Pragati Insurance Open Rating Chess-2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Master title for Abdullah Al Rakib!!

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

Leonine Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2007

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

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

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

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

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GM Zia & FM Parag in Malaysian Open

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


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

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

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

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

Razib gets his second GM norm

17 Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, Master Tournament-2007

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

Interested in Sponsoring a Chess Event?

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

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

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


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

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

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

Area of Possible Sponsorship for your Organization:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zone 3.2 Men`s and Women`s Championships

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

Participants are from the following countries:

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

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

GM Ziaur Rahman in World Cup

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

Standard Chartered Bank School Chess Tournament-2007

Prantik Roy of Carmel School of Kolkata became champion in the Class VI to X Group of the 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007. Prantik Roy earned 8 point to clinch the title. 5 players earned 7 points each. Progressive score broke their tie. Sayantan Das of Scottish church of Kolkata became runner-up, Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School of Dhaka became 3rd, Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara School of Dhaka became 4th, Akshat Agarwal of Hansraj Model School of Delhi became 5th and Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Motijheel Govt. School became 6th. 4 players earned 6½ points each. Their position’s are: 7th-Rezaul Islam Babu of Rajbhai, 8th-Aniruddah Majumder of St. Joseph School, 9th-Shah Md. Shahidul Alam Abir of Wills Little Flowers School and 10th-Omer Faruk of Dhaka Deaf School. 10 players earned 6 points each and got 11th to 20th positions. They are: Abhirup Kar, Asim Roy, Ikramul Hossain Siam, Debotpal Dey, Masum Miah, Mashriqul Amin Chowdhury, Md. Faruk Hossain Nannu, Robin Das, Saad Md. Junayed and Manik. Mainuddin Ahmed Asif of Hazrat Shah Ali school became unbeaten champion with 8½ points in the group KG to V. Shayan Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School became runner-up with same point.Al-Amin of Aporajeyo Bangladesh became 3rd with 7 points. Saiful Islam became 4th and Mohammad Fahim of Titas Gas School became 5th with 6½ points. 6 players earned 6 points each and got 6th to 11th positions. They are: Saddam Hossain, Emon Hossain, Kawsar Hossain Rony, Rubel Hossain Jibon, Shoumik Saha & Gopal Badya Robin. Afjal became 12th and Sakhawat became 13th with 5½ points each. 9th or last round games of both groups were held yesterday (Friday). In the last round of Class VI to X Prantik beat Saif, Sayatan beat Siam, Sharif beat Abhirup, Akshat beat Debotpal, Aniruddah beat Azhara and Faruk beat Shubham. Last round games of KG to V group: Asif beat Emon, Sayan beat Shoumik, Amin beat Rony and Fahim beat Afjal.The Prize distribution ceremony of the even will start today (Saturday) from 5:30 PM at the conference-room of National Sports Council. Honorable Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed will distribute prizes among the winner to present as chief guest.


Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School & Prantik Roy of Carmel School of Kolkata are jointly leading the point table with 7 points each after end of the 8th round games. Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Motijheel Govt. School is in 2nd position with 6½ points. Shayan Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School and Mainuddin Ahmed Asif of Hazrat Shah Ali school are maintaining their joint lead with 7½ points each in the point table of group class KG to V after 8th round. Shoumik Saha of St. Gregory School, Kawsar Hossain Rony, Al-Amin of Aporajeyo Bangladesh and Emon Hossain are in 2nd position with 6 points each. 8th round games of two groups were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 8th round of Class VI to X Shiblu beat Sayantan Das of Kolkata Scottish Church School, Prantik beat Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara School, Saif beat Akshat Agarwal and Rezaul Islam Babu of Rajbari beat Sub-Junior Champion Aniruddah Majumder of St. Joseph School.9th or last round games of two group of Boys will start today (Friday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.


