Air Destiny champion & Madharipur chess club runner-up in 2nd division

Air Destiny Limited became champion in the 2nd Division Chess League-2007 organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation which was held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Madaripur Chess Club became runners-up. Air Destiny Limited beat Madharipur in play play-off match by 5.5-2.5 points to clinch the 2nd division title . Air Destiny and Madharipur earned 24½ points after end of the final round. The play-off match was held yesterday (Wednesday) at Chess Federation Hall-room. Players of Air Destiny are: Aminul Islam Polash, Aminul Islam, Saidul Islam, Kazi Taherul Islam, Almasur Rahman and Tanima Parveen. Players of Madharipur are: Jewel Khan, Faisal Hossain, Amir Hossain, Sazzad Hossain and Md. Omer Faruk. Rajshahi Daba Unayan Sangastha became 3rd with 23 points.
4th- Basir Memorial Chess Club poiints-18½, 5th- Bander Chess Club points-17½, 6th- Mohila Krira & Sangashkritik Sangha, points17 points 7th- Dhaka University Chess Club, points-16½ 8th-Mohabbat Chess Club, points-16½ 9th- Renesa Chess Club of Narsingdi points-16, 10th- Kasparov Chess Club, points-16 11th- Uttara Central Chess Club, points-15½ 12th- Dania Power Chess Club, points-15½ 13th- Bangalayan Chess Club, points-15½ 14th- Anirban Chess School, points-14½ 15th- Alhaz M.A. Karim Daba Club, points-14½ 16th- Habigonj Chess Club, points-13½, 17th-Asad Chess Club, points-13 18th- Bangladesh Braille Chess Society, points-13, 19th- Matuail Protibadi Tarun Samaj, points-11, 20th- Keranigonj Chess Club points-8 and 21st-Monipur Chess Club points-8. Champion Air Destiny and runners-up Madharipur qualified for the 1st Division Chess League of 2008. The 2nd Division Chess League was held in a 8 round Swiss-League system and total 21 teams participated.

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

Tal Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament

GM Abdullah Al Rakib became champion in the Tal Memorial Rapid ChessTournament organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation which was held yesterday (Friday) at the Conference-room of National Sports Council. GM Reefat Bin Sattar became runner-up and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed became 3rd. Rakib, Reefat and Nasir earned 4 points each after end of the 5th or last round and tie-breaking system was used to break the tie. 12 invited leading chess players including 3 Grandmasters, 1 International Master, 7 FIDE Masters participated in the event. The event was held in 5 round Swiss-League system and cash prizes were given to the winners.

Tal Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start today (Friday) from 10:30 AM at theConference-room of National Sports Council. 12 invited leading chess players including Grandmasters, International Masters, FIDE Masters will participate in the event. The event is being held for the birth-anniversary of former World Chess Champion late Mikhail Tal (1936-1992), who was also known as magician of the chess board as he was able to create attack on opponent's king out of nothing. Another former World Champion, Max Euwe declared:"Tal is an exceptional appearance in the chess arena. You better believe me: I've seen a lot of talented chess players in my long career, so I know it" His style is described as 'displaying an execptionally combinative,resourceful and spontaneous power, Tal took his opponent by surprise, harassed him with unsolvable problems, never ceasing to be confident and optimistic, finally won!' His games are fascinating, full of light and optimism, they display confidence in his talent and in the beauty of the chess. Tal himself is alike: cheerful, witty, self-confident. Was Tal an enigma? judging by his style, the impetous and unexpected sacrifices, his extraordinary courage and surprising fantasy he might have been. Grand Master Panov, referring to Tal, once said "each diamond must be polished". No, Tal cannot be polished up. Tal is unique, he is...just Tal

The event will be held in 5 round Swiss-League system and cash prizes will be given to the winners.
Participants are :
1. IM Enamul Hossain
2. GM Abdullah al Rakib
3. GM Ziaur Rahman
4. GM Reefat Bin Sattar
5. FM Kh.Aminul Islam
6. FM Sk.Nasir Ahmed
7. FM Abu Sufian Shakil
8. FM Md. Taibur Rahman
9. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagor
10. FM Mehedi Hasan Porag
11. Mohammed Javed
12. Mohammad Ali

2nd division chess league-2007

2nd Division Chess League-2007, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start from 6th November, Tuesday from 3:00 PM at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. It's an open event for all team. Interested team can enroll their name on or before 4th November 2007, Sunday at Bangladesh Chess Federation Office (2nd floor, National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana, Paltan,Dhaka-1000). The 2nd Division Chess League will be held in Swiss-League system and top 2 (Two) teams will be qualified for the 1st division league for the year 2008.

