8th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandamsters Chess Tournament-2007

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GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran became unbeaten champion in the 8th roundgames of the 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by United Insurance Company Limited and UnitedLeasing Companying Limited organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation washeld at the Conference-room of the N.S.C. Ghaem earned 8 points to clinchthe title. GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman and are GM Nguyen Anh Dung ofVitenam earned 7½ points each. Reefat Bin Sattar became runner-up in thetie-breaking system and Nguyen became 3rd. IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Bimanbecame 4th position. Three players earned 6 points each. their positionwith are 5th- FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny, 6th- IM Enamul Hossain Razibof Chittagong Mohammedan and 7th-IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan. 3 playersearned 5½ points each. Their positions are: 8th-IM P.D.S. Girinath ofIndia, 9th-FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny and 10th-Lalith Babu of India.FM Nasir achieved 10 games International Master Norm from this event. It ishis first International Master norm. He won against GM Zia and GM Niaz fromthis event. 10th or last round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the10th round games: Ghaem beat Girinath, Reefat beat G.N. Gopal, Nguyen drewwith Nasir, Rakib drew with Lodhi, Razib beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Shakilbeat GM Ziaur Rahman and Lalith beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam. The PrizeDistribution ceremony of the event was held yesterday afternoon at the samevenue. Honorable Secretary of the Ministry of the Commerce of theGovernment of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh was distributed prizesamong the winners to present as chief guest. Mr. M. Moyeedul Islam,
guest. Mr. Rafiqul Islam, President of Bangladesh Chess Federation presidedthe ceremony, Mr. Jamilur Rahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh ChessFederation gave address. Mr. Syed Aziz Ahmad, Vice-President of BangladeshChess Federation and former president of Chess Federation Syed ShujauddinAhmed were present in the ceremony. Total 26 players including 5 GMs, IMs, 7 FMs from 5 countries participated in the event and the event was held in 10 round Swiss-League system. Champion Ghaem got 1600 Us dollars,Reefat and Nguyen got 900 Us dollars each, Rakib got 300 Us dollars, Nasir,Razib and Lodhi got 233 Us dollars each, Girinath, Shakil and Lalith got200 Us dollars each as prizes money.

Chairman of the United Insurance Company Limited was present as a specialguest. Mr. Rafiqul Islam, President of Bangladesh Chess Federation presidedthe ceremony, Mr. Jamilur Rahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh ChessFederation gave address. Mr. Syed Aziz Ahmad, Vice-President of BangladeshChess Federation and former president of Chess Federation Syed ShujauddinAhmed were present in the ceremony. Total 26 players including 5 GMs, 4IMs, 7 FMs from 5 countries participated in the event and the event washeld in 10 round Swiss-League system. Champion Ghaem got 1600 Us dollars,Reefat and Nguyen got 900 Us dollars each, Rakib got 300 Us dollars, Nasir,Razib and Lodhi got 233 Us dollars each, Girinath, Shakil and Lalith got200 Us dollars each as prizes money.


GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran are GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vitenam aresharing lead in the points table with 7 points each after end of the 8thround games of the 8th United Insurance and United Leasing GrandmastersChess Tournament-2007, sponsored by United Insurance Company Limited andUnited Leasing Companying Limited organised by Bangladesh Chess Federationis now being held at the Conference-room of the N.S.C. GM Reefat Bin Sattarof Biman is in 6½ points, IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman is in 3rd positionwith 6 points, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny, IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistanand P.D.S. Girinath of India are in 2nd position with 5½ points each. They9th round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 9th round games: Ghaembeat IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammedan with black in 32ndmoves, Nguyen beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny with white in 80 moves,Reefat drew with Girinath with black in 48 moves. Rakib beat FM Kh. AminulIslam, Nasir beat Lalith Babu of India, Lodhi beat Minhazuddin Ahmed ofDestiny, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat Md. Ali of Leonine, GM Ziaur Rahman ofBiman beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, G.N. Gopal of India beat AbdulMaleq of India, FM Rezaul Haque of Biman drew with FM Taibur Rahman ofDestiny, Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny drew with Monir Hossain of N.Gonjand Md. Javed beat Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj. 10th or last round gameswill start today (Monday) from 11:00 AM at the same venue. The Prize givingceremony will be held at 5:30 PM.



8th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandamsters Chess Tournament-2007GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran are GM NguyenAnh Dung of Vitenam are sharing lead in the points table with 6 points eachafter end of the 8th round games of the 8th United Insurance and UnitedLeasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by United InsuranceCompany Limited and United Leasing Companying Limited organised byBangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at the Conference-room of theN.S.C. IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of ChittagongMohammadan and P.D.S. Girinath of India are in 2nd position with 5 pointseach. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny, FMAminul Islam, IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan and Lalith Babu of India are in3rd position with 4½ points each. 8th round games were held yesterday(Saturday). In the 8th round games: Reefat beat IM Lodhi with white in 46moves, Ghaem beat Nasir with white 40 moves, Nguyen beat Girinath withblack in 43 moves, Rakib beat Shakil with black in 44 moves, Razib beatG.N. Gopal of India with black in 70 moves. FM Kh. Aminul Islam drew withFM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, M.R. Lalith Babu fo India beat Monir Hossainof N.Gonj, GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman drew with Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar ofDestiny, Md. Ali of Leonine beat Md. Javed of Destiny, FM Syed MahfuzurRahman Emon of B.A.D.C. drew with Abdul Maleq of Chittagong, FM RezaulHaque of Biman beat Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny and FM Taibur Rahman beatSohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj.



GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan, GM Nguyen Anh Dungof Vitenam and IM P.D.S. Girinath of India are sharing lead in the pointstable with 5 points each after end of the 7th round games of the 8th UnitedInsurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2007, sponsoredby United Insurance Company Limited and United Leasing Companying Limitedorganised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at theConference-room of the N.S.C. 3 players are in 2nd position with 4½ pointseach. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny andIM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan. 7th round games were held yesterday (Friday).In the 7th round Ghaem drew with Nguyen, Reefat beat his teammate IMAbdullah Al Raikb, Girinath beat IM Enamul Hossain Razib of ChittagongMohammedan,, Nasir drew with G.N. Gopal of India, Lodhi beat Lalith Babu ofIndia, Shakil beat Monir Hossain of N.Gonj, FM Kh. Aminul Islam beat FMSyed Mahfuzur Rahman of B.A.D.C., Abdul Maleq of Chittagong drew with GMZiaur Rahman of Biman, Minhazuddin ahmed Sagar of Destiny beat FM RezaulHaque of Biman, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny, Md.Javed of Destiny beat his teammate Debaraj Chatterjee and Md. Ali ofLeonine beat Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj. GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine withdrawhis name after 6th round



GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan and GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vitenam are now jointlylead in the points table with 4½ points after end of the 6th round games ofthe 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by United Insurance Company Limited and UnitedLeasing Companying Limited organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is nowbeing held at the Conference-room of the N.S.C. 5 players are in 2ndposition with 4 points each. They are: GM Reefat Bin Sattar and IM AbdullahAl Rakib of Biman IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan, FMNasir Ahmed of Destiny and IM P.D.S. Girinath. 6th round games were heldyesterday (Thursday). In the 6th round Ghaem beat IM Lodhi of Pakistan withwhite in only 19 moves, Nguyen beat Rakib with white in 32nd moves, Reefatdrew with Razib, Nasir beat GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine with white in 56moves, Girinath beat GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman with white in 40 moves, FMAbu Sufian Shakil beat FM Kh., Aminul Islam, G.N. Gopal of India beat FMMehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, Lalith Babu of India beat Minhazuddin AhmedSagar of Destiny, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C beat FM TaiburRahman of Destiny, Monir Hossain of N.Gonj beat Md. Javed of Destiny, FMRezaul Haque of Biman drew with Mohammad Ali of Leonine and Abdul Maleq ofChittagong beat Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj.



6 players are now sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 pointsafter end of the 4th round games of the 8th United Insurance and UnitedLeasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by United InsuranceCompany Limited and United Leasing Companying Limited organised byBangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at the Conference-room of theN.S.C. They are: IM Abdullah Al Rakib & GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, IMEnamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan, FM Nasir Ahmed, GM GhaemMaghami Ehsan and GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vitenam. 4th and 5th round gameswere held yesterday (Wednesday). In the 4th round Reefat drew with Nguyen,Rakib drew with Razib, Nasir drew with Amin, Ghaem beat G.N. Gopal, GMZiaur Rahman drew with Lalith Babu of India, GM Niaz Murshed drew with FMTaibur Rahman of Destiny, IM P.D.S. Girinath of India beat FM Rezaul ofPakistan beat Mohammad Ali of Leonine, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman drewwith Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman EmonB.A.D.C. beat DEbaraj Chatterjee and Monir Hossain of N.Gonj beat histeammate Sohel Chowdhury. 5th round games were held yesterday evening. Inthe 5th round Reefat played against Ghaem, Razib played against Nguyen andRakib played against Nasir.




5 players are now sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2½ pointsafter end of the 3rd round games of the 8th United Insurance and UnitedLeasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by United InsuranceCompany Limited and United Leasing Companying Limited organised byBangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at the Conference-room of theN.S.C. They are: IM Abdullah Al Rakib & GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, IMEnamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan, FM Nasir Ahmed and GM NguyenAnh Dung of Vitenam. 3rd round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the3rd round Nasir beat GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, Rakib drew with GM GhaemMaghami Ehsan of Iran, Razib beat IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan, Reefat beatFM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny, Nguyen beat GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine.Ghaem, FM Kh. Aminul Islam and G.N. Gopal of India earned 2 points each after 3rd round. Amin drew with Gopal, FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny drewwith IM P.D.S. Girinath of India, Md. Javed of Destiny beat FM Mehdi HasanParag of Biman, Lalith Babu of India beat Chanchal Kumar Gosh, FM Rezaul Haque of Biman beat Sohel Chowdhury of N.gonj, Mohammad Ali of Leonine beat his teammate Abdul Maleq, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny drew with his teammate Debaraj Chatterjee and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of B.A.D.C.beat Monir Hossain of N.Gonj.

