Fide Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh shared the 3rd slot in Open Division of the Tata Steel Asian Junior (U-20) Chess Championships'2023 with four other players securing five points after the 8th round matches held in India's Jamshedpur on Thursday.

Bangladeshi FM Manon Reja Neer earned 4.5 points and Aiyan Rahman earned one point.

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FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat CM Adireddy Arjun of India, FM Manon Reja Neer drew with FM Abdilkhair Abilmansur of Kazakhstan while Aiyan Rahman got bye in the day's 8th round matches.

In the Junior Girls group, WFM Wadifa Ahmed scored 4.5 points and WCM Ahmed Walijah scored 3.5 points after the 8th round matches.

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In the day's 8th round, Wadifa Ahmed beat Patil Disha of India while WCM Ahmed Walijah won against Arya G Mallar of India.