IM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy took solo lead in the points table of the 40th National B Chess Championship with 8 points after the end of 9th round games now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.
GM Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin of Mohammedan following the leader closely with 7.5 points.
FM Debaraj Chaterjee and CM Sohel Chowdhury of Leonine and Masum Hossain of Fire-Service shared the 3rd position with 7 points.
Nine Players shared the 4th position with 6.5 points.
They are FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed and FM Aminul Islam of Navy, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan of Mymensingh, CM Monir Hossain of Leonin, Shafiq Ahmed of Golden Chess, M Hasan Emam and Uten of Access Group, Delwar Hossain of Sultana Kamal Phathagar and Saiful Islam Chowdhury of Sylhet.
In the 9th round games held Tuesday, Minhaz beat Mostafa, Robin beat Nasir, Debaraj beat FM Rezaul Haque, Amin split points with Delwar, Masum beat FM Mohammad Javed, Sohel beat Ikramul Haq Siam, Shafiq split points with Utem, Monir beat M Alamgir Hossain, Saiful beat FM Saif Uddin, Hasan beat Jamal Uddin, FM Mehdi Hasan split points with Sherajul Kabir and M Abu Hanif beat Faisal Hossain.
