Navy emerge champions in Premier Chess League

Bangladesh Navy Chess Team emerged as new champions in the Walton Premier Division Chess League with unbeaten record beating Navy Junior Team by straight 4-0 points in the last and final round at the Bangladesh Olympic Association media centre in the city Thursday, reports UNB.
The last three years' champions, Dhaka Mohammedan SC finished runners-up defeating Titas Club, also by straight 4-0 points in their last encounter Thursday evening.
The senior sailors' team comprising GM Abdullah Al-Rakib, GM Enamul Hossain, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Taibur Rahman, FM Sk Nasir Ahmed and FM Kh. Aminul Islam clinched their maiden title securing overall 16 points.
Clinching the title, Navy Captain Enamul Hossain Razib said: "We are very much happy to clinch the maiden title without any foreign player… we beat giant Mohammedan SC despite our weakness in the 4th board."
Dhaka Mohammedan SC, with two Georgian grandmasters Merab Gagunashvili and Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed, IM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, went down to the 2nd slot bagging 14 points.
Titas Club Chess Team, comprising FM Saif Uddin Lavlu, FM Debaraj Chatterjee, Shafiq Ahmed, FM Mohammed Abdul Malek, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan and FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman became 3rd with 10 points.
In the day's 9th round matches, Rakib, Razib, Nasir and Amin of Navy beat Masum, Sharon, Sharif and Sagar of Navy junior team;
Gagunashvili, Zia and Shakil won against Debaraj, Mostafa and Fahad while Mchedlishvili got walkover against Lavlu. Bangladesh Navy Junior Chess Team finished 4th with 8 points.
Other positions decided by board points: 5th - Pritam-Prism Chess Club of Narayanganj (6 points); 6th - Sreejan Chess Club (6 points);
7th - Leonine Chess Club (4 points); 8th - Sultana Kamal Smriti Pathagar (4 points); 9th -Fire Service & Civil Defense Sports Club (4 points);
Fire-Service and Access Group have been relegated to the 1st Division League.
In the last round matches, Sultana Kamal Smriti beat Pritam-Prism Chess by 2.5-1.5 points; Sreejan Chess drew with Leonine Chess by 2-2 points.
Board prizes: Bangladesh Navy got 4 gold (GM Abdullah Al-Rakib 2nd Board, GM Enamul Hossain 3rd board, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed 4th board and FM Kh. Aminul Islam 6 board);
Dhaka Mohammedan got 3 gold (GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 1st Board, Gagunashvili 2nd Board, IM Abu Sufian Shakil 5th board).
Roll of Honor: 2011 - Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, 2012 -Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, 2013 - Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited and 2014 - Bangladesh Navy Chess Team.