Diya's second rating open triumph
Diya won her second tournament she took part in Bangladesh this year. In the first event, she scored 5/6, suffered one loss and gained 15.6 Elo rating points. In the second event, she scored an unbeaten 5.5/6 to become champion and gain 57.4 Elo rating points. The teenager won an individual Silver medal on Board no.1 for Adamas University at All India Inter-University Women Chess Championship 2023 last month. She is now the second Indian woman to win an open rating tournament this month, after IM Bhakti Kulkarni won Pilsen Open B 2023.
A total of 43 players took part in this two-day six-round Swiss league Rating tournament which was organized by District Sports Association of Moulvibazar on 12th and 13th March 2023 at Moulvibazar District Stadium in Bangladesh. The time control for the event was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 17 | Diya, Chowdhury | IND | 1771 | 5,5 | 0 | 24 | 21,5 | |
| 2 | 7 | Tutul, Dhar | BAN | 1938 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 21,5 | |
| 3 | 4 | Bhuiyan, Golam Mostafa | BAN | 1979 | 5 | 0 | 21,5 | 19,5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jabed, Al Azad | BAN | 2057 | 4,5 | 0 | 23,5 | 21 | |
| 5 | 2 | Md.Abu, Hanif | BAN | 2072 | 4,5 | 0 | 23 | 20,5 | |
| 6 | 32 | Sneha, Halder | IND | 1604 | 4,5 | 0 | 21 | 19 | |
| 7 | 6 | AFM | Choubey, Saurabh | IND | 1956 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 21,5 |
| 8 | 11 | Bikas, Ranjan Das | BAN | 1903 | 4 | 0 | 22,5 | 20 | |
| 9 | 15 | Asaduzzaman, Ahad | BAN | 1822 | 4 | 0 | 20,5 | 18 | |
| 10 | 1 | FM | Mohammed Abdul, Malek | BAN | 2100 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 18 |
