Razib, Parag share lead in Open GM Chess Tourney
Monday, 24 May 2010
GM Enamul Hossain Razib and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag both earned full two points to share the lead along with other 44 players in the 2nd SCS International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament that began Saturday at Bhubaneswar (Orissa) in India, reports UNB.
FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and FM Mohammad Javed followed the leaders with 1.5 points each. FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Debaraj Chatterjee, Abdullah Al Saif, Hafizul Islam Chapal and Md Kawsar Ali Eti bagged one point each.
In the 2nd round matches Sunday, Bangladeshi players got some remarkable results. Parag beat GM Anuar Ismagambetove of Kazakhstan, Sagar drew with GM Maletin Pavel of Russia and Javed drew with IM Ashwin Jayaram of India.
Razib beat Arjun Tiwari, Saif beat Satarudra Das, Chapal beat FM Mitrabha Guha, Eti beat Somu Gorai.
Shakil lost to GM Aleksandrov Aleksej of Belarus and Debaraj lost to IM Lalit Babu of India. Mokaddes Hossain, Touhidur Rahman Toffee and Al-Kaium Rizbi lost their respective 2nd round matches.
A total of 249 players from 13 countries, including 34 GMs, three WGMs and 27 IMs are taking part in the event.
FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and FM Mohammad Javed followed the leaders with 1.5 points each. FM Abu Sufian Shakil, Debaraj Chatterjee, Abdullah Al Saif, Hafizul Islam Chapal and Md Kawsar Ali Eti bagged one point each.
In the 2nd round matches Sunday, Bangladeshi players got some remarkable results. Parag beat GM Anuar Ismagambetove of Kazakhstan, Sagar drew with GM Maletin Pavel of Russia and Javed drew with IM Ashwin Jayaram of India.
Razib beat Arjun Tiwari, Saif beat Satarudra Das, Chapal beat FM Mitrabha Guha, Eti beat Somu Gorai.
Shakil lost to GM Aleksandrov Aleksej of Belarus and Debaraj lost to IM Lalit Babu of India. Mokaddes Hossain, Touhidur Rahman Toffee and Al-Kaium Rizbi lost their respective 2nd round matches.
A total of 249 players from 13 countries, including 34 GMs, three WGMs and 27 IMs are taking part in the event.