National Champions Grand Master Enamul Hossain Razib of Saif Sporting Club took solo lead in the Walton International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament securing 7.5 points after the 8thand penultimate round matches held at the Bangladesh Chess federation hall room on Sunday.
Sonkalan Bharati of India followed the leader neck and neck with 7 points.
FM Mehdi HasanParag of Sheikh Russel Chess Club, FM Khondakar Aminul Islam, FM Mohammad Javed and CM SM Sharon of Bangladesh Navy were in the 3rd slot jointly collecting 6.5 points each.
Nine players earned six points each. They are: FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Sonargaon Chess Club, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman and Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan of Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society, CM Md. Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy, CM Subrota Biswas of New Nation Chess Club, Fenchuganj, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan of Legend Aiyaz Faraz Chess Team, Feroz Ahmed of Uttara Central Chess Club, Md. MonjurAlam and Abdul Momin of Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club.
In the 8th round matches, GM Razib beat FM Khondakar Amin, FM Parag drew with FM Javed, Sonkalan beat CM Sharif, CM Sharon beat IM Mohammad MinhazUddin, FM Fahad beat Uten, FM Mahfuz beat MdSariatullah, Subrota beat Sk. Rasedul Hasan, Mostafa beat Gias Uddin Ahmed, Monjur beat Md Motakabbir, Nasim beat Mohammad Sagar, Feroz beat Mihir Lal Das and Momin beat Rana Pratap Singha and Nayem Haque drew with Nasir Ahmed.
