Koustav Chatterjee becomes India’s 78th Grandmaster

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Category : Sports Published on: January 04 2023

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Koustav Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster in MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship in New Delhi.
The 19-year-old drew his game against GM Mitrabha Guha.
Koustav earned his maiden GM-norm in 2021 October at Sheikh Russel GM 2021 in Bangladesh.
He got his second GM norm at the Asian championship in the first week of November 2022. He crossed FIDE rating 2500 in August.
Koustav hailing from Kolkata becomes West Bengal’s tenth Grandmaster.