Koustav Chatterjee

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Koustav Chatterjee
Country India
Born (2003-07-21) July 21, 2003 (age 20)
Kolkata, India
Title Grandmaster (2023) [1]
FIDE   rating 2537 (February 2024)
Peak rating 2548 (May 2023)

Koustav Chatterjee is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

In October 2021, Koustav scored his first GM-norm at Sheikh Russell GM 2021. He defeated Visakh N. R. and Vignesh N. R., and drew with J. Deepan Chakkravarthy, Michał Krasenkow, Vugar Asadli, and Stany G.A.. [2]

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Koustav fulfilled the Grandmaster requirements on December 31, 2022, after drawing against Mitrabha Guha in the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship. [3] In the 58th edition of the event a year prior, he had scored upset wins against S. P. Sethuraman and Karthikeyan Murali. [4]

Personal life

Koustav is studying finance at the University of Texas at Dallas and played on their chess team. [5] In the 2023 Texas Collegiate Super Finals, he played on board 1 for Team A. [6]

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References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Ahmed, Shahid (January 8, 2023). "Koustav Chatterjee becomes India's 78th Grandmaster".
  3. "Koustav Chatterjee becomes India's 78th Grandmaster". January 1, 2023.
  4. Nayse, Suhas (February 27, 2022). "Senior National Chess Championship: Koustav Chatterjee on song; five share lead after fifth".
  5. Ahmed, Shahid (September 28, 2023). "David Brodsky triumphs at 89th Annual Southwest Open 2023, Koustav, Rahul and Saksham share second place".
  6. Aslam, Aafiya (October 2, 2023). "Chess team comes up short in Collegiate Super Finals".