1st Division Chess League, Destiny Champion!

Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2008

Destiny 2000 Limited became champion in the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1^st Division Chess League-2008, sponsored by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited which was held at the hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. 14^th round games were held yesterday (Friday). Destiny 2000 earned 52½ points to clinch the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1^st Division Chess League title for 2008. 1^st time Destiny 2000 won the 1^st Division Chess League title. 15^th or last round games were held (Saturday). In the last round games Destiny 2000 drew with Dhaka Metropolitan Chess Club by 2-2 points. Players of Destiny Limited are: GM Enamul Hossain, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Mohammad Javed, FM Taibur Rahman and Debaraj Chatterjee. Last year League champion Bangladesh Biman became Runners-up. Biman earned 49 points. In the last round Biman beat Farshgonj Sporting Club by 3-1 points. Players of Biman are: GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Rezaul Haque.

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	15	Destiny 2000 Limited	15	13	1	1	50,5	0	27
2	3	Bangladesh Biman	15	14	1	0	49,0	0	29
3	4	Pritam Prism Chess Club	15	11	1	3	44,5	0	23
4	10	Leonine Chess Club	15	10	2	3	35,5	0	22
5	16	Titas Club	15	10	1	4	35,0	2	21
6	9	Air Destiny Limited	15	8	3	4	35,0	0	19
7	2	Overseas School of Chess	15	5	2	8	28,5	0	12
8	6	I2 Soft Solution Limited	15	7	1	7	28,0	0	15
9	1	Dhaka Metropoliton Chess Club	15	5	4	6	27,5	0	14
10	13	Farshgonj Sporting Club	15	4	5	6	26,0	0	13
11	14	Dhaka University Chess Club	15	2	5	8	22,0	2	9
12	12	Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar	15	2	3	10	22,0	0	7
13	11	Mohakhali Pradip Sangah	15	4	2	9	21,5	0	10
14	8	Faith Chess Club	15	3	3	9	21,0	0	9
15	5	Friends Chess Power	15	2	0	13	18,0	0	4
16	7	Madharipur Chess Club	15	1	4	10	16,0	0	6

Asian Junior Chess Championship-2008

3 players from Bangladesh are participating in the Asian Junior Chess Championship-2008. The event began from yesterday (Saturday) at Chennai in India. They are: FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Mohammad Imran Ali Elin and Rezaul Islam Babu. All three players from Bangladesh earned 1 point each after end of the 2nd round games. 1st round games were held yesterday (Saturday). In the 1st round game: Sagar beat Navalgund Niranjan of India. Elin lost against IM Shyam Sundar M of India and Babu lost against Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of India. 2nd round games were held today (Sunday). In the 2nd round Sagar lost against FM Priyadharshan K of India, Elin beat Vigneshraj Muthuram of India and Babu beat Kharthikheyan B of India. Total 67 players including 6 International Masters from several Asian countries are participating in the event.

Parag champion in Prime Bank Rating Chess

FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman became champion in the Prime Bank 11th Open International Rating Chess Tournament which was held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Parag earned 8 points to clinch the title. Sohel Chowdhury of Pritam Prijam Chess Club became runner-up with 7½ points. 7 players earned 7 points each. Their tie were broken by tie-breaking system. Their positions are: 3rd-Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, 4th-Obaidul Islam Shahin of Jobs Vander, 5th-Abdul Momin of Sirajgonj, 6th-FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman, 7th-FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammedan, 8th-Feroz Ahmed of Narayangonj and 9th-Mohammad Majed of Farashgonj. 5 players earned 6½ points each. Their positions are: 10th-Monir Hossain, 11th-Jamal Ahmed, 12th-Farhadur Imam, 13th-Mohammad Ali and 14th-Shamim Khan. 11 players earned 6 points each and got 15th to 25th positions. They are: Abdullah Al Saif, Md. Sharif Hossain, Mohammed Hafizul Islam Chapal, FM Rezaul Haque, Sharmin Sultana Shirin, Uten, Mokaddesur Rahman Khan, Amirul Islam Chowdhury, Carol Chowdhury, Tofazzal Hossain and Ashraful Alam. 9th or last round games were held yesterday (Saturday). In the 9th round games: Parag beat Emon, Sohel beat Shakil, Shahin drew with Majed, Feroz beat Reza, Robin beat Chapal, Momin beat Uten, Monir beat Sharif, Ali beat Shameem, Shamim Khan beat Arman, Jamal beat Rashed, Farhad beat Lipon, Saif beat Ullash, Mokaddes beat Nahid, Ashraful beat Shamsul, Shrin beat Alamgir, Amirul beat Hanif and Tofazal beat Jewel. The Prize distribution ceremony was held yesterday noon at the conference-room of National Sports Council. Former foreign Secretary and former Ambassador Muhammad Zamir was present as chief guest in the prize distribution ceremony. Mr. M. Ehsanul Haque Managing Director of Prime Bank Limited and Mr. Jamilur Rahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation were present as special guests. Mr. Syed Shujauddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh Chess Federation presided the ceremony and Mr. Monzur Hossain Zimmu, General Secretary of Leonine Chess Club gave address in the ceremony. Total 127 chess players participated in the event and cash prizes given to the winners.