Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman shared the top slot in the 22nd Dubai Open Chess Tournament along with 28 other players securing full two points each after the 2nd round matches held in Dubai, UAE on Sunday.
Four other Bangladeshi players--IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Tahsin Tazwar Zia, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Md Taibur Rahman --bagged one point each from two matches.
In the second round matches, GM Zia defeated Md Imran of India, FM Parag defeated Faisal Ali of United Arab Emirates and FM Taibur beat Abdulrahim Salem of United Arab Emirates.
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IM Fahad lost to German GM Nishipeanu Liviu-Dieter and FM Tahsin lost to IM NR Vignes of India.
The third round matches began Monday evening.
In the day's third round matches, GM Zia playing against GM Raunak Sadhwani of India, IM Fahad playing with Sumir Arsh of India, FM Tahsin playing Mustafayev Nihad of Uzbekistan, FM Parag playing against Indian IM Mohammad Nubairshah Sheikh while FM Taibur playing with IM Yidmakiling Oliver of the Philippines.
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So further shuffling of the leaderboard is entirely inevitable before the night ends.