Ziaur maintains lead in Rating Chess

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DHAKA, Jan 15, 2021 (BSS) – GM Ziaur Rahman of SAIF Sporting Club
maintained his solo lead in the points table with seven points after
8th or penultimate round games of Mujib Birth Centenary Invitational
FIDE Rating Chess tournament now being held at Bangladesh Chess
Federation hall-Room.

FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Titas Club and Anata Choudhury of Uttara
Central Chess Club are shared the second position with six points.

Three players are sharing the third position with 5.5 points. They
are IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, IM Abu Sufian Shakil of Bangladesh Navy
and CM Sohel Chowdhury of Titas Club.

Five players are sharing fourth position with five points. They are
IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and Sariatullah of Bangladesh Police, FM
Subrota Biswas and fM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy and FM
Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Janata Bank Officer’s Welfare Society.

The eighth round games were held today (Friday)with GM Zia drew
with Anata, FM Parag beat FM Subrota, IM Minhaz beat IM Fahad, IM
Shakil beat CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, FM Nasir split point with
Sariatullah, CM Sohel beat CM S. M. Sahron, FM Mohammad Javed drew
with CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, CM Manon Reja Neer split point with Avik
Sarker, FM Mahfuz beat WCM Ahmed Walijah, Swarnavo Choudhury drew with
WIM Rani Hamid, Masum Hossain beat CM Nayem Haque,

Jabed Al Azad beat WCM Jannatul Ferdous, CM Sharif hossain beat
Sajidul Haque, CM Jamal Uddin beat Nusrat Jahan Alo, WFM Nazrana Khan
beat Kazi Zarin Tasnim, WFM Noshin Anjum beat Asadujjaman, Wadifa
Ahmed drew with CM Monir Hossain, FM Saif Uddin beat Israt Jahan Diba
and Marzouq Chowdhury beat Syed Ridwan.

The ninth or last round games start tomorrow (Saturday) from 2 PM
at the same venue.