Koustav Chatterjee becomes 78th Grandmaster of India

  • Koustav Chatterjee (19) has become 78th Grandmaster of India at the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship in New Delhi.
  • He is also the tenth Grandmaster of West Bengal.
  • He won his maiden GM-norm in October 2021 at Sheikh Russel GM 2021 in Bangladesh.
  • He scored his second GM-norm at Asian Continental Championship in November 2022.
  • He has also crossed 2500 in the August FIDE rating list.
  • 77th grandmaster of India: Aditya Mittal
  • 76th GM of India: Pranav Anand