International Master Kaustav Chatterjee of India has become the champion of the Year Long 1st IM Chess Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation.
Kaustav earned 8½ points out of 10 games.
Grand Master Alexey Kislinisky of Czech Republic became 2nd with 6½ points and Candidate Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia became 3rd with 6 points.
Other places are: 4th-FM Mehdi Hgasan Parag, Points 5½, 5th-Sourath Biswas of India, points-5, 6th-FM Debaraj Chatterjee, points-4½, 7th- IM Asyl Abdyjapar of Kyrgyzstan, points-4½, 8th-FM Md Taibur Rahman, points-4, 9th-FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, points-4, 10th- CM Manon Reja Neer, points-3½ and 11th- IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan.
In the final round: IM Kaustav beat FM Nasir, FM Parag drew with IM Lodhi, GM Kislinisky drew with IM Abdyjapar, FM Debaraj drew with Sourath and CM Neer got a walk-over against FM Taibur.
A total of 11 players from Bangladesh, Chez Republic, Kyrgyzstan, India and Pakistan including one grandmaster, 3 international Masters and 4 FIDE Masters participated in the event.
