BD men\\\'s, women\\\'s teams concede defeat in 4th round

Both the men's and women's teams of Bangladesh conceded defeat in the 4th round matches of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway Tuesday, reports UNB.

Bangladesh men's team, ranked 55th in the open section, lost to former Olympiad champion and ranked 9th Ukraine by 1-3 points in the open section while Bangladesh Women's team lost to Switzerland by 0.5-3.5 points in the women's section.

In the open section, Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman (Rating-2523) drew with former world runner-up GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Rating-2744) of Ukraine while another Bangladeshi GM Abdullah Al Rakib (Rating-2522) drew with former world chess champion GM Ruslan Ponomariov (Rating-2717) of Ukraine.

Bangladeshi GM Enamul Hossain Razib lost to GM Pavel Eljanov (Rating-2723) while GM Niaz Murshed (Rating-2453) lost to GM Alexander Moiseenko (Rating-2707) of Ukraine.

After the 4th round matches, Bangladesh men's (Open) team earned 5 match points and 9 game points.

In the women's section, Bangladesh's WIM Shamima Akter Liza (Rating-2147) lost to WIM Seps Monika (Rating-2236), WFM Nazrana Khan (Rating-2001) lost to WGM Hund Barbara (Rating-2153) and WIM Rani Hamid (Rating-1995) lost to WIM Heinatz Gundula (Rating-2169).

Only Sharmin Sultana Shirin (Rating-1984) drew with WFM Stoeri Laura (Rating-2123).

Bangladesh Women's team earned 4 match points and 7.5 game points.