Bangladesh Men team became 11th in the Blitz team chess event of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Games 2017 which concluded on Wednesday at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan.
Bangladesh Men team earned 4.5 points out of 5 matches; they won 1 match, drew 2 matches and lost two matches. GM Enamul Hossain Razib and GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib participated in Bangladesh Men team.
Bangladesh Men beat United Arab Emirates by 2-0 points, drew with Qatar by 1-1 points and Thailand by 1-1 points, lost to China by 0-2 points and Philippines by .5 – 1.5 points.
Bangladesh Women team became 12th with 4 points. WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin and WIM Shamima Akter Liza participated in Bangladesh women team.
Bangladesh women team lost against India by 0-2 points, drew with Kyrgyzstan by 1-1 points, drew with Thailand by 1-1 points and drew with Jordan by 1-1 points.
Vietnam got gold, China got silver, India and Kazakhstan got bronze in Men section.
China got gold, Vietnam got silver, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan got bronze in women section.
18 teams participated in men section and 13 teams participated in women section.
