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Enamul Hossain
Bangladeshi chess grandmaster (born 1981)

Enamul Hossain is a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster and the fifth player from Bangladesh to earn the Grandmaster title, achieved in 2008, making him the most recent from his country to do so. He notably defeated Pavel Eljanov in a two-game match during the Chess World Cup 2007, becoming the only Bangladeshi to advance to the second round of this prestigious event. Additionally, Enamul has won the Bangladeshi Chess Championship four times, establishing himself as one of the country's leading chess figures.

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Early life and career

Enamul Hossain was born in 1981 and grew up in Dhaka.1 He learned the rules of chess from his father. In 1993, he played his first chess tournament; which piqued his interest in the game.2 His first FIDE rating was 2255,3 published in January 1996.4 He owned only two chess books (one of those being Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games) and he studied those multiple times; it was due to the unavailability of chess books in his country. He played his first Bangladeshi Chess Championship in 1995.5 He received coaching from Michał Krasenkow in the same year,6 which is also the only formal coaching he has received.7 He played as a member of the Bangladeshi team in Chess Olympiad for the first time when he was 15 years old.89

Hossain won his first Bangladeshi championship in 1997.10 He earned the International Master (IM) title in 2002.11 He got his 1st Grandmaster norm in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia the same year he became an IM and achieved his 2nd norm in a Grandmaster tournament in Abu Dhabi in 2007.12 Since he already reached 2500 rating once in October 2006,1314 which is also required for claiming the Grandmaster title, he became the fifth Grandmaster (GM) from Bangladesh when he fulfilled his 3rd norm in the final round of Bangladeshi championship on 4 May 2008.15 He qualified for participating in Chess World Cup 2007 and became the only Bangladeshi player to qualify for the second round in a world cup.16 He did so by defeating Pavel Eljanov;17 although it was the only world cup he was able to qualify for.18 He reached his peak rating in April 2009 with a value of 2531.1920

Hossain now works as a chess coach.21

Achievements

Hossain earned the highest title in chess – the Grandmaster title – in 2008. He beat Pavel Eljanov (rated 2691 at that time) in a two-game match in the 2007 Chess World Cup, drawing the first and winning the second game.22 By doing so, he became the only Bangladeshi player to reach the second round of a chess world cup. He finished in 10th place in the Asian Chess Championship in 2007.23 He won a GM tournament in Vizag, India in 2012 against a field of 17 grandmasters.24 He won the Bangladeshi Chess Championship four times – in 1997, 2006, 2016 and 2017.2526

References

  1. "Hossain, Enamul (Profile Info)". FIDE. Retrieved 18 July 2021. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/10200649 ↩

  2. No coach, just a few books and he became a GM! - Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain. Chessbase India. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7m9QDdxRjv8/ ↩

  3. No coach, just a few books and he became a GM! - Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain. Chessbase India. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7m9QDdxRjv8/ ↩

  4. "GM Enamul Hossain". Chessbase. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://players.chessbase.com/en/player/Hossain_Enamul/109886/ ↩

  5. No coach, just a few books and he became a GM! - Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain. Chessbase India. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7m9QDdxRjv8/ ↩

  6. Krasenkow mentions in his book that he spent several months as a trainer of the Bangladeshi national team in 1995.[4] ↩

  7. No coach, just a few books and he became a GM! - Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain. Chessbase India. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7m9QDdxRjv8/ ↩

  8. No coach, just a few books and he became a GM! - Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain. Chessbase India. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7m9QDdxRjv8/ ↩

  9. "Hossain, Enamul". Retrieved 17 July 2021. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7ntzzzlf.html ↩

  10. "National Open: National Champions". bdchessfed.com. Bangladesh Chess Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://bdchessfed.com/national-open/ ↩

  11. "Hossain, Enamul (Profile Info)". FIDE. Retrieved 18 July 2021. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/10200649 ↩

  12. "Rajib new GM". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 5 May 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-35055 ↩

  13. "GM Enamul Hossain". Chessbase. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://players.chessbase.com/en/player/Hossain_Enamul/109886/ ↩

  14. "Hossain, Enamul (Rating Progress Chart)". FIDE. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/10200649/chart/ ↩

  15. "Rajib new GM". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 5 May 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-35055 ↩

  16. বিশ্বকাপের দ্বিতীয় রাউন্ডে খেলতে চাই [Interview with grandmaster Ziaur Rahman: I want to play in World Cup's second round]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021. বিশ্বকাপের দ্বিতীয় রাউন্ডে খেলতে চাই ↩

  17. "Rajib new GM". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 5 May 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-35055 ↩

  18. "Hossain, Enamul". Olympbase. Retrieved 17 July 2021. http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/7/7ntzzzlf-wcup.html ↩

  19. "GM Enamul Hossain". Chessbase. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://players.chessbase.com/en/player/Hossain_Enamul/109886/ ↩

  20. "Hossain, Enamul (Rating Progress Chart)". FIDE. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/10200649/chart/ ↩

  21. No coach, just a few books and he became a GM! - Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain. Chessbase India. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7m9QDdxRjv8/ ↩

  22. Grivas, Efstratios (26 November 2007). "Khanty-Mansiysk: when giants stumble". Chessbase. Retrieved 4 August 2021. /wiki/Efstratios_Grivas ↩

  23. "VI Asian Individual Chess Championship". Heinz Herzog. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2021. http://chess-results.com/tnr8048.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30 ↩

  24. "Vizag Grandmasters International Open Chess Championship". 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2021. https://chessimprover.com/vizag-grandmasters-international-open-chess-tournament/ ↩

  25. "National Open: National Champions". bdchessfed.com. Bangladesh Chess Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2021. https://bdchessfed.com/national-open/ ↩

  26. sports reporter (7 December 2017). "Razib denies Rakib again". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2 August 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/chess/razib-denies-rakib-again-1501240/ ↩