Asian Junior 2007

Asian Junior championship is now being held in Mumbai,India. Shamima Akter Liza of Bangladesh is participating in the girl's section.18 girls from India,Iran and Bangladesh are participating in the event.Results of the tournament is available on
http://www.indianchessfed.org/
http://www.chess-results.com/

1st Division Chess League:Round 2

Pritam Prijam Chess Club and Mohakahli Prodip Sangha are sharing lead in the points table with 7 points each after end of the 2nd round games in the Dutch-Bangla Bank1st Division Chess League-2007, sponsored by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 2nd round games: Pritam Prijam beat Friends Chess Power by 3½-½ points and Prodip
Sangah beat Faith Chess Club by 3-1 points. Reigning champion Bangladesh Biman beat Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club by 3½-½ points. GM Zaiur Rahman, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Gyesuddin Ahmed Mithu, Din Mohammad and Mahbubur Rahman of Sonali Bank respectively. Somak Palit of Sonali Bank drew with FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman. Reigning runners-up Leonine Chess Club beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar by 4-0 points. GM Neelotpal Das, IM Sriram Jha, GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine beat Uten, Syed Abdul Zaker, Nasiruddin Apu and Sharmin Sulatan Shirin of Sultana Kamal respectively. Destiny 2000 Limited beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 3-1 points. IM Enamul Hossain Razib¸ FM Taibur Rahman and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny beat Alimul Haque Kazal, Dewan Md. Riad and Samiun Basir of University respectively. Sk. Anwar Hossain of Dhaka University beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny. Chittagong Mohammadan Sporting Club beat i2 sift Solution Ltd. by 4-0 points. IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay, IM Saptarshi Roy, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman and Mohammad Ali of Chittagong Mohammadan beat Nahid Parvej, Obaidul Islam, Amirul Islam Chowdhury and Shahjahan Kabir of i2 soft respectively. Farashgonh Sporting Club beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 2½-1½ points.
3rd round games will start today (Friday) from 10:00 AM at the same venue.

1st Division Chess League: Round 1

The games of the 1st Division Chess League-2007 began yesterday (Wednesday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 14 teams are participating in the tournament, which is being held in round robin system. Reigning champion Bangladesh Biman beat reigning runners-up Leonine Chess Club by 2½-1½ points in their 1st round game. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman drew with Indian GM Neelotpal Das of Leonine. GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine, Abdul Maleq of Leonine beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Mainuddin Ahmed of Leonine. Destiny 2000 Limited drew with Chittagong Mohammadan Sporting Club by 2-2 points. IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny beat IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay of Chittagong Mohammadan, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Chittagong Mohammadan beat FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny. FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and Mohammad Javed of Destiny drew accordingly with Indian IM Saprathi Roy and Md. Ali Chittagong Mohammadan. Mohakhali Prodip Sangah beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar by 4-0 points, Pritam Prijam Chess Club beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 3½-½ points, Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 2½-1½ points, Farashgonj Sporting Club beat Faith Chess Club by 2½-1½ points and Friends Chess Power drew with i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 2-2 points.
2nd round games will start today (Thursday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

Final standing of Commonwealth Chess

GM Abdulla Al Rakib became 9th with 7.5 points in the Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championships which was held in New Delhi from 3-10 December.GM Niaz Murshed became 11th with same point. Another Bangladeshi GM Reefat Bin Sattar became 29th with 6.5 points. FM Kh. Aminul Islam became 95th with 5.5 points and IWM Rani Hamid 209th with 4 points. GM Ramesh R B of India became champion with 8.5 points.

