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Kaustuv Kundu wins Sonargaon International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2018

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/04/2018

Kaustuv won his third tournament of the year when he scored 8.0/9 with a performance rating of 2482, edged ahead by 0.5 point in Tie-break 2. Kaustuv's first tournament win of this year is New Year Open 2018. Bangladesh no.1, GM Ziaur Rahman was adjudged as the first runner up of the tournament as he missed the championship due to the earlier mentioned reason. FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman scored 7.0/9 and finished at 3rd position due to a better Tie-Break score, ahead of IM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Uddin Md. Saif, who also scored the same points. The tournament took place in Sonargaon Royal Resort in Sonargaon, Narayanganj in Bangladesh from 20th to 24th March 2018. We bring you photos and an annotated game by the champion himself. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook

Kaustuv wins his third tournament in 2018

 

Kaustuv Kundu scored 8.0/9, became champion and bagged home Tk 50000 | Photo: Kaustuv Kundu

Here is his favorite game analyzed by the champion himself from the tournament:

Bangladesh No.1, GM Ziaur Rahman also scored 8.0/9, he was placed second and he was awarded Tk 30000 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook

Mohammad Fahad Rahman scored 7.0/9, he was placed 3rd and he got Tk 20000 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook

Sonargaon Resort Hotel was the venue of the tournament | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook

The skywalk connecting Sonargaon Resort Hotel | Photo: Shaati Mazumder

All podium finishers in one frame: Top seed GM Ziaur Rahman, tournament champion Kaustuv Kundu and second runner up Fahad Rahman  | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 nwwew-weKrtg+/-
12
Kaustuv KunduIND23528,00,556,045,048,50986,551,452029,0
21
GMRahman ZiaurBAN24918,00,555,542,048,00987,630,37103,7
33
FMMohammad Fahad RahmanBAN23277,00,055,543,041,00976,490,512010,2
44
IMAbu Sufian ShakilBAN22467,00,054,042,041,50976,480,52105,2
513
FMUddin Md. SaifBAN20507,00,048,536,535,00976,020,982019,6
69
CMChowdhury SohelBAN21316,50,552,040,534,2596,55,870,632012,6
77
FMRahman Syed MahfuzurBAN21916,50,550,038,534,2596,56,64-0,1420-2,8
86
CMSubrota BiswasBAN22066,00,054,041,531,50965,820,18407,2
98
FMMohammed Abdul MalekBAN21716,00,052,540,531,75965,680,32206,4
105
FMMehdi Hasan ParagBAN22186,00,050,539,031,00966,54-0,5420-10,8
1112
Md. Shawket Bin Osman ShaonBAN20786,00,050,539,029,50965,300,702014,0
1214
Sonkalan BharatiIND20506,00,049,538,031,00965,990,01400,4
1320
Md. Jamal UddinBAN19906,00,049,037,528,50965,110,892017,8
1422
Md. Nasim Hossain BhuiyanBAN19766,00,048,037,028,50853,971,032020,6
1515
Avik SarkerBAN20246,00,047,536,530,50855,08-0,0820-1,6
1661
Sambarta BanerjeeIND17046,00,045,535,026,75961,974,0340161,2
1731
Arpan Das (Jr)IND19206,00,045,034,526,7585,54,690,814032,4
1829
Hasan Mostafa RazibulBAN19386,00,045,034,025,50965,300,702014,0
1924
Suvradeepta DasIND19646,00,044,034,525,75964,881,122022,4
2019
Gias Uddin AhmedBAN19966,00,040,531,025,50865,640,36207,2

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