Four players are sharing lead in the points table with 5 points after the 6th round games of the Tangail International Rating Chess tournament now being held at Bangabandhu Auditorium in Tangail Press Club, Tangail.
They are FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Leonine Chess Club, FM Debaraj Chatterjee of Titas Club, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited and Ikramul Haq Siam of Golden Sporting Club.
Nine players are sharing the 2nd slot with 4.5 points each. They are IM Abu Sufian Shakil of Dhaka Mohammedan, FM Kh Aminul Islam, FM Mohammad Javed, Sharif Hossain and CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan of Titas Club, Abdullah Al Saif Golden Sporting Club, M Sawkat Bin Osman and Abhishek Sarkar of India.
In the day’s 6th round games held today (Monday), Parag beat Shakil, Debaraj beat S M Sharon, Emon beat Rabiul Bhuiyan, Siam beat national junior champion Avik Sarker, Saif beat Shrutarshi Roy of India, Mostafa beat M Matiur Rahman Mamun, Mahtab beat M Abzid Rahman, Abhishek beat Mohammad
Sherajul Kabir, Kh Amin split points with Sawkat and Javed drew with Sharif.
