Fide Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh beat Mukund Hemant Agarwal of India in the 7th round Open Division match of the Tata Steel Asian Junior (U-20) Chess Championships'2023 held in the Indian town of Jamshedpur on Wednesday.
After the day's matches, two Bangladeshi players --Tahsin Tajwar Zia and FM Manon Reja Neer earned 4 points each from seven matches.
Asian Jr Chess: FM Manon Reza Neer shares 3rd slot
In the day's other 7th round Open Division matches, FM Manon Reja Neer lost to L Srihari of India while Aiyan Rahman lost to Joshi Aditya Shripad of India.
In the Junior Girls group, WFM Wadifa Ahmed of Bangladesh earned 3.5 points while another Bangladeshi player WCM Ahmed Walijah secured 2.5 points after the day's 7th round.
In the day's 7th round matches, Wadifa Ahmed drew with Vakcheri Mohitha of India while WCM Ahmed Walijah drew with Sanchita Yadav of India.