83rd Hastings International

The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress takes place 28 December 2007 to 6 January 2008.Three players from Bangladesh are participating in the event.They are FM Kh Aminul Islam,FM Abu Sufian Shakil,FM Mehedi Hasan Parag. Tournament details are available on http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Biman chmpion in 1st Division Chess League

Bangladesh Biman became champion in the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Biman earned total 44½ points to clinch the title. In the last round Biman beat Mohakhali Prodip Sangah by 4-0 points. Leonine Chess Club became runners-up. They earned 43 points. Destiny 2000 Limited became 3rd and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club became 4th position. Destiny and Chittagong Mohammedan earned 38½ points each. In the last round: Leonine beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 3-1 points, Destiny beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 3-1 points and Chittagong Mohammedan beat Sonali Bank by 2½-1½ points. Pritan Prijam Chess Club became 5th with 35½ points. Other positions are: 6th-Dhaka University Chess Club, points-25, 7th-Farashgonj Sporting Club, points-24, 8th-Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club, points-24, 9th-Sulatana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar, points-18½, 10-Mohakhali Pradip Sangah, points-18, 11th-Friends Chess Power, points-16, 12th-i2 soft Solution Ltd., points-16, 13th-Toyota Motors Chess Club, points-12 and 14th-Faith Chess Club, points-10½. Players of Biman’s are: GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Mehdi Hasan (Parag), FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Rezaul Haque. Players of Leonine are: GM Neelotpal Das (India), IM Sriram Jha (India), GM Niaz Murshed, FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Abdul Maleq and Mainuddin Ahmed. Players of Destiny are: IM Enamul Hossain razib, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Taibur Rahman, Mohammad Javed and Debaraj Chatterjee. Players of Chittagong Mohammedan are: IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay (India), IM Saptarshi Roy (India), FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, Mohammad Ali, Saif Uddin Lavlu and Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly. 14 teams participated in the league in round-robin system.

Roll of Honor:

1977, 1981, 1995 & 1996-Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, 1985 & 1986-Bengal Group, 1984-Bangladesh Ansar, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 & 1994-Brothers Union Club, 2002-Titas Club, 1997, 2004, 2005-Leonine Chess Club, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 & 2007-Bangladesh Biman.

1st Division Chess League:Round 11

Leonine Chess Club is maintaining their lead in the points table with 37½ points after end of the 11th round games of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Bangladesh Biman is in 2nd position with 36½ points. Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club is in 3rd position with 34½ points. 11th round games were held yesterday (Wednesday). In the 11th round Leonine beat Destiny 2000 Limited by 3-1 points. IM Sriram Jha and GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny. GM Neelotpal Das and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine drew with IM Enamul Hossain Razib and FM Faibur Rahman of Destiny respectively. Biman beat Pritam Prijam Chess Club by 3½-½ points. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar and GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman beat Rahul Sangma, Sohel Chowdhury and Monir Hossain of Pritam Prijam respectively and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman drew with Santu Modal of Pritam Prijam. Chittagong Mohammedan beat Mohakhali Prodip Sangah by 3½-½ points IM Saptarshi Roy and Saifuddin Lavlu of Mohammadan beat Abdur Rashid, Sharif Hossain and Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury of Pradip Sangah respectively. Mohammad Ali of Mohammedan drew with S.A.M. Nasir of Pradip Sangah. Other matches of 8th round are: Farshgonj Sporting Club beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 2½-1½ points, Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 3-1 points, Friends Chess Power beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar by 2½-1½ points and Toyota Motors Chess Club drew with Faith Chess Club by 2-2 points.

Points after 11th round:
37½-Leonine
36½-Biman
34½- Chittagong Mohammadan
32-Destiny 2000
29½-Pritam Prijam
22-Sonali Bank
21-Farshgonj & Dhaka University
17-Pradip Sangah
16- Sultana Kamal
12½-i2 soft
10-Friends Power
9½-Toyota Motors
9-Faith Chess.
13th or last round games will start today (Thursday) from 11:00 AM at the same venue.

