The Bangabandhu 47th National Chess Championship 2022, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation under the financial support of Abul Khair Group, begins on Thursday (December 15) from 3 pm at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room here. The number drawing ceremony and technical meeting of the meet will be held on Wednesday. A total 14 players are taking part in this year's Bangabandhu 47th National Chess Championship-2022 on round robin league system.  Four of them ---reigning national chess champion GM Enamul Hossain Razib, runner-up GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed and GM Reefat Bin Sattar are directly playing in the meet.  Read more: Sheikh Kamal National 'B' Chess begins Thursday Ten other players, who qualified from Sheikh Kamal National 'B' Chess Championship 2022, are: FM Subrota Biswas, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, CM Manon Reja Neer, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, Anata Choudhury, Hrishin Talukder, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin and CM Md Shawket Bin Osman Shaon.