WFM Noshin Anjum emerges unbeaten champion in the Jaya Women's FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, securing six points after the seventh and last round matches held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room in Dhaka on Tuesday.
WFM Ahmed Walijah finished runner-up with 5.5 points.
Six players earned 5 points each, and their positions were decided through the tiebreaker.
In the tie-breaking system, WIM Rani Hamid became 3rd, WFM Nazrana Khan Eva became 4th, WCM Jannatul Ferdous became 5th, WCM Nusrat Jahan Alo became 6th, WFM Wadifa Ahmed became seventh, and WCM Israt Jahan Diba became eighth.
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Tasnia Tarannum Orpa became nonth, WFM Zakia Sultana became 10th, WCM Warsia Kushbu became 11th, and Thakur Jania Haque became 12th, securing 4.5 points each.
Special prize winners are: WCM Kazi Zarin Tasnim, Jinnat Akter Shahnaz, Suriay Akter, and Khondakar Aneeka Mowla. (Rating Category).
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In the day's seventh round matches, WFM Noshin Anjum beat WCM Israt Jahan Diba, WIM Rani Hamid drew with WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, WFM Wadifa Ahmed drew with WCM Nusrat Jahan Alo, WCM Ahmed Walijah beat WCM Kazi Zarin Tasnim, WCM Jannatul Ferdous beat Neelava Choudhury, WFM Zakia Sultana drew with Thakur Jania Haque, Tasnia Tarannum Orpa beat Jinnat Akter Shahnaz, WCM Warsia Kushbu beat Ahona Dey and Suraiya Akter Khondakar Aneeka Mowla.
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The prize distribution ceremony for the meet was also held on Tuesday after the day's matches.
Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Chess Federation, distributed prizes among the winners as the chief guest.
The Women's Rating Chess Tournament was held on a seven-round Swiss-League system, in which 47 female players participated.
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