Calcutta, Aug. 11 :    Calcutta, Aug. 11:  Saptarshi Roy, requiring only a draw, predictably split point in his final-round game against Ananya Sarkar to emerge champion in the 12th The Telegraph Schools? Chess Championship at Gorky Sadan today. The Kishore Bharati boy finished with a score of 9.5 points and pocketed Rs 3,000 apart from being awarded The Telegraph trophy. He also collected 39 rating points. This was the first time a school meet was granted Fide rating. Three players were tied on nine points and Ananya, of Julien Day, Kalyani, took the second spot on better progressive score. Bharat Gupta of Rajasthan finished third, while Dushyant Das of Bihar came fourth. The two top players will get direct entry to the Millennium Open Rating tournament to be organised by the Alekhine Chess Club from October 24. Ananya and Baisakhi Das of Howrah Jogesh Chandra Girls School were the stars of the meet as both achieved part ratings. Laban Hrad Vidyapith of Salt Lake, represented by Niloy Roy Chaudhury (8), Ayan Lahiri (8) and Abhinava Ghosh (7), was declared the best school in the championship. Bharat Gupta today outplayed Punit Jaiswal of Keshav Academy on the second board in 30 moves in the Queen?s Gambit. Bharat castled on the Queenside and launched a Kingside attack which fetched him a piece along with the point. Syed Ejaz Hussain of Bangladesh went down to Dushyant Das in 25 moves in the Siclian defence. Hussain won a pawn in the centre but weakened his Kingside which cost him the game. Soham Das of Salkia Kedarnath Institution got the better of Atanu Nag Majumder of Bally J.A.V. in 40 moves on the fourth board in a Nimzowitz defence. OTHER RESULTSShubham Das (8) drew with Sanjay Halder (8); Baisakhi Das (8) drew with Joydeep Dutta (8); Tanmay Pattanayak (7) lost to Rahul Shandilya (8); Naim Arefin Ratul (7) lost to Sayantan Dutta (8); Mary Ann Gomes (7) lost to Somak Palit (8); Nilotpal Ghosh (8) bt Santu Mondal (7); Niloy Roy Chaudhury (8) bt Sumit De (7); Ayan Lahiri (8) bt Alka Das (7); Nilabh Upadhyay (7.5) bt Mufidul Islam Khan (7). FINAL STANDINGS 1. Saptarshi Roy, Kishore Bharati (9.5). 2. Ananya Sarkar, Julien Day, Kalyani (9, progressive score 55.5). 3. Bharat Gupta, Bharati Vidyaniketan, Jaipur (9, 53.5). 4. Dushyant Das, B.S.S.R.V. M. School, Jamshedpur (9, 52.5). 5. Soham Das, Kedarnath Instituion, Howrah (8.5). 6. Somak Palit, Mitra Instituion (8, 54/51.5). 7. Baishakhi Das, Howrah Jogesh Chandra Girls School (8, 54/51). 8. Punit Jaiswal, Keshav Academy (8, 53.5/49/48.5). 9. Sayantan Dutta, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William (8, 53.5/49/47.5). 10. Rahul Shandilya, Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur (8, 53.5/48.5). 11. Atanu Nag Majumder, Jora Aswathatola Vidyalaya (8, 53). 12. Syed Ejaz Hossain, Dhanmondi International Institute (8). 13. Sanjay Halder, Belur Panchanantala Mohendra Vidyalaya (8, 52/49). 14. Subham Das, Santragachi Kedarnath Instution (8, 51.5). 15. Niloy Roy Chowdury, Laban Hrad Vidyalaya (8, 50/48). 16. Joydeep Dutta, Ashutosh Institute Main (8, 50/47.5). 17. Ayan Lahiri, Laban Hrad Vidyalaya (8, 49.5). 18. Nilotpal Ghosh, SSPS Vidyalaya (8, 49). 19. Nilabh Upadhyay, Sun Rise School (7.5, 51.5). 20. Soumya Banerjee, A.V. School (7.5, 49.5). SPECIAL PRIZES U-14 boys: 1st: Dhruba Manna 7.5 (46), New Andul HS; 2nd: Arpan Sarkar 7.5 (43.5), The Vivekananda Institution , Howrah. U-14 girls: 1st: Alka Das 7 (47), D. B. M S Girls HS, Jamshedpur; 2nd: Anamika Gayen 6.5 (40), Behala Sandhya Vidhyapith. U-12 boys: 1st: Soham Banerjee 7.5 (44.5), Navanalanda HS; 2nd: Swagatam Sengupta 7.5 (43) Jodhpur Park Boys School. U-12 girls: 1st: Mary Ann Gomes 7 (48), Loreto Day School; Sealdah; 2nd: Titir Santra 6.5 (40) Auxilium Convent School. U-10 boys: 1st:Souvik Chakraborty 7.5 (46), Narmada HS; 2nd: Saurav Chakraborti 7 (45) St James School. U-10 girls: 1st: Sunita Das 6.5 (34.5) Tara Sundari Balika Vidyabhaban, Howrah; 2nd: Reshmi Das 5.5 (29) Uttar Jagachaka Primary School, Howrah. U-8 boys: 1st: Prabuddha Ghosh 7 (44), Labran Hrad Vidyapith; 2nd: Nilesh Mukherjee 6.5 (35.5), Railway Mixed Primary School. U-8 girls: 1st: Payel Guha 5.5 (34.5), 2nd: Sriya Bhattacharya 5 (35) Best School: Laban Hrad Vidyapith). Special Prizes: Pradip Kr Jha 6 and L N Adhikari 6 (both from Louis Braille Memorial School for Sightless)