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