IM Abdullah Al Rakib is now in solo lead in the points table with maximum 2points after end of the 2nd round games of the 8th United Insurance andUnited Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by UnitedInsurance Company Limited and United Leasing Companying Limited organisedby Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at the Conference-room ofthe N.S.C. 11 players are in 2nd position with earned 1½ points each. Theyare: GM Ziaur Rahman & GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, GM Niaz Murshed ofLeonine, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan, FM Abu SufianShakil & FM Nasir Ahmed, FM Kh. Aminul Islam, GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan ofIran, GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vitenam, IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan and G.N.Gopal of India. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 2ndround Rakib beat IM P.D.S. Girinath, Zia drew with Gopal, Lodhi drew withNguyen, Reefat drew with Nasir, Ghaem beat Md. Javed, Razib beat FM RezaulHaque, Niaz beat Lalith Babu of India, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat FM SyedMahfuzur Rahman Emon, FM Taibur Rahman beat Monir Hossain, Sohel Chowdhurydrew with Chanchal Kumar Ghosh and Abdul Maleq drew with Debaraj Chatterjee.3rd round games will start today (Tuesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

In the 1st round game FM Kh. Aminul Islam drewwith top rated player of the event GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran, JuniorChampion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny drew with GM Niaz Murshed ofLeonine. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman beat his team mate FM Mehdi Hasan Parag,GM Reefat Bin Sattar beat Abdul Maleq of Chittagong, IM Abdullah Al Rakibbeat Sohel Chowdhury of N.Gonj, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny beat his teammate Debaraj Chatterjee, GM Nguyen Anh Dung of Vitenam beat FM TaiburRahman of Destiny, Md. Javed of DEstiny drew with IM Enamul Hossain, IMP.D.S. Girinath of India beat Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, IM Mahmood Lodhi ofPakistan beat Monir Hossain of N.Gonj, FM Rezaul Haque of Biman drew withFM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny and Md. Ali of Leonine drew with LalithBabu of India.

sponsored by United Insurance Company Limited and UnitedLeasing Companying Limited organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation willstart from today (Sunday) at the Conference-room of the N.S.C. GMs, IMs,FMs and rated players from India, Iran, Pakistan and Vietnam are confirmtheir participation. The Press-briefing of the event was held yesterday(Saturday) at the Conference-room of the National Sports Council. Mr.Rafiqul Islam, President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Mr. JamilurRahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Mr. Md.Rafiqul Islam, General Manager of United Insurance Company Limited gaveaddress in press-briefing. Grandmasters are: Ghaeem Maghami Ehsan of Iran,Ziaur Rahman, Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam, Reefat Bin Sattar, Niaz Murshed,IMs are: Abdullah Al Rakib (GM title applicant), IM Enamul Hossain, IMMahmood Lodhi of Pakistan, IM P.D. S. Girinath of India. FMs are: Sk. NasirAhmed, FM Kha,. Aminul Islam, FM Abu Suafian Shakil, FM Taibur Rahman, FMSyed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Rezaul Haque. Theevent will be held in 10 round Swiss-League system and total 5,000.00(Five Thousand) US dollars will be given as prize money.


8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by United Insurance Company Limited and United Leasing Companying Limited, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start from 27th May at Dhaka. Bangladeshi rated players over 2200 can participate in the event. To the players rated over 2200 are requested to enroll their name on or before 25th May. GMs, IMs and rated players from India, Iran, Pakistan and Vietnam confirmed their participation.

Prime Bank 2nd Women International Rating Chess Tournament-2007

Liza Champion

Shamima Akter Liza became unbeaten champion in the Prime Bank 2nd WomenInternational Rating Chess Tournament-2007. Liza earned 6½ points to clinch the title. She could have won it with a perfect score but in the previous round she misplayed a completely winning position just to draw it at the end. IWM Rani Hamid became runner-up with 5½ points. Zakia Sultana became 3rd with 5 points. NazranaKhan Eva became 4th and Arifa Khatun Moni became 5th with 4½ points each. 5 players earned 4 points each. Their positions are: 6th-Masuda Begum,7th-Shamiha Sharmin Shimmi, 8th -Mimi Arjuman, 9th-Farjana Hossain Annieand 10th-Kishwara Shajrin Evana. 7th or last round games were heldyesterday (Friday). In the last round games: Liza beat Masuda, Rani Hamidbeat Shimmi, Zakia beat Evana, Eva beat Mimi and Moni beat Moly. The eventwas held in a 7 round Swiss-League system and total 21 players areparticipated.


Shamima Akter Liza became champion in the Prime Bank 2nd Women International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Prime BankLimited, Association with Bangladesh Chess Federation and organised byLeonine Chess Club is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federationhall-room. Liza earned 5½ points after end of the 6th round and clinch the title before last round games. IWM Rani Hamid is in 2nd position with 4½ points . Zakia Sultana, Masuda Begum, Shamiha Sharmin Shimmi, KishwaraShajrin Evana and Mimi Arjuman are in 3rd position with 4 points each. 6thround games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 6th round games: Lizadrew with Zakia, Rani Hamid beat Nazrana Khan Eva, Masuda beat FarjanaHossain Annie, Shimmi beat Arifa Khatun, Evana beat Hamida Rahman and Mimibeat Rokshana Titli. 7th or last round games of the event will start today(Friday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue

Shamima Akter Liza is maintaining her solo lead in the points table with maximum 5 points. IWM Rani Hamid,Nazrana Khan Eva, Zakia Sultana and Arifa Khatun Moni are in 2nd positionwith 3½ points each. 5th round games were held yesterday (Wednesday). In the 5th round games: Liza beat Rani Hamid, Eva beat Mahmuda Haque ChowdhuryMoly, Moni beat Masuda Begum and Zakia beat Hamida Rahman. 6th round gamesof the event will start today (Thursday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.

Shamima Akter Liza is maintaining her solo lead in the points table with maximum 4 points after the end of 4th round. IWM Rani Hamid is in 2nd position with 3½ points and Masuda Begum and Hamida Rahman are in 3rd position with 3 points each. 4th round games were held yesterday(Tuesday). In the 4th round games: Liza beat Nazrana Khan Eva, Rani Hamid beat Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly, Masuda beat Zakia Sultana ,Hamida beat Mimi Arjuman and Shirin drew with Shimmi. 5th round games of the event will start today(Wednesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.


Shamima Akter Liza is now in solo lead in the points table. IWM Rani Hamid, Nazrana Khan Eva, Zakia Sultana and MahmudaHaque Chowdhury Moly are in 2nd position with 2½ points each. 3rd round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 3rd round games: Liza beat Moni,Rani Hamid beat Masuda, Eva beat Shirin, Zakia beat Shimmi and Moly beat Annie. 4th round games of the event will start today (Tuesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venue.


3 players are sharing lead in the points table with 2 points each. They are: Shamima Akter Liza, Masuda Begum of Barisal and ArifaKhatun Moni. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 2nd round games: Liza beat Annie, Masuda beat Anamika and Moni beat Evana, Sharmin Sulatan Shirin drew with national woman champion IWM Rani Hamid, Zakia drew with Moly and Eva drew with Shimmi.

The games of the Prime Bank 2nd Women International Rating ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by Prime Bank Limited, Association withBangladesh Chess Federation and organised by Leonine Chess Club began yesterday (Saturday) at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Total 21 player women players including 13 rated players are participating in the event. 11 players earned full points in the 1st round. They are: IWMRani Hamid, Shamima Akter Liza, Nazrana Khan, Masuda Begum, Zakia Sulatana,Sharmin Sultana Shirin, Farjana Hossain Annie, Shamiha Sharmin Shimmi,Arifa Khanttun Moni, Mahmuda Haque Chwodhury Moly and Chainika. In the 1st round games: Rani Hamid beat Evana, Liza beat Mimi, Eva beat Titli, Masuda beat Hamida, Zakia beat Mithila, Shirin beat Munia, Shimmi beat Tahmina,Annie beat Zarin, Moni beat Maksuda and Moly beat Chayanika. 2nd round games of the event will start today (Sunday) from 3:00 PM at thesame venue.

8th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament

27th May to 4th June 2007

Venue : Conference-Room
National Sports Council
62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000

Organised by : Bangladesh Chess Federation
Sponsored by : United Insurance Company Limited & United Leasing
Company Limited.
System : 10 round Swiss-League System, Swiss 48 will be used
for pairings.
Number of Participants : Around 40 to 50
Schedule : 27th May to 4th June, 2007
Arrival Date : 26th May, 2007
1st round starts : 27th May 2007, 3:00 PM
Playing Session : Play starts every day from 3:00 PM. 1 double round.
Double round will start from 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM
Last round : 4th June 2007 10:00 AM
Closing Ceremony : 4th June 2007, 5:00 PM
Accommodation & Food : Free for all GMs & IMs, only accommodation 2350+
Appearance Money : GM 2550+ US $ 600.00, 2500+ US$ 500,
2450+ US $ 400
US$ 100 pocket money will be given to IMs.
Passage : Passage up to Dhaka would have to be borne by player's own Federation.

Total Prize Money

1st Prize : $ 1600
2nd Prize: $ 1100
3rd Prize: $ 700
4th Prize: $ 300
5th Prize: $ 300
6th Prize: $ 200
7th Prize: $ 200
8th Prize: $ 200
9th Prize: $ 200
10th Prize: $ 200

Total US $ 5000.00 (Five thousand US dollars
Cash prize will be divided equally among equal pointers.

