Koustav Chatterjee


Koustav Chatterjee is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

In October 2021, Koustav scored his first GM-norm at Sheikh Russell GM 2021. He defeated Visakh N. R. and Vignesh N. R., and drew with J. Deepan Chakkravarthy, Michał Krasenkow, Vugar Asadli, and Stany G.A..
Koustav fulfilled the Grandmaster requirements on 31 December 2022, after drawing against Mitrabha Guha in the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship. In the 58th edition of the event a year prior, he had scored upset wins against S. P. Sethuraman and Karthikeyan Murali.

Personal life

Koustav is studying finance at the University of Texas at Dallas and played on their chess team. In the 2023 Texas Collegiate Super Finals, he played on board 1 for Team A.