ZCZC
BSP-17
CHESS-OLYMPIAD
Bangladesh shares lead in World Chess Olympiad
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2018 (BSS)- Bangladesh team is sharing lead in the points
table with maximum 4 points after the 2nd round matches along with 40 other
teams in the open section of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad now being held at
Sports Place in Batumi in Georgia.
In the 2nd round games in open section held on Tuesday, Bangladesh beat
International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) by 4-0 game points.
GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib, GM Ziaur Rahman, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and
GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Bangladesh won their respective games accordingly
against FM Babarykin Stanislav (Rating-2393), IM Meshkov Yuri (Rating-2313),
CM Grigorchuk Sergey A (Rating-2288) and Palacios Perez Manuel (Rating-2151)
of IBCA.
In the women’s section, Bangladesh women’s team lost to 15 seeded strong
team Spain by 1.5-2.5 games points. WIM Rani Hamid won against WIM Hernandez
Estevez Yudania (Rating-2192) of Spain and WFM Tanima Parveen (Rating-2022)
drew with 2329 rated FM Garcia Martin Marta of Spain, WIM Shamima Akter Liza
(rating-2152) lost to IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina (rating-2405) of Spain and
WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin (rating-1974) lost to WGM Calzetta Ruiz
Monicatheir (rating-2235) of Spain. WIM Liza and WFM Shirin both have better
position once a time in their games. Bangladesh women’s team earned 2 points
after 2nd round.
The 3rd round games in open section was going on with Bangladesh playing
against Vietnam. The women’s team played against Portugal when the last
report came this afternoon.
BSS/SG/ARS/1641 hrs