A total of 11 players shared lead in the points table of the 40th National B Chess Championship with maximum 3 points after the 3rd round games now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.
They are IM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Aminul Islam, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Debaraj Chatterjee, FM Mejdi Hasan Parag, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, Shafiq Ahmed, Uten, Abdullah Al-Saif and M Jamal Uddin.
In the 3rd round games held on Wednesday, Minhaz beat Ikramul Haque Siam, Amin beat M Abu Hanif, Nasir beat Mohammed Enayet Hossain, Debaraj beat FM M Saif Uddin, Parag beat M Sharif Hossain, Mostafa beat Shah Mahfuzul Karim, Khorshed beat FM Mohammad Javed, Shafiq beat WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, Jamal beat Masum Hossain, Uten beat Rana Chowdhury and Saif beat Salman Munshi.
