Titas Club clear first at Great Wall Ceramic Premier Division League 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
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 | Team | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Titas Club | Titas Club | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 28,5 | 0 | 120 | 71 | |
| 2 | 7 | Manha's Castle | Manha's Castle | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 101 | 67 | |
| 3 | 10 | Leonine Chess Club | Leonine Chess Club | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 100 | 60,5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Bangladesh Navy | Bangladesh Navy | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 80 | 69,5 | |
| 5 | 8 | Sports Bangla | Sports Bangla | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 66 | 43 | |
| 6 | 9 | Uttara Central Chess Club | Uttara Central Chess Club | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 42 | |
| 7 | 3 | Dipali Memorial Chess Club | Dipali Memorial Chess Clu | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 38,5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Janata Bank Officers Welfare Society | Janata Bank Officers Welf | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8,5 | 0 | 8 | 21 | |
| 9 | 6 | Khelaghor Daba Sangah | Khelaghor Daba Sangah | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 24,5 | |
| 10 | 5 | Bangladesh Police | Bangladesh Police | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
