Bangladeshi International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman defeated Dutch Super Grand Master Anis Giri (Rating 2764) in the Bullet chess event of Katara International Online Chess Tournament held Monday night.
IM Fahad, playing with black pieces, beat GM Anis Gigi in the 57th move of the 8th round second qualifying phase match, organised by Qatar's Chess Association.
After the match, IM Fahad earned 78 points from 49 games and became 82nd out of 2606 players.
In the 3rd qualifying phase, IM Fahad beat Russian GM Anton Demchenko to bag 81 points from 54 games and finished 107th among 5,042 players.
In this Bullet Chess event, every player got one minute for each game and earned two points for a win and one point for draw.