1st Division Chess League:Round 9

Leonine Chess Club is maintaining their lead in the points table with 32 points after end of the 9th round games of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Bangladesh Biman is in 2nd position with 29½ points and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club is in 3rd position with 28 points. 9th round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 9th round Leonine beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 4-0 points. GM Neelotpal Das, IM Sriram Jha, GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine beat Nahid Parvej, Obaidul Islam Shahin, Amirul Islam Chowdhury and Shahjahan Kabir of i2 soft respectively. Biman beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 4-0 points. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Habibur Rahman Habib, Farhadur Rahman, Abdullah Al Saif and Md. Ibrahim Hossain of Toyota Motors respectively. Chittagong Mohammedan drew with Pritam Prijam Chess Club by 2-2 points. Sohel Chowdhury of Pritam Prijam beat Indian IM Saptarshi Roy of Chittagong Mohammedan. Santu Mondol of Pritam Prijam beat Md. Ali of Mohammedan. IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Mohammadan beat Rahul Sangma and Monir Hossain of Pritm Prism respectively. Destiny 2000 Limited beat Farashgonj Sporting Club by 2½-1½ points. IM Enamul Hossain Razib and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny beat Md. Fahim and Prantik Roy of Farashgonj respectively. Abdul Majed of Farashgonj beat Md. Javed of Destiny and Debasish Mukharjee of Farashgonj drew with FM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Destiny. Other matches of 8th round:Dhaka University Chess Club beat Friends Chess Power by 4-0 points, Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar beat Faith Chess Club by 2½-1½ points.
Points after 9th round:
32-Leonine
29½-Biman
28-Chittagong Mohammadan
27-Destiny
25½-Pritam Prijam
19-Dhaka University
17½-Farshgonj, Sonali Bank
16½-Pradip Sangah
10½- Sultana Kamal
9-i2 soft
7½-Toyota Motors
7-Friends Chess
5½-Faith Chess

1st Division Chess League:round 8

Leonine Chess Club is maintaining their lead in the points table with 28 points after end of the 8th round games of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club is in 2nd position with 26 points and Bangladesh Biman is in 3rd position with 25½ points. 8th round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 8th round Leonine beat Mohakhali Prodip Sangah by 4-0 points. GM Neelotpal Das, IM Sriram Jha, GM Niaz Murshed and Abdul Maleq of Leonine beat Idris Ali, Abdur rashid, Sharif Hossain and S.A.M Naser of Prodip Sangha respectively. Chittagong Mohammedan beat Friends Chess Power by 4-0 points. IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay, IM Saptarshi Roy, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman and Mohammad Ali of Mohammadan beat Delwar Hossain, Nazrul Islam Devid, Asaduzzaman and Abdur Rauf of Friends respectively. Biman beat Faith Chess Club by 4-0 points. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Masudur Rahman Bari, Moshtafizur Rahman, Zohirul Islam and Sujan respectively. Pritam Prijam Chess Club drew with Destiny 2000 Limited. Rahul Sangma and Sohel Chowdhury of Pritam Prijam beat IM Enamul Hossain Razib and FM Sk. Nasir Hossain of Destiny respectively. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed and FM Taibur Rahman Monir Hossain and Santu Mondal of Pritam Prijam respectively. Other matches of 8th round are: Farshgonj Sporting Club beat Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club by 3-1 points, Dhaka University Chess Club beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 2½-1½ points, Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar beat i2 soft Solution by 3-1 points.
Points after 8th round
28-Leonine
26-Chittagong Mohammadan
25½-Biman
24½-Destiny
23½-Pritam Prijam
16-Farshgonj
15½-Pradip Sangah
15-Dhaka University
14½-Sonali Bank
9-i2 soft
8- Sultana Kamal
7½-Toyota Motors
7-Friends Chess
4-Faith Chess

1st Division Chess League:round 6

Leonine Chess Club is now leading the points table with 20 points after end of the 6th round games of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007, sponsored by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited .Pritam Prism Chess Club is in 2nd position with 19½ points and Destiny 2000 Limited is in 3rd position with 18½ points. 6th round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 6th round Leonine beat Pritam Prijam by 2½-1½ points. IM Sriram Jha of Leonine beat Sohel Chowdhury, GM Neelotpal Das, GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine drew with Rahul Sangma, Monir Hossain and Santu Mondal of Pritam Prijam respectively. Destiny beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 3-1 points. Hafizul Islam Chapal of Toyota Motors beat FM Sk. Nasir Hossain of Destiny. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Taibur Rahman and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny beat Farhadur Rahman, Abdullah Al Saif and Ibrahim Hossain respectively. Bangladesh Biman beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 4-0 points. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Rezaul Haque of Biman beat Nahid Parvej, Farhadur Imam, Obaidul Islam Shahin and Shahjahan Kabir of i2 soft respectively. Chittagong Mohammadan Sporting Club beat Faith Chess Club by 4-0 points. IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay, IM Saptarshi Roy, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman and Mohammad Ali of Mohammadan beat Masudur Rahman Bari, Moshtafizur Rahman, Zohirul Islam and Nasirul Islam Sangram of Faith respectively. Other matches of 6th round are: Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club beat Friends Chess Power by 2½-1½ points, Farashgonj Sporting Club beat Mohakhali Prodip Sangha by 3-1 points and Dhaka University Chess Club drew with Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar by 2-2 points
Points after 6th round:
20-Leonine
19½-Pritam Prijam
18½-Destiny
18-Chittagong Mohammadan
17½-Biman
14-Pradip Sangah
13-Farshgonj
11½-Sonali Bank
9-Dhaka University
7-Friends Chess
6-Toyota Motors
5½-i2 soft
5- Sultana Kamal
3½-Faith Chess

