Chairman oi the National Spoils . Council and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed and the officers and staffs of NSC have congratulated chess talent Enamul Hossain Rajib for getting approval from World Chess Federation (FIDE) as a Grand Master.

The FIDE, in its third quarter presidential board meeting in Athens on Monday, approved the GM title of Rajib and conveyed the message to Bangladesh Chess Federation on Wednesday.

Rajib, who completed his third and final GM norm from the national chess championship last month, emerged as the fifth Grand Master of the country after Niaz Murshed, Ziaur Rahman, Abdullah Al Rakib and Recfat Bin Sattar.

In a statement, NSC hoped that the country's youngest GM would be able to bring more laurels for the country maintaining his success with consistent performances.

Rajib earned his first GM norm from the Chess Olympiad in Slovenia in 2002 and won his second in Abu Dhabi last year.

Rajib is the first Bangladeshi chess player who qualified for the second round of the World Cup Chess held in Russia in November last year beating world number 19 Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine in the first round.