Twenty players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum two points after the 2nd round games of the Sonargaon International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament now being held at Sonargaon Royal Resort in Sonargaon.
They are GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Md. Saif Uddin Lavlu, CM Subrota Biswas, CM Sohel Chowdhury, CM Manon Reja Neer, M Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, Avik Sarker, Md. Nazrul Islam Delu, M Jamal Uddin, Mohammed Mainuddin, M Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, M Hasan, Syed Shahjahan Mehdi, Indian Kaustuv Kundu and Indian Suvradeepta Das.
In the day’s 2nd round games held on Wednesday, GM Zia beat Akib Jawad, Kaustuv beat Mostafa Razibul Hasan, FM Fahad beat Ritabroto Ganguly, IM Shakil beat Arpan Das, FM Parag beat Mukitul Islam Ripon, CM Subrota beat M Ataur Rahman, FM Mahfuz beat Tutul Dhar, CM Sohel beat Md. Asifur Rahman, Mostafa beat M Mujibur Rahman, Hasan beat M Abzid Rahman, Shaon beat Shahnaz
Mohammad Faruque, FM Lavlu beat Abijit Barua, Avik beat Moha. Yousuf, Delu beat M Jahidul Islam, Jamal beat Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury, Neer beat Mohammad Khairul Amin, Nasim beat Asaduzzaman Ahad, Mainuddin beat Aritra Ganguly, Suvradeepta beat M Ruhul Amin and Shahjahan beat Faisal Hossain. Mohammad Manik split points with FM Mohammed Abdul Malek.
The 4th round games will start today (Thursday) at 10 am at the same venue.
