Subrota Biswas clear first at GM Zia Memorial 2025, Kushagra Mohan third

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/08/2025

FM Subrota Biswas scored 8/9 to win GM Zia Memorial Rating 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Late GM Ziaur Rahman's son - FM Zia Tahsin Tajwar (BAN) and IM Kushagra Mohan scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was Tk 500000. The top three prizes were Tk 150000, 100000 and 75000 each respectively. The seven-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Tasmin Sultana and Bangladesh Chess Federation at Bangladesh Chess Federation in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5th to 11th July 2025. Subrota faced all four IMs who took part in this event. He managed to beat three out of them and suffered only one loss. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

In memory of legend - GM Ziaur Rahman

Champion - FM Subrota Biswas (BAN) 8/9 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Runner-up - FM Zia Tahsin Tajwar (BAN) 7.5/9 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Second Runner-up - IM Kushagra Mohan 7.5/9 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Various prize winners | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Tasmin Sultana, better half of late GM Ziaur Rahman, shared a few words at the closing ceremony | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

A total of 66 players including four IMs and a WIM took part from various places all over Bangladesh, three from India and Nepal each. The seven-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by Tasmin Sultana and Bangladesh Chess Federation at Bangladesh Chess Federation in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5th to 11th July 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	RtgI	Bdld	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	4	FM	Subrota, Biswas	BAN	2304	2304		8	0	49,5	53	8	46,50	2550	9	8	5,60	2,40	20	48
2	5	FM	Zia, Tahsin Tajwar	BAN	2296	2296		7,5	0	49	53,5	7	41,75	2469	9	7,5	5,60	1,90	20	38
3	1	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	IND	2406	2406		7,5	0	46,5	49,5	7	37,75	2400	9	7,5	7,35	0,15	10	1,5
4	3	IM	Subhayan, Kundu	IND	2334	2334		6,5	0	48,5	53,5	5	36,50	2292	9	6,5	6,72	-0,22	10	-2,2
5	2	IM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2373	2373		6,5	0	47	50	5	34,25	2297	9	6,5	6,93	-0,43	10	-4,3
6	12		Anata, Choudhury	BAN	2139	2139		6,5	0	40	43	5	30,50	2170	9	6,5	6,09	0,41	20	8,2
7	8	FM	Sakline Mostafa, Sajid	BAN	2183	2183		6	0	48	52	5	31,25	2255	9	6	5,13	0,87	20	17,4
8	7	FM	Islam, Khandaker Aminul	BAN	2186	2186		6	0	44	48	5	29,50	2190	9	6	5,93	0,07	20	1,4
9	21		Hasan, Sk. Rashedul	BAN	2039	2039		6	0	40	43,5	6	25,00	2162	9	6	4,55	1,45	20	29
10	9	FM	Ahmed, Sheikh Nasir	BAN	2166	2166		5,5	0	49	52	3	29,50	2238	9	5,5	4,57	0,93	20	18,6