8th Special National Chess Tournament

Ajgor Ali became unbeaten champion in the Grameenphone 8th National SpecialChess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Grameenphone Ltd and organised By Bangladesh Braille Chess Society. Ajgor earned maximum 7 points to clinch the title. Last year champion Kamal Hossain became runner-up and Md Nazmul beacame 3rd.Kamal and Nazmul earned 7 points each. Their tie was broken by tie-breaking system. 11 players earned 5 points each.They are: Ferdous Hasan, Md. Mir Hossain, Md. Abid Hossain, Habibur
Rahman, S.M. Shahin, Md. Sohel Rana, Abu Nayem Mamun, Md. Hasan, Golam Moshtafa and Md. Shaheb Ali.7th or last round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the last round: Ajgor beat Mir, Kamal beat Abid, Nazmul beat Ferdous, Mamun beat Monir. The Prize distribution ceremony was held on Monday at the conference-room of National Sports Council. Mr.Mizanur Rahman Manu, Vice-President of Bangladesh Olympic Association distributed prizes among the winners to present as chief guest. Col.(Retd.) Md. Wali Ullah, Director and C.E.O Bangladesh Olympic Association, Mr. Moin Tarik, Manager, Marketing Communications of Grameenphone, Mrs.Barbro Henrikhson, Advicer, Disability Programme. Mr. Md. Jahangir Alam,President of B.B.C.S. presided the ceremony and Mr. Nazmul Hossain,Vice-President of B.B.C.S. and Mr. Md. Zakir Hossain, Acting General Secretary of B.B.C.S. gave addresses in the ceremony. Total 62 players participated in the 4 days event.

Commonwealth Chess: result after round 5

GM Reefat Bin Sattar earned 4.5 points afer end of the 5th round of Commonwealth Chess Championship.GM Abdulla Al-Rakib earned 4 points.GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam earned 3.5 points each.WIM Rani Hamid earned 2 points.In 4th round Reefat beat WGM Tania Sachdev.Rakib drew with IM Saravanan V,Niaz drew with Saravana Krishnan P,Aminul drew with Swapnil S Dhopade,Rani Hamid lost against Sayantan Das.IM Himanshu Sharma of India is leading the points table with maximum 5 points.

1st Division Chess League-2007

The games of the 1st Division Chess League-2007 will start from 12th December 2007, Wednesday from 3:00 PM at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Teams are: Reigning Champion Bangladesh Biman, Runners-up Leonine Chess Club, Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club,Destiny 2000 Limited, Nrayngonj City Chess Club, Titas Club, Sonali Bank Sports& Recreation Club, Dhaka University Chess Club, Bangladesh Muktijuddah Sangsad Krira Chakra, Mohakhali Prodip Sangsad, Friends Chess Power, Farashgonj Sporting Club, Faith Chess Club, Agrogati Chess Club (Toyota Motors), Prime Life Insurance Company and Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar. Teams are requested to to enroll their name with entry and registration fees on or before 9th December and submit their team list on or before
10th December.

Commonwealth Chess Championship-2007

The games of the Commonwealth Chess Championship will start from 3rd December in Delhi, India. 5 Bangladesh players are participating in the tournament. They are: GM Niaz Murshed, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Kh. Aminul Islam and IWM Rani Hamid. The Commonwealth Chess Championship will be held in 10 round Swiss-League system and cash prize money will be given to the winners.

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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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Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament

Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman became champion in the Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament-2007.Mohammad Ali of Leonine became runner-up. Shakil and Ali both earned 8 points each. Their tie was broken by tie-breaking system. Shakil clinch the title and Ali became runner-up. FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman became 3rdwith 7½. points. 5 players earned 7 points each. Their position’s are:4th-Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, 5th-Delwar Hossain, 6th-Anuchuzzaman Jewel,7th-Minhazuddin ahmed Sagar, 8th-Jamal Ahmed. 4 players earned 6½. pointseach. Their positions are: 9th-Mohammad Javed, 10th-Enayet Hossain,11th-Habibur Rahman Sohel, 12th-Shahjahan Kabir. Players earned 6th pointsto get 13th-25th position. They are: Alimul Haque Kazal, Shamsul KabirChowdhury, Siddiqur Rahman, A.B.M. Mahbubur Rahman, Sohel Chowdhury,Zohirul Islam, Amir Hossain, Nahid Parvej, Hafizul Islam Chapal, ArmanMonir, Mohammad Salim, Obiadul Islam Shahin and Nasdiruddin Apu. 9th orlast round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the last round Ali beat Parag, Shakil beat Javed, Sagar beat Shamsul, Jamal beat Sohel, Robin beatNahid. The prize-distribution ceremony of the event was held yesterday(Sunday) afternoon at the conference-room of the National sports council.Mr. Azam J. Chowdhury, Chairman of Prime Bank Limited distributed prizes among the winners. Mr. Nasiruddin Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director of PrimeBank Limited and Mr. Syed Shujauddin Ahmed former president BCF were present as special guests. Captain (Rted.) Imam Anwar Hossain, President ofLeonine Chess Club presided the ceremony and Mf. Manzur Hossain Zimmu,General Secretary of the Leonine Chess Club gave address in the ceremony. Total 122 players participated in the event and the event was held in 9 round Swiss-League system.