Last Date of Entries : Invited players must send their confirmation to
participate in the event on or before 15th May 2007 to
Jamilur Rahman General Secretary
Bangladesh Chess Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3
Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336, E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
Mobile: +88 01911418214, +88 0152415241

Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship-2007

NEW BANGLADESH CHAMPION, 2007 & GRAND MASTER!!

IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan became Runner-up and GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman became 3rd in the Mercantile Bank 33rd National ChessChampionship-2007 held at the chess hall-room of the National Sports Council. Razib beat Zia 1.5-.5 points in play-off match. The play-off matches were held yesterday (Monday) at Chess Federation Hall-room. GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine became 6th and FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny became 7th.Niaz beat Taibur in play-off match. FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny became10th to beat his teammate Mohammad Jeved in play-off match. Javed became 11th. The Prize distribution ceremony of the event will be held today(Tuesday) from 5:00 PM at the conference-room of National Sports Council.Honorable Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed will distribute prizes among the winners.
IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman became champion in the Mercantile Bank 33rdNational Chess Championship-2007 held at the chess hall-room of the National Sports Council. Rakib earned 11 points out of 13 games to clinch the title. Rakib also earned a 13 round grandmaster norm and becomes the country's 4th Grand Master.He earned the GM norm by 2618 rating performance. This is the first time Rakib became national champion. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman and IM Enamul HossainRazib of Chittagong Mohammadan earned 9½ points each. Zia and Razib will play play-off match today (Monday) against each other for Runner-up and 3rd position. Khandkar Aminul Islam earned 8½ to become 4th. GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman earned 8 and became 5th.GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine and FM Taibur Rahman earned 7 points each. Niaz and Taibur will play play-off match for 6th and 7th position. FMAbu Sufian Shakil of Destiny became 8th with 6 points, National JuniorMinhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny became 9th with 5½ points, FM Sk. NasirAhmed and Mohammad Jeved of earned 5 points each and they will play play-off match for 10th and 11th position. Ali and Abdul Maleq will play play-off match for 12th and 13th positions. FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon ofB.A.D.C. became 14th with 2 points. 13th or last round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the last round Rakib beat Emon, Zia beat Taibur,Razib beat Nasir, Maleq beat Niaz, Reefat beat Ali, Shakil beat Amin and Sagar beat Javed. The event was held in round-robin-league system and 14 players including 3 garndmasters, 2 International Masters and 5 FIDEMasters participated in the event.
Roll of Honor:
1974- Miah Abdus Salek
1975- Dr. Mirza Akmal Hossain1977- Not held
1978- FM Rezaul Haque
1979-GM Niaz Murshed
1980-GM Niaz Murshed
1981 -GM Niaz Murshed
1982- GM Niaz Murshed1983- FM Jamilur Rahman
1984- FM Younus Hasan
1985- Sayed Ahmed Sohel
1986-IM Zillur Rahman
1987- IM Zillur Rahman
1988- GM Ziaur Rahman
1989- FM Rezaul Haque
1990- FM Syed Tahmidur Rahman
1991-GM Reefat Bin Sattar
1992-GM Reefat Bin Sattar
1993-GM Reefat Bin Sattar
1994- GM Ziaur Rahman
1995-GM Reefat Bin Sattar
1996- GM Ziaur Rahman
1997- IM Enamul Hossain
1998- GM Ziaur Rahman
1999- GM Ziaur Rahman
2000- GM Reefat Bin Sattar
2001 -GM Ziaur Rahman
2002- GM Ziaur Rahman
2003- GM Reefat Bin Sattar
2004-GM Ziaur Rahman
2005-GM Ziaur Rahman
2006-IM Enamul Hossain
2007-IM Abdullah Al Rakib

IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman is maintaining his solo lead with 9½ points after end of the 11th round. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman and FMK h. Aminul Islamn are in 2nd position with 8 points each. IM Enamul HossainRazib of Chittagong Mohammadan is in 3rd position with 7½ points. In the 11th round Rakib beat GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, Zia beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny, Amin beat Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny, Razib drew with GM Reefat Bin Sattar,Mohammad Jeved of Destiny beat Abdul Maleq of Leonine, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmedof Destiny beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. and FM TaiburRahman of Destiny drew with Mohammad Ali of Leonine. 11th round standing: 9½-Rakib, 8-Zia & Amin, 7½-Razib, 6½-Reefat, 6-Niaz & Taibur, 5-Sagar, 4½-Javed & Nasir 4-Shakil, 3½--Ali 2½-Maleq & 2-Emon. 12th round starts today (Saturday) 3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are: Nasir Vs. Emon, Shakil Vs. Sagar, Javed Vs. Zia, Taibur Vs. Maleq, Niaz Vs.Ali, Reefat Vs. Rakib and Emon Vs. Razib.

IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman is maintaining his solo lead after end of the 10th round. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan and FM Kh. Aminul Islam are in 2nd position with 7 points each. In round 10 Rakib beat FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny, Amin beat Zia, Razib drew with GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C beat GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed beat his teammate Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar. 10th round: 8½-Rakib, 7-Zia, Razib,Amin 6-Reefat & Niaz 5½-Taibur, 5-Sagar, 4-Shakil, 3½-Javed, Nasir 3-Ali 2½-Maleq & 2-Emon. 11th round starts today (Friday) 3:30 PM at the same venue. The games are: Emon Vs. Nasir, Razib Vs. Reefat, RakibNiaz, Ali Vs. Taibur, Maleq Vs. Javed, Zia Vs. Shakil and Sagar Vs. Amin.

FM Kh. Aminul Islam has achived his 1st milestone in the way of becoming International Master. Amin earned 6 points out of 9 games to get his maiden IM norm. He requires two more norms. IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman is again solely leading with 7½ points followed by fellow teammate GM Ziaur Rahman (7.0) , Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan (6.5). In the 9th roundRakib beat Mohammad Javed of Destiny, Zia drew with Minhazuddin Ahmed ofDestiny, Razib drew with FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny, Amin beat Abdul Maleq of Leonine, GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman beat Sk. Nasir Ahmed of DestinyGM Niaz Murshed of Leonine beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. and Mohammad Ali of Leonine beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny. 9th round standing: 7½-Rakib, 7-Zia, 6½- Razib, 6-Reefat, Amin, 5½-Niaz &Taibur, 5-Sagar, 3½-Shakil, 3-Javed, 2½-Nasir & Ali 2-Maleq, 1-Emon. 10th round starts today (Thursday) 3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are: Nasir Vs. Sagar, Amin Vs. Zia, Shakil Vs. Maleq, Javed Vs. Ali,Taibur Vs. Rakib, Niaz Vs. Razib and Reefat Vs. Emon.

GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman & IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman are jointly leading the point table with 6½ point each after end of the 8th round. IM Enamul Hossain Razibof Chittagong Mohammadan is in 2nd position with 6 point. In the 8th round Zia beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed ofDestiny, Rakib drew with FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny, Razib beatMohammad Javed of Destiny, GM Niaz Murshed beat GM Reefat Bin Sattar ofBiman, FM Kh. Aminul Islam beat Mohammad ALi of Leonine, FM Taibur Rahmanof Destiny beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. and MinhazuddinAhmed of Destiny drew with Abdul Maleq of Leonine. 8th round standing: 6½-Zia &Rakib, 6-Razib, 5-Reefat, Amin & Taibur, 4½-Niaz, 4-Sagar, 3½-Shakil,3-Javed, 2½-Nasir, 2-Maleq, 1½-Ali and 1-Emon. 9th round games are:Reefat Vs.Nasir, Emon Vs Niaz, Razib Vs. Taibur, Rakib Vs. Javed, Ali Vs. Shakil, MaleqVs. Amin and Zia Vs. Sagar.

IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman is maintaining his solo lead in the point's table with 6 points after end of the 7th round. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman is in 2nd position with 5½ points. GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman and IM EnamulHossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan are in 3rd position with 5 points each. In the 7th round Rakib beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Zia beat Abdul Maleq of Leonine, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny beat GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, Razib beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny, Reefat drew with FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny,Minhazuddin Ahmed of Destiny beat Mohammad Ali of Leonine and Mohammad Javed of Destiny beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. Points after 7th round: 6-Rakib, 5½-Zia, 5-Reefat, Razib 4-Amin, Taibur 3½-Niaz & Sagar,3-Shakil & Javed, 2½-Nasir, 1-Emon & Maleq (6 games) & Ali (6 games). Today(Monday) is the rest day of the event.

IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman is now in solo lead in the point's table with 5 points after end of the 6th round. GM Ziaur Rahman & GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman are in 2nd position with 4½ points each. IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan and FM Kh. Aminul Islam are in 3rd position with 4 points each. In the 6th Rakib beat Minhazuddin Ahmed of Destiny 2000 Ltd., Zia beat Mohammad Ali of Leonine, Reefat drew with Mohammad Javed of Destiny, Razib drew with Amin,GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine drew with FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny, FM AbuSufian Shakil of Destiny beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon ofB.A.D.C. Points after 6th round:5-Rakib, Reefat 4½-Zia, Reefat, 4-Razib &Amin 3½-Niaz, Taibur 3-Shakil, 2½-Sagar, 2-Javed, 1½-Nasir,1-Emon & Maleq (5 games) & Ali (5 games) 7th round games start today (Sunday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are: NiazVs. Nasir, Reefat Vs. Taibur, Emon Vs. Javed, Razib Vs. Shakil, Rakib Vs.Amin, Ali Vs. Sagar and Maleq Vs. Zia.

