A total of 27 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum two points after the 2nd round games of the Shaheed Sheikh Moni Memorial International Rating Chess now being held at National Sports Council Auditorium in the city.
They are GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon, FM DEbaraj Chatterjee, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, WIM Rani Hamid, Saiful Islam Chowdhury, Uten, Shafiq Ahmed, Abdullah Al-Saif, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, Syed Ejaz Husain, CM Sohel Chowdhury, Jaiswal Rupesh of Nepal, Delwar Hossain, Abdul Momin, Md. Siddiqur Rahman, Zafrul Islam, Thing Bibek, Afzal Hossain Sachchu, Anata Chowdhury, Anisuzzaman Mallik, Belal Hossain, Nasiruddin Apu and Jaber Al Hamid.
In the 2nd round games held on Monday, Zia beat Avik Sarker, Shakil beat Himal Lama of Nepal, Emon beat Khondoker Nazre Mowla, Debaraj bear Shahnaz Md. Faruk, Parag beat Matiur Rahman Mamun, Saiful beat Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, Uten beat Amir Hossain, Shafiq beat Badrul Alam, Saif beat Mukitul Islam Ripon, Mostafa beat Md. Abdur Rauf, Sohel beat Scott A. Elliott of USA, Ejaz beat Tausifuzzaman, Apu beat Mohammed Enayet Hossain, Reza beat Mizanur Rahman, Anis beat Mohammad Sherajul Kabir, Siddique beat Zakaria, Delwar beat Shawkat Bin Osman, Zafrul beat Abu Foez Md. Nayem, Fahad beat Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury, Bibek beat Md. Shamsul Alam, Jaber beat SM Sharon, Rani Hamid beat Sayantan Das of India, Sachchu beat Kazi Iquball Hossain, Belal beat Paran Tosh Kumar Chandra, Anata got walk-over against Mohammad Aminul Islam, Rupesh got walk-over against Mokaddesur Rahman Sohan and Momin got walk-over against Salman Munshi.
