Neelash Saha

Neelash Saha
Personal information
Born (2002-11-01) November 1, 2002 (age 23)
Kolkata, India
Chess career
CountryIndia
TitleInternational Master (2019)
FIDE rating2478 (October 2026)
Peak rating2490 (January 2025)

Neelash Saha is an Indian chess player.

Chess career

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.

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.

In June 2025, Saha won the open section of the Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Chess Festival with a perfect score of 9/9.

Saha played in the Chess World Cup 2025, where he was defeated by Georg Meier in the first round.

In September 2025, Saha finished second in the Diamond City Rapid Open behind S. P. Sethuraman.

References

  1. ↑ "Karthik Venkataraman clinches second Indian national title".
  2. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (December 20, 2024). "Odisha Open R1-7: Neelash Saha in a three-way lead".
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (June 19, 2025). "Neelash Saha clinches LBHM Chess Festival Rating Open for the third consecutive year".
  4. ↑ "FIDE World Cup 2025 to take place in India". July 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (September 14, 2025). "Sethuraman S P dominates 1st Diamond City Rapid and Blitz Rating Open 2025".