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.

Rapid Chess Tournament-October

GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman became unbeaten champion in the Rapid Chess Tournament, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation which was held in Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Zia earned 6½ points to clinch the title. IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan became unbeaten runner-up with 6 points. Three players earned 5½ points each and their positions are: 3rd-FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny, 4th-GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman and 5th-FM Kh. Aminul Islam. 9 players earned 5 points each and got 6th-14th positions. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Arman Monir, Monir Hossain, Enayet Hossain, FM Mehdi Hasan, Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Rezaul Haque and Aminul Islam Polash. 5th, 6th and 7th round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 7th round: Zia beat Arman, Razib beat Shakil, Amin drew with Sagar, Rakib beat Labu, Nasir beat Jamal, Polash beat Taibur, Parag beat Sawpan, Reza beat Kazal, Monir beat Zahid, Kabir beat Sohel and Enayet beat Afzal. The event was held in 7 round Swiss-League system and total twenty thousand taka cash prizes were given to the winners.


Rapid Chess Tournament, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start today (Sunday) from 3:30 PM at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. It is an open event for all chess players.Interested players can enroll their name today before start the games at playing venue. The event will be held in Swiss-League system and cash prizes will be given to the winners.

Pragati Insurance Open Rating Chess-2007

FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny became unbeaten champion in the Pragati Insurance Open International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, organized by Leonine Chess Club, which was held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Shakil earned 7½ points. National Junior Champion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny became runner-up with same points. Two players earned 7 points each and their positions are: 3rd-FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, 4th- Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj. 7 players earned 6½ points each and became 5th to 11th . They are: 5th-FM Kh. Aminul Islam, 6th-Mohammad Javed, 7th-Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, 8th-Md. Alamgir Hossain, 9th-Monir Hossain, 10th-FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, 11th- Md. Siddiqur Rahman. 10 players earned 6 points each and became 12th to 21st . They are: Arman Monir, Mizanur Rahman, Masuda Begum, S.A.M. Nasir, Md. Sharif Hossain, Mohammad Hafizul Islam Chapal, Md. Enayet Hossain, Aminul Islam Polash, Mohammad Shameem and Sawkat.Prize distribution ceremony was held yesterday (Saturday). Mr. A.K.M. Rafiqul Islam, Managing Director of Pragati Insurance Company Limited and former Minister Mr. Shafiqul Gani Sawpan distributed prizes among the winners. Capt. (Rted.) Imam Anwar Hossain, President of Leonine Chess Club presided the ceremony and former President of Bangladesh Chess Federation Mr. Syed Shujauddin Ahmed and Mr. Monjur Hossain Zimmu, General Secretary gave addresses in the ceremony.
Last round games were held yesterday. In the last round: Shakil drew with Sohel, Sagar beat Amin, Parag drew with Alamgir, Emon drew with Robin.

FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny is maintaining his lead in the points table with 7 points after end of the 8th round games of the Pragati Insurance Open International Rating Chess Tournament. 4 players are sharing 2nd position with 6½ points each. They are:FM Kh. Aminul Islam, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, Minhazuddin Ahmed of Destiny, Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj. FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C., Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin of Pradip Sangha, Mizanur Rahman Labu of Farasgonj and Md. Alamgir of Norail are in 3rd position with 6 points each. 8th round games were held yesterday (Thursday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. In the 8th round games: Shakil drew with Amin, Parag drew with Sagar, Sohel beat Arman, Emon beat Javed, Monir drew with Polash, Debaraj drew with Shameem, Robin beat Delu, Labu beat Mithu and Alamgir beat Chapal. 9th or last round games will start tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:30 AM at the same venue and Prize giving ceremony will be held on 4:00 PM.

Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny is now leading the point table with 6½ points after end of the 7th round games of the Pragati Insurance OpenInternational Rating Chess Tournament-2007, organized by Leonine Chess Club. FM Kh. Aminul Islam, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, and Minhazuddin Ahmed of Destiny are in 2nd position with 6 points each. Mohammad Javed of Destiny, Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj and Arman Monir of Titas are in 3rd position with 5½ points each. 7th round games were held yesterday(Wednesday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. In the 7th round games: Shakil beat Javed, Amin beat FM Emon, Parag beat Labu, Sagar beat Robin, Sohel beat Siddique and Arman beat Liza. 8th round games will start today (Thursday) at 3:30 PM at the same venue.

