Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 2.5-1.5 points in the 8th round open division match of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad held at Mahabalipuram in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Saturday night.

In Saturday's 8th round match, Bangladeshi FIDE Master Mehdi Hasan Parag (Rating-2227) won against Stark John (Rating-2028) of New zealand while Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib (Rating-2377), Grand Master Ziaur Rahman (Rating-2424) and Grand Master Niaz Murshed (Rating-2413) drew with Kiwis FIDE Master Gong Daniel Hanwen (Rating-2296), Croa, Nicolas (Rating-2289) and Candidate Master Xie Felix (Rating-2224) respectively.

In the open category, Bangladesh team is now in the 48th position with 10 points from eight matches.

But, Bangladesh team lost to Turkey by 1-3 points in the women's division 8th round match of the Olympiad on the same day.

In the women's category, only Bangladeshi Woman FIDE Master Nazrana Khan Eva (Rating-1829) won against Kocyigit, Buse Naz (rating-1991) of Turkey while Woman International Master Sharmin Sultana Shirin (rating-1995), Woman FIDE Master Noshin Anjum (rating-2027) and Woman Candidate Master Jannatul Ferdous (rating-1815) of Bangladesh lost to Turkish international Master Atalik Ekaterina (rating-2422), Woman FIDE Master Okuyaz Duru (Rating-2090) and Woman Candidate Master Onur Cigdem (Rating-2000) respectively.

Bangladesh Women's team is now in the 71st place with 8 points from 8 matches.