournament annotated by Sudipa herself
For more photos, click here.
Total 215 players from various district across the state of West Bengal including 169 in open and 46 girls participated in this four-day tournament from 15th to 19th August (16th August was a rest day), organized by 64 squares at ICCR Kolkata.
Final Standings in open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | Utsab Chatterjee | 2163 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 39,0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | FM | Rajdeep Sarkar | 2367 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 36,5 | |
| 3 | 2 | Srijit Paul | 2304 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 42,5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Subhayan Kundu | 2280 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 39,5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Koustav Chakraborty | 1943 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 38,0 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Aditya Bikram Paul | U13 | 1811 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 38,5 | |
| 7 | 21 | Anish Rooj | 1546 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 38,0 | ||
| 8 | 17 | Subhadip Seth | 1603 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 36,5 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Pratyay Chowdhury | 1651 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 36,5 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Shuvam Roy | 1705 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 36,5 | ||
| 11 | 27 | Sayandeep Roy | 1449 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 37,0 | ||
| 12 | 26 | Soumalya Mondol | U13 | 1468 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 35,0 | |
| 13 | 14 | Anubhab Gupta | 1616 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 34,0 | ||
| 14 | 15 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 1613 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 36,5 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Soumyajit Das (Jr) | 1664 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 34,5 | ||
| 16 | 32 | Uddipan Roy | U11 | 1416 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 32,0 | |
| 17 | 20 | Tushar Barua | 1552 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 39,0 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Rounak Pathak | 1700 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 38,5 | ||
| 19 | 18 | Debargha Basu | 1586 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 37,5 | ||
| 20 | 19 | Eshan Bhattacharjee | U11 | 1553 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 37,0 |
Final Standings in girls
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Sudipa Haldar | 1624 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 39,0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Sinthia Sarkar | U13 | 1384 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 42,0 | 38,5 | |
| 3 | 7 | Vedika Agarwal | U13 | 1339 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 40,0 | 37,0 | |
| 4 | 8 | Tanisha Chatterjee | U13 | 1333 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 31,5 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ananya Bothra | 1591 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 38,0 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Arhana Kundu | 1239 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 39,0 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Diya Chowdhury | 1756 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 36,0 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Prateeti Gorai | 1405 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 36,5 | ||
| 9 | 35 | Kasturi Saha | U11 | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 31,5 | |
| 10 | 22 | Adrija Sil | U09 | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 32,0 | |
| 11 | 4 | Sneha Paul | 1439 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 35,5 | ||
| 12 | 16 | Samriddhi Roy | 1036 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 33,0 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Juhi Parekh | 1156 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 32,5 | ||
| 14 | 25 | Arhashirsha Biswas | U09 | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 33,5 | |
| 15 | 49 | Udita Nath | U13 | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 31,5 | |
| 16 | 13 | Raina Das Gupta | U13 | 1083 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 31,0 | |
| 17 | 47 | Sumedha Das | U13 | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 32,5 | |
| 18 | 12 | Jagriti Agarwal | U11 | 1130 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 30,0 | |
| 19 | 14 | Oiendrila Bhattacharya | U11 | 1050 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 29,5 | |
| 20 | 15 | Disha Mundhra | 1047 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 29,5 |
