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South Asian Chess: FM Mehdi Hasan Parag shares top slot with two others
Fide Master Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh shared the top slot with two other players in the Open Category of the South Asian Chess Council Chess Championships that began today (Wednesday) in Kathmandu, Nepal.
In the Open Category, Bangladeshi FM Parag topped the points table with India's IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh and Nepal's Silwal Purushottam securing full two points each after the 2nd round matches.
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On the other hand, WFM Wadifa Ahmed of Bangladesh made a good start in the Women’s Category of the meet beating her Nepalese rival Riya Shrestha in the day’s first round match.
The first and second round matches of the open division and the first round matches of the women's division were held on Wednesday.
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FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat Subir Lama of Nepal in the first round of the Open Division while Bangladeshi FM Mohammed Abdul Malek lost to FM Rupes Jaiswal of Nepal
FM Mehdi Hasan Parag defeated his compatriot FM Mohammed Abdul Malek in the second round game.
WCM Jannatul Ferdous lost to Gurang Sushila of Nepal in the first round match of the Women's Category.
A total of 10 players including one Grand Master, one International Master and five Fide Masters from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan are taking part in the Open Category while 7 players from Bangladesh, India and Nepal are participating in the Women's Category.
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The competitions are being played on round robin league format.
Asian Continental Chess: Bangladesh GM Enamul Hossain Razib finishes 25th
Bangladeshi Grand Master Enamul Hossain Razib finished 25th in the open section of the Asian Continental Chess Championships-2023 concluded on Sunday in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh became 43rd.
GM Enamul Hossain Razib scored 5 points while IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman scored 4.5 points after the day's 9th and final round.
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In the women's category, WFM Noshin Anjum finished 27th with 4 points from 9 games.
In the day's 9th and final round, GM Enamul Hossain Razib drew with GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas of Kazakhstan while IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman lost to FM Mamedov Edgar of Kazakhstan in the final round of open division.
In the women's category, WFM Noshin Anjum drew with WFM Ovezdurdyyeva Jemal of Turkmenistan.
In the open category, GM Vokhidov Shamsuddin of Uzbekistan became the unbeaten champion with 7 points while in the women's category, Indian WFM Divya Deshmukh became the undefeated champion with 7.5 points.
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A total of 88 players including 16 Grand Masters, 22 International Masters and 14 Fide Masters from 17 countries participated in the Open category and in all 39 players from 13 countries including 6 Women Grand Masters, 4 International Masters, 9 International Women Masters, 1 Fide Master and 5 Women Fide Masters participated in the Women’s Category.
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Asian Archery: Bangladesh clinch bronze medal in men's recurve team event
Bangladesh team clinched bronze medal in the men's recurve team events of the 2023 Archery Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage -3 beating Australia by 5-4 sets in Singapore on Saturday (June 10, 2023).
Bangladesh recurve team consists of Sagor Islam, Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Ram Krishna Saha played 4-4 draw with their Australian rivals in the first stage.
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Later in the tie breaker, Bangladesh beat Australia by 29-27 score to win the bronze medal.
China win the event's gold medal while India took the silver medal in the event of the Asian meet, participated by 26 countries.
A 15- member Bangladesh National Archery team participated in the Archery Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-3 concluded on Saturday in Singapore.
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Members of Bangladesh Archery team are:
Archers: Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Sagor Islam, Ram Krishna Saha ( Recurve Men's), Diya Siddiqui, Joyti Rani, Shima Akhter Shimu (Recurve Women's), Mohammad Ashiquzzaman, Newaj Ahmed Rakib, Sohel Rana (Compound Men's), Bonnya Akhter, Shymoli Rai and Puspita Zaman (Compound Women's)
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Asian Chess: IM Fahad Rahman beat Kuziev Miraziz of Uzbekistan in 6th round.
International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh beat Kuziev Miraziz of Uzbekistan in the 6th round open division match of the Asian Continental Chess Championships-2023 now being held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Thursday
With the day's feat, Fahad topped the list among the Bangladeshi players scoring 4 points from six matches.
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After the day's 6th round matches, Bangladesh Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib followed Fahad bagging 3.5 points while WFM Noshin Anjum secured 2.5 points in women’s section.
In the other 6th round matches, GM Enamul Hossain Razib drew with GM Makhnev Denis of Kazakhstan while the women's category, WFM Noshin Anjum lost to IM Nisha Mohota of India.
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Asian Chess: GM Enamul Hossain Razib beat Indian IM Prraneeth Vuppala in 4th round
Grand Master Enamul Hossain Razib of Bangladesh beat Indian IM Prraneeth Vuppala in the 4th round Open Division match of the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2023 held in Almaty of Kazakhstan Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier in the 3rd round match on Tuesday morning, Razib drew with Indonesian GM Megaranto Susanto in the Open Division.
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After the day's 4th round matches, Razib scored 3 points, International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh earned 2 points (three matches) while WFM Noshin Anjum scored 1.5 points from four matches.
In the day's other 3rd round matches, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh won against CM Smirnov Mark of Kazakhstan while in the women's category, WFM Noshin Anjum drew with Weng Yu-Hsin of Chinese Taipei.
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The 4th round games of both the divisions began today (Tuesday) from 5 pm Bangladesh time.
