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Parag wins 1st IM norm

Champion Dibyendu suggests incentive for players

Sports Reporter
FIDE Master Mehdi Hasan Parag earned his first IM norm when he beat Kazakhstan's GM Anuar Ismagambetov in the final round of the 9th United Insurance Grandmasters Chess tournament at the NSC Tower Auditorium Lounge yesterday.
Pagag. who needed just to compete in the final round to achieve (hat milestone after a creditable draw with country's fifth GM Abdullah AI Rakib in the previous round, dominated the game against Anuar and won it after 107 moves. The victory raised Parag's tally to 6.5 points and fourth place in the tournament.
Parag was one of the four Bangladeshi FMs who started the tournament with their eyes on an IM norm.
"I should have achieved this norm long ago. but 1 could not avail the opportunity that came in my way previously. However I am happy to have achieved it
this time," said Parag, who earned his FM title in 2006.
Parag hoped that he would try to carry his form into the Goodrich Open Chess in Kolkata to earn the second IM
norm.
While Parag was happy with his performance, Indian Grand Masters Dibyendu Barua, who won the title with 7.5 points after beating GM
Khusnutdinov Rustam of Kazakhstan, was not at all convinced with standard of the up and coming chess players of Bangladesh.
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Dibyendu only spotted FM Minhazuddin Sagor, who started the tournament brightly but failed to carry on his form in the later part of the meet, as someone who has got potential.
"In the mid 80s enthusiasm was created in Bangladesh chess after Niaz Morshed earned the GM norm followed by Rani Hamid's WFM norm. But Bangladesh failed to cash in on that enthusiasm and somehow stuck at a position from where they should have gone further," said Dibyendu, who is a regular visitor in the Bangladesh chess tournaments since his first participation in 1980.
India's second GM believes that the players must have the will and determination to take chess forward and there is no alternative but to work hard and take pan in a lot of tournaments.
“The Bangladesh government should form a guideline and announce incentives like the Indian government does and this type of incentives will motivate the players to do well," said Dibyendu, who became India's second GM in 1991 and now runs a Chess Academy in Kolkata.
He mentioned the central government of India awards each player with Rupees 3 lakh for earning a GM norm and Rupees 1 lakh for winning an IM norm.
The champion of the tournament emphasised on the need for holding more school as well as age-group tournaments that is the chief driving force behind India's chess, focusing on Indian
chess icon and former world championViswanathan Anand.
Dibyendu said some 30 to 40 English medium schools in Kolkata have made chess mandatory in their extracurricular activities and he believes Bangladesh should follow suit in order to scout budding talent.
Georgian GMs Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Gagunashvili Merab finished second and third after drawing their respective final matches against GM Igor Rausis of Czech Republic and GM Rakib of Bangladesh respectively.
Igor Rausis, too, emphasised on the need for holding chess tournaments at the youth, school, college and university levels and that the clubs should come forward to train the upcoming players.
Rausis, who coached Bangladeshi players a few times, was a bit surprised to see the rating of GM Ziaur Rahman increasing while those of others goingdown.
Zia, country's highest rated players, did not take part in this tournament
Rausis also stressed that special care is needed after a player earns a norm but in Bangladesh players do not get such attention.
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan distributed prizes among the winners as the chief guest while Bangladesh Chess Federation president and chairman of the National Board of Revenue Nasiruddin Ahmed, general secretary Jamilur Rahman were among others present.