GM Enamul Hossain Razib and IM M Minhazuddin of Bangladesh Navy Chess team took joint lead in the points table with maximum 5 points after the 5th round games of the Prime Bank 17th International Rating Chess Tournament now being held in Chess hall-room.
FM Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Navy and Mohammed Enayet Hossain of Fire-Service & Civil Defense are closely following the leaders with 4.5 points each.
Eleven players are in 3rd position with 4 points each. They are IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mohammad Javed, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Abdullah Al-Saif, FM M Saif Uddin, CM Sohel Chowdhury, Anisuzzaman Jewel, M Sarif Hossain, M Abzid Rahman, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and SM Sharon.
In the 5th round games held on Sunday, GM Razib beat Saif, Minhaz beat Fahad, Amin beat Parag, Enayet beat Uten, Shakil got walk-over against Hasan Nazir Uddin, Javed beat Faisal Hossain, Saif Uddin beat WIM Rani Hamid, Sharon beat Ejaz Husain, Sohel beat Md. Abdur Rauf, Jewel beat Nazre Mowla, Sharif beat Amir Hossain and Abzid beat Shahnaz Mohammad Faruk.