GM Reefat Bin Sattar and IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman are now jointly leading the point's table with 4 points each after end of the 5th round. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of ChittagongMohammadan and FM Kh. Aminul Islam are sharing 2nd position with 3½ points each. In the 5th Rakib beat Zia, Reefat beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Razib drew with Minhazuddin AhmedSagar of Destiny, Amin beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine beat Mohammad Javed of Destiny and FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny beat his teammate FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed. Abdul Maleq of Leonine Vs.Mohammad Ali of Leonine game was adjourned and the game will be held in restday. Points after 5th round:4-Reefat & Rakib 3½-Zia, Razib Amin 3-Niaz,Taibur 2½-Sagar, 2-Shakil, 1½-Javed, 1-Emon & Maleq (4 games) & Ali (4 games) ½-Nasir. 6th round games will start today (Saturday) from3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are: Nasir Vs. Zia, Sagar Vs. Rakib,Amin Vs. Razib, Shakil Vs. Emon, Javed Vs. Reefat and Taibur Vs. Niaz.

Former National Champion GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman is now in solo lead in the Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship-2007. Reigning Champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan, GM Reefat Bin Sattar and IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman are sharing 2nd position with 3 points each. 4th round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 4th round Zia beat Razib,Reefat beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Rakib beat Abdul Maleq of Leonine, GM NiazMurshed of Leonine beat FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny 200 Ltd, JuniorChampion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny 2000 Ltd beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. Mohammad Ali of Leonine beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny and Mohammad Javed of Destiny beat his teammate FM Taibur RahmanSumon. Points after 4th round: 3½-Zia, 3-Razib, Reefat &Rakib, 2½-Amin, 2-Niaz, Taibur, Shakil & Sagar, 1½-Javed, 1-Emon& Maleq & Ali ½-Nasir. 5th round games will start today (Friday) from 3:30PM at the same venue. The games are: Taibur Vs. Nasir, Niaz Vs. Javed,Reefat Vs. Shakil, Emon Vs. Amin, Razib Vs. Sagar and IM Rakib Vs. GM Zia

Reigning Champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan is in solo lead in the points table with maximum 3 points after end of the 3rd round. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman and FM Kh. Aminul Islam are in 2nd position with 2½ points each. In the 3rd round: Amin beat GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, Razib beat Abdul Maleq of Leonine and Zia beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. In other matches of 3rd round GM Reefat Bin Sattar beat Junior Champion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagarof Destiny 2000 Ltd., IM Abdullah Rakib of Biman beat Mohammad Ali of Leonine, FM Taibur Rahman Sumon of Destiny beat his team mate FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny drew with his team mate Mohammad Javed. 3rd round standing: 3-Razib, 2½-Zia & Amin, 2-Reefat,Rakib, Taibur & Shakil, 1-Niaz, Emon, Maleq & Sagar ½-Nasir & Javed, 0-Ali. 4th round starts today (Thursday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are: Nasir Vs. Ali, Maleq Vs. Rakib, Zia Vs. Razib, SagarVs. Emon, Amin Vs. Reefat, Shakil Vs. Niaz and Javed Vs. Taibur.

Reigning Champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan and FMAbu Sufian Shakil of Destiny 2000 Ltd. are jointly leading the points table with maximum 2 points each after end of the 2nd round. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman and FM Kh. Aminul Islam are in 2nd position with 1½ points each. 2nd round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 2nd round Zia beat his teammate GM Reefat Bin Sattar, Razib beat Mohammad Ali of Leonine, Shakil beat Mohammad Javed of Destiny, Junior Champion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar drew with GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, Amin drew with FM Taibur Rahman Sumon, IM Abdullah Rakib of Biman beat FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny and Abdul Maleq of Leonine beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. 2nd round Standing: 2-Razib, Shakil, 1½-Zia, Amin, 1-Reefat, Rakib, Niaz,Taibur, Emon, Maleq & Sagar 0-Nasir, Javed & Ali. 3rd round games start today (Wednesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are:Javed Vs. Nasir, Taibur Vs. Shakil, Niaz Vs. Amin, Reefat Vs. Sagar, EmonVs. Zia, Razib Vs. Maleq and Rakib Vs. Ali.

In the 1st round : Reigning Champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan beat IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman beat Abdul Maleq of Chittagong, GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman drew with GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine, FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny beat his teammate FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Aminul Islam beat Mohammed Javed of Destiny, FMTaibur Rahman of Destiny drew with his teammate Junior Champion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. beat Mohammad Ali of Leonine. Points after 1st rpound: 1-Razib, Reefat, Shakil, Amin & Emon, ½-Zia, Niaz,Taibur & Sagar, 0-Rakib, Nasir, Javed & Ali. 2nd round games will starttoday (Tuesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue. The games are: Nasir Vs.Rakib, Ali Vs. Razib, Maleq Vs. Emon, Zai Vs. Reefat, Sagar Vs. Niaz, AminVs. Taibur and Shakil Vs. Javed.

The games of the Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 will start tomorrow (Monday) from 3:30 PM at the chess hall-room of the National Sports Council. 14 leading players including 3 grandmasters, 2 International Masters, 5 FIDE Master and 4 rated players are participating.The press-briefing of the event was held yesterday (Saturday) at the conference-room of the National Sports Council. Mr. Rafiqul Islam,President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Mr. Md. Rafiquzzaman Senior Vice-President of Mercantile Bank Limted and Mr. Jamilur Rahman General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation briefed the press. The number drew of the players was held after press-briefing. The players drawn their numbers as follows: 1. FMAbu Sufian Shakil, 2. Md. Javed, 3. FM Taibur Rahman, 4. GM Niaz Murshed,5. GM Reefat Bin Sattar, 6. FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, 7. IM Enamul HossainRazib, 8. IM Abdullah Al Rakib, 9. Md. Ali, 10. Abdul Maleq, 11. GM ZiaurRahman, 12. Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, 13. FM Kh. Aminul Islam and 14. FM Sk.Nasir Ahmed. 1st round pairing: Niaz Vs. Zia, Razib Vs. Rakib, Shakil Vs. Nasir, Javed Vs. Amin, Taibur Vs. Sagar, Reefat Vs. Maleq,Mahfuz Vs. Ali. This year the national tournament will be a Grandmasters event for the first time where Grandmaster and International Masters norms are possible.The number draw of the Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 starts today (Saturday) at 4:30 PM in the conference-room of National Sports Council. 14 leading players including reigning champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib, Runner-Up IM Abdullah Al Rakib,GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, 5 FIDE Masters are participating in the event.

Independence & National Day Active Chess Tournament -2007

IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammedan became unbeaten champion in the Independence & National Day Active Chess Tournament organised byBangladesh Chess Federation which was held yesterday (Friday) at Chess Federation hall-room. Razib earned 6 points out of 7 games. FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. became 2nd and FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny2000 Limited became 3rd with 6 points each. The event was held in a SwissLeague system. Total 42 players participated and cash prizes given to the winners.

Independence & National Day Active Chess Tournament organised by
Bangladesh Chess Federation will be held tomorrow (Friday) from 10:30 PM.It's an open event for all chess players. Interested players can enroll their name today (Thursday) or tomorrow before the start of the event. The event will be held in a Swiss League system and cash Prize will be given to the winners.

The Preliminary Phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007

BCF Press-Release Round-11

11 Players earned 8 points each after end of the 11th or last round gamesin the preliminary phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 heldat the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 9 players among them qualifyed in the final phase, their positions are: 1st-FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny2000, 2nd- FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny, 3rd- Mohammad Javed of Destiny,4th-Kh. FM Aminul Islam, 5th-FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny, 6th-MohammadAli of Leonine, 7th-Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny, 8th-Abdul Maleq ofLeonine and 9th FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. FM Mehdi HasanParag became 10th and S.A.M. Naser became 11th with same points. GM ZiaurRahman, GM Niaz Murshed, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, reigning champion IM EnamulHossain Razib and IM Abdullah Al Rakib will participate directly in the final phase. Grandmaster norm and International Master norm possible in the forthcoming National Championship. 11th or last round games were heldyesterday (Tuesday). In the last round Taibur drew with Ali, Shakil drew with Emon, Nasir drew with Javed, Amin drew with Maleq, Sagar drew with Parag and Naser beat Hasan. The number drew of the participating players will be held on 31st March Saturday at 5:00 PM at the conference-room of N.S.C.

