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Titas Club clear first at Great Wall Ceramic Premier Division League 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 31/05/2025

Titas Club scored 16/18 to win Great Wall Ceramic Premier Division Chess League 2025. The defending champion Bangladesh Police finished last, scoring only 1 point. Manha's Castle and Leonine Chess Club scored 14/18 each. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. The winning team suffered sole loss against the eventual runner-up, Manha's Castle in the seventh round. FM Vedant Panesar was the sole Indian in the winning team. He contributed 7.5/9. IM Aaditya Dhingra and FM Sahib Singh scored 8/9 and 6/9 each respectively for the runner-up team. Aaditya remained undefeated. IM Aaryan Varshney and IM Kaustuv Kundu scored 8.5/9 and 7/9 each respectively for the second runner-up team. Aaryan also remained unbeaten and gained 29.6 Elo rating points. Photos: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Titas Club's first triumph of the Premier League

This is the first time Titas Club won this Premier League since its inception in 2011. They have earlier won First Division League in 2000. The defending champion, Bangladesh Police got relegated to First Division as they finished last. Bangladesh Biman and Sheikh Russel Chess Club also suffered same fate but for non-participation.

Champion - Titas Club 14/18 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Runner-up - Manha's Castle 14/18 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Second Runner-up - Leonine Chess Club 14/18 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Uttara Central Chess Club lost to Titas Club 0-4 in the final round and the latter became champion | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) was the top scorer for Titas Club

A total of 53 players including two GMs and six IMs represented ten teams from various parts of Bangladesh and five from India. The ten team Round-Robin tournament was organized by and at Bangladesh Chess Federation from 24th April to 2nd May 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The time control was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move no.1

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Final standings

Rk.SNo TeamTeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11
Titas ClubTitas Club98011628,5012071
27
Manha's CastleManha's Castle96211426010167
310
Leonine Chess ClubLeonine Chess Club97021424010060,5
42
Bangladesh NavyBangladesh Navy9612132808069,5
58
Sports BanglaSports Bangla9423101806643
69
Uttara Central Chess ClubUttara Central Chess Club932481603342
73
Dipali Memorial Chess ClubDipali Memorial Chess Clu931571603838,5
84
Janata Bank Officers Welfare SocietyJanata Bank Officers Welf920748,50821
96
Khelaghor Daba SangahKhelaghor Daba Sangah91173901524,5
105
Bangladesh PoliceBangladesh Police9018160313

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