3 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 4 points each after end of the 4th round of the Pragati Insurance Open International Rating Chess Tournament-2007. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag & Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar.4 players are in 2nd position with 3½points each. They are: FM, Kh. Aminul Islam, Mohammad Javed, Sohel Chowdhury, Arman Monir and Tarik. In the 4th round games: Amin drew with Sohel, Shakil beat Enayet, Parag beat Robin, Sagar beat Monir, Javed beat Alamgir, Arman beat Debaraj and Tarik beat Santa. 5th round games will held today (Monday) at 3:30 PM at the same venue.

9 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points each after end of 3rd round. They are: FM Kh. Aminul Islam,FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag,Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Sohel Chowdhury, Monir Hossain, Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, Enayet Hossain and Alamgir Hossain.In the 3rd round games: Amin beat Naser, Shakil beat Delu, Parag beat Mahbub, Sagar beat Dinayet, Monirbeat Faisal, Enayet beat Saif, Robin beat Bappi,Alamgir beat Ashraq. 4th round games will held today(Sunday) at 3:30 PM at the same venue.

23 players are sharing lead in the points table including FM Kh. Amin, FM Shakil, FM Parag, Sagar, Javed, Sohel, Monir, Robin, Enayet, Saif, Alamgir,Bappi, Nasir, Bikas, Santa, Delu, Tarik, Mahbub, Chapal, Dinayet and Ashfaq with maximum 2 points each after end of 2nd round of the Pragati Insurance Open International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, organized by Leonine Chess Club. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Friday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. In the 2nd round games: Amin beat Amirul, Shakil beat Shahjahan,Javed beat Sharif, Parag beat Asad, Sagar beat Rauf, Monir beat Farid.3rd round games will held today (Saturday) at 3:30 PM at the same venue.

Grand Master title for Abdullah Al Rakib!!

World Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved the Grandmaster title of National Champion Abdullah Al Rakib in the 3rd quarter Presidential Board Meeting of FIDE which was held in 13-14 September in Mexico city. FIDE Elishta (Russia) office confirmed his GM title yesterday (Tuesday) to Bangladesh Chess Federation by e-mail. Rakib is the 4th grandmaster of the country. Other three GM’s are: Niaz Murshed (got title-1987), Ziaur Rahman (2002) and Reefat Bin Sattar (2006). Rakib achieved his 1st norm from 2nd Aisan Individual Championship at Kolkata in 2001, 2nd norm from Leonine Chess Club GM’s Chess Tournament at Dhaka in 2004 and the final norm from Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship at Dhaka in 2007.

Leonine Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2007

Leonine Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2007, organized by Leonine Chess Club will start from 27th September, Thursday from 3:00 PM at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. It is an open event for all chess players and interested players can enroll their name on or before 26th September, Wednesday at Bangladesh Chess Federation office. The event will be held in Swiss-League system and prize money will be given to the winners.

Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007, Men & Women, Zone-3.2

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India became unbeaten champion in the Men section of the Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007 for Men & Women, Zone 3.2, sponsored by Shadharan Bima Corporation and Habib Bank Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation which was held at the conference-room of National Sports Council. Ganguly earned 9 points to clinch the title. Indian IM G.N. Gopal became runner-up with same points. 11th or last round games were held (Yesterday) at the conference room of the National Sports Council. In the last round Ganguly beat Shrestha Keshav of Nepal and Gopal beat IM Abdullah Al Rakib. Ganguly and Gopal both earned 9 points each after end of the 11th or last round games. Play-off match broke their tie by Rapid Chess format. Ganguly beat Gopal by 2-0 points in the play-off match. Ganguly is qualified for the 1st round of the World Cup Chess Championship, which will be held in Siberia in November. Indian G. Rohit became 3rd with 8 points. Gopal achieved an 11 games Grandmaster norm and Rohit achieved 9 games grandmaster norm from this event and it’s the 3rd or last norm for both players. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of India became 4th with 7 points, International Master Enamul Hossain Razib became 5th with 6 points, IM Abdullah Al Rakib became 6th with 5½, GM Reefat Bin Sattar became 7th with 5½ points, FM Kh. Aminul Islam became 8th with 4½ points, Tunveer Gillani of Pakistan became 9th with 4½ points, IM Suvrajit Saha became 10th with 3½ points, Athula Russell became 11th with 2 points and Shrestha Keshav of Nepal became 12th with 1½ points. In the last round games: Deepan beat Russell, Rohit beat Kh. Amin, Tunveer beat Suvrajit and Razib drew with Reefat. Women Grandmaster D. Harika of India became champion in the women section with 7 points and WGM Swathi Ghate of India became runner-up with 6 points. The prize Distribution was held yesterday (Friday) at the same venue. Honorable Adviser Ministry of the Youth and Sport Mr. Tapan Chowdhury distributed prizes among the winners. Mr. Md. Abdus Salam Khan, President of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Secretary of the Ministry of Establishment of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh was presided the ceremony. Mr. Ilyus Ahmed , Managing Director of Sadharan Bima Corporation and Mr. Abdul Hayee, Vice President and Country Manager of Habib Bank Limited were present as special guests. Mr. Jamilur Rahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation gave address. Total Five thousand us dollars were given to the winners as prize money. Champion Ganguly and Runner-up Gopal got eight hundred fifty US dollars each. Rohit got five hundred dollars, Deepan got three hundred, Razib, Rakib and Reefat got two hundred dollars each, Amin and Tunveer got one hundred dollars each. In the Women section Champion Harika got six hundred dollars, Swathi got four hundred dollars, Tania got three hundred fifty dollars, Rani Hamid got two hundred fifty dollars and Shirin got one hundred fifty dollars. 12 players from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh including 3 grandmasters, 4 International Masters and 1 FIDE Master participated in the Men section and 5 players including 3 women grandmasters from India and 2 players from Bangladesh participated in the Women section.

IM G.N. Gopal and GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly are jointly leading with 8 points each after end of the 10th round games in the Men section of the Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007 for Men & Women, Zone 3.2, sponsored by Shadharan Bima Corporation and Habib Bank Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation. Gopal has achieved 10 games Grandmaster norm and Rohit 9 games grandmaster norm from this event. These are 3rd and last norm for the both players. 10th round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 10th round games Gopal beat Rohit and Ganguly beat IM Suvrajit Saha. All 4 Bangladeshi players won their 10th round games. IM Enamul Hossain Razib beat Indian Grandmaster Deepan Chakkravarthy, GM Reefat Bin Sattar beat Shrestha Keshav of Nepal, FM Kh. Aminul Islam beat Tunveer Gillani of Pakistan and IM Abdullah Al Rakib beat Russell M.K.A. of Sri Lanka. Women Grandmaster D. Harika of India became champion in the women section with 7 points and WGM Swathi Ghate of India became runner-up with 6 points. WGM Tania Sachdev of India became 3rd with 5.5 points, IWM Rani Hamid became 4th with 3 points and Sharmin Sultana Shirin became 5th with 0.5 points.
10th or last round games of women section were held Wednesday. In the last round Harika beat Swathi and Tania beat Rani Hamid. Points after 10th round in the Men Section: 8-Ganguly, Gopal, 7-Rohit, 6-Deepan, 5½-Rakib, Razib & Reefat, 4½-Amin, 3½-Tunveer & Suvrajit, 2-Russell and 1½- Keshav. 11th or last round games of the Men section will start today (Friday) from 10:00 AM at the same venue. Prize Distribution will be held from 5:00 PM at the same venue. Honorable Adviser Ministry of Youth and Sport Mr. Tapan Chowdhury will distribute prizes among the winners .

IM G.N. Gopal and G. Rohit of India are jointly leading with 5½ points each after end of the 7th round games in the Men section of the Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007 for Men & Women, Zone 3.2, sponsored by Shadharan Bima Corporation and Habib Bank Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation. GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly is in 2nd position with 5 pointa. 7th round games of Men section and 8th and 9th round games of women section were held yesterday (Tuesday) at the Conference-room of National Sports Council. In the 7th round games of Men Section Gopal drew with IM Enamul Hossain Razib, GM Reefat Bin Sattar drew with GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Rohit beat Shrestha Keshav of Nepal, FM Kh. Aminul Islam beat Russell M.K.A. of Sri Lanka, IM Abdullah Al Rakib drew with IM Suvrajit Saha of India. In the 8th round games of Women section IWM Rani Hamid beat Sharmin Sultana Shirin and Swathi Ghate beat WGM Tania Sachdev of India. 9th round games of women section Harika beat Shirin and Swathi beat Rani Hamid.