BCF Press-Release Round-10

10 Players are sharing lead in the points table with 7½ points each after end of the 10th round games. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed,FM Taibur Rahman, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar & Mohammad Javed of Destiny 2000Limited, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Biman, and FM Kh. Aminul Islam, FM SyedMahfuzur Rahman Emon of B.A.D.C. Abdul Maleq and Mohammad Ali of Leonine.10th round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 10th round Shakil drew with Sagar, Taibur drew with Nasir, Javed drew with Amin, Parag beat Monir, Emon beat Liza, Maleq beat Lavlu and Ali beat Shamsul. 11th or last round will start today (Tuesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release Round - 9

The Preliminary Phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-20076 Players are sharing lead in the points table with 7 points each after end of the 9th round games. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM TaiburRahman, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar & Mohammad Javed of Destiny 2000 Limitedand FM Kh. Aminul Islam. 8 players are in 2nd position with 6½ pointseach. They are: FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, AbdulMaleq, Md. Ali, Monir Hossain, Saif Uddin Lavlu, Shamima Akter Liza and Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury. 9th round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 9th round Shakil drew with Nasir, Taibur drew with Maleq, Javed drew with Ali, Amin beat Hasan, Sagar beat Uten, Parag beat Enayet, Emon beat Bari, Liza beat Debaraj, Shamsul beat Robin and Lavlu beat Riad. Round 10 will start today (Monday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release Round-8

The Preliminary Phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-20074 Players of Destiny 2000 Limited are sharing lead in the points table with6½ points each after end of the 8th round games in the preliminary phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FMSk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Taibur Rahman & Mohammad Javed. 6 players are in 2nd position with 6 points each. They are: FM Kh. Aminul Islam, AbdulMaleq, Md. Ali, Minhazuddin Ahmed, Uten, & Md. Hasan Emam. 8th round gameswere held yesterday (Saturday). In the 8th round Taibur drew with Javed,Shakil drew with Amin, Nasir beat Lavlu, Maleq drew with Ali, Hasan drewwith Debaraj, Sagar beat Moshtafa and Uten beat Alam. 9th round games willstart today (Sunday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release Round-7

3 Players of Destiny 2000 Limited are sharing lead in the points table with 6th points each after end of the 7th round games in the preliminary phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Taibur Rahman & Mohammad Javed. 6 players are in 2nd position with 5½ points each. They are: FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Abdul Maleq, Md. Ali, Saif Uddin Lavlu & Md. Hasan Emam. 7th round games were held yesterday (Friday). In the 7th round Shakil beat Debaj, Taibur beat FM Emon, Javed beat Sagar, Nasir beat Monir, Lavlu beat FM Parag, Hasan beat Sohel and Amin drew with Ali. 8th round games will start today (Saturday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release Round-6

7 Players are sharing lead in the points table with 5 points each after end of the 6th round games in the preliminary phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federationhall-room. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Kh. Aminul Islam, FM TaiburRahman, Mohammad Javed, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Debaraj Chatterjee &Mohammad Ali. 9 players are in 2nd position with 4½ points each. They are: FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM SyedMahfuzur Rahman Emon, Abdul Maleq, Sohel Chowdhury, Monir Hossain, SaifUddin Lavlu, Md. Hasan Emam and Mainuddin Ahmed. 6th round games were heldyesterday (Friday). In the 6th round Shakil drew with Taibur, Amin drewwith Nasir, Emon drew with Lavlu, Javed beat Feroz, Sagar beat Shafiq,Debaraj beat Robin, Monir drew with Hasan, Parag beat Jewel, Maleq beatShamsul, Sohel beat Shabab and Mainu beat Tanima. 7th round games willstart today (Friday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.


BCF Press-Release Round-5

FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Kh. Aminul Islam and FM Taibur Rahman, are sharinglead in the points table with 4½ points each after end of the 5th roundgames in the preliminary phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 14 playersare in 2nd position with 4 points each. They are: FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FMSyed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, Mohammad Javed, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, DebarajChatterjee, Mohammad Ali, Monir Hossain, Saif Uddin Lavlu, MahtabuddinAhmed Robin, Md. Hasan Emam, Syed Abdul Zaker, Feroz Ahmed, Shafiq Ahmedand Tanima Parveen. 5th round games were held yesterday (Wednesday). In the5th round Shakil beat Maleq, Taibur drew with Amin, Nasir drew with Sagar,Emon drew with Ali, Shafiq drew with FM Parag, Javed drew with Robin,Debaraj beat Bari, Monir beat Babu, Hasan beat FM Reza, Lavlu beat Jamal,Zaker beat Uten, Feroz beat Enayet and Tanima beat Moshtafa.

BCF Press-Release Round-3

9 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points eachafter end of the 3rd round games in the preliminary phase of the 33rdNational Chess Championship-2007 is now being held at the Bangladesh ChessFederation hall-room. They are: FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed,FM Kh. Aminul Islam, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Taibur Rahman, FM SyedMahfuzur Rahman Emon, Mohammad Javed, Debaraj Chatterjee Syed Abdul Zaker.3rd round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 3rd round Shakil beatFM Reza, Nasir beat Arman, Amin beat Enayet, Parag beat Feroz, Emon beatUten, Taibur beat Saidul, Javed beat Nishit, Debaraj beat Mainuddin andZaker beat Monir.

BCF Press-Release Round-2

22 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points eachafter end of the preliminary phase of the 33rd National ChessChampionship-2007 is now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federationhall-room. They are: FM Shakil, FM Nasir, FM Amin, FM Parag, FM Taibur, FMEmon, FM Reza, Javed, Sohel, Debaraj, Monir, Enayet, Ali, Zaker, Arman,Uten, Saidul, Feroz, Moshtafa, Nishit, Khorshed and Mainu. 2nd round gameswere held yesterday (Sunday). In the 2nd round Shakil beat Rashel, Nasirbeat Bari, Amin beat Babu, Parag beat Hasan, Emon beat Jamal, Javed beatLiza, Sohel beat Mahmood, Debaraj beat Naser, Ali beat Masuda, MonirShamsul, Reza beat Ity, Zaker beat Lavlu, Arman beat Akil, Enayet beatMoni, Uten beat Tanima, Saidul beat Padma, Feroz beat Channu, Moshtafa beatHaider, Nishit beat Salim and Khorshed beat Mausud. 3rd round games willstart today (Monday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release Round-1

The Preliminary Phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007 began yesterday (Saturday) at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. 108 players including 81 rated players from Dhaka city, districts, public universities and other organisations are participating in the event. 6 FIDEMaster Shakil, Nasir, Amin, Parag, Taibur, Emon and Reza, rated Javed,Sohel, Maleq, Debaraj, Monir, Enayet, Hasan, Delwar, Junior Champion Sagar,Sub-junior champion Aniruddah are participating. The event will be held in Swiss-League system and top 9 players will qualify in the final phase.Reigning champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib, runner-up IM Abdullah Al Rakib,GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed and GM Reefat Bin Sattar will directly participate in the final phase.

28th National Women Chess Championship 2007

Rani Hamid Champion, Shirin Runner up

Bangladesh Chess News - Final Standings

IWM Rani Hamid retained her championship by beating Shirin in Play-off match. Shirin played extremely well in this championship and tied for the championship. She even won 1st game in the play-off match but very experienced Rani Hamid equalised in the second game and won the sudden death game. Probably Shirin succumbed to the tension of such a struggle. But one has to give Rani Hamid her due credit. She also played very well as always. The young up-coming women players have a lot to learn from this amazing chess icon of Bangladesh Chess. In other play-off match for 7th positionNazrana Khan Eva beat Masuda Begum. Final Standings: Champion IWM RaniHamid, Runner-Up-Sharmin Sultana Shirin, 3rd-Shamima Akter Liza, 4th-ZakiaSulatan, 5th-Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly, 6th-Hamida Rahman, 7th-NazranaKhan Eva, 8th-Masuda Begum, 9th-Farjana Hossain Annie, 10th-KishwaraShajrin Evana, 11th-Mimi Arjuman and 12th-Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila. 12 players participated in the women chess.
Roll of Honor:
1979- International WomanMaster Rani Hamid
1980- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1981- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1982- International Woman Master RaniHamid
1983- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1984- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1985- Yesmin Begum

1986- YesminBegum
1987- Not held
1988- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1989- Woman FIDE Master Syeda Shabana Parveen
1990- International Woman MasterRani Hamid
1991- Woman FIDE Master Tanima Parveen
1992- InternationalWoman Master Rani Hamid
1993- Woman FIDE Master Zakia Sultana
1994- WomanFIDE Master Tanima Parveen
1995- Woman FIDE Master Syeda ShabanaParveen
1996- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1997- Woman FIDEMaster Syeda Shabana Parveen
1998- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
1999- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
2000- Nazrana Khan Eva
2001- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
2002- Woman FIDE Master SyedaShabana Parveen
2003- Woman FIDE Master Syeda Shabana Parveen
2004- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
2005- Shamima Akter Liza
2006- International Woman Master Rani Hamid
2007- International Woman MasterRani Hamid

BCF press-release Round- 11

Shirin and RaniHamid earned 10 points each after end of the 11th or last round games. Rani Hamid and Shirin will playplay-off match against each other today (Saturday) at 12:00 PM. ShamimaAkter Liza became 3rd with 8½ points, Zakia Sulatan became 4th with 7points, Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly became 5th with 5 points and HamidaRahman became 6th with 4½ points. Masuda Begum of Barisal and Nazrana KhanEva earned 4 points each and they will play play-off match for 7th and 8thpositions. Farjana Hossain Annie, Kishwara Shajrin Evana of N.gonj and MimiArjuman earned 3½ points each and they will play play-off match for 9th,10th and 11th positions. Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila became 12th with 2½ points.11th or last round games were held yesterday (Friday). In the last roundgames Shirin beat Liza, Rani Hamid beat Eva, Zakia drew with Masuda, Hamidabeat Mimi, Moly drew with Evana and Annie drew with Mithila. The event washeld round robin league system and 12 players participated in the final phase.The Preliminary Phase of the 33rd National Chess Championship-2007

BCF Press-release - Round 10

Sharmin Sultana Shirin of N.Gonj and Reigning woman champion IWM Rani Hamid are maintaining their jointly lead in the points table with 9 points each after the end of 10th round games. ShamimaAkter Liza is in 2nd position with 8½ points. 10th round games were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 10th round Shirin beat Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila,Rani Hamid beat Farjana Hossain Annie, Liza beat Kishwara Shajrin Evana ofN.gonj, Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly of Chittagong beat Mimi Arjuman,Zakia Sultana drew with Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj and Masuda Begum ofBarisal beat Hamida Rahman. 11th or last round games will be held today(Friday).
In the last round Shirin will play against Liza and Rani Hamid will play against Eva. Points table Round 10 Standings: 9-Rani Hamid, Shirin,8½-Liza, 6½-Zakia, 4½-Moly, 4-Eva, 3½-Hamid, Mimi, Masuda, 3-Annie, Evana,2-Mithila. 11th or last round games will start today (Friday) from 3:00 PMat the same venue. Games are: Shirin Vs. Liza, Eva Vs. Rani Hamid, MasudaVs. Zakia, Mimi Vs. Hamida, Evana Vs. Moly and Annie Vs. Mithila.

