The Telegraph Schools Chess Championship 2001

Media Release on 25th Aug 2002 (round XI - final)
(release made on media conference day is given at the bottom)

Joydeep Dutta of Kumar Ashutosh Institution annexed The Telegraph Schools’ Chess Trophy with a last round draw against Baishaki Das of Jamshedpur. Joydeep tied with Tanmoy Pattanayak of Mitra Insititution(Main) on 9 points, but was declared champion on account of his better progressive score.For his efforts Joydeep will receive the Telegraph trophy and a cash prize of Rs.10,000/-.

Tanmoy Pattanayak took the second spot with a quick draw against Souvik Chakraborty of Narmada High School.

Baishaki Das wasted an advantageous position against Joydeep and drew her game to take the 3^rd spot.

Souvik Chakraborty was declared 4^th while Samput Maalick of Holy Home took the 5^th spot.

St. James School was declared the best school totalling 31 points well ahead of second placed Don Bosco on 25 points.

Joydeep Dutta (9) drew with Baishaki Das (8.5)

Souvik Chakraborty(8.5)drew with Tanmoy Pattanayak(9)

Sourav Bose(8) lost to Mary Ann Gomes(8.5)

Samput Mallick (8.5) beat Suchandra Chatterjee(7.5)

Debayan Majumdar(8.5) beat Debaditta S Biswas(7.5)

Anural Jaiswal(8.5) beat Suman Basu (7.5)

Rajib Dhar(7.5) lost to Abinash Das(8.5)

Himanshu S Sharma(7) lost to Saurav Chakraborti(8)

A Jibanand Singh(7) lost to Soumya Thakurta(8)

Manish Sharma(7) lost to Kh. Sanjoy Singh(8)

Trailokya Nanda(7) lost to Minahazuddin A Sagar(8)

Ritam Bhaumik(7) lost to Kiran M Mohanty(8)

Indradeep Giri(8) beat Shamima Akter Liza(7)

Satish Kumar(7) lost to Sankar Majumdar(7.5)

Supriya Maji (7.5) beat Ankan Modak(6.5)

Swayams Mishra(7.5) beatVarun Jain (6.5)

Arpan Sarkar(Sr)(6.5) lost to Amritesh Ray(7.5)

Abhratanu Dutta(7.5) beat N.T. Rama Rao(6.5)

Rohan Shah(7) drew with Priya Ratnam(7)

Antaratara Ghosh(7) drew with Mahfuzur Rahman(7)

L Shakespear(7.5) beat Indranil Chattapadyay(6.5)

Diptanu Das(6.5) lost to A Debanand Singh(7)

Shaati Majumdar(6) lost to Sandipan Chatterjee(7)

Biswajyoti Choudhuri(6) lost to Sumit Shaw(7)

Thampsan Sahoo(7) beat Lopamudra Guha(6)

Arindam Das(7) beat Tathagata Das(6)

Suddhasattwa Das(6) lost to Dipayan Ghosh(7)

Pallabi Roy(6) lost to Bitan Banerjee(7)

Mohana Sengupta(6) lost to Antarip Roy(7)

Aniruddha Menon(7) beat Soumya Talukdar(6)

Arinjoy Ganguly(6.5) drew with Sriya Bhattacharya(6.5)

Arijit Sinha(6.5) drew with Subhrangsu Chakraborty(6.5)

Anirban Kar(6) lost to Satyajit Kundu(7)

Subhabrata Das (7) beat Parag Honny(6)

Kinjal Basu(6) lost to Utsav Das(7)

The Prize Distribution ceremony of this meet will be organised on 26th August 2002 at 4.30pm at Gorky Sadan,
Kolkata. Mrs Aparna Sen, noted film star and director, will grace the ceremony as the Guest-in-Chief.
The film, Spider Man, will be screened before the prize distribution ceremony.

Venue : Gorky Sadan
Schedule : August 16 to 26, 2002
Prize Distribution : August 26,2002
Organised by: Alekhine Chess Club
Tournament Sponsors: Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd; Makers of Horlicks
Total Competitors: at the time of media release : 210 – Boys: 173 Girls:37
Break Up: U-6: (9) 7-8 yrs: (28) 9-10 yrs: (58) 11-12 yrs: (54) 13-14 yrs: (41) 14-16 yrs: (20)
Total Schools: 126
Total States: 7 ( West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland)
Overseas Participation: Five from Bangladesh( Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar( 2055),
Masudur Rahaman (2021),Shamima Akter Liza, Kishoara Sajrin Evana, Nazir Arifin)
Qualifiers from the Guwahati leg,( N Sasank Singh, Trailokya Nanda, Debananda Singh Kh. Sanjay Kr Singh )
Qualifiers from the Bhubaneswar leg :( N T Rama Rao, Abhisikta Pattanaik, Swayams Mishra,
Aurobinda Khuntia, Avinash Das)
Qualifiers from the Jamshedpur leg :(Satish Kumar, Manish Sharma, Priyaratnam, Himangshu
Shekhar Sharma, Ved Prakash)
Visually Challenged participants: Sudip Rajbanshi,Ganesh Kisku, Atanu Das,Naresh Pramanik
all from Louis Braille Memorial School for the Sightless
Total rounds : 11( in Swiss league format)
Sessions: From 3.30 p.m. to 7.30p.m.each day

The Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championship needs no introduction as it has been the cradle of Bengal
chess for the last 14 years. The championship has, in the past, thrown up players like Surya Sekhar Ganguly,
Sandipan Chanda, Neelotpal Das, Nisha Mohota, Saheli Dhar Barua,Shankar Roy, Somak Palit and many more.

Since 1999, this tournament has been given the status of a FIDE rating meet by AICF. Once again the participants
will be able to pick up vital ELO rating points from this meet which will boost their career in the sport.
The meet remains the only school chess championship in the country to have this rating status.

Joydip Dutta 2212 is the top seed. Debayan Majumdar (2152) Tanmoy Pattanayak (2146)
Indradip Giri (2100) Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar (2055) Saurav Chakraborti( 2045) Rajib Dhar (2038)
Mary Ann Gomes (2036) Souparna Ghosh (2035) Suman Basu ( 2035) Baishaki Das (2031)
Masudur Rahaman (2021) Debaditya Sinha Biswas(2021) Souvik Chakraborty(2010)

Youngest Boy: Sayan Majumder 4 yrs 5months (D.O.B 25.02.1998)
( Indira Gandhi Memorial High School, Dum Dum)

Youngest Girl: Tamishra Das 4yrs 11 months( D.O.B. 12.09.1997)( Little Flower School)

Our sponsors in this venture remain Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd; the makers of
Horlicks.
Horlicks have remained committed to the cause of chess sponsorship in the eastern region.

Horlicks, as a brand has always been keen to promote activities associated with mental sharpness and intellectual well-being. As part of its commitment to healthcare, Horlicks is proud to be associated with this event.

The following Players who took part in various editions in The Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championship, subsequently received
GM, IM and WIM Titles

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