Three players sharing the top slot in the open section of the Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championships securing 5 points each after the 6th round matches held at Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International here on Sunday.

The leaders are: GM Enamul Hossain, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka.

Four players shared the 2nd position with 4.5 points each.

They are: GM Ziaur Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed and CM Manon Reja Neer.

Eight players are in the 3rd position jointly collecting 4 points each.

They are: IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Subrota Biswas, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, CM Md. Sharif Hossain, FM Md. Taibur Rahman, Md. Abu Hanif, CM Sohel Chowdhury and Md. Abzid Rahman.

In the women’s section, WCM Jannatul Ferdous of Bangladesh took solo lead securing 5 points after the day's 6th round matches.

WFM Nazarana Khan Eva is in the 2nd position with 4.5 points.

Three players sharing thev3rd position with 4 points each.

They are: WFM Noshin Anjum, WCM Ahmed Walijah and Wadifa Ahmed.

Warsia Khusbu, Kazi Zarin Tasnim, Nusrat Jahan Alo, WCM Sanudul KM Dahamdi and Abesinghe H M H Janandani of Sri Lanka and WFM Sujana Lohani of Nepal earned 3.5 points each.

In the day's 6th round matches of Open Section, : GM Razib defeated IM Minhaz. IM Fahad beat FM Subrota.. FM Dilshan beat FM Parag,. GM Zia drew with his son FM Tahsin Zia, CM Neer beat Shafiq Ahmed, FM Taibur beat CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, Hanif beat FM Mohammad Javed, CM Sohel beat FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, Abzid Rahman beat Siam Chowdhury, FM Rupesh Jaiswal beat Avik Sarkar, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman beat Md Shariatullah, FM Amer Karim of Pakistan beat Tashriq Saihan Shan, Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor beat Mohammed Enayet Hossain, Marzouq Chowdhury beat Zoar Haque Prodhan and CM Nayem Haque drew with FM Mohammed Abdul Malek.

In the 6th round matches of Women’s section, : WCM Jannatul Ferdous beat Warsia Khusbu.. WFM Nazrana Khan Eva drew with Wadifa Ahmed. WFM Noshin Anjum drew with WFM Ahmed Walijah. WFM Sujana beat Neelava Choudhury, WCM Sanudula beat WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan, Abesinghe beat Ashiya Sultana, Sabikun Nahar Toniam beat Yeshey Lhaden of Bhutan and Fatiha Eyenoon Diya beat Nihaya Ahmed of Maldives, Kazi Zarin Tasnim drew with WIM Rani Hamid and Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba drew with WFM Tanima Parveen.

The 7th round matches of both the open and women's sections will be held on Monday from 3 pm at the same venue.