Points after 7th round in the Men Section: 5½-Gopal, Rohit, 5-Ganguly 4-Deepan, 3½-Rakib, Razib, Amin, Suvrajit, 3-Gillani, 1½- Kh. Amin and 1-Keshav.


Three players are sharing lead with 3 points each in the men section after end of the 4th round games of the Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007 for Men & Women, Zone 3.2, sponsored by Shadharan Bima Corporation and Habib Bank Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation. They are IM G N. Gopal, IM Suvrajit Saha of India and Tunveer Gillani of Pakistan. 4th round games of Men section and 4th and 5th round games of women section were held yesterday (Sunday) at the Conference-room of National Sports Council. In the 4th round games of Men Section Gopal beat Tunveer, Suvrajit beat Russell M.K.A. of Sri Lanka, GM Reefat Bin Sattar beat IM Abdullah Al Rakib, IM Enamul Hossain Razib drew with Shrestha Keshav of Nepal, GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India drew with G. Rohit of India, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam. In the 4th round games of women section WGM D. Harika of India beat Sharmin Sulatan Shirin and WGM Swathi Ghate beat IWM Rani Hamid. In the 5th round games of the women section Rani Hamid played with WGM Tania Sachdev and Harika played with Swathi.

Points after 4th round in the Men Section: 3-Gopal, Suvrajit, Gillani, 2½-Ganguly & Rohit, 2-Reefat, Rakib, Deepan, 1½-Enamul, 1- Kh. Amin, Keshav and ½-Russell.

Round 5(on 27/08/07 at 10 AM): Hossain Enamul vs Kh Aminul Islam,Russel M.K.A vs Shrestha Keshav,Gopal G N vs Suvrojit Saha,Rohit G vs Gillali Tunveer M.D,Abdullah Al Rakib vs Ganguly Surya Shekhar,Chakkravarty Deepan vs Reefat Bin Sattar.

Round 6(on 27/08/07 at 3.30 PM): Kh Aminul Islam vs Reefat Bin Sattar, Ganguly Surya Shekhar vs Chakkravarty Deepan, Gillali Tunveer M.D vs Abdullah Al Rakib, Suvrojit Saha vs Rohit G, Shrestha Keshav vs Gopal G N, Hossain Enamul vs Russel M.K.A.

Tunveer Gillani of Pakistan is now leading the point table with maximum 3 points after end of the 3rd round games in the Men section of the Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007 for Men & Women, Zone 3.2, sponsored by Shadharan Bima Corporation and Habib Bank Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation . 2nd and 3rd round games were held yesterday (Yesterday) at the Conference-room of National Sports Council. In the 2nd round games Tunveer beat IM Enamul Hossain Razib, IM Suvrajit Saha beat Shrestha Keshav of Nepal, G.N. Gopal of India beat GM Reefat Bin Sattar, Athula Russal drew with GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, FM Kh. Aminul Islam drew with IM Abdullah Al Rakib and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy drew with G. Rohit. In the 3rd round games: Tunveer beat Athula Russell, Enamul Hossain Razib beat Suvrajit Saha and G. Rohit beat Reefat Bin Sattar. Surya Shekhar Ganguly played against G.N. Gopal, Kh. Aminul Islam played against Shrestha Keshav and Abdullah Al Rakib played against Deepan Chakkravarthy. In the women section WGM D. Harika of India is leading the point table with maximum 2 points after end of the 2nd round games. In the 2nd round Harika beat IWM Rani Hamid and Sharmin Sultana Shirin drew with WGM Tania Sachdev of India.

4th round games(on 26/08/07 at 3.30 PM): Kh Aminul Islam vs Deepan Chakkravarthy, Reefat Bin Sattar vs Abdullah Al Rakib, Surya Shekhar Ganguly vs Rohit G, Tunveer Gillani vs G N Gopal, Suvrojit Saha vs Russel M.K.A, Sreshtha Keshav vs Hossain Enamul.