1st Division Chess League:Round 3

Destiny 2000 Limited beat reigning champion Bangladesh Biman by 2½-1½ points in the 3rd round game of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007, sponsored by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited. Ziaur Rahman of Biman drew with IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed and FM Taibur Rahman Sumon beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman respectively. GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny. Pritam Prijam Chess Club is still leading the points table with 11 points.They beat i2 soft Solution by 4-0 points. Leonine Chess Club beat Faith Chess Club by 4-0 points. GM Neelotpal Das, IM Sriram Jha, GM Niaz Murshed and Abdul Maleq of Leonine beat Nasiruddin Mahmood, Masudur Rahman Bari, Moshtafizur Rahman and Zohirul Islam of Faith club respectively. Chittagong Mohammadan Sporting Club beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 2½-1½ points. Kh. Kayes Hasan of University beat Indian IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay of Mohammadan , Moshtafa Manjur of University drew with FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman. IM Saptarshi Roy and Saifuddin Lavlu of Chittagong Mohammadan beat Dewan Md. Riad and Samiun Basir of Dhaka University respectively.Mohakhali Prodip Sangah beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 3-1 points, Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar beat Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club by 3-1 points, Farashgonj Sporting Club drew with Friends Chess Power by 2-2 points.
Points after 3rd round:
11-Pritam Prijam
10-Pradip Sangah
9½-Leonine
8½-Chittagong Mohammadan
7½-Destiny, Biman
7-Farshgonj
4½-Friends Chess
4-Sonali Bank, Dhaka University
3-Sulatan Kamal, Toyota Motors
2½-Faith and 2-i2 soft.

Asian Junior 2007

Asian Junior championship is now being held in Mumbai,India. Shamima Akter Liza of Bangladesh is participating in the girl's section.18 girls from India,Iran and Bangladesh are participating in the event.Results of the tournament is available on
http://www.indianchessfed.org/
http://www.chess-results.com/

1st Division Chess League:Round 2

Pritam Prijam Chess Club and Mohakahli Prodip Sangha are sharing lead in the points table with 7 points each after end of the 2nd round games in the Dutch-Bangla Bank1st Division Chess League-2007, sponsored by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 2nd round games: Pritam Prijam beat Friends Chess Power by 3½-½ points and Prodip
Sangah beat Faith Chess Club by 3-1 points. Reigning champion Bangladesh Biman beat Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club by 3½-½ points. GM Zaiur Rahman, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Gyesuddin Ahmed Mithu, Din Mohammad and Mahbubur Rahman of Sonali Bank respectively. Somak Palit of Sonali Bank drew with FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman. Reigning runners-up Leonine Chess Club beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar by 4-0 points. GM Neelotpal Das, IM Sriram Jha, GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine beat Uten, Syed Abdul Zaker, Nasiruddin Apu and Sharmin Sulatan Shirin of Sultana Kamal respectively. Destiny 2000 Limited beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 3-1 points. IM Enamul Hossain Razib¸ FM Taibur Rahman and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny beat Alimul Haque Kazal, Dewan Md. Riad and Samiun Basir of University respectively. Sk. Anwar Hossain of Dhaka University beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny. Chittagong Mohammadan Sporting Club beat i2 sift Solution Ltd. by 4-0 points. IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay, IM Saptarshi Roy, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman and Mohammad Ali of Chittagong Mohammadan beat Nahid Parvej, Obaidul Islam, Amirul Islam Chowdhury and Shahjahan Kabir of i2 soft respectively. Farashgonh Sporting Club beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 2½-1½ points.
3rd round games will start today (Friday) from 10:00 AM at the same venue.

