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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess player (born 2002)}}<br />
{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|11|1}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| title = [[International Master]] (2019)<br />
| peakrating = 2490 (January 2025)<br />
| FideID = 5094160<br />
}}<br />
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'''Neelash Saha''' is an Indian chess player.<br />
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==Chess career==<br />
In August 2024, Saha tied for first place at the 61st Indian National Championship with [[Karthik Venkataraman]] and [[Surya Sekhar Ganguly]], scoring 9/11. He placed third on tiebreaks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karthik Venkataraman clinches second Indian national title |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/indian-national-championship-2024-report}}</ref><br />
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In December 2024, Saha was in a three-way tie with Quoc Hy Nguyen and grandmaster [[Alexei Fedorov]] for first place after the seventh round of the Odisha Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Odisha-Open-2024-Round-1-7-report|title=Odisha Open R1-7: Neelash Saha in a three-way lead|date=December 20, 2024|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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In June 2025, Saha won the open section of the Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Chess Festival with a perfect score of 9/9.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Neelash-Saha-perfect-at-14th-Late-Bharatbai-Memorial-Rating-Open-2025 |title=Neelash Saha clinches LBHM Chess Festival Rating Open for the third consecutive year |date=June 19, 2025 |first=Shahid |last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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Saha played in the [[Chess World Cup 2025]], where he was defeated by [[Georg Meier (chess player)|Georg Meier]] in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/FIDE-World-Cup-2025-to-take-place-in-India|title=FIDE World Cup 2025 to take place in India|date=July 21, 2025}}</ref><br />
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In September 2025, Saha finished second in the Diamond City Rapid Open behind [[S. P. Sethuraman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Sethuraman-S-P-dominates-1st-Diamond-City-Rapid-and-Blitz-Rating-Open-2025|title=Sethuraman S P dominates 1st Diamond City Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025|date=September 14, 2025|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:2002 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chess International Masters]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kolkata]]</div>Miquel41G60448