AICF Chronicle Julio 2016 | Page 35

54th West Bengal Sate Chess Championship 2016, Kolkata… Sayantan Das wins title 5 by Debasish Barua, IA, Chief Arbiter 4th WB State Chess Championship 2016 organised by Kolkata District Chess Association held at Calcutta Girls’ School Auditorium, Kolkata from 08/05/2016 to 12/06/2016. The tournament was held 10 rounds swiss league. Total no of participants was 285 including 192 rated. The tournament was inaugurated by Jahar Sarkar, CEO, Prasar Bharati, Govt. of India, by making first move in the chess board against GM Dibyendu Barua. Mr. Atanu Lahiri, Secretary, BCA, Mr. Atin Sengupta, Secretary, KDCA were present in the Inauguration Ceremony. The Secretary IM Atanu Lahiri welcome to all participant who have come from different districts of West Bengal and also expressed his views about promoting of chess. At the end of final round game IM Sayantan Das ( 9 pts) clinched the title of State Champion and bagged the amount of Rs. 21000/-. Sandip Dey ( 8.5 pts.) & Aronyak Ghosh ( 8 pts) placed second & third and got Rs. 15000/- & Rs. 10000/- respectively. The players, guardians were very co-operative during the tournament. Not a single dispute arose during the whole tournament. The venue was Air-conditioned, spacious with sufficient toilet. In the closing ceremony Mr. Rajeev Kumar , Commissioner of Police, Kolakta, was the Chief Guest and gave away the prizes to the all prize winners. Rk Name Rtg Pts 1 Das Sayantan JM 2429 9 2 Sandip Dey 1867 8½ 3 Aronyak Ghosh CM 2149 8 4 Debasish Mukherjee 2104 8 5 Mitrabha Guha FM 2257 8 6 Koustav Chatterjee 2042 7½ 7 Sayantan Mukherjee 1893 7½ 8 Srijit Paul 2154 7½ 9 Nath Rupankar 2105 7½ 10 Abhishek Sarkar 2011 7½ 11 Kaustuv Kundu 2150 7½ 12 Arka Sengupta 1919 7½ 13 Sayan Sen 1822 7½ 14 Anurag Jaiswal 1981 7 15 Sayantan Das 1743 7 16 Sudarshan Mitra 1720 7 17 Nirmalya Bose 1419 7 18 Rajarshi Dutta 1860 7 19 Mukherjee Dyutimoy 1841 7 20 Barun Paul 1773 7 age group F07 Rk Name Rtg Pts 1 Ishani Mondal 0 3 2 Kasturi Saha 0 3 3 Shubhi Bansal 0 2½ age group F09 1 Sinthia Sarkar 1221 5½ 2 Anwesha Saha 1196 4 3 Jagriti Agarwal 0 4 age group F11 1 Ayantika Das 1447 6 2 Annyatoma Das 1147 5 3 Ishika Mondal 1069 5 age group F13 1 Mehendi Sil 1536 6½ 2 Bristy Mukherjee 1659 6½ 3 Sudipa Haldar 1648 6 AICF CHRONICLE JUly 2016 33