Srijon Saha victorious at 2nd War of Knights School Rating 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/02/2024

Srijon Saha scored an unbeaten 7/8 to win 2nd War of Knights School Rating Tournament 2024. Second seeded Srijon finished a half point ahead of the competition. Four players - CM Sankalan Shah, Rishan Debnath, Narendra Agarwal and Mudil Dharewa scored 6.5/8 each. They were placed second to fifth respectively according to tie-breaks. The total cash prize fund of the tournament was ₹200000. The top three prizes were ₹20000, ₹15000 and ₹10000 along with a trophy each. The six-day rating tournament was organized by The Knight Chess Academy from 20th to 25th January 2024 at Swami Vivekananda Institute of Modern Sciences in Sonarpur, West Bengal. This is Srijon's first rating tournament triumph of his career. Photos: Arpita Das/The Knight Chess Academy

B D M International wins the Best School prize

Apart from the individual prizes, there were three prizes for Best School. The eligibility criteria was the top four cumulative score of a school. B D M International won the first prize scoring 21.5/32. Rishan Debnath 6.5/8, Sanjeeban Mandal 5/8, Wriddhish Chakraborty 5/8 and Upayan Dey 5/8 are the members from the winning school. South Point School secured the second prize 20.5/32 and Delhi Public School, Ruby Park third 15.5/32. Total 124 prizes were up for grabs. The entire prize fund was provided by The Knight Chess Academy as they had no sponsor.

Champion - Srijon Saha 7/8

Runner-up - CM Sankalan Shah 6.5/8

Srijon Saha scored an unbeaten 7/8, finished a half point ahead of the field and gained 48.26 Elo rating points

4th Narendra Agarwal 6.5/8

Best School 1st - B D Memorial International 21.5/32

Best School 2nd - South Point 21.5/32

Best School 3rd - Delhi Public School Ruby Park 15.5/32

Players in action

Chief Arbiter - IA Asit Baran Choudhury at the closing ceremony

Trophies for the prize winners

The tournament gate

The tournament hall at Swami Vivekananda Institute of Modern Science in Sonarpur, West Bengal

Thanks to Arpita Das, Director of The Knight Chess Academy, for sharing the photos and info.

A total of 138 players took part from various schools across West Bengal. The six-day eight round Rating tournament was organized by The Knight Chess Academy at Swami Vivekananda Institute of Modern Science in Sonarpur, West Bengal from 20th to 25th January 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2		Srijon Saha	U15			IND	1616	Gd Goenka Public School Dakshineswa	7	39,5	42,5	35,50	6
2	1	CM	Sankalan Shah				IND	1941	The Modern Academy	6,5	41	45	34,75	5
3	4		Rishan Debnath	U15			IND	1524	B D M International	6,5	40	43,5	34,00	5
4	7		Narendra Agarwal	U11			IND	1413	Calcutta Boys' School	6,5	37	40,5	31,50	6
5	8		Mudil Dharewa	U11			IND	1411	La Martiniere For Boys	6,5	32,5	36,5	30,00	6
6	6		Ishan Sinha				IND	1487	South Point School	6	40	44	30,50	6
7	3		Arhashirsha Biswas	F13	w	W	IND	1598	Kv Odf Dumdum	6	37	39	27,25	5
8	10		Maitreyi Mondal	F13	w	W	IND	1399	Sudhir Memorial Institute	6	36,5	40	28,50	6
9	53		Sayan Bhattacharjee				IND	1069	Dum Dum Baidyanath Institution	6	35	39	28,50	6
10	11		Swapnanil Kar	U15			IND	1397	D.A.V Public School Barrackpor	6	35	39	27,75	4
11	20		Sangbit Ghosh	U13			IND	1255	The Future Foundation School	6	33	36	26,75	5
12	22		Shubhomit Banerjee	U15			IND	1235	Sinthi Ramkrishna Sangha Vidya	5,5	38	41	25,50	5
13	31		Somraj Dey	U15			IND	1188	Pathabhavan	5,5	36,5	38,5	23,50	5
14	15		Raunak Sarkar	U15			IND	1320	South Point School	5,5	36	39	25,00	4
15	35		Oiendrila Bhattacharya	F15	w	W	IND	1157	Surah Kanya Vidyalaya	5,5	36	39	23,50	5
16	14		Tushar Bhunya				IND	1329	The Scottish Church Collegiate	5,5	35	38,5	24,00	5
17	12		Kathakali Dey	F15	w	W	IND	1378	Jaffarpur Charaktala Girls Hit	5,5	35	37,5	24,25	5
18	29		Shlok Bhar	U11			IND	1193	St Claret School Barrackpore	5,5	34,5	36	22,50	5
19	32		Rudradeep Ghosh	U13			IND	1182	Scottish Church Collegiate school	5,5	34	36	18,50	5
20	25		Sharanyak Das	U15			IND	1213	St. Monfort's Senior Secondary	5,5	33,5	36	22,50	5