GM Ziaur Rahman Zia and GM Reefat Bin Sattar are sharing lead in the points table along with other 7 players with maximum 4.5 points after 5th round games in the 10th KIIT International Chess Festival now being held at Bhubaneswar in Orrisha in India.
GM Niaz Murshed and FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman bagged 3.5 points, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman and Anisuzzaman Jewel earned 2.5 points each, M Jamal Uddin and Mijanur Rahman secured 2 points each, Mohammad Sherajul Kabir, Shahnaz Mohammad Farque and Manon Reja Neer collected 1.5 points each, M Raju Ahmed, Sadman Hasan Dihan and Kaumudi Nargis earned 1 point each.
In the day’s 5th round games held onMonday, Zia drew with GM R. R. Laxman of India, Reefat beat Shubham of India, Niaz beat Krishnater Kushager of India, Fahad beat Nikhil Magizhnan of India, Jewel drew with Priyamvada Karamcheti of India, Mahfuz beat Jubin Jimmy of India, Jamal drew with Sayantan Chandra of India, Sheraj lost to Aaryan Varshney of India, Shahnaz drew with Trisha Kanyamarala of India, Neer drew with Vinay Kurth Koti of India, Raju lost to Cheela Naga Sampath of India, Mezan lost to Patnaik Shreyash Subham of India, Dihan lost to Krithigga of India, Nargis lost to Jaeel Atharva of India and Hasan lost to Hari R Chandran of India.
Earlier, in 4th round games were held yesterday (Sunday) and GM Zia beat IM Chakravarthi Reddy of India, GM Reefat beat Aronyak Ghosh of India, GM Niaz beat WFM Solonika Saina of India, FM Fahad lost to Sidhant Mohapatra of India.
