Thursday, March 27, 2008

3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament

3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament is being held at Kolkata.10 players from Bangladesh are participating in the event.They are GM Ziaur Rahman ,GM Abdullah Al Rakib, GM Niaz Murshed, IM Enamul Hossain Razib,FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed,FM Taibur Rahman,FM Mehdi Hasan Parag ,FM Minhazuddin Ahmed ,Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Ali.Paring and games are available on http://www.alekhinechessclub.com/3kolkata.html

Monday, March 10, 2008

34th National Chess Championship, Preliminary Phase

Final result:
9 players qualified for the final phase.They are:
1. FM Mahfuzur Rahman Emon
2. Abdul Malek
3. FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed
4. Mohammad Javed
5. FM Abu Sufian Shakil
6. Debaraj Chatterjee
7. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar
8. Monir Hossain
9. Sohel Chowdhury

11th or last round games were held yesterday (Saturday), in the last round: Emon beat Shafiq Ahmed, Nasir drew with Shakil, Malek drew with Sagar, Debaraj drew with Javed, Monir beat Khairul Islam, Sohel beat Bakul Barua and Sk. Anwar beat FM Taibur Rahman.
5 players will directly participate in the final phase of 34th National Chess Championship.They are:GM Niaz Murshed,GM Ziaur Rahman,GM Reefat Bin Sattar,GM Abdulla Al Rakib,IM Enamul Hossain.

Round 10(14/03/08):
Four players are sharing lead in the points table with 8 points each after end of the 10th round.They are: FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and MohammadJaved of Destiny FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan and Abdul Malek of Chittagong. . FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny are in 2nd position with 7.5 points each.7 players are in 3rd position with 7 points each. They are: FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny, Monir Hossain and Sohel Chowdhury of Narayangonj, Sk. Anwar Hossain, Shafiq Ahmed of Barisal, Sk. Khairul Alam of Dhaka and P.J. Barua of Chittagong. 10th round games were held yesterday (Friday), in the 10th round: Nasir beat Moniruzzaman Khan, Javed beat Taibur, Emon drew with Sagar, Malek drew with Debaraj, Shakil beat Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Sohel beat Siddiqur Rahman, Moshtafa beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Anwar beat Mainuddin Ahmed, Shafiq beat Hasan Emam, Monir beat Delwar Hossain, Khairul beat Enayet Hossain and Bakul beat Arman Monir. 11th or last round games will start today (Saturday) from 3:30 PM at Chess Federation.

Round 9(13/03/08):
FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan and Abdul Malek of Chittagong are maintaining their lead in the points table with 7½ points each after end of the 9th round games . FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Taibur Rahman, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Javed and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny 2000Ltd. are sharing 2nd position with 7 points each. FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Moniruzzaman Khan and Siddiqur Rahman are in 3rd position with 6½ points each. 9th round games were held yesterday(Thursday), in the 9th round: Emon drew with Malek, Javed drew with Shakil,Nasir beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Sagar beat Monir Hossain, Taibur beat Hasan Emam, Debaraj beat Enayet, Chanchal beat FM Rezaul Haque. 10th round games will start today (Friday) from 3:30 PM at Chess Federation.

Round 8(12/03/08):
FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan and Abdul Malek of Chittagong are now jointly leading the points table with 7 points each after end of the 8th round games . Mohammad Javed of Destiny 2000 Ltd. is in 2nd position with 6½ points. FM Abu Sufian Shakil & FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Taibur Rahman & DebarajChatterjee of Destiny ,Enayet Hossain, Hasan Emam and Monir Hossain of Narayangonj are sharing 3rd position with 6 points each. 8th round games were held yesterday (Wednesday), in the 8th round: Emon drew with Javed, Malek beat Nasir, Taibur beat Delwar Hossain, Shakil drew with Parag, Monir drew with Hasan, Sagar beat Moniruzzaman Khan, Debaraj beat Sk. Anwar Hossain, Enayet beat Habibur Rahman Sohel and Chanchal Kumar Ghosh beat Shahjahan Kabir. 9th round games will start today (Thursday) from 3:30 PM at Chess Federation.