The Asian Zonal Chess Championship-2007 for Men & Women, Zone 3.2, sponsored by Shadharan Bima Corporation and Habib Bank Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation began yesterday (Friday) at the Conference-room of National Sports Council. 12 players including 3 grandmasters, 4 International Masters and 1Fide Master are participating in the Men Section and 5 players including 3 women grandmasters and 1 Woman International Master are participating in the women section. In the 1st round games: GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly of India beat IM Enamul Hossain Razib, GM Reefat Bin Sattar beat Ahthula Russal of Sri Lanka, IM Shuvrajit Saha of India beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam and Tunveer Gillani of Pakistan beat Shrestha Keshav. IM Abullah Al Rakib drew with G. Rohit of India, GM Deepan Chakraborty of India drew with G.N. Gopal of India. In the women section WGM D. Harika of India beat WGM Tania Sachdev of India and WGM Swathi Ghate beat Sharmin Sulatan Shirin.2nd and 3rd round games will held today(Saturday) at the same venue.

Round 2 games(will start at 10AM on 25.08.2007):Kh. Aminul Islam vs Abdulla al Rakib,Deepan Chakkravarthy vs Rohit G,Reefat Bin Sattar vs G N Gopal,Ganguly Surya Sekhar vs Russel M.K.A,Gillani Tunveer M.D vs Enamul Hossain,Suvrojit Saha vs Shrestha Keshav.

Round 3 games(will start at 3.30PM on 25.08.2007): Srestha Keshav vs Kh Aminul Islam,Hossain Enamul vs Suvrojit Saha,Russel M.K.A vs Gillani Tunveer M.D,Gopal G N vs Ganguly Surya Sekhar,Rohit G vs Reefat Bin Sattar,Abdulla al Rakib vs Deepan Chakkravarty.

GM Zia & FM Parag in Malaysian Open

GM Ziaur Rahman became 3rd in the 4th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open chess.He has earned 8 points after end of the 11th or last round.FM Mehedi Hasan Parag became54th.In last round game Zia drew with Li Chao,Parag lost against Kojima, Shinya.LI Chao became champion with 9 points.


GM Ziaur Rahman earned 7½ points and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 5 points after end of the 10th round games of the 4th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess.Li Chao is leading the point table with 8½ points.Ziaur Rahman and Wan,Yunguo is in 2nd position with 7½ points each.

GM Ziaur Rahman earned 5½ points and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 3 points after end of the 7th round games of the 4th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship-2007, now being held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

GM Ziaur Rahman earned 4.5 points and and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 3 points after end of the 6th round games of the 4th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship-2007.

GM Ziaur Rahman and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 1.5 points each after end of the 2nd round games of the 4th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship-2007, which began from yesterday (Tuesday) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Zia and Parag both won their 1st round game and drew 2nd round game. Total 87 players including 6 grandmasters and 11 International Masters from several countries are participating in the event.

Razib gets his second GM norm

17 Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, Master Tournament-2007

IM Enamul Hossain Razib achieved his 2nd grandmaster norm from the Master Tournament of the 17th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival held in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates. Razib earned 6 points out of 9 games and got 9 round grandmaster norm. He achieved his 1st grandmaster norm from 35th Chess Olympiad 2002 at Slovenia. Razib became 10th and got five hundred US dollars as prize money. In the last round Razib beat IM Mahjoob Morteja of Iran to achieve the norm . GM Amin Bashem of Egypt became champion with 7 points and GM Ashot Anastasian from Armenia became runner-up with same points. Total 70 players from 22 countries including 23 grandmasters & 11 International Masters participated in the event.

Interested in Sponsoring a Chess Event?

Proposal for Sponsorship in Chess
Prepared By: FIDE Master Taibur Rahman Sumon on behalf of Association of Chess Players Bangladesh (ACPB)

Chess is one of the main sports of Bangladesh, which has earned lots of international recognition and pride. Bangladesh has the record of producing first Grand Master (highest chess title) in this South Asia. Recently Bangladesh has obtained 35th Position among the 140 participating countries in the World Chess Olympiad and placed second in South Asia just behind the chess giant India. Basic statistics of Bangladesh chess is given below:

#Total Internationally Rated Player :325
#Grand Master :4
#International Master :2
#Woman International Master :1
#FIDE Master :10
#Woman FIDE Master number : 4


Corporate sponsorship in chess is rarely available in our country, which is the key for success of Indian chess. Though chess in Bangladesh gets huge attention from electronic and print media, sponsorship in chess is limited to very few organizations. United Insurance Company Limited, Prime Bank Ltd, Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, Beximco group, Maan Bangladesh, Bangladesh Biman, Destiny 2000 etc are/were the main sponsors in chess. Bangladesh Chess Federation organizes many chess events through out the year such as:

# National Chess Championship
# National Women Chess Championship
# National Junior (under 20) Chess Championship
# National Sub-Junior (under 16) Chess Championship
# First Division Chess League (16 Teams round Robin)
# Second Division Chess League-open team event
# International Grand Master Chess Tournament
# International Master Chess Tournament
# FIDE Rating Tournament
# School Tournament etc.

