DHAKA, May 26, 2022 (BSS)-Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman shared the second position
along with others seven players with five points after sixth round games of
the Category A Grand Masters Chess event of the 13th KIIT International Chess
Festival now being held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Grandmaster Zia earlier drew with FM Rohith Krishna of India in fifth round
held Wednesday last and he won against his Indian rival Praloy Sahoo in sixth
round which was held today (Thursday).

Jodunath Biswas got 1.5 points and Kaumudi Nargis earned one point out of six
games.

A total of 175 players including eleven grandmasters, one woman grandmaster
and fourteen international masters from ten countries are participating in
the event.