Bangladesh Chess News - Round 9

Shirin stops Rani Hamid's dream run by beating her in the 9th round game of National Women Championship. Prior to this loss Rani Hamid had a perfect score of 8 points and was leading the tournament alone but now shirin joins her in the top spot of the points table with 8 points each after the end of the 9th round. Liza is now in 2nd position, trailing the leaders by ½ a point. In this round she beat Mimi. In other 9th round matches, Zakia beat Hamida Rahman, Kishwara Shajrin Evana of N.gonj beat Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila, Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj drew with FarjanaHossain Annie, Masuda Begum of Barisal drew with Mahmuda Haque ChowdhuryMoly of Chittagong. Round 9 Standings: 8-Rani Hamid, Shirin, 7½-Liza, 6-Zakia, 3½-Hamid, Mimi, Moly, Eva, 3-Annie, Evana, 2½ -Masuda, 2-Mithila.
10th round games will start today (Thursday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.
10th round games: Zakia Vs Eva, RaniHamid Vs. Annie, Mithila Vs. Shirin, Liza Vs. Evana, Moly Vs. Mimi and Hamida Vs. Masuda.


Bangladesh Chess News - Round 8

IWM Rani Hamid is maintaining her sole lead in the points table with maximum 8 points after end of the 8th round games. Sharmin Sultana Shirin of N.Gonj is also maintaining her 2nd position with 7 points and Shamima Akter Liza is in 3rd position with 6½ points. 8th round games were held yesterday (Tuesday) after rest day in the8th round Rani Hamid beat Kishwara Shajrin Evana of N.gonj, Shirin beat Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj, Liza beat Masuda Begum of Barisal,Zakia Sultana drew with Farjana Hossain Annie, Hamida Rahman beat MahmudaHaque Chowdhury Moly of Chittagong, Mimi Arjuman beat Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila.Points table after 8th round: 8-Rani Hamid, 7-Shirin, 6½-Liza, 5-Zakia,3½-Hamid, Mimi, 3-Moly, Eva 2½ -Annie, 2- Masuda, Evana, Mithila. 9th roundgames will start today (Wednesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue. Gamesare: Hamida Vs. Zakia, Masuda Vs. Moly, Mimi Vs. Liza, Evana Vs. Mithila,Shirin Vs. Rani Hamid and Annie Vs. Eva.

Bangladesh Chess News - Round 7
Reigning woman champion IWM Rani Hamid now solely leading the points table with maximum 7 points after end of the 7th round games. The other overnight leader Sharmin Sultana Shirin of N.Gonj was shocked by Farzana Hossain Annie when the former blundered in a drawish position. Shirin is now in 2nd position with 6 points and Shamima Akter Liza is in 3rd position with 5½ points. 7th roundgames were held yesterday (Monday) after rest day in the 7th round RaniHamid beat Mimi Arjuman, Shirin lost against Farjana Hossain Annie, Liza beat Hamida Rahman, Zakia Sultana beat Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly ofChittagong, Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila beat Masuda Begum of Barisal and NazranaKhan Eva of Manikgonj beat Kishwara Shajrin Evana. Points table after 7thround: 7-Rani Hamid, 6-Shirin, 5½-Liza, 4½-Zakia, 3-Moly, Eva 2½ -Mimi,Hamida, 2- Masuda, Evana, Annie, Mithila. 8th round games will start today(Tuesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

Bcf Press-Release - Round 6
IWM Rani Hamid and Sharmin Sultana Shirin ofN.Gonj. maintaining their joint lead in the points table with maximum 6 points each after end of the 6th round games. Shamima Akter Liza is in the 2nd position with 4½ points. In the 6th round Rani Hamid beat Masuda Begum of Barisal and Shirin beat Zakia Sultana, Liza beat Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly of Chittagong, Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj beat Mimi Arjuman, Kishwara Shajrin Evana beat Farjana Hossain Annie and Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila beat Hamida Ahmed.
Points table after 6th round: 6-Rani Hamid, Shirin, 4½-Liza, 3½-Zakia, 3-Moly, 2½ -Mimi, Hamida, 2- Masuda, Eva, Evana,1-Annie, Mithila. Today (Sunday) is the rest day of the event. 7th roundgames will start tomorrow (Monday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

Bcf Press-Release - Round 5
IWM Rani Hamid and Sharmin Sultana Shirin ofN.Gonj. maintaing their joint lead in the points table with maximum 5points each after end of the 5th round games. Shamima Akter Liza & Zakia Sultana are in the 2nd position with 3½ points each. Hamid beat Hamida Rahman and Shirin beat her teammate KishwaraShajrin Evana, Liza drew with Zakia, Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly ofChittagong beat Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila, Masuda Begum of Barisal beat NazranaKhan Eva of Manikgonj and Mimi Arjuman drew with Farjana Hossain Annie.Points table after 5th round: 5-Rani Hamid, Shirin, 3½-Liza, Zakia, 3-Moly,2½ -Mimi, Hamida, 2- Masuda, 1-Eva, Evana, 0-Mithila, 6th round games of the event will start today (Saturday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue. Round 6 pairing: Zakia Vs. Shirin, Annie Vs. Evana, Eva Vs. Mimi, RaniHamid Vs. Masuda, Mithila Vs. Hamida and Liza Vs. Moly.

Bcf Press-release – Round 4

IWM Rani Hamid and Sharmin Sultana Shirin ofN.Gonj. mainating their jointly lead in the points table with maximum 4points each after end of the 4th round games in the final phase of Aromatic Gold 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007, sponsored byMarico Bangladesh Limited is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federationhall-room. Shamima Akter Liza, & Zakia Sultana are in the 2nd position with3 points each. 4th round games were held yesterday (Thursday) in the 4thround Rani Hamid beat Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly of Chittagong and Shirinbeat Mimi Arjuman, Liza beat Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila, Zakia beat KishwaraShajrin Evana of N.gonj, Hamida Rahman beat Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonjand Masuda Begum of Barisal beat Farjana Hossain Annie. Points table after4th round: 4-Rani Hamid, Shirin, 3-Liza, Zakia, 2½ -Hamida, 2- Moly,Mimi,1-Eva, Evana, Masuda ½-Annie, 0-Mithila, 5th round games of the eventwill start today (Friday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue 5th round gamesare: Liza Vs. Zakia, Moly Vs. Mithila, Hamida Vs. Rani Hamid, Masuda Vs.Eva, Mimi Vs. Annie and Evana Vs. Shirin.

Bcf Press-release – Round 3

Reigning woman champion IWM Rani Hamid and Sharmin Sultana Shirin ofN.Gonj. are jointly lead in the points table with maximum 3 points eachafter end of the 3rd round games in the final phase of 28th Aromatic Gold28th National Women Chess Championship-2007, sponsored by Marico BangladeshLimited is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. ShamimaAkter Liza, Zakia Sultana, Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly of Chittagong andMimi Arjuman are in the 2nd position with 2 points each. 3rd round gameswere held yesterday (Wednesday) in the 3rd round Rani Hamid beat formerwomen champion Liza, Shirin beat Masuda Begum of Barisal, Zakia beat MehnazAhmed Mithila, Moly beat Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj, Mimi beat KishwaraShajrin Evana of N.gonj, Hamida Rahman drew with Farjana Hossain Annie.Points table after 3rd round: 3-Rani Hamid, Shirin, 2-Liza, Zakia, Moly andMimi, 1½ -Hamida, 1-Eva & Evana, points, ½-Annie, 0-Masuda,Mithila, 4th round games of the event will start today (Thursday) from 3:PM at the same venue 4th round games are: Zakia Vs.Evana, Shirin Vs. Mimi, Annie Vs. Masuda, Eva Vs. Hamida, Rani Hamid Vs.Moly and Mithila Vs. Liza.

Bcf Press-release – Round 2

3 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points eachin the final phase of 28th Aromatic Gold 28th National Women ChessChampionship-2007, sponsored by Marico Bangladesh Limited is now being heldat Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: Reigning woman championIWM Rani Hamid, Shamima Akter Liza and Sharmin Sultana Shirin of N.Gonj.2nd round games were held yesterday (Tuesday) in the 2nd round Rani Hamidbeat Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila, Liza beat Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj, Shirinbeat Hamida Rahman, Zakia Sultana beat Mimi Arjuman, Mahmuda HaqueChowdhury Moly of Chittagong beat Farjana Hossain Annie and KishwaraShajrin Evana of N.Gonj beat Masuda Begum of Barisal. 3rd round games ofthe event will start today (Wednesday) from 3:PM at the same venue.










Shamima Akter Liza (Right) playing against NazranaKhan Evan (Left)


Aromatic Gold 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007The games of the final phase of 28th Aromatic Gold 28th National WomenChess Championship-2007, sponsored by Marico Bangladesh Limited began yesterday (Monday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Mr. BipinCherian, Head of Marketing of Marico Bangladesh limited inaugurated the event. Jamilur Rahman, Genral Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation andFaria Yesmin, Brand Manager of Marico Bangladesh Limited were present inthe inauguration. Reigning woman champion IWM Rani Hamid beat ZakiaSualtana in her 1st round game. Shamima Akter Liza of N.Gonj beat FarjanaHossain Annie, Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikgonj beat Mehnaz Ahmed SharminSultana Shirin of N.gonj beat Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury of Chittagong, HamidaRahman beat Kishwara Shajrin Evana of N.Gonj and Mimi Arjuman beat MasudaBegum of Barisal.





