Foreign GMs take over
Sports Reporter
The Bangladeshi players lost the leading baton in the 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament yesterday as GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran and Vietnamese GM Nguyen Anh Dung shared the pole position after six rounds.The two foreigners jointly led with 4.5 points after Ghaem beat IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan with white in only 19 moves at the NSC conference room and Nguyen defeated Abdullah Al Rakib, the local IM who slipped to second place alongside fellow GM Reefat Bin Sattar, IM Enamul Hossain Rajib, FM Nasir Ahmed and Indian IM PDS Girinath on four points. In the 6th round, Girinath shocked local GM Ziaur Rahman, Reefat drew with Rajib, Nasir upset GM Niaz Murshed, FM Abu Sufian Shakil beat FM Aminul Islam, GN Gopal of India beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, Lalith Babu of India beat Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon beat FM Taibur Rahman, Monir Hossain beat Mohammed Javed, FM Rezaul Haque drew with Mohammad Ali and Abdul Maleq beat Sohel Chowdhury.
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IM Abdullah Al Rakib (R) makes a move against GM Nguyn of Vietnam during the United Insurance and United Leasing eighth Grandmasters chess tournament at the NSC conference room yesterday. PHOTO: STAR |