Shaati Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School became unbeaten champion in the Girls Group with 6½ points. Arna Sarkar of Kolkata became runner-up and Aeon Sarkar of Motijheel Girls School became 3rd with 5½ points each. Pritika Tayal became 4th and Sadekun Nahar became 5th with 5 points each.5 players are sharing lead in the point table with 6 points each after end of the 7th round games of Class VI to X Group .They are: Sayantan Das of Kolkata Scottish Church School, Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara School, Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School, Prantik Roy of Carmel School of Kolkata and Akshat Agarwal of DelhiShayan Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School and Mainuddin Ahmed Asif of Hazrat Shah Ali school maintaing their lead with 6½ points each in the point table of group class KG to V after 7th round. Al-Amin of Aporajeyo Bangladesh is in 2nd position with 6 points. 7th round games of all three groups were held yesterday (Thursday). In the 7th round of Class VI to X Saif beat Sayantan, Babu beat Sharif, Prantik beat Nishat and Sadekun beat Tahmina. In the class Kg to V group. Asif beat Rony, Sayan beat Afjal and Amin beat Fahim. 8th round games of two group of Boys will start today (Thursday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.


Sayantan Das of Kolkata Scottish Church School is now in solo lead in the point table with maximum 6 points after end of the 6th round games of Class VI to X Group. Rezaul Islam Babu of Rajbari, Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara School, Abdullah Al Saif of Quality School, Prantik Roy of Carmel School of Kolkata, Akshat Agarwal of Delhi and Abhirup Das of Tripura are in 2nd position with 5 points each. Shaati Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School is maintaining her solo lead in the point table with 6 points in the girls group after 6th round games. Aeon Sarkar of Dhaka and Arna Sarkar of Kolkata are in 2nd position with 5 points each. Shayan Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School and Mainuddin Ahmed Asif of Hazrat Shah Ali school are sharing lead with 5½ points each in the point table of group class KG to V after 6th round. Afjal, Al-Amin of Aporajeyo Bangladesh and Kawsar Hossain Rony sharing 2nd position with 5 points each. 6th round games of all three groups were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the 6th round of Class VI to X Sayantan beat Sharif, Prantik beat Sayed, Babu beat Debotpal, Saif beat Siam, Akshat beat Masum and Abhirup beat Mashriq. In the girls group: Aeon beat Pritika Tayal of Delhi, Shaati beat Shiny and Arna beat Shahana. In the class Kg to V group. Asif beat Saiful, Sayan beat Fahim, Afjal beat Gopal, Amin beat Saddam and Rony got walk-over against Moshtafa. 7th round games of all three groups will start today (Wednesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.
Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara School and Sayantan Das of Kolkata ScottishChurch School are sharing lead in the point table with full 5 points each after end of the 5th round games of Class VI to X Group . Saydul Islam Sayed of Aporajeyo Bangladesh is in 2nd position with 4½ points. Shaati Majumder of Kolkata Indira Gandhi School is now in solo lead in the point table with 5 points in the girls group after5th round games. Pritika Tayal of Delhi, Aeon Sarkar, Arna Sarkar ofKolkata and Shainy Das of Tripura are in 2nd position with 4 points each.Mohammad Fahim of Titas Gas School, Shayan Majumder of Kolkata IndiraGandhi School, Mainuddin Ahmed Asif of Hazrat Shah Ali school and SaifulIslam of Aporajeyo Bangladesh are sharing lead with maximum 4½ points each in the point table of group class KG to V after 5th round. 5th round games of all three groups were held yesterday (Monday). In the 5th round of ClassVI to X Sharif beat Abdullah Al Saif, Sayantan beat Prantik Roy, Sayedbeat Sub-Junior Champion Aniruddah Majumder, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu drew withAsim Das of Tripura, Rezaul Islam Babu beat Hemal Das. In the girls group:Shaati beat Pritika, Arna beat Reshman, Aeon beat Tahmina and Shiny beatNishat. In the class Kg to V group. Asif drew with Sayan, Fahim beat Soumikand Saiful beat Nayem. 6th round games of all three groups will start today(Tuesday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.
4 players are sharing lead in the point table with full 4 points each after end of the 4th round games of Class VI to X Group of the 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007. They are: Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara school, Abdullah Al Saif of Quality Education school, Prantik Roy and Sayantan Das of Kolkata. 3 players are in 2nds position with 3 points each. They are: Aniruddah Majumder of St. Joseph, Saydul Islam Sayed of Aporajeyo Bangladesh and Asim Roy of Tripura. Shaati Majumder of Kolkata and Pritika Tayal of Delhi are sharing lead in the point table with 4 points each in the girls group after 4th round games. Aeon, Reshma, Arna, Shainy, Nishat and Tahmina are in 2nd position with 3 points each. Shayan Majumder of Kolkata and Mainuddin Ahmed Asif of Hazrat Shah Ali school are sharing lead with maximum 4 points each in the point table of group class KG to V after 4th round. Mohammad Fahim of Titas school and Saiful Islam of Aporajeyo Bangladesh are in 2nd position with 3 points each. 4th round games of all three groups were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 4th round of Class VI to X Saif beat Rezaul Islam Babu of Rajbari, Sharif beat Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Motijheel school, Sayantan beat Abhirup Kar of Kolkata, Prantik beat Akshat Agarwal of Delhi, Aniruddah drew with Asim and Sayed drew with Shubham of Tripura. In the girls group: Shaati beat Reshman, Pritika beat Arna, Aeon beat Mushtora, Nishat beat Ahely, Shainy beat Shakhera and Tahmina beat Gulfesa. In the class Kg to V group. Sayan beat Nayem, Asif beat Saddam, Tipu beat Jibon, Rafi beat Mostafa and Fahim drew with Saiful. 5th round games of all three groups will start today (Monday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.