Mr. Bipin Cherian, Head of Marketing of the Marico Bangladesh Limitedinaugurating 28th Aromatic Gold National Women Chess Championship-2007 tomoving a pawn of IWM Hamid Vs. Zakia Sulatana's match, which began fromyesterday (Monday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. JamilurRahman, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Faria Yesmin,Brand Manager of Marico Bangladesh Limited were also present in the opening.

Aromatic Gold 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007The games of the final phase of Aromatic Gold 28th National Women ChessChampionship-2007 will start from today (Monday) at 3:00 PM at BangladeshChess Federation hall-room. Todays matches are: IWM Rani Hamid Vs. ZakiaSualtana, Mehnaz Ahmed Vs. Nazrana Khan, Shamima Akter Liza Vs. FarjanaHossain Annie, Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Vs. Sharmin Sultana Shirin, HamidaRahman Vs. Kishwara Shajrin Evana and Masuda Begum Vs. Mimi Arjuman.

Kolkata Open 07 Grandmasters Chess Tournament

BCF Press-release

GM Niaz Murshed got 17th and GM Ziaur Rahman became 26th position in the Kolkata Open 07- Grandmaster Chess Tournament, organized by Alekhine Chess Club which was held at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. Niaz and Zia earned 6 points each after end of the 10th or last round games. IM Enamul Hossain Razib became 33rd with 5½ points, IM Abdullah Al Rakib became 42nd, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag became 45th and FM Abu Sufian Shakil became 48th with 5 points each and Debaraj Chatterjee became 78th with 3 points. 10th round games were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 10th round Niaz beat Aditya Udeshi, Zia drew with IM Arun Prasad of India, Razib drew with IM Arghyadip Das of India, Parag lost against GM Adely Ahmed of Egypt. GM Tigran Petroshian of Armenia became champion with 8 points and GM Sergey Tiviakov became runner-up with 7½ points. Total 86 players including 20 grandmasters from 16 countries participated in the event.

GM Ziaur Rahman earned 5½ points each after end of the 9th round games in the Kolkata Open 07- Grandmaster Chess Tournament being organized by Alekhine Chess Club is now being held at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. IM GM Niaz Murshed, IM Abdullah Al Rakib, Enamul Hossain Razib, FM Abu Sufian Shakil & FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 5 points each and Debaraj Chatterjee earned 3 points after end of the 9th round. 9th round games were held yesterday (Monday). In the 9th round Zia drew with IM Girinath of India, Razib drew with Himanshu Sharma of India, Rakib drew with IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay of India, Niaz drew with IM Venkatesh of India, Parag beat IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury of India, Shakil beat Vidit Santosh of India and Debarah lost to Sayantan Das. GM Tigran Petroshian of Armenia is now solo lead with 7½
points after end of the 9th round games.

GM Ziaur Rahman earned 5 points each after end of the 8th round games in the Kolkata Open 07- Grandmaster Chess Tournament being organized by Alekhine Chess Club is now being held at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. IM GM Niaz Murshed, IM Abdullah Al Rakib & Enamul Hossain Razib earned 4½ points, FM Abu Sufian Shakil & FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 4 points each and Debaraj Chatterjee earned 3 points after end of the 8th round. 8th round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 8th round Zia beat IM Saptarshi Roy of India, Razib beat Preetham Sharma of India, Rakib lost against GM Mikheil Kekelidze of Georgia, Niaz lost against GM Uldachev Saidali of Uzbekistan, Shakil drew with IM Dinesh Kumar Sharma of India, Parag beat Satyajit Kunda of India and Debaraj beat Diptayan Ghosh of India. 7th round games were
held last Saturday. In the 7th round Rakib drew with Niaz, Zia beat WGM Nisha Mohota of India, Shakil beat Shashikant of India, Razib lost against IM Girinath of India, Parag lost against Rathnakaran of India and Debaraj lost against Sauorabh of India.

BCF Press-release - Round 3
IM Enamul Hossain Razib earned 2½ points after end of the 3rd round of theKolkata Open 07- Grandmaster Chess Tournament being organized by AlekhineChess Club is now being held at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. GM Niaz Murshedearned 2 points and IM Abdullah Al Rakib and FM Abu Sufian Shakil earned 1½points each, GM Ziaur Rahman, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and Debaraj Chatterjeeearned 1 points each after end of the 3rd round. 3rd round games were heldyesterday (Tuesday). In the 3rd round Razib beat Shakil, Zia beat P. Priyaand Debaraj beat Krishna. Niaz lost against GM Tigran Petrosian of Armenia,Rakib lost against Rathnakaran of India and Parag lost Against IM D. P.Singh of India. 3 garndmasters Tiviakov from Netherland, Petrosian ofArmenia and Alon Greenfeld of Israel are sharing lead in the points tablewith maximum 3 points each after end of the 3rd round.

BCF Press-release - Round 1
Fide Master Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh caused the biggest upset of the day when he got a quick victory against Grandmaster Oliver Renet of France in the first round of the Kolkata Open 07- Grandmaster Chess Tournament being organized by Alekhine Chess Club at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata. The games of the event begun from yesterday (Sunday). Total 86 players including 21 grandmasters, 23 International Masters, 4 Women Grandmasters, 1 Women International Masters and 6 FIDE Masters from 16 countries are participating in the event. GM Niaz Murshed won his first round game. IM Enamul Hossain Razib, IM Abdullah Al Rakib and FM Abu Sufian Shakil drew with their 1st round game. GM Ziaur Rahman lost his 1st round game against Somok Palit of India. The event will be held in a 10 round Swiss-League system. Leading players of the event GM Sergey Tiviakov from Netherlands, GM Sadvakasov from Kazakistan, GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia, and GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly are also participating.

The games of the Kolkata Open 07 Grandmasters Chess Tournament will start from today (Sunday) at the Gorkey Sadan at Kolkata, India organsied by Alekhine Chess Club. 21 grandmasters, 23 International Masters, 4 Women Grandmasters, 1 Women International Masters and 6 FIDE Masters from 16 countries are participating in the event. 6 players from Bangladesh are participating in the event. They are: GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed, IM Enamul Hossain Razib, IM Abdullah Al Rakib, FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag. The event will be held in a 10 round Swiss-League system. GM Sergey Tiviakov from Netherlands, GM Sadvakasov from Kazakistan and GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly are also participating. Two thousand US dollars will given as prize money to the winners.

Preliminary phase of the 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007

Shirin Champion, Annie Runners-up

BCF Press-Release - Round 5
Sharmin Sultana Shirin of Narayangonj became 1st in the selection phase ofthe Aromatic 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007, organise byBangladesh Chess Federation. Shirin earned 4 points. Farjana Hossain Anniebecame 2nd with 3½ points. 5 players earned 3 points each their positionsare: 3rd-Mimi Arjuman, 4th-Kishwara Shajrin Evana, 5th-Mahmuda HaqueChowdhury Moly, 6th-Zakia Sulatana and 7th-Hamida Begum, Mithla Ahmed became 8th with 2½points. Top 8 players will participate in the final phase with reigningwoman champion IWM Rani Hamid, runner-up Nazrana Khan Eva, Shamima AkterLiza and Masuda Begum. The final phase will start from 3rd March Saturdayfrom 3:00 PM at the chess Federation hall-room.

BCF Press-Release - Round 4
Sharmin Sultana Shirin of Narayangonj marinating her solo lead in the points table with 3½ points after end of the 4th round games of the selection phase of the 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007, organise by Bangladesh Chess Federation. Farjana Hossain Annie, Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly, Mimi Arjuman and Hamida Rahman are in 2nd position with 2½ points each. 4th round games were held yesterday (Monday) at the Hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. In the 4th round Shirin beat Mithila, Annie drew with Moly, Mimi drew with Evana, Zakia beat Mahfuza & Sharmin beat Madhavi. 5th or last round games will start today (Tuesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release - Round 3
Sharmin Sultana Shirin of Narayangonj marinating her solo lead in thepoints table with 2½ points after end of the 3rd round games of theselection phase of the 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007,organise by Bangladesh Chess Federation. Farjana Hossain Annie, MahmudaHaque Chowdhury Moly, Mimi Arjuman and Mehnaz Ahmed Mithila are in 2ndposition with 2 points each. 3rd round games were held yesterday (Sunday)at the Hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. In the 3rd round Shirindrew with Annie, Mithila drew with Mimi, Zakia drew with Titli, Moly beatSharmin, Evana beat Mahfuza. 4th round games will start today (Monday) from3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release - Round 2
Sharmin Sultana Shirin of Narayangonj is now solo lead in the points tablewith maximum 2 points after end of the 2nd round games of the selectionphase of the 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007, organise byBangladesh Chess Federation. Farjana Hossain Annei, Mimi Arjuman andMehnaz Ahmed Mithila are in 2nd position with 1½ points each. 2nd roundgames were held yesterday (Saturday) at the Hall-room of Bangladesh ChessFederation. In the 2nd round Shirin beat Evana, Annie drew with Mimi, Zakiadrew with Moly, Mithila beat Hamida, Titli beat Suraiya, Mahfuza beatMadhavi and Sharmin beat Farhana. The event is being held in a 5 roundSwiss-League system and 8 players will qualify in the final phase. 3rdround games will start today (Sunday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

BCF Press-Release - Round 1
Preliminary phase of the 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007,organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation began yesterday (Friday) at the Hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. 17 players are participating in the event. 4 players earned full points after winning their 1st round games.They are: Sharmin Sultana Shirin, Farjana Hossain Annei, Kishwara ShajrinEvana. In the 1st round Shirin beat Titli, Annie beat Mahfuza, Evana beat Suraiya and Mimi beat Madhavi. 8 players will qualify in the final phase. 4 players, reigning woman champion IWM Rani Hamid, runner-up Nazrana Khan Eva,rated Shamima Akter Liza and Masuda Begum will participate directly in thefinal phase. 2nd round games will start today (Saturday) from 3:30 PM atthe same venue.

