29th National Junior Chess Championship

29th National Junior (Under-20 years) Chess Championship, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start from 30th January 2008, Wednesday from 3:00 PM at the hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. It is an open event for all under 20 years old boys and girls. Entry fee is not required. Interested boys and girls can enroll their name with age certificate from their educational institution on or before 28th January at Bangladesh Chess Federation office (2nd Floor, National Sports Council, 62/3 Puarana Paltan, Dhaka-1000). Interested players from district can also enroll their name with letter from their District Sports Association. The event will be ehdl in 9 round Swiss-League system.

New Sub Junior chmpion:Abdullah Al Saif

Abdullah Al Saif became champion in the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship. Saif beat Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Narayangonj in play-off match by 2-0 .

Congratulations to Abdullah Al Saif!!

Roll of Honour:

1980- Sayed Ahmed Sohel,1981- S. M. Zaber,1982- S.M. Idris Ali,1983- Syed Ohidul Islam and Syed Anisur Rahman,1984- Syed Iqbal Rakib,1985- Not held,1986- International Master Reefat Bin Sattar,1987-Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman,1988- Syed Ruhul Kabir Shiplu,1989- InternationalMaster Reefat Bin Sattar,1990- Syed Ruhul Kabir Shiplu,1991- Syed Ruhul Kabir Shiplu,1992- Sawkat Hossain Pollab,1993- Sawkat HJossain Pollab,1994-Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, 1995- Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon,1996-International Master Enamul Hossain,1997- Ruhul Islam Bobby,1998- Ruhul Islam Bobby,1999- Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan,2000- Md. Nakibul Haque Udhas,2001-Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar,2002- Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar,2003- MinhazuddinAhmed Sagar,2004- Imran Ali Elin,2005- Shamima Akter Liza,2006- Rezaul Islam Babu, 2007- Aniruddah Majumder,2008- Abdullah Al Saif

Sub-Junior:Round 9

Abdullah Al Saif of Dhaka and Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Narayangonj earned 7½ points and are now jointly leading the point table after end of the 9th or last round of 28th National Sub-Junior Chess Championship.Saif and Shiblu will play play-off match tonight according to the tournament rules for the championship. 3 players earned 7 points each and their positions are: 3rd-Nazmus Shakib of Kushtia, 4th-Rakib Hasan Rana and 5th- Masudur Rahman of Magura. Arifa Khatun Moni became 1st in the girls section with 6½ points. Tahmina Akter Tisha became 2nd and Tanzina Akter Tani became 3rd with 6 points in the girls section. Total 79 players from Dhaka and several districts participated in the event.

Sub-Junior

BCF Press release:round 8:
Abdullah Al Saif, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Narayangonj are jointly lead inthe points table with 7 points each after end of the 8th round games of the28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls ChessChampionship-2008 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federationhall-room. They are: Nazmus Shakib of Kushtia is in 2nd position with 6½
points each. 7 players are sharing 3rd position with 6 points each. Theyare: Rakib Hasan Rana, Kh. Ashiqul Islam, Arifa Khatun Moni, MohammadFahim, Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Md. Masudur Rahman and Rashel Hossain. 8th roundgames were held yesterday (Wednesday). In the 8th round: Shiblu beat Rana,Saif beat Amir, Shakib beat Abir, Ashiq beat Siam, Moni beat MainuddinAhmed Asis, Fahim beat Sayebul Islam, Ashraf beat Saidul Islam, Masud beatArnob and Rashel beat Masum Miah. 9th round games will start today(Thursday) from 4:00 PM at the same venue.


BCF Press release:round 7:
3 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 6 points each after end of the 7th round games of the 28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: Abdullah Al Saif, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu and Rakib Hsasan Rana. 3 players are in 2nd position with 5½ points each. They are: Shah Md. Shahidul Alam Abir, Amirul Islam and Nazmus Shakib. 7th round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 7th round: Shiblu beat Abir, Saif beat Asiqul Islam, Rakib beat Ikramul Haque Siam, Shakib beat Masum Miah and Amir drew with Rashel Hossain. 8th round games will start today (Wednesday) from 4:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press release:round 6:
Shah Md. Shahidul Alam Abir is now solo lead in the points table withmaximum 5½ points after end of the 6th round games of the 28th NationalSub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 is nowbeing held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Abdullah Al Saif,Ikramul Haque Siam, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu, Rakib Hsasan Rana, Ashiqul Islamand Amirul Islam are sharing 2nd position with 5 points each. 6th roundgames were held yesterday (Monday). In the 6th round: Abir beat Saif, Siambeat Mainuddin Ahmed Asif, Rakib beat Arifa Khatun Moni, Shiblu beatMasudur Rahman, Ashiqul Islam beat Ashrafuzzman, and Amir beat Saad Md.Junayed. 7th round games will start today (Tuesday) from 4:00 PM at thesame venue.