11 players are sharing lead in the point table with full 3 points each after end of the 3rd round games of Class VI to X Group They are: Rezaul Islam Babu of Rajbari, Sharif Hossain of Nakhalpara, Aniruddah Majumder of St. Joseph, Abdullah Al Saif of Baddah Adarsha, Saydul Islam Sayed of Aporajeyo Bangladesh, Mosabbir Khan Shiblu of Motijhel Govt., Prantik Roy, Sayantan Das & Abhirup Kar of Kolkata, Akshat Agarwal of Delhi & Asim Roy of Tripura. 4 players are sharing lead in the point table with 3 points each in the girls group. They are: Reshma Jebun of Aruail School of B.Baria, Shaati Majumder and Arna Sarkar of Kolkata and Pritika Tayal of Delhi. 6 players sharing lead with maximum 3 points each in the point table of group class KG to V. They are: Mohammad Fahim, Shayan Majumder, Mainuddin Ahmed Asif, Saiful Islam, Saddam Hossain and Md. Nayem. In the 3rd round of Class VI to X Babu beat Shubham of Tripura, Prantik beat Siam, Sharif beat Depotpal of Tripura, Sayantan beat Abir, Asim beat Jumrat, Saif beat Alvi, Akshat beat Wahid, Shiblu beat Salman, Aniruddah beat Bappy, Abhirup beat Hemal and Sayed beat Arif, Sayantan beat Masrur, Asim beat Mehdi, Saif beat Junayed, Shiblu beat Hossain, Abhirup beat Monir, Aniruddah beat Feroz, Sayed beat Faruk, Shubam beat Islam, Siam beat Rakib, Debot beat Masum, Abir beat Riaz, Jumrat beat Mashriq, Rafi beat Zaman, Alvi beat Nazmul, Arif beat Tahir, Hemel beat Mizan & Bappy beat Polash. In the girls group: Shaati beat Aeon Sarkar, Pritika beat Tahmina Akter, Reshma beat Nipa Mahmood and Arna beat Nishat Jebin. In the class Kg to V group. Fahim beat Emon Hossain, Sayan beat Priyo Pranto, Asif beat Bappi, Saiful beat Nazrul, Nayem beat Refatul Islam and Saddam beat Ezaz Hossain. 4th round games of all three groups will start today (Sunday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.