Preliminary phase of the 28th National Women Chess Championship-2007, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start on 23rd February at 3:00PM at the Hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. Its an open event for all women and girls. Entry fees not required. Interested women & girls can enroll their name on or before 22nd February 2007 at Bangladesh ChessFederation office (2nd Floor, National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan,Dhaka-1000). 8 players will qualify in the final phase. 4 players, reigning woman champion IWM Rani Hamid, runner-up Nazrana Khan Eva, rated ShamimaAkter Liza and Masuda Begum will participate directly in the final phase.

BASIC Bank 28th National Junior (Under-20 years) Boys & Girls ChessChampionship-2007

NEW BANGLADESH CHAMPION (Under 20)

Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Congratulations....










BCF Press-Release - Round 9

Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny 2000 Ltd. became champion in the 28thBASIC Bank National Junior (Under-20 years) Boys & Girls ChessChampionship-2007, sponsored by BASIC Bank Limited and organised byBangladesh Chess Federation. Sagar earned total 8 points after end of the9th or last round games to clinch the title. 9th or last round games wereheld yesterday (Tuesday) in the last round Sagar beat Abdullah Al Saif.Shamima Akter Liza of Narayangonj became runner-up with 7½ points. Liza wassolo lead in the points table up to 7th round and sharing lead up to 8thround but in the last round she drew with Nurul Islam Mahin of Manikgonj. 4players earned 7 points each. Their positions decided by tie-breakingsystem. Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School & College became 3rd, NurulIslam Mahin became 4th, Mohammad Sagar became 5th & Rezaul Islam Babu ofRajbari became 6th. 3 players are earned 6½ points each. Their positionsare: 7th-Masum Hossain, 8th-Golam Sarwar and 9th-Moniruzzaman Emon. In thelast round Babu beat Sharif, Md. Sagar beat Siam, Sarwar beat Raju and Emonbeat Pavel. The event was held in 9 round Swiss-league system and total 102players participated.

Roll of Honor:

1979- Mansur Rahman

1980- IM ZillurRahman

1981-Farid Ahmed

1982-S.M. Idris Ali

1983- Moniruzzaman Khan

1984-Neamul Haque Niru

1985- Not held

1986- Syed Ohidul Islam Riton

1987- GMZiaur Rahman

1988- IM Reefat Bin Sattar

1989-GM Ziaur Rahman

1990- Kh.Kayes Hasan

1991- GM Ziaur Rahman

1992-GM Reefat Bin Sattar

1993-GM Reefat Bin Sattar

1994-GMZiaur Rahman

1995-Adnan Faisal

1996-IM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib

1997-DewanShahidul Amin Tipu

1998- IM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib

1999- IM EnamulHossain

2000-IM EnamulHossain

2001-FM Mehdi Hasan (Parag)

2002- FM Mehdi Hasan (Parag)

2003-Mohammad Ali

2004-FM Mehdi Hasan (Parag)

2005-Mehdi Hasan (Parag)

2006- Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan and

2007-Minhazuddin AhmedSagar.


Bangladesh Chess News - Round 8

Shamima Akter Liza of Narayangonj lost her 8th round games againstMinhazuddin Ahmed Sagar. Reportedly Liza had a completely winning position but blundered mate in one. Now 3 players sharing lead in the points table with 7 points each after end of the 8th round. They are Sagar, Liza &Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School & College. Nurul Islam Mahin of Mankgonjis in 2nd position with 6½ points. Rezaul Islam Babu of Rajbhari, SharifHossain of Dhaka District, Ikramul Haque Siam of Motijeel Model School andMd. Sagar of Magura are in 3rd position with 6 points each. In the othergames of the 8th round: Saif beat Pavel Mollah of Nariel, Mahin beatSharmin Sulatan Shirin, Babu beat Abir, Sharif beat Rokonuzzaman, Siam beatSaimon Siddiqur Rahman and Md. Sagar beat Mainul Hossain Dalim.

Today in the last round Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar will play against Abdullah Al Saif and Nurul Islam Mahin will play against Shamima Akter Liza.

BCF Press-Release - Round 7
Shamima Akter Liza of Narayangonj is maintaining her sole lead in thepoints table with maximum 7 points after end of the 7th round games ofthe 28th BASIC Bank National Junior (Under-20 years) Boys & Girls ChessChampionship-2007, sponsored by BASIC Bank Limited and organised byBangladesh Chess Federation. Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny 2000 &Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School & College are jointly 2nd position with6 points each. Sharmin Sultana Shirin of N.Gonj, Nurul Islam Mahin ofMankgonj and Pavel Mollah of Narail are sharing 3rd position with 5½ pointseach.In the 7th round: Liza beat Saimon Siddiqur Rahman of Mile StoneSchool & College, Sagar beat Masum Hossain, Saif beat Ikramul Haque Siam,Shirin beat Sharif Hossain of Dhaka District, Mahin beat Delwar Hossain andPavel got walk-over against Shiblu.


Bangladesh Chess News - Round 6
After 6th round of the junior championship, Liza is leading the tournament. She scored 6 out of 6 to take the sole lead. In this round she beat Sharif who recently won Dhaka district championship with a score of 7 out of 7! This is another moment for the Bangladesh Women chess if this girl can win the Junior championship which was never won by any female player ever in our country. The other turning point of women chess of Bangladesh was when she won the sub-junior (under 16) championship two years back. She also won the women championship in 2005 at the age of 15 and this year she took the best women prize (jointly) in the strong Delhi GM tournament.She needs much more exposure to become a strong chess player.Tomorrow could be the deciding day of the tournament if she is to play against Sagar the very talented and number one seed of the touranment.
6 players are sharing 2nd position with 5 points each. They are Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny 2000, Sharif Hossain of Dhaka district, Saimon SiddiqurRahman of Mile Stone School & College, Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School &College, Masum Hossain & Ikramul Haque Siam. , Md. Sagar-2 and AhsabMollah. In round 6 : Liza beat Sharif, Saif beat Shirin of N.gonj,Minhaz Sagar beat Md. Sagar of Magura, Siam beat Babu of Rajbari, Saimonbeat Ahsab of Khulna & Masum beat Shiblu.

Bangladesh Chess News - Round 5

After the 5th round of National Junior Championship 2007, Liza and Sharif are sharing lead with 5 points each. The biggest upset of the event Sharif beat Sagar while the other favorite of the event Liza won against the talented Saif. Reportedly Sagar had a good position against Sharif but misconducted the attack and lost. In other game against Liza's paulsen, Saif tried to build a solid structure with white pieces but Liza's timely d5 break in the center shaken white's position completely and later Liza won the game without much trouble. Another Narayangonj girl Shirin is trailing by 1/2 points behind the leaders. 9 players are sharing 3rdposition with 4 points each. They are Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Rezaul IslamBabu, Saimon Siddiqur Rahman, Abdullah Al Saif, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu, MasumHossain, Ikramul Haque Siam, Md. Sagar-2 and Ahsab Mollah. In the 5th round: Sharif beat the number 1 player of the event Sagar, Liza beat Saif,Shirin beat Sharon, Babu beat Dalim, Saimon beat Sabbir, Shiblu beatFarukai, Masum beat Shaffkat, Md. Sagar beat Raju and Ahsab beat Abir. 6thround games of the event will start today (Saturday) from 3:00 PM at thesame venue.


BCF Press-Release - Round 4
4 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 4 points eachafter end of the 4th round games of the 28th National Junior (Under-20years) Boys & Girls Chess Championship-2007, sponsored by BASIC BankLimited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation. They are: MinhazuddinAhmed Sagar of Destiny 2000, Shamima Akter Liza of N.Gonj, Sharif Hossainof Dhaka, & Abudllah Al Saif of Quality School.Sharmin Sultana Shirin of N.gonj, S.M.Sharon and Mainul Haque Dalim ofBarisal are in 2nd position with 3½ points. 4th round games were heldyesterday (Thursday) at Chess Federation hall-room. In the 4th round: Sagarbeat Saimon Siddiqur Rahman of Mile Stone School, Liza beat Nipu of Nator,Sharif beat Mahin of Manikgonj, Saif beat Shaffkat of D.U. Shirin beatPavel of Narail, Dalim beat Riad and Sharon beat Sarwar. 5th round games of the event will start today (Friday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.


BCF Press-Release - Round 3

9 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points each after end of the 3rd round games of the 28th National Junior (Under-20years) Boys & Girls Chess Championship-2007, sponsored by BASIC BankLimited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation. They are: MinhazuddinAhmed Sagar of Destiny, Shamima Akter Liza of N.Gonj, Sharif Hossain ofDhaka, Abudllah Al Saif, Saimon Siddiqur Rahman, Nurul Islam Mahin ofManikgonj, Nure Alam Hossain Jibon, Obaida Nipu Nator & Pavel MollahNarail. 3rd round games were held yesterday (Wednesday) at Chess Federation hall-room. In the 3rd round: Sagar beat Rokshana Titli, Liza beat Abire,Sharif beat Siam, Saif beat Sabbir, Saimon beat Faruki, Pavel beat Raju,Mahin beat Saiful, Nipu beat Annie and Alam beat Shaffkat. 4th round games of the event will start today (Thursday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.















Opening Ceremony of the Junior Event.

New Bangladesh Champion, Under 16

Aniruddha Mazumdar!! Congratulations...

Asian Games

India wins Asian Games Gold, China gets Silver, Iran Bronze

Bangladesh Chess Team

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