Chess Federation sometimes gets sponsorship for those tournaments (not regularly).

Area of Possible Sponsorship for your Organization:

1. Sponsoring a big International Grand Masters Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 20,00,000/-BDT with more than 4 foreign country participants)

2. Sponsoring a small International Grand Masters Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 15,00,000/-BDT)

3. Sponsoring a big International Masters Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 6,00,000/-BDT)

4. Sponsoring a big International FIDE rating Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 3,00,000/-BDT)

5. Sponsoring Top individual National Chess Players (Approximate Budget is 5,00,000/-BDT annually)

6. Sponsoring Top Junior Chess Talents (Approximate Budget is 2,00,000/-BDT annually)
Participating in the First Division Chess League (Approximate Budget is 10,00,000/-BDT annually to fight for the championship)

7. Participating in the First Division Chess League (Approximate Budget is 5,00,000/-BDT annually to fight for the place 3-4)

8. Sponsoring a big International School Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 5,00,000/-BDT)

9. Sponsoring a big National School Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 2,00,000/-BDT)

10. Sponsoring a Permanent Chess Training School (Approximate Budget is 4,00,000/-BDT Annually)

11. Sponsoring a Short term (2 months) Chess Training Camp for top players (Approximate Budget is 2,00,000/-BDT )

12. Sponsoring a Short term (2 months) Chess Training Camp for top Women players (Approximate Budget is 2,00,000/-BDT)

13. Sponsoring a Short term (2 months) Chess Training Camp for Junior players (Approximate Budget is 1,00,000/-BDT)

14. Sponsoring a Nation wide Chess talent Hunt Program followed by a Short term Chess Training Camp for selected players with a foreign tour for the selected talents (Approximate Budget is 20,00,000/-BDT)

15. Sponsoring a National Mobile Chess Tournament (Approximate Budget is 5,00,000/-BDT)- Games will be held through cell phone.

16. Sponsoring a Weekly TV Chess Training Program (Approximate Budget is 10,00,000/-BDT Annually)

17. Sponsoring a TV Chess game between a top player and the audience (Approximate Budget is 10,00,000/-BDT)

18. Sponsoring a Man Vs Machine Chess Event (Approximate Budget is 2,00,000/-BDT)
Sponsoring a Grand Prix Rapid Chess Event

19. Sponsoring a new chess event named Bangladesh Chess Challenge (Knock out championship format where players from whole country can participate)

Zone 3.2 Men`s and Women`s Championships

The Bangladesh Chess Federation, on behalf of the Zonal President, has the honor to invite all National Chess Federations of Zone 3.2 to participate in the Asian Zonal Championship 2007 for Men and Women organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation from 23 to 31 August 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The champion will qualify to the FIDE World Cup.

Participants are from the following countries:

Men:
1. India - 5 (Five) players
2. Bangladesh - 3 (Three) players
3. Nepal - 1 (One) player
4. Pakistan - 1 (One) player
5. Sri Lanka - 1 (One) player

Women:
1. India - 5 (Five) players
2. Bangladesh - 2 (Two) players
3. Nepal - 1 (One) player
4. Pakistan - 1 (One) player
5. Sri Lanka - 1 (One) player

GM Ziaur Rahman in World Cup

Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will nominate GM Ziaur Rahman to participate in the World Cup Chess 2007, which will be held in Khanty-Mansyisk in Russia in November-December 2007. Vice-President of FIDE Mr. Isreal Gelfer wants to know about the confirmation of Zia’s participation by e-mail to Bangladesh Chess Federation. Former President of Bangladesh Chess Federation Mr. Syed Shujauddin Ahmed requested to FIDE President to nominate one player in the next world Cup at FIDE Congress, which was held in Turin Italy in last year. Total 128 players will participate in the world Cup. 117 players will come from Continentals, Zonal’s Championship and rating list. 11 players will be nominated from FIDE President and Organizers.