23 players are sharing lead in the point table with full 2 points each after end of the 2nd round games of Class VI to X Group in Standard Chartered Bank School Chess Tournament. They are: Babu, Prantik, Sharif, Sayantan, Asim, Saif, Akshat, Shiblu, Aniruddah, Abhirup, Sayed, Shubam, Siam, Debot, Abir, Jumrat, Rafi, Alvi, Wahid, Arif, Salman, Hemel & Mahbub. 7 players are sharing lead in the point table with full 2 points each in the girls group. They are: Shaati, Pritika, Arna, Aeon, Reshma, Tahmina & Nishat. 13 players are sharing lead in the point table of group class KG to V. They are: Fahim, Shayan, Asif, Rafat, Saiful, Nayem, Saddam, Ezaz, Emon, Ahmed, Priyo, Bappi and Nazrul. In the group VI to X Babu beat Shifu, Sharif beat Shakib, Sayantan beat Masrur, Asim beat Mehdi, Saif beat Junayed, Shiblu beat Hossain, Abhirup beat Monir, Aniruddah beat Feroz, Sayed beat Faruk, Shubam beat Islam, Siam beat Rakib, Debot beat Masum, Abir beat Riaz, Jumrat beat Mashriq, Rafi beat Zaman, Alvi beat Nazmul, Arif beat Tahir, Hemel beat Mizan & Bappy beat Polash. In the girls group: Shaati beat Samaha, Pritika beat Nipa, Arna beat Mostora, Aeon beat Shakhera, Rashma beat Aheli, Tahmina beat Shiny and Nishat beat Habiba. In the group Kg to V, Fahim beat Robin, Shayan beat Amin, Asif beat Afjal, Rafat beat Rifat, Saif beat Hanif, Nayem beat Aziz, Saddam beat Rafi, Ezaz beat Gourab, Emon beat Tanvir, Ahmed beat Adnan, Priyo beat Mahmood, Bappi beat Reza and Nazrul beat Mollah. 3rd round games of all three groups will start today (Saturday) from 3:30 PM at the same venues.

The game of the 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation began yesterday (Thursday) at the conference-room of National Sports Council and Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Mr. Shah Masud Imam, Head of the Corporate Affairs of the Standard Chartered Bank and Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman inaugurated the event. 230 school boys and girls from 62 Schools from Bangladesh and India are participating in the event. Renowned players are Rated Rezaul Islam Babu from Rajbhai, Sub-Junior Champion Aniruddah Majumder, Abdullah Al Saif, Md. Sharif Hossain, Youngest rated player Mohammad Fahim, Moshabbir Khan Shiblu. Akshat Agarwal and Pritika Tayal from Delhi, Prantik Roy, Abhirup Kar, Sayantan Das, Shaati Majumder, Arna Sarkar and Sayan Majumder from Kolkata, Asim Roy, Shubom Das, Dibotpal Dey and Shiny Sarakr from Tripura. In the 1st round games 13 girls earned full point, 28 players earned full point in the group KG to V and 54 players earned full point in the group VI to X . Girls group will held in 7 round and both groups of the boys will held in 9 Swiss-League system. Cash prize and trophy will be given to the winners. 2nd round games will start today (Friday).

The game of the 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start today (Thursday) from 3:00 PM at the Chess Federation hall-room. More than 200 players from Bangladesh and India are participating in the event. The tournament will be held in 9 round Swiss-League system in 3 groups and cash prize and trophy will be given to the winners. All participants are requested to be present in the playing venue on or before 2:30 PM.