Round 7(11/03/08):
FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan is still maintaining his lead in the points table with 6½ points after end of the 7th round games. FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, Mohammad Javed of Destiny 2000 Limited and Abdul Malek of Chittagong are in 2nd position with 6 points each. 5 Players are in 3rd position with 5½ points each. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, Hasan Emam, Moniruzzaman Khan of Sonali Bank and Monir Hossain of Narayangonj. 9 players earned 5 points each. They are: FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Taibur Rahman, Enayet Hossain, Delwar Hossain, Habibur Rahman Sohel, Debaraj Chatterjee, Arman Moni, Sk. Anwar Hossain and Shahjahan Kabir.In the 7th round: Emon drew with Nasir, Malek beat Taibur, Javed beat Enayet, Parag beat Delwar, Shakil beat Anichuzzaman Jewel, Hasan beat Sohel Chowdhury, Moniruzzaman beat Mahtabuddin, Monir beat Md. Sagar, Minhaz Sagar beat Mohammad Shameem, Habib beat Mainuddin, Debaraj beat Rana Chowdhury, Arman beat Moniruzzaman Moni, Shahjahan beat Golam Moshtafa and Sk. Anwar beat Shamim Khan. 8th round games will start today (Wednesday) from 3:30 PM at Chess Federation.

Round 6(10/03/08): FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan is solely leading with maximum 6 points after end of the 6th round. FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed is in 2nd position with 5½ points. 5 Players are in 3rd position with 5 points each. They are: FM Taibur Rahman,Mohammad Javed of Destiny, Abdul Maleq of Chittagong, Enayet Hossain and Delwar Hossain. 6th round games were held yesterday (Monday), in the 6th round: Emon beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Taibur beat Arman Monir, , Nasir beat Debaraj Chatterjee, Javed drew with Maleq, Enayet beat FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Hasan Emam drew with Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, Monir Hossain drew with Anichuzzaman Jewel, Delwar beat FM Rezaul Haque. 7th round will start today (Tuesday) from 3:30 PM at Chess Federation.

Rani Hamid Champion

Reigning women champion IWM Rani Hamid became champion in the Final Phase of the 29th Aromatic Gold National Women Chess Championship-2008, sponsoredby Marico Bangladesh Limited, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation. Rani Hamid earned 10 points out of 11 games to clinch the national woman title for the year 2008. This is Rani Hamid's 17th Crown of women national championship. WFM Shamima Akter Liza became runner-up. Liza earned9½ points. Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj became 3rd with 8 points. WFM Syeda ShabanaParveen Nipa became 4th with 7 points. WFM Tanima Parveen and WFM Zakia Sulatna
played play off game where Tanima beat Zakia to be in the women team for this year's Dresden Chess Olympiad. Sharmin Sultana Shirin of Narayangonj became 7th with 5½ points,
Masuda Begum of Barisal became 8th and Shamiha Sharmin Shimmi became 9th after their play off match. Arif Khatun Moni became 10th 2½ points, RokshanaTitli became 11th with 2 points and Jahanara Haque Runu became 12th with ½points.
Roll of Honor: 1979-IWM Rani Hamid, 1980-IWM Rani Hamid,1981-IWMRani Hamid,1982-IWM Rani Hamid, 1983-IWM Rani Hamid,1984-IWM Rani Hamid,1985-Yesmin Begum, 1986- Yesmin Begum,1987- Not held,1988- IWM RaniHamid,1989-WFM Syeda Shabana Parveen,1990-IWM Rani Hamid,1991-WFM TanimaParveen, 1992-IWM Rani Hamid,1993-WFM Zakia Sultana,1994-WFM TanimaParveen,1995-WFM Syeda Shabana Parveen,1996-IWM Rani Hamid, 1997-WFM SyedaShabana Parveen,1998-IWM Rani Hamid, 1999-IWM Rani Hamid,2000- Nazrana KhanEva,2001-IWM Rani Hamid,2002-WFM Syeda Shabana Parveen,2003- WFM SyedaShabana Parveen,2004-IWM Rani Hamid,2005-WFM Shamima Akter Liza,2006-IWM Rani Hamid,2007-IWM Rani Hamid and 2008-IWM Rani Hamid.