IM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy still maintained solo lead in the points table of the 40th National B Chess Championship 8.5 points after the 10th round games now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.
CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin of Mohammedan and FM Debaraj Chaterjee of Titas Club jointly followed the leader closely with 8 points.
FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed and FM Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Navy, CM Sohel Chowdhury of Leonine, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan of Mymensing and Uten of Access Group shared the 3rd position with 7.5 points.
FM Mohammad Javed of Leonine, FM Rezaul Haque of Access Group, Masum Hossain of Fire-Service, Saiful Islam Chowdhury of Sylhet, Mohammad Sagar of Navy, Ikraqmul Haque Siam of Bangladesh Police, M Abu Hanif of Sonali Bank and M Khorshed Alam of Rangpur placed in 4th position with 7 points.
In the 10th round games held on Wednesday, Minhaz split points with Robin, Debaraj beat Masum, Sohel split points with Saiful, Amin beat Shafiq Ahmed, Nasir beat M Hasan Emam, Uten beat Monir Hossain, Mostafa beat CM Monir Hossain, Khorshed got walk-over against FM Taibur Rahman, Sagar beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Javed beat Dewan Shahidul Amin, Reza beat Kutubuddin, Siam beat Faisal Hossain and Hanif beat Mohammad Sherajul Kabir.