9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start from 12th July 2007 Thursday from 3:00 PM at the Chess Federation hall-room. It is an open chess tournament for all school students and entry fee is not required. Interested boys and girls can enroll their name on or before 10th July 2007 Tuesday at Bangladesh Chess Federation office (2nd floor, National Sports Council, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000). The tournament will be held in 9 round Swiss-League system and cash prize and trophy will be given to the winners. Students from India will also participate in the event.

Destiny International Rating Chess Tournament

The Prize Distribution ceremony of the Destiny International Rating ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000 Limited and organised byBangladesh Chess Federation was held yesterday (Tuesday) at theConference-room of National Sports Council. Honorable Additional Secretaryof the Ministry of the Youth and Sports of the Government of the PeoplesRepublic of Bangladesh Dr. Golam Moshtafa Talukder distributed prizes amongthe winners to present as chief guest. Mr. Rafiqul Islam, President ofBangladesh Chess Federation presided the ceremony. Mr. Mohammad RafiqulAmin, Chairman of Destiny Group and Editor of Dainik Destiny was present asspecial guest. Mr. Mohammad Jamilur Rahman, General Secretary of BangladeshChess Federation gave address in the ceremony and Former President ofBangladesh Chess Federation Syed Shujauddin Ahmed was present in theceremony. In the Premier Group Champion IM Enamul Hossain Razib ofChittagong Mohammadan got seventeen thousand taka, Runner-up IM Abdullah AlRakib of Biman got Nine thousand taka, GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman got Ninethousand taka, Sk. Nasir Ahmed and FM Abu Sufian Shakil got four thousandfive hundred taka each, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny got threethousand taka, IWM Rani Hamid & FM Kh. Aminul Islam got two thousand takaeach. In the Primary Group Kazi Taherul Islam got ten thousand taka,Anichuzzaman Jewel got seven thousand taka, Md. Hasan Emam, Aminul IslamPolash, Amir Hossain, Nazrana Khan Eva, Abdul Majed and Golam MoshtafaBhuiyan got two thousand one hundred sixty taka each. Total sixty thousandtaka prize money given in the Premier Group and forty thousand taka prizemoney given in the Primary Group. 21 players including GM, IMs FM,s andover 2150 rated players participated in the Premier Group and 144 playersincluding 84 rated players participated in Primary Group.



IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan became unbeaten championin the Premier Group of the Destiny International Rating ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000 Limited and organised byBangladesh Chess Federation which was held at Bangladesh ChessFederation hall-room. Razib earned 7 points after end of the 9thor last round games to clinch the title. IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Bimanbecame 2nd and GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman became 3rd with 6½ points each. Sk.Nasir Ahmed of Destiny became 4th and FM Abu Sufian Shakil became 5th with6 points each. Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny became 6th position.Other positions of Premier Group are: 7th-IWM Rani Hamid, points-5, 8th-FMKh. Aminul Islam, points-5. 5 players earned 4½ points each and theirpositions are: 9th-Debaraj Chatterjee, 10th-FM Mehdi Hasan Parag,11th-Mahtabuddin Ahmed, 12th-Arman Monir and 13th-Md. Javed. 14th-AbdulMaleq, points-4, 15th-Sohel Chowdhury, points-4, 16th-Enayet Hossain,points-3½ and 17th-Delwar Hossain, points-3½ 9th or last round games ofpremier group were held yesterday (Monday). In the last round Razibbeat Debarj, Nasir lost against Shakil, Rakib beat Amin, Zia beat Maleq,Sagar drew with Parag, Rani beat Ali, Arman beat Monir and Enayet beatDelwar. Kazi Taherul Islam became unbeaten champion in the Primary Group.Taher earned 8 points to clinch the title of Primary Group. AnichuzzamanJewel became 2nd with 7½ points. 6 players earned 7 points each. Theirpositions are: 3rd-Md. Hasan Emam, 4th-Aminul Islam Polash, 5th-AmirHossain, 6th-Nazrana Khan Eva, 7th-Abdul Majed and 8th-Golam MoshtafaBhuiyan. 8 players earned 6½ points each and their positions are:9th-Obaidul Islam Shahin, 10th-Dewan Md. Riad, 11th-Mahmudul Hasan Jewel,12th-Nasir Uddin Mahmood, 13th-Sk. Rashedul Hasan, 14th-Gyesudin Mithu,15th-Farhadur Rahman Shabab and 16th-Mohammad Asaduzzaman. In the lastround games of Primary Group: Taher beat Amir, Anich beat Hasan, Mostafabeat Shahin, Eva beat Jamal Ahmed, Majed beat Abdul Momin, Asad beatShamima Akter Liza, Polash beat Sabya Shachi, Rashed beat Shameem, Shababbeat Naser, Mithu beat Saif and Mahmud beat Masum. The Prize Distributionceremony of the event will start today(Tuesday) from 5:30 PM at theConference-room of National Sports Council. Additional Secretary of theMinistry of the Youth and Sports Ministry Dr. Golam Moshtafa Talukder willdistribute prizes among the winners to present as chief guest.


IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed ofDestiny are now jointly lead in the points table with 6 points each afterend of the 8th round games. in the Premier Group of the DestinyInternational Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being held atBangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. GM Ziaur Rahman and IM Abdullah AlRakib of Biman are jointly in 2nd position with 5½ points each. FM AbuSufian Shakil of Destiny and FM Kh. Aminul Islam are in 3rd position with 5points each. 8th round games were held yesterday (Sunday). In the 8th roundRazib drew with Shakil, Nasir drew with his teammate National JuniorChampion Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Zia beat Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny,National champion Rakib beat Women champion IWM Rani Hamid, Amin beat AbdulMaleq of Leonine, Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Md.Javed beat Sohel Chowdhury, Uten drew with Arman Monir, Md. Ali beat EnayetHossain and Monir Hossain beat Delwar Hossain. Md. Hasan Emam, Kazi TaherulIslam and Amir Hossain are sharing lead in the points table with 7 pointseach after end of the 8th round games in the Primary Group. Obaidul IslamShahin and Anichuzzaman Jewel are in 2nd position with 6½ each. NazranaKhan Eva, Aminul Islam Polash, Golam Moshtafa Bhuiyan, Dewan Md. Riad,Abdul Momin, Jamal Ahmed, Sabya Sachi, Abdul Majed and Nasiruddin Mahmoodare sharing 3rd position with 6 points each. 8th round games of PrimaryGroup: Hasan drew with Taher, Amir beat Eva, Shahin drew with Anich,Polash drew with Riad, Moshtafa beat Jewel, Momin beat Babu, Jamal beatKawsar, Majed beat Zaker, Sabya Shachi beat Masudur and Mahmood beat Rauf.9th round or last round games will start today (Monday) from 3:30 PM at thesame venue.

GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman lost his 7th round against FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed ofDestiny in the Premier Group of the Destiny International Rating ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000 Limited and organised byBangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at Bangladesh ChessFederation hall-room. 7th round games were held yesterday (Saturday). Nasirplayed with white pieces and won at 40th moves. Sk. Nasir and IM EnamulHossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan is now jointly lead in the pointstable with 5½ points each after end of the 7th round games. Zia, IMAbdullah Al Rakid of Biman, FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagarand Debaraj Chatterjeee of Destiny are in 2nd position with 4½ points each.Md. Hasan Emam & Kazi Taherul Islam are jointly lead in the points tablewith 6½ points each after end of the 7th round games in the Primary Group.Nazrana Khan Eva, Obaidul Islam Shahin, Amir Hossain and Anichuzzaman Jewelare in 2nd position with 6 points each. 7th round games of the PremierGroup: Razib beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Rakib drew with Debarj, Sagar beatAbdul Maleq, Shakil beat Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, IWM Rani Hamid beat ArmanMonir, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat Enayet Hossain, Sohel Chowdhury beat MonirHossain, Md. Javed drew with Md. Ali and Delwar Hossain beat Uten. In the7th round games of Primary Group: Hasan beat Aminul Islam Polash, Taherbeat Jamal Ahmed, Shahin beat Abdul Majed, Jewel beat Masudur RahmanMallik, Eva beat Nahid Parvej and Amir beat Abdul Momin.


GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadanand FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny are sharing lead in the points table with4½ points each after end of the 6th round games in the Premier Group ofthe Destiny International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored byDestiny 2000 Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is nowbeing held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. IM Abdullah Al Rakidof Biman, FM Kh. Aminul Islam, Abdul Maleq of Leonine and DebarajChatterjeee are in 2nd position with 4 points each. Md. Hasan Emam, KaziTaherul Islam and Aminul Islam Polash are sharing lead in the points tablewith 5½ points each after end of the 6th round in the Primary Group. JamalAhmed, Nazrana Khan Eva, Abdul Majed, Masudur Rahman Mallik, Obaidul IslamShahin, Amir Hossain, Nahid Parvej, Abdul Momin, and Anichuzzaman Jewel arein 2nd position with 5 points each. 6th round games of the both groups wereheld yesterday (Friday). In the Premier Group: Zia drew with Razib, Nasirdrew with Rakib, Amin beat Arman Monir, Shakil drew with Minhazuddin AhmedSagar, Maleq beat Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, Debaraj Chatterjee beat Md.Javed, FM Mehdi Hasna beat Sohel Chowdhury, IWM Rani Hamid beat MonirHossain, Md. Ali beat Delwar Hossain and Enayet Hossain got walk-overagainst Uten. In the 6th round games of Primary Group: Hasan beat Naser,Taher drerw with Polash, Eva drew with Kazal, Jamal beat Chapal, Majed beatRauf, Masud beat Shirin, Shahin beat Liza, Amir beat Mahmood, Nahid beatShameem, Momin beat Rob and Jewel beat Zaker.



GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadanand FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Destiny are sharing lead in the points table with4 points each after end of the 5th round games in the Premier Group of theDestiny International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny2000 Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being heldat Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. IM Abdullah Al Rakib of Biman isin 2nd postion with 3½ points. FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Kh. Aminul Islam,Abdul Maleq, Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Debaraj Chatterjee, Mahtabuddin AhmedRobin and Arman Monir are in 3rd position with 3 points each. Kazi TaherulIslam and Aminul Islam Polash are jointly lead in the points table withmaximum 5 points each after end of the 5th round in the Primary Group.S.A.M. Nasre, Hasan Emam and Nazrana Khan Eva are in 2nd position with 4½points each. 5th round games of the both groups were held yesterday(Thursday). In the Premier Group: Zia beat Shakil, Razib drew with Nasir,Rakib drew with Sagar, Debaraj drew with Rpbin, Amin beat IWM Rani Hamid,Maleq beat FM Mahdi Hasan Pagar, Arman beat Enayet Hossain, Md. Javed beatDelwar Hossain, Sohel Chowdhury beat Md. Ali and Monir Hossain beatUten. In the Primary Group: Taher beat Shamima Akter Liza, Polash beatJamal Ahmed, Nasre beat Hafizul Islam Chapal, Hasan beat Gyesuddin Mithuand Eva beat Dewan Md. Riad.