6th Parsvnath International Chess

The games of the 6th Parsvnath Open International Open Chess Tournament-2008, began today in Delhi, India. Total 391 players including 15 Grandmasters, 25 International Masters from several countries are participating in the event. GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib, FM Taibur Rahman and Sohel Chowdhury from Bangladesh are participating in the event.Paring,results and games are available on http://www.delhichess.com/

Sub Junior Chess

BCF Press release:round 5:
Abdullah Al Saif is now solo lead in the points table with maximum 5 points after end of the 5th round games of the 28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Shah Md. Shahidul Alam Abir is in 2nd position with 4½ points. Ikramul Haque Siam, Saad Md. Junayed, Arifa Khatun Moni, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu, Ashrafuzzaman, Nazmus Shakib, Rakib Hsasan Rana, Masudur Rahman, Mainuddin Ahmed Asif, Ashiqul Islam and Amirul Islam are sharing 3rd position with 4 points each. 5th round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 5th round: Saif beat Moni, Siam drew with Junayed, Abir beat Tahsin, Shiblu beat Bappi, Ashraf beat Imaran, Shakib beat Arnob, Rana beat Saidul, Masud beat Shuvo, Asif beat Shokina, Ashiq beat Ishmam and Amir beat Rakib. 6th round games will start today (Monday) from 4:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press release:round 4:
Abdullah Al Saif and Arifa Khatun Moni are now jointly lead in the points table with maximum 4 points each after end of the 4th round games of the 28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Ekramul Haque Siam, Shah Md. Shahidul Alam Abir, Saad Md. Junayed and Tahsin Bin Jafar are sharing 2nd position with 3? points each. 4th round games were held yesterday (Saturday). In the 4th round: Saif beat Nazmus Shakib, Moni beat Ashrafuzzaman, Siam drew with Abir, Junayed drew with Md. Fahim, Shiblu drew with Asif and Tahsin beat Masum. 5th round games will start today (Sunday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

BCF press release:round 3:
7 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points eachafter end of the 3rd round games of the 28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 is now being held at theBangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: Abdullah al Saif, EkramulHaque Siam, Arifa Khatun Moni, Ashrafuzzaman, Nazmus Shakib, Shah Md.Shahidul Alam Abir and Saad Md. Junayed. 3rd round games were heldyesterday (Friday). In the 3rd round: Saif beat Rakibul Hasan, Siam beatMasudur Rahman, Moni beat Sadi, Ashrafuzzaman beat Tanzina Akter Tani,Shakib beat Amirul Islam, Abir beat Rashel Hossain and Junayed beatShokhina. 4th round games will start today (Saturday) from 3:30 PM at thesame venue.

BCF press release:round 2:
19 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points each after end of the 2nd round games of the 28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: Abdullah al Saif, Ekramul Haque Siam, Arifa Khatun Moni, Mohammad Fahim, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu, Ashrafuzzaman, Nazmus Shakib, Abir, Saad Md. Junayed, Rakib Hasan, Masudur Rahman, Mainuddin Ahed Asif, Masum Miah, Sadi, Tanzina Akter Tani, Fardin Islam Pranto, Amirul Islam, Rashel & Shokhina. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 2nd round: Saif beat Jisan, Siam beat Bappi, Moni beat Raihan, Fahim beat Arif, Shiblu beat Sayebul, Ashraf beat Rashel, Shakib beat Saidul, Abir beat Zahid, Junayed beat Shafarat, Rakib beat Arif, Masud beat Papel, Asif beat Ejaz, Masum beat Akib, Sadi beat Tisha, Tani beat Ashiq, Pranto beat Din, Amir beat Lavoly, Rashel beat Khodeja and Shokhina beat Billal. 3
rd round games will start today (Friday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

Metropolis Selection Chess -2008

Metropolis Selection Chess Tournament-2008, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start from 19th January Saturday 3:00 PM at the hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. It’s an open event for unrated and below 2100 rated players. Interested players can enroll their name on or before 17th January (Thursday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation Office (2nd Floor, National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000) with entry fee. The event will be held in 9 round Swiss-League system and top 16 players will qualify in the Preliminary Phase (National B) of the 34th National Chess Championship.

