GM Ziaur Rahman Zia shares 3rd position in the points table, along with other 14 players, with 5 points after the 7th round games in the 3rd Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess tournament now being held at Kolkata, India.
FM Kh. Aminul Islam bagged 4.5 points, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman secured 4 points each, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 3 points each, CM S M Sharon, CM Sohel Chowdhury and Md Anisuzzaman Jewel earned 2.5 points each, CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh and Mukaddesur Rahman Khan earned 2 points each, WIM Rani Hamid and Tahsin Tajwar Zia earned 1.5 points each after the 7th round games.
In the 7th round games, GM Zia beat WGM Mary Ann Gomes of India, FM Amin drew with GM Vishnu Prasanna of India, IM Shakil drew with IM C R G Krishna of India, FM Nasir lost to GM Abhijit Gupta of India. FM Mahfuz drew with IM Sidhant Mohapatra of India, FM Fahad lost to Aaryan Varshney of India, IM Minhaz drew with WFM Bidhar Rutumbara of India, CM Sharon lost to WIM Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe of India, FM Parag beat Shrutarshi Ray of India, CM Sohel lost to Rajarshi Dutta of India, CM Chanchal lost to Gandhi Anish of India, Jewel drew with Kavinda Akali of Sri Lanka, WIM Rani Hamid lost to Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of India, Mukaddes drew with Wairagade Khush of India and Tahsin lost to Harshita Guddanti of India.
