Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman finished 15th in the Category ‘A’ Grand Masters Chess event of the 13th KIIT International Chess securing seven points from 10 matches held in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Sunday GM Zia earned 7 points from 10 matches games and Zia settled for tie for in the 11th place and finished 15th in the tie-breaking system. Also Read: KIIT Int’l Chess: Bangladesh GM Ziaur Rahman earns 5.5 points In the 9th round matches on Saturday, GM Zia drew with FM  Ram Aravind of India and in the day’s 10th round match GM Zia beat WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty of India. GM  Amonatov Farrukh of Tajikistan emerged champion with 8.5 points. A total 175 players from 10 countries including 11 Grandmasters, one Woman Grandmaster, 14 International Master and one Woman International Master took part in the event.

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh earned five and half points in Category A Grand Masters Chess event of the 13th KIIT International Chess Festival after the 8th round matches held in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Friday. Read: Singapore Open Gymnastics: Ali Kader Haque of Bangladesh wins silver medal In the 8th round match held on Friday (Mat 27), Grandmaster Zia lost to Belarus Grandmaster Stupak Kirill. Two other Bangladeshi players Jodunath Biswas and Kaumudi Nargis earned 2 points each, also playing eight games.