28th National Sub-Junior Chess Championship-2008

The games of the 28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Boys and Girls Chess Championship-2008 began yesterday (Wednesday) at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Over 80 under 16 years boys and girls including 5 rated and 13 girls from Dhaka, Naryangonj, Gazipur, Chittagong, Khulna,Rajshahi, Magura, Norail are participating in the event. 39 players won their first round games. They are: Saif, Siam, Moni, Fahim, Shiblu, Shakib,Abir, Jafar, Junayed, Rakib, Masud, Moin, Arif, Masum, Sadi, Asik, Pranto,Amir, Akib, Rasel, Fahim-2, Papel, Shahrier, Raihan, Ezaz, Ariful, Sayebul,Saidul, Tanzina, Lovely, Rashed, Kadeja, Tisha, Shakina, Din, Jahid, Jamiland Asif. The event will be held in 9 round Swiss-League system.

Hastings Chess Congress

The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress took place from 28th December 2007 to 6th January 2008. There was a three way tie between Vadim Malakhatko Nidjat Mamedov and Veleriy Neverov on 7.5/10.Three Bangladeshi players participated in the tournament.They are FM Kh. Aminul Islam,FM Abu Sufian Shakil,FM Mehedi Hasan Parag.FM Aminul became 22nd with 6 points.FM Abu Sufian became 40th with 5.5 points.FM Mehedi Hasan became 49th with 5 points.
Final ranking and roundwise parings are available here
Tournament games in pgn format are available here

28th National Sub-Junior chess Championship-2008

28th National Sub-Junior (Under-16 years) Chess Championship-2008 wil lstart on 9th January 2008 Wednesday from 3:00 PM at the Bangladesh ChessFederation hall-room. It's an open event for all under 16 year's boys and girls and entry fee is not required. Interested boys and girls can enroll their name on or before 7th January at Bangladesh Chess Federation office(2nd floor, National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000) with their age certificate from their educational institution. Interested players from district can also their name on or before 8th January with the letter from District Sports Association and age certificate. The event willbe held in Swiss-League system.

83rd Hastings International:round 7

After end of the 7th round 3 players are sharing lead with 5.5 points.FM Abu sufian Shakil earned 5 points,Fm Mehedi Hasan and Kh. Aminul earned 4 points each .In the 7th round Shakil beat GM BINDRICH,Falko.Parag beat HAGESAETHER,Arne,Aminul beat FRUTEAU,Sabine.

official site of the tournament: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

83rd Hastings International

The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress takes place 28 December 2007 to 6 January 2008.Three players from Bangladesh are participating in the event.They are FM Kh Aminul Islam,FM Abu Sufian Shakil,FM Mehedi Hasan Parag. Tournament details are available on http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/

Biman chmpion in 1st Division Chess League

Bangladesh Biman became champion in the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Biman earned total 44½ points to clinch the title. In the last round Biman beat Mohakhali Prodip Sangah by 4-0 points. Leonine Chess Club became runners-up. They earned 43 points. Destiny 2000 Limited became 3rd and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club became 4th position. Destiny and Chittagong Mohammedan earned 38½ points each. In the last round: Leonine beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 3-1 points, Destiny beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 3-1 points and Chittagong Mohammedan beat Sonali Bank by 2½-1½ points. Pritan Prijam Chess Club became 5th with 35½ points. Other positions are: 6th-Dhaka University Chess Club, points-25, 7th-Farashgonj Sporting Club, points-24, 8th-Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club, points-24, 9th-Sulatana Kamal Smiriti Pathagar, points-18½, 10-Mohakhali Pradip Sangah, points-18, 11th-Friends Chess Power, points-16, 12th-i2 soft Solution Ltd., points-16, 13th-Toyota Motors Chess Club, points-12 and 14th-Faith Chess Club, points-10½. Players of Biman’s are: GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Mehdi Hasan (Parag), FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Rezaul Haque. Players of Leonine are: GM Neelotpal Das (India), IM Sriram Jha (India), GM Niaz Murshed, FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Abdul Maleq and Mainuddin Ahmed. Players of Destiny are: IM Enamul Hossain razib, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Taibur Rahman, Mohammad Javed and Debaraj Chatterjee. Players of Chittagong Mohammedan are: IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay (India), IM Saptarshi Roy (India), FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, Mohammad Ali, Saif Uddin Lavlu and Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly. 14 teams participated in the league in round-robin system.

