Three players sharing the top slot in the open section of the Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championships securing full 3 points after the 3rd round matches held at Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International on Thursday.
The leaders are: IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain and FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia.
Seven players sharing the 2nd position with 2.5 points each.
They are: GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka and FM Rupesh Jaswal of Nepal.
Four Bangladeshi players maintained their top slot jointly in the Women’s section of the meet securing 2.5 points each after the day's 3rd round matches.
They are: FM Noshin Anjum, FM Nazrana Khan Eva, WCM Jannatul Fedous and Warsia Kushbu.
Five players earned 2 points each. They are: WIM Rani Hamid, WCM Ahmed Walijah, Kazi Zarin Tasnim, Wadifa Ahmed & WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi of Sri Lanka.
In the day's 3rd round matches of Open Section, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat CM Nayem Haque, GM Enamul Hossain Razib beat FM Md. Taibur Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat Md. Sajidul Haque, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed drew with FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan, GM Ziaur Rahman beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin beat CM Sohel Chowdhury, FM Rupesh Jaswal drew with GM Niaz Murshed, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam beat Marzouq Chowdhury, CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh beat CM Manon Reja Neer, FM Subrota Biswas beat CM Md. Sharif Hossain, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat Md. Masum Hossain, Shafiq Ahmed beat Zoar Haque Prodhan, FM Mohammed Abdul Malek beat Md. Sagor, Md. Sariatullah beat CM Md. Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, Md. Abzid Rahman beat Tutul Dhar, CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid beat FM Amer Karim of Pakistan, Md. Abu Hanif beat Afnan Zarif Haque, Kazi Afsan Rawnak Anan drew with CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, Tasriq Shaihan Shan beat Md. Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan drew with Avik Sarker, FM Muhamed Shuaau beat Ananda Kumar Sharma, Mohammed Enayet Hossain beat Rayan Rashid Mugdho, Safayet Kibria Azaan beat Sk. Rashedul Hasan, FM Mohammad Javed beat Md Abu Tarique, FM Md Saif Uddin beat Akramul Azam, Dr. Ratan Kumar Paul beat Hanif Mollah, Shadat Kibria Ayaan beat Ali Kaiser and Siam Chowdhury beat Tashi Tobgay of Bhutan .
In the day's 3rd round of matches of the Women’s section, FM Noshin Anjum drew with Warsia Kushbu, FM Nazrana Khan Eva drew with WCM Jannatul Fedous, Wadifa Ahmed beat Nusrat Jahan Alo, Kazi Zarin Tasnim beat Neelava Choudhury, WCM Ahmed Walijah beat WCM G P Y Wijesuriya, WIM Rani Hamid beat Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba, WFM Sujana Lohani drew with WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan, WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi beat Abeysinghe H M H Janandan, WFM Tanima Parveen beat Ashiya Sultana, Sabikun Nahar Tonima drew with Nihaya Ahmed of Maldives and Yeshey Lhaden of Bhutan beat Fatiha Eyenoon Diya.
The 4th round matches of both the open and women's sections will be held on Thursday from 3 pm at the same venue.