ZCZC
BSP-25
CHESS-OLYMPIAD
Women’s chess team beat Portugal in World Chess Olympiad
DHAKA, Sept 27, 2018 (BSS)-Bangladesh women’s chess team beat their
Portugal counterpart by 3.5-0.5 game points in 3rd round games of women’s
section of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad now being held at Sports Place in
Batumi in Georgia.
In the 3rd round women’s section matches held on Wednesday, WIM Shamima
Akter Liza (Rating-2152) beat WFM Coimbra Margarida (Rating-2068) of
Portugal, WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin (Rating-1974) beat Silva Mariana Sofia
T. (Rating-1924) of Portugal, WIM Rani Hamid beat Silva Ana Ines Teixeira Da
(Rating-1890) of Portugal and WFM Tanima Parveen (Rating-2022) drew with WFM
Jorge Rita Maria Osorio (Rating-1870) of Portugal.
Bangladesh woman’s team earned four points after 3rd round matches.
In the open section, 64 seeded Bangladesh team lost to 27 seeded Vietnam
by 0.5-3.5 game points. Only GM Enamul Hossain Razib (Rating-2452) of
Bangladesh drew with of IM Nguyen Anh Khoi (Rating-2463) of Vietnam. GM
Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib (Rating-2472) lost to GM Le Quang Liem (Rating-2715)
of Vietnam, GM Ziaur Rahman (Rating-2477) lost to GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
(Rating-2620) of Vietnam and FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman (Rating-2263) lost to
GM Tran Tuan Minh (Rating-2491) of Vietnam.
After the third round, Bangladesh team earned four points out of three
matches in open section.
BSS/SG/ARS/1709 hrs