Roll of Honor:

1977, 1981, 1995 & 1996-Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, 1985 & 1986-Bengal Group, 1984-Bangladesh Ansar, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 & 1994-Brothers Union Club, 2002-Titas Club, 1997, 2004, 2005-Leonine Chess Club, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 & 2007-Bangladesh Biman.

1st Division Chess League:Round 11

Leonine Chess Club is maintaining their lead in the points table with 37½ points after end of the 11th round games of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Bangladesh Biman is in 2nd position with 36½ points. Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club is in 3rd position with 34½ points. 11th round games were held yesterday (Wednesday). In the 11th round Leonine beat Destiny 2000 Limited by 3-1 points. IM Sriram Jha and GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny. GM Neelotpal Das and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine drew with IM Enamul Hossain Razib and FM Faibur Rahman of Destiny respectively. Biman beat Pritam Prijam Chess Club by 3½-½ points. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar and GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman beat Rahul Sangma, Sohel Chowdhury and Monir Hossain of Pritam Prijam respectively and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman drew with Santu Modal of Pritam Prijam. Chittagong Mohammedan beat Mohakhali Prodip Sangah by 3½-½ points IM Saptarshi Roy and Saifuddin Lavlu of Mohammadan beat Abdur Rashid, Sharif Hossain and Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury of Pradip Sangah respectively. Mohammad Ali of Mohammedan drew with S.A.M. Nasir of Pradip Sangah. Other matches of 8th round are: Farshgonj Sporting Club beat Dhaka University Chess Club by 2½-1½ points, Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 3-1 points, Friends Chess Power beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar by 2½-1½ points and Toyota Motors Chess Club drew with Faith Chess Club by 2-2 points.

Points after 11th round:
37½-Leonine
36½-Biman
34½- Chittagong Mohammadan
32-Destiny 2000
29½-Pritam Prijam
22-Sonali Bank
21-Farshgonj & Dhaka University
17-Pradip Sangah
16- Sultana Kamal
12½-i2 soft
10-Friends Power
9½-Toyota Motors
9-Faith Chess.
13th or last round games will start today (Thursday) from 11:00 AM at the same venue.

1st Division Chess League:Round 9

Leonine Chess Club is maintaining their lead in the points table with 32 points after end of the 9th round games of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2007. Bangladesh Biman is in 2nd position with 29½ points and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club is in 3rd position with 28 points. 9th round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 9th round Leonine beat i2 soft Solution Ltd. by 4-0 points. GM Neelotpal Das, IM Sriram Jha, GM Niaz Murshed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam of Leonine beat Nahid Parvej, Obaidul Islam Shahin, Amirul Islam Chowdhury and Shahjahan Kabir of i2 soft respectively. Biman beat Toyota Motors Chess Club by 4-0 points. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman beat Habibur Rahman Habib, Farhadur Rahman, Abdullah Al Saif and Md. Ibrahim Hossain of Toyota Motors respectively. Chittagong Mohammedan drew with Pritam Prijam Chess Club by 2-2 points. Sohel Chowdhury of Pritam Prijam beat Indian IM Saptarshi Roy of Chittagong Mohammedan. Santu Mondol of Pritam Prijam beat Md. Ali of Mohammedan. IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Mohammadan beat Rahul Sangma and Monir Hossain of Pritm Prism respectively. Destiny 2000 Limited beat Farashgonj Sporting Club by 2½-1½ points. IM Enamul Hossain Razib and Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny beat Md. Fahim and Prantik Roy of Farashgonj respectively. Abdul Majed of Farashgonj beat Md. Javed of Destiny and Debasish Mukharjee of Farashgonj drew with FM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Destiny. Other matches of 8th round:Dhaka University Chess Club beat Friends Chess Power by 4-0 points, Sultana Kamal Smiriti Pathaghar beat Faith Chess Club by 2½-1½ points.
Points after 9th round:
32-Leonine
29½-Biman
28-Chittagong Mohammadan
27-Destiny
25½-Pritam Prijam
19-Dhaka University
17½-Farshgonj, Sonali Bank
16½-Pradip Sangah
10½- Sultana Kamal
9-i2 soft
7½-Toyota Motors
7-Friends Chess
5½-Faith Chess