IM Razib in 2nd round

International Master Enamul Hossain Razib (Rating-2514) has qualified himself in the 2nd round of the World Cup-2007.He beat 19 seeded player Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine (Rating-2691) by 1.5-0.5 points in a two games match.GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh lost against GM Dmitry Jakovenko(Rating-2710) of Russia by 0-2 point.The games of first knockout stage was held in Khanty Mansiysk on 24th and 25th November.2nd round games will be held from 26-28 November.In 2nd round Razib will play against Evgeny Tomashevsky( 2646) of Russia,who beat Mamedov, Rauf (2582) in 1st round.
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World Cup 2007

World Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the 1st round fixture of the World Cup-2007 which will be held from 23rd November to 17th December in Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia. GM Ziaur Rahman(2497) will play against GM Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia. Jakovenko’s current rating is 2710 and he is a member of Russian national chess team. IM Enamul Hossain Razib(2514) will play against GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine. Eljanov’s rating is 2691 and he is also a member of the Ukrainian national chess team. Total 128 top level players from all over the world will partcipate in the 1st round in knock-out basis. Razib qualified from 6th Asian Individual Championship, which was held in September in Philippines and Zia will play as a nominated player of the President of World Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
Official site :http://cup2007.fide.com/round.asp

IM Enamul Hossain in World Cup

International Master Enamul Hossain Razib has Qualified himself for the World Cup Chess Championship which will be held in Russia from 23rd November to 17 December.Razib became 10th in the VI Asian Individual Chess Championship-2007 which was held at Cebu City in Philippines. Razib and other 9 players were qualified from this event. GM Zhang Pengxiang of China became champion and GM Wang Hao became runner-up with 8 points each.Total 72 players including 29 Grandmasters participated in the event.