Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman maintained his 2nd slot in the 11th International Chess Festival 2018 sharing the place with 12 other players securing five points after the 6th round matches at Bhubaneswar of Odisha in India on Tuesday.
Bangladeshi FM Taibur Rahman earned 4 points, Jamal Uddin, Avik Sarker and Jodunath Biswas earned 3.5 points each. CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh and Tahsin Tajwar Zia earned 3 points each, CM Sohel Chowdhury, Abzid Rahman, Anisuzzaman Jewel, Mezanur Rahman, Tipu Sultan, Sazzad Kishor and Sohel Rana Pritom earned 2.5 points each, Shahnaz Mohammad Faruque, Sadnan Hasan Dihan, Ahmed Walijah and Akmal Hossain Khan earned 2 points each.
In the 6th round matches, GM Zia beat Sekar B of India, FM Taibur beat Samal Ansuman of India, Jamal drew with GM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury of India, Sazzad lost to Manish Anto Cristiano of India, Jodu beat Mahitosh Dey of India, Avik beat Karthik Sai Chowdhury of India, CM Chanchal beat Niharika Chowdhury of India, Prtitom drew with Nitin Sankar Madhu of India, Jewel drew with Mckenzie Lionel Joseph of India, Mezan drew with Shyam Prasad Reddy of India, Tahsin beat Abel Saju Chazhoor of India, Abzid beat Chetan Sharma of India, Shahnaz drew with with Aditya Varun Gampa of India, Akmal beat Hanif Bin Islam Rony and Walijah beat Firoz Kabir..