In the day's 4th round, WFM Noshin drew with Ospanova Adelya of Kazakhstan (women’s section) while IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman playing against FM Nurgaliyev Sauat of Kazakhstan till last report received, apart from GM Enamul Hossain Razib's victory over Indian IM Prraneeth Vuppala.
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Asian Chess: IM Fahad of Bangladesh concede defeat in 2nd round
International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh lost the second round open division match of the Asian Continental Chess to Grandmaster Jumabayev Rinat of Kazakhstan held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Monday.In the day's second-round match, IM Fahad played with white pieces and lost to GM Rinat after 48 moves in the Queen's Gambit Declined style game.
Also read: Inter-Bank Chess Championship prize distribution ceremony TuesdayBut, the Bangladeshi Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib returned to a winning run beating FM Ilkhomi Jaloliddin of Tajikistan in the day's other second round while WFM Noshin Anjum drew with Madi Aidana of Kazakhstan in her second round.
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Asia Cup: BD Archery team leaves for Singapore
A 15- member Bangladesh National Archery team left the capital for Singapore on Sunday (June 4) to participate in the Archery Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-3 beginning there on Monday.
Members of Bangladesh team are:
Archers: Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Sagor Islam, Ram Krishna Saha ( Recurve Men's), Diya Siddiqui, Joyti Rani, Shima Akhter Shimu (Recurve Women's), Mohammad Ashiquzzaman, Newaj Ahmed Rakib, Sohel Rana (Compound Men's), Bonnya Akhter, Shymoli Rai and Puspita Zaman (Compound Women's)
Team Officials: Subroto Majumder Dollar ( Team Manager), Martin Frederick (Head Coach) and Mohammad Hasan (Trainer)
Hanoi GM Chess: IM Fahad Rahman earns four points from six matches
International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh earned 4 points after the 6th round matches of the Hanoi Grand Masters Chess Competition-3 held in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday.
The 5th and 6th round matches were held on Thursday morning and afternoon sessions.
In the day's 5th round match in the morning, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman defeated FM Ngo Duc Tri of Vietnam.
IM Fahad played with white pieces against FM Ngo Duc Tri in Queen’s Gambit Declined games and best his opponent after 33 moves.
But, in the 6th round match, IM Fahad lost to CM Soham Kamotra of India in the afternoon.
IM Fahad lost after 36 moves against CM Soham’s Caro-Kann defense system.
The 7th and 8th round matches will be held on Friday.
In the 7th round, IM Fahad will play against CM Wong Zhenyond Jayden of Singapore and in the 8th round IM Fahad will play against IM Tran Minh Thang.
Jr Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh eliminated in group stage
Bangladesh were eliminated from the 10-nation Men’s Junior (U-21) Asia Cup Hockey in the group stage losing to stronger South Korea by 1-3 goals in their last Group B match at the Salalah Sports Complex in Oman Sunday (May 28) night=
After conceding three goals in a row within the 54th minute, Hasan scored the lone goal for Bangladesh in the 58th minute.
After the day's match, Bangladesh finished 3rd to miss the semifinal berth from the five- team Group B securing six points from all three group encounters.
Malaysia and South Korea reached the semifinal from group B securing nine points each playing three and four matches respectively.
Earlier, Bangladesh made a good start in the 10th edition of the Junior Asia Cup, shocking hosts Oman by 2-0 goals in first match, but they went down in the race after suffering a huge 1-5:goals defeat against Malaysia in the 2nd match last Thursday.
However, Bangladesh keep their semifinal hope alive defeating Uzbekistan by 3-1 goals in their 3rd match last Friday, but their sweet dream of reaching the semifinal was shattered after the day's defeat.
Earlier, Bangladesh have been placed in Group B with Malaysia, South Korea, hosts Oman and Uzbekistan while Group A team comprises India, Pakistan, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Thailand.
Top three teams of the ongoing tournament, apart from Malaysia, which is already qualified as the host, will qualify for the FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2023.
Jr Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh suffer 1-5 goals defeat against Malaysia in 2nd match
Bangladesh suffered a huge defeat (1-5) against Malaysia in their 2nd match of the 10-nation Men’s Junior (U-21) Asia Cup Hockey held in the Omanese city of Salalah on Thursday.
After the day's humiliating defeat, the semifinal berth of Bangladesh now became tough and uncertain.
Bangladesh, which made a good start in the 9th edition of the meet shocking hosts Oman by 2-0 goals in their first match, today (Thursday) went down by-0-3 goals in the first half.
Malaysia scored three goals in a row in the 8th, 13th and 14th minute respectively whie Abdullah reduced rhe Bangladesh margin in the 37th minute (3-1).
Later, Bangladesh conceded two more goals in the 43rd and 59th minute to suffer a huge 1-5 goals defeat
In the remainng group B matches, Bangladesh will play Uzbekistan on Friday (May 26) and South Korea on May 28.
Earlier, Bangladesh have been placed in Group B with Malaysia, South Korea, hosts Oman and Uzbekistan while Group A team comprises of India, Pakistan, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Thailand.
Top three teams of the ongoing tournament, apart from Malaysia, which is already qualified as the host, will qualify for the FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2023.