IM Enamul Hossain Razib of Chittagong Mohammadan and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed ofDestiny are jointly lead in the points table with 3½ points each after endof the 4th round games in the Premier Group of the Destiny InternationalRating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000 Limited andorganised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at BangladeshChess Federation hall-room. GM Ziaur Rahman & IM Abdullah Al Rakib ofBiman, and FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Destiny are in 2nd position with 3points each. 5 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 4points each after end of the 4th round in the Primary Group. They are:Jamal Ahmed, Kazi Taherul Islam, Aminul Islam Polash, Shamima Akter Lizaand Hafizul Islam Chapal. 4th round games of the both groups were heldyesterday (Wednesday). In the Premier Group: Zia drew with Rakib, Razibbeat Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, Nasir beat Arman Monir, Shakil beat FM MehdiHasan Parag, Debaraj Chattrejee beat Mohammad Enayet Hossain, MahtabuddinAhmed Robin beat Delwar Hossain, FM Kh. Aminul Islam beat Md. Javed, IWMRani Hamid beat Sohel Chowdhury, Abdul Maleq beat Monir Hossain and Md. Alidrew with Uten. In the Primary Group: Liza beat Masudur Rahman Bari, Jamalbeat Syed Abdul Zaker, Taher beat Sharif Hossain, Polash beat Sujan andChapal beat Masudur Rahman Mallik.



5 players are sharing lead in the points table with 2½ points each afterend of the 3rd round games in the Premier Group of the DestinyInternational Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being held atBangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. They are: GM Ziaur Rahman & IMAbdullah Al Rakib of Biman, IM Enamul Hossain Razib of ChittagongMohammadan, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny. 12players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points eachafter end of the 3rd round in the Primary Group. They are: Masudur RahmanBari, Jamal Ahmed, Hasan Emam, Kazi Taherul Islam, Aminul Islam Polash,Masudur Rahman Dipu, Shamima Akter Liza, Dewan Md. Riad, Sujan, SharifHossain, Hafizul Islam Chapal and Syed Abdul Zaker. 3rd round games of theboth groups were held yesterday (Tuesday). In the Premier Group: Rakib drewwith Razib, Zai beat DElwar Hossain, Nasir beat Debaraj Chatterjee, Sagarbeat Enayet Hossain, FM Abu Sufian Shakil beat Monir Hossain, FM MehdiHasan Parag beat IWM Rani Hamid, Md. Javed beat Abdul Maleq and MahtabuddinRobin beat Uten. FM Kh. Aminul Islam drew with Md. Ali. In the PrimaryGroup: Sujan beat Feroz, Sharif beat Moshtafa, Bari beat Shahin, Hasanbeat Amir, Jamal beat Rauf, Polash beat Noman, Taher beat Nahid, Chapalbeat Majed, Masud beat Rob, Liza beat Alam, Riad beat Matin and Zaker beatSarwar.




IM Enamul Hossain Razib and IM Abdullah al Rakib are jointly lead in thepoints table with maximum 2 points each after end of the 2nd round games inthe Premier Group of the Destiny International Rating ChessTournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny 2000 Limited and organised byBangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at Bangladesh ChessFederation hall-room. GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman, FM Sk. Nasir Hossain,Minhazuddin Ahmed, Sagar, Debaraj Chatterjee of Destiny, Enayet Hossain andDelwar Hossain are sharing 2nd position with 1½ point each. 30 players aresharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points each after end ofthe 2nd round in the Primary Group. 2nd round games of the both groups wereheld yesterday (Monday). In the Premier Group: Rakib beat FM Mehdi HasanParag, Razib beat Abdul Maleq, Nsir drew with Delwar Hossain, Enayet drewwith FM Abu Sufial Shakil, Zia beat Uten, Debaraj beat FM Kh. Aminul Islam,Sagar beat Md. Javed. In the Primary Group: Feroz beat Kashem, Mostafa beatSalim, Bari beat Dulal, Karol beat Babu, Hasan beat Saif, Jewel beat Monir,Taher beat Shahin, Majed beat Shimmi, Polash beat Nazre and Dipu beatMizan.

Destiny International Rating Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Destiny2000 Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start fromtoday (Sunday) at 3:00 PM at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Theevent will be held in two groups, Premier group and Primary group. Who haverating 2150+ will participate in Premier group and other players willparticipate in Primary group. Sixty thousand taka will be give to thewinners of Premier group and forty thousand taka will give to Primarygroup. More then 100 players are participating in the event.

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.