Nine players sharing the top slot in the open section of the Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championship securing full two points after the second round matches held at Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International in the capital on Wednesday.
The leaders are: IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, CM Nayem Haque, FM Md. Taibur Rahman, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Rupesh Jaswal of Nepal and Md. Sajidul Haque.
Four Bangladesh players sharing top slot in Women’s section securing full 2 points each after the day's 2nd round games.
They are: FM Noshin Anjum, FM Nazrana Khan Eva, WCM Jannatul Fedous and Warsia Kushbu.
In the 2nd round of Open Section, M Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat FM Mohammed Abdul Malek, GM Enamul Hossain Razib beat FM Md. Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan beat Md. Abzid Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat FM Amer Karim of Pakistan, CM Nayem Haque beat Md. Abu Hanif, FM Md. Taibur Rahman beat CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed beat Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, FM Rupesh Jaswal beat Tutul Dhar, Md. Sajidul Haque beat Shafiq Ahmed, CM Md. Sharif Hossain drew with cM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, GM Ziaur Rahman beat CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid, GM Niaz Murshed beat Avik Sarker, CM Manon Reja Neer beat FM Muhamed Shaau, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin beat Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam beat Mohammed Enayet Hossain, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman beat Safayat Kibria Azaan, CM Sohel Chowdhury beat Rayan Rashid Mugdho, Marzouq Chowdhury beat FM Mohammad Javed, FM Subrota Biswas beat Dr. Ratan Kumar Paul, FM mehdi Hasan Parag beat Siam Chowdhury, Tashriq Saihan Shan beat FM Md Saif Uddin.
In the 2nd round of matches of the Women’s section, FM Noshin Anjum beat WFM Sujana Lohani of Nepal, FM Nazrana Khan Eva beat WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi of Sri Lanka, WCM Jannatul Fedous beat Wadifa Ahmed, Warsia Kushbu beat Abeysinghe H M H Janandan of Sri Lanka, WCM Ahmed Walijah beat WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan, Nusrat Jahan Alo drew with Neelava Choudhury, Sabikun Nahar Tonima drew with WFM Tanima Parveen.
The 3rd round matches of both the open and women's sections will be held on Thursday from 3-00 pm at the same venue.