Praloy and Bristy win 42nd West Bengal State Sub-Junior 2019
Fourth seeded Praloy Sahoo won his maiden State title by winning 42nd West Bengal State Sub-Junior open by scoring 7.0/8. There was a three-way tie, however Praloy came out at the top due to a better tie-break score. Sanket Chakravarty and Arpan Das paid the price of a quick draw as they had to settle for 2nd and 3rd place respectively. WCM Bristy Mukherjee retained her title by winning the tournament second year in-a-row. Three players Bristy, Mehendi and Anoushka scored 6.0/7. Mehendi Sil and Anushka Gupta hwere placed 2nd and 3rd according to their tie-breaks. Total 321 players participated in the event making it the biggest State Championship of West Bengal in history. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Praloy wins his maiden State title, Bristy retains her crown
Praloy Sahoo finished at the 2nd position in National School under-15 open category, a couple of months ago. He needed to win in the last round to be sure of the title, however a draw meant his championship fate will be decided based on top board result. Surprisingly in the final round, top board game ended up in a quick draw, resulting in Praloy needing only a draw which he did after a hard fought battle against Soumyajit Das Jr.
Bristy Mukherjee started strong with four consecutive wins, then she drew with Mehendi Sil who finished as a runner-up for the second consecutive year. She was unable to score a win in the final round, however due to her better tie-break score, Bristy emerged as the champion.
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Final Standings in open category
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 4 | Praloy Sahoo | IND | 1879 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 47,5 | 40,75 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Sanket Chakravarty | IND | 2019 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 46,0 | 39,00 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Arpan Das (Jr) | IND | 1952 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,5 | 34,75 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Soumyajit Das (Jr) | IND | 1660 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 41,5 | 31,00 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Ayush Jha | IND | 1818 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 44,0 | 33,25 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 12 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | IND | 1609 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 42,5 | 33,50 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Pratyay Chowdhury | IND | 1648 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 41,0 | 32,75 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 63 | Ishir Narayan | IND | 1159 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 38,5 | 27,75 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 35 | Ritam Kundu | U12 | IND | 1352 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 34,5 | 28,00 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 21 | Sagnik Saha | IND | 1463 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 34,5 | 28,50 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 9 | Abhirup Das | IND | 1625 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 40,5 | 26,50 | 5 | |||
| 12 | 18 | Soumalya Mondol | IND | 1530 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 40,0 | 27,00 | 6 | |||
| 13 | 27 | Rachishnu Datta | U12 | IND | 1406 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 40,0 | 28,00 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 25 | AIM | Aditya Prasad | U12 | IND | 1445 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 40,0 | 28,00 | 6 | |
| 15 | 37 | Prayash Adhikari | IND | 1342 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 38,0 | 26,00 | 6 | |||
| 16 | 51 | Srijak Sengupta | U12 | IND | 1227 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 34,5 | 23,50 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Soham Dey | IND | 1767 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 44,5 | 26,50 | 5 | |||
| 18 | 10 | Ayan Pal | IND | 1614 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 41,0 | 26,25 | 5 | |||
| 19 | 32 | Uddipan Roy | U12 | IND | 1373 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 43,0 | 26,00 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Anukarssa Dutta | IND | 1485 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 42,0 | 26,00 | 5 |
Final Standings in girls category
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 1 | WCM | Bristy Mukherjee | w | IND | 1869 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 34,5 | 28,75 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | Mehendi Sil | w | IND | 1811 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 33,5 | 27,50 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Anushka Gupta | w | IND | 1476 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 | 26,75 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Annyatoma Das | w | IND | 1410 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 30,5 | 22,75 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Ayantika Das | w | IND | 1339 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 29,0 | 21,75 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Debarpita Ghosh | w | IND | 1363 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,5 | 20,50 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Sinthia Sarkar | F12 | w | IND | 1412 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 30,0 | 19,00 | 5 | |
| 8 | 9 | Rajanya Datta | F12 | w | IND | 1357 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 20,00 | 5 | |
| 9 | 11 | Vedika Agarwal | w | IND | 1318 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 18,00 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 15 | Aarshiya Biswas | F12 | w | IND | 1248 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 26,0 | 16,75 | 4 | |
| 11 | 13 | Tanisha Chatterjee | F12 | w | IND | 1265 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 18,25 | 4 | |
| 12 | 28 | Jagriti Agarwal | F12 | w | IND | 1082 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 16,00 | 3 | |
| 13 | 29 | Urja Goyal | w | IND | 1067 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 13,25 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Mrittika Mallick | F12 | w | IND | 1381 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 17,75 | 3 | |
| 15 | 16 | Shreya Shree Bansal | w | IND | 1202 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 15,25 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 22 | Saparya Ghosh | F10 | w | IND | 1156 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 15,25 | 3 | |
| 17 | 17 | Prapti Moulik | F12 | w | IND | 1187 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 16,50 | 3 | |
| 18 | 27 | Biyas Banerjee | F12 | w | IND | 1092 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 27,0 | 15,50 | 4 | |
| 19 | 46 | Hiya Sengupta | F12 | w | IND | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 23,0 | 12,25 | 4 | |
| 20 | 20 | Juhi Parekh | w | IND | 1176 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 14,00 | 4 |
The tournament was organized by The Heritage and Global Chess Foundation from 5th to 8th June 2019 at The Heritage School Kolkata. Total 321 players including 245 in open and 76 in girls participated in this four-day Rating tournament. Total number of participants was the highest in any State Championship in West Bengal chess history.
