Bronze Medal by Razib in Commonwealth Chess!

GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny achieved bronze medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship. He earned 8½ points and became 3rd after scoring the final round victory over M S Thejkumar of India. Razib got one lakh Indian Rupees as prize money. British GM Nigel Short became champion with 9½ points. Nigel Short got Gold Medal and one lakh eighty thousand Indian Rupees. GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India became runner-up with 9 points. Ganguly got Silver Medal and one lakh twenty five thousand Indian Rupees. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman became 14th with 8 points. GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine became 46th with 7 points. FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan became 80th with 6½ points, Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny became 81st with 6½ points, FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny became 86th with 6 points, Mohammad Javed of Destiny 105th, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman became 119th and & FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny became 126th with 5½ points each. In the last round games: Zia beat IM Ashwin Jayaram of India, Niaz lost against Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Emon lost against B T Murali Krishnan of India, Debaraj beat Raghavi of India, Sagar drew with Darpan Inani of India, Taibur beat Rishi Thariani of India, Javed Lobo Rechird of England and Parag beat Niji of India.

Final place (top 20): 1. GM Nigel Short (Eng,Gold) 9.5/11, 2. GM S.S. Ganguly (Ind,Silver) 9, 3. GM Enamul Hossain (Ban,Bronze) 8.5, 4-15. IM Arun Prasad (Ind), IM M.R. Venkatesh (Ind), IM Gogineni Rohith (Ind), FM Vidit Gujrathi (Ind), GM Parimarjan Negi (Ind), IM R.R. Laxman (Ind), IM Deep Sengupta (Ind), GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (Ind), IM P.D.S. Girinath (Ind), GM P. Magesh Chandran (Ind), GM Ziaur Rahman (Ban), GM Neelotpal Das (Ind) 8 each, 16-27. B.T. Muralikrishnan (Ind), FM K. Priyadarshan (Ind), GM Abhijit Kunte (Ind), GM Dibyendu Barua (Ind), IM Ashwin Jayaram (Ind), GM Abhijeet Gupta (Ind), IM Saptarshi Roy (Ind), IM D.P.Singh (Ind), M.S. Thejkumar (Ind), IM Lanka Ravi (Ind), Tejas Ravichandran (Ind), IM Himanshu Sharma (Ind) 7.5 each

Women: 1 WGM S. Meenakshi (Ind, gold), 2. WIM Kiran Mohanty (Ind, silver), 3. WGM Eesha Karavade (Ind, bronze) all 7/11 each

Commonwealth Chess Championship-2008

Round 8:(03/09/08)

GM Enamul Hossain beat Murali Krishnan B T of India in the 8^th round and now jointly leading the tournament with GM Surya Shekar Ganguly of India.GM Niaz Murshed earned 6 points. GM Ziaur Rahman earned 5.5 points. Niaz beat Joshi and Zia draw with Suvrajit in the 8^th round.FM Mahfuzur Rahman,FM Taibur Rahman,FM Md. Javed earned 5 points each.FM Minhazuddin Ahmed and Debaraj Chatterjee earned 4.5 points each.FM Mehdi Hasan earned 4 points.

Pairing/Result available on http://chess-results.com/
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Round 1:(28/08/08)
8 Bangladeshi players won their 1st round games in the Commonwealth Chess Championship. They are: GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny, GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny, FM Mohammad Javed of Destiny, FM Md. Taibur Rahman of Destiny, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan, and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny. FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman drew his 1st round game.Total 272 players including 11 Grandmasters, International Masters, FIDE Masters and rated players from several commonwealth countries are participating in the event. In the 1st round Zia beat Anprite Patel, Razib beat Devangi Patankar, Niaz beat V.N. Ghate, Sgar beat Anjana Krishna, Taibur beat Nandhidhaa, Emon beat Sunyasakta Satpathy, Debaraj beat Chandak Shubh and Javed beat Akash A Satpathy. Parag drew with Ajinkya Ingale.

9 member Bangladesh team will participate in the Commonwealth Chess Championship, which will be held from 28th September to 6th October 2008 at Nagpur, India. They are: GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny, GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny, FM Mohammad Javed of Destiny, FM Md. Taibur Rahman of Destiny, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Chittagong Mohammadan, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny. It will be 11 round Swiss-League event, Twenty thousand US dollars cash prizes and Medal will be given to the winners. Grandmasters, International Masters, FIDE Masters and rated players from several commonwealth countries will participate in the event.