1st Division Chess League: Round 1

The games of the 1st Division Chess League-2007 began yesterday (Wednesday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 14 teams are participating in the tournament, which is being held in round robin system. Reigning champion Bangladesh Biman beat reigning runners-up Leonine Chess Club by 2½-1½ points in their 1st round game. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman drew with Indian GM Neelotpal Das of Leonine. GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine, Abdul Maleq of Leonine beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Mainuddin Ahmed of Leonine. Destiny 2000 Limited drew with Chittagong Mohammadan Sporting Club by 2-2 points. IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny beat IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay of Chittagong Mohammadan, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Chittagong Mohammadan beat FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny. FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and Mohammad Javed of Destiny drew accordingly with Indian IM Saprathi Roy and Md. Ali Chittagong Mohammadan. Mohakhali Prodip Sangah beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar by 4-0 points, Pritam Prijam Chess Club beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 3½-½ points, Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 2½-1½ points, Farashgonj Sporting Club beat Faith Chess Club by 2½-1½ points and Friends Chess Power drew with i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 2-2 points.
2nd round games will start today (Thursday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

Final standing of Commonwealth Chess

GM Abdulla Al Rakib became 9th with 7.5 points in the Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championships which was held in New Delhi from 3-10 December.GM Niaz Murshed became 11th with same point. Another Bangladeshi GM Reefat Bin Sattar became 29th with 6.5 points. FM Kh. Aminul Islam became 95th with 5.5 points and IWM Rani Hamid 209th with 4 points. GM Ramesh R B of India became champion with 8.5 points.

8th Special National Chess Tournament

Ajgor Ali became unbeaten champion in the Grameenphone 8th National SpecialChess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Grameenphone Ltd and organised By Bangladesh Braille Chess Society. Ajgor earned maximum 7 points to clinch the title. Last year champion Kamal Hossain became runner-up and Md Nazmul beacame 3rd.Kamal and Nazmul earned 7 points each. Their tie was broken by tie-breaking system. 11 players earned 5 points each.They are: Ferdous Hasan, Md. Mir Hossain, Md. Abid Hossain, Habibur
Rahman, S.M. Shahin, Md. Sohel Rana, Abu Nayem Mamun, Md. Hasan, Golam Moshtafa and Md. Shaheb Ali.7th or last round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the last round: Ajgor beat Mir, Kamal beat Abid, Nazmul beat Ferdous, Mamun beat Monir. The Prize distribution ceremony was held on Monday at the conference-room of National Sports Council. Mr.Mizanur Rahman Manu, Vice-President of Bangladesh Olympic Association distributed prizes among the winners to present as chief guest. Col.(Retd.) Md. Wali Ullah, Director and C.E.O Bangladesh Olympic Association, Mr. Moin Tarik, Manager, Marketing Communications of Grameenphone, Mrs.Barbro Henrikhson, Advicer, Disability Programme. Mr. Md. Jahangir Alam,President of B.B.C.S. presided the ceremony and Mr. Nazmul Hossain,Vice-President of B.B.C.S. and Mr. Md. Zakir Hossain, Acting General Secretary of B.B.C.S. gave addresses in the ceremony. Total 62 players participated in the 4 days event.

Commonwealth Chess: result after round 5

GM Reefat Bin Sattar earned 4.5 points afer end of the 5th round of Commonwealth Chess Championship.GM Abdulla Al-Rakib earned 4 points.GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam earned 3.5 points each.WIM Rani Hamid earned 2 points.In 4th round Reefat beat WGM Tania Sachdev.Rakib drew with IM Saravanan V,Niaz drew with Saravana Krishnan P,Aminul drew with Swapnil S Dhopade,Rani Hamid lost against Sayantan Das.IM Himanshu Sharma of India is leading the points table with maximum 5 points.

1st Division Chess League-2007

The games of the 1st Division Chess League-2007 will start from 12th December 2007, Wednesday from 3:00 PM at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Teams are: Reigning Champion Bangladesh Biman, Runners-up Leonine Chess Club, Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club,Destiny 2000 Limited, Nrayngonj City Chess Club, Titas Club, Sonali Bank Sports& Recreation Club, Dhaka University Chess Club, Bangladesh Muktijuddah Sangsad Krira Chakra, Mohakhali Prodip Sangsad, Friends Chess Power, Farashgonj Sporting Club, Faith Chess Club, Agrogati Chess Club (Toyota Motors), Prime Life Insurance Company and Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar. Teams are requested to to enroll their name with entry and registration fees on or before 9th December and submit their team list on or before
10th December.

Commonwealth Chess Championship-2007

The games of the Commonwealth Chess Championship will start from 3rd December in Delhi, India. 5 Bangladesh players are participating in the tournament. They are: GM Niaz Murshed, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Kh. Aminul Islam and IWM Rani Hamid. The Commonwealth Chess Championship will be held in 10 round Swiss-League system and cash prize money will be given to the winners.

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