GM Ziaur Rahman shares 3rd slot

Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman shared the third slot with 14 other players in the third Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2018. He secured four points after the fifth round matches held in Kolkata, India on Friday, reports UNB.

Bangladeshi Fide Master Syed Mahfuzur Rahman earned 3.5 points, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and FM Khondakar Aminul Islasm earned three points each.

International Master Mohammad Minhaz Uddin earned 2.5 points.

Other Bangladeshi players-FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, CM SM Sharon and CM Sohel Chowdhury earned 2 points each, CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, Anisuzzaman Jewel, Mukaddesur Rahman Khan and Tahsin Tajwar Zia-bagged 1.5 points each while WIM Rani Hamid earned one point after the fifth round encounters.

In the fifth round matches, GM Zia drew with GM Sandipan Chanda of India, FM Fahad lost to FM Erigaisi Arjun of India, FM Mahfuz beat Kaustav Kundu of India, IM Shakil beat Mahindrakar Indrajeet of India, FM Nasir drew with Alan Diviya Raj of India, FM Amin beat Balasubramaniam of India, IM Minhaz drew with Kulkarni Vinayak of India, FM Pagar drew with Jaeel Atharva of India, CM Sohel drew with WFM Bidhar Rutumbara of India, CM Chanchal lost to Nitin Shankar Madhu of India, CM Sharon beat Sa Kannan of India, Mukaddes drew with Siddharth Sabharishankar of India, Jewel drew with Om Kharola of India, Tahsin drew with Didwania Vishal of India and WIM Rani Hamid got bye.