FM Mehdi Hasan Parag is maintaining his lead with 7½ points after end of the 8th round of the Prime Bank 10th InternationalRating Chess Tournament-2007. FM Abu Sufian Shakil and Mohammad Ali are in 2nd position with 7 point seach. Mohammad Javed is in 3rd position with 6½ points. 8th round games were held yesterday (Saturday). In the 8th round Parag drerw with Javed,Shakil beat Jamal Ahmed and Ali beat Shamsul Kabir. 9th or last round games will start today (Sunday) from 10:00 AM at the same venue.

FM Mehdi Hasan Parag is now leading the points table with maximum 7 points after end of the 7th round of the Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament-2007.6 players are in 2nd position with 6 points each. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Mohammad Javed, Mohammad Ali, Alimul Haque Kazal, Jamal Ahmed and Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury. 7th round games were held yesterday (Friday). In the 7th round Parag beat Shakil, Javed beat Enayet Hossain, Shamsul beat IWM Rani Hamid, Ali beat Anichuzzaman Jewel, Kazal beat Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin and Jamal beat Syed Abdul Zaker. 8th round games will start today (Saturday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.


FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag are jointly leading the points table with maximum 6 points each after end of the 6th round of the Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament-2007.9 players are in 2nd position with 5 points each. They are: Mohammad Javed, Mohammad Ali, Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, IWM Rani Hamid, Alimul Haque Kazal, Enayet Hossain, Anichuzzaman Jewel, Jamal Ahmed and Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury. 6th round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 6th round Shakil beat Robin, Parag beat Anis, Kazal beat Sagar, Javed beat Feroz, Ali beat Siddique, Rani beat Delwar, Enayet beat Mahbub, Jewel beat Alam, Jamal beat Sazzad and Shamsul beat Salim. 7th round games will start today (Friday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

3 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 5 points each after end of the 5th round of the Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament-2007.They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin. Anisuzzaman Mallik is in 2nd position with 4½ points. 5th round games were held yesterday (Wednesday). In the 5th round Shakil beat Enayet Hossain, Parag beat Delwar Hossain, Robin beat A.B.M. Mahbubur Rahman and Anis beat T.I. Abdul Latif. 6th round games will start today (Thursday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.


6 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 4 points each after end of the 4th round of the Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament-2007 . They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, Enayet Hossain, Delwar Hossain and A.B.M. Mahbubur Rahman. 4th round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 4th round Shakil beat Alimul Haque Kazal, Parag beat Siddiqur Rahman, Delwar beat Junior Champion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Mahbub beat Mohammad Javed, Robin beat Rashedul Hasan and Enayet beat Prince Carol Chowdhury. 5th round games will start today (Wednesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

12 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points each after end of the 3rd round of the Prime Bank 10th International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Prime Bank Limited, association with Bangladesh Chess Federation and organized by Leonine Chess Club . They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Mohammad Javed, Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, Enayet Hossain, Carol Chowdhury, Alimul Haque Kazal, Delwar Hossain, Siddiqur Rahman, Sk. Rashedul and A.B.M. Mahbubur Rahman. 3rd round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 3rd round Shakil beat Nasiruddin, Sagar beat Nazrul Islam, Parag beat Zohirul Islam, Javed beat Amir Hossain, Mahbub beat Sohel chowdhury, Robin beat Asaduzzaman, Kazal beat Abdullah Al Saif, Karol beat Ferez Ahmed, Delwar beat Sk. Abdul Muttalib, Siddique beat Nasim and Rashed got walk-over against Arman. 4th round games will start today (Tuesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

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.