Shrayan Majumder and Rahul Sangma win 1st Division League 2025 for City Club
City Club scored a perfect 16/16 to win 1st Division Chess League 2025. 64 Square Chess Club scored 13/16 to finish second. Classic Chess Academy was third 11/16.
Three Indians in top two
City Club won the tournament with a round to spare. They defeated Checkmate Alpha 4-0 in the final round to finish with a perfect score 16/16. Sports Bangla – B lost to 64 Square Chess Club 0.5-3.5 and the latter finished second. CM Shrayan Majumder (City Club) and IM Rahul Sangma (City Club) won board prizes on Board no.2 and 4 respectively.
Champion – City Club 16/16 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
Runner-up – 64 Square Chess Club 13/16 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
IM Rahul Sangma in action for City Club | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
City Club during one of their matches | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
IM Rahul Sangma and FM Subrota Biswas (BAN) were the top performers of thea team. They scored a perfect 8/8 each. CM Shrayan Majumder scored an unbeaten 7.5/8. Rahul gained 13.3 Elo rating points while Shrayan added 21.2. Saurabh Choubey’s team 64 Square Chess Club finished second. Saurabh scored an unbeaten 7/8 and increased his Elo rating by 10.2 points.
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The nine-day Round-Robin Rating Team tournament was organized by and at Bangladesh Chess Federation in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 29th April to 7th May 2026. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
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