Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan SC maintaining sole lead in the Berger Paints National A Chess securing seven points after the 8th round matches at the Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association on Sunday.
In the day’s 8th round, Zia drew with his teammate GM Niaz Murshed after 75 moves.
GM Enamul Hossain of Bangladesh Navy is in the 2nd position with 6.5 points. holders GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Bangladesh Navy is in the 3rd position with 6 points.
In the day’s matches, GM Enamul Hossain beat Masum Hossain of fire-Service & Civil Defense; Rakib beat his teammate FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed;
IM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy lost against his teammate FM Khondakar Aminul Islam; Uten of Access Group beat CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed; FM Debaraj Chatterjee of Titas Club beat Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan of Sonali Bank SRC; CM Sohel Chowdhury of Leonin Chess Club beat FM Rezaul Haque of Access Group.
Points Table after 8th round matches: 7-Zia, 6.5-Enamul, 6-Rakib,
5.5-Niaz, Uten, 5-Nasir, 4-Minhaz, Masum, 3.5-Debaraj, 3-Amin, 2-Sohel, Reza, 1.5- Mostafa and 0.5-Mahtab.
The 9th round matches will be held today (Monday) from 2:30 pm at the same venue.
The 9th round matches are: FM Debaraj vs GM Rakib, IM Minhaz vs Mostafa, FM Reza vs FM Amin, GM Niaz vs CM Sohel, Masum vs GM Zia, CM Mahtab vs GM Enamul and FM Nasir vs Uten.
