Bangladesh Women's team beat Iraq by 3.5-05 points in the 9th round Women's Division matches of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad being held at Mahabalipuram in Chennai, India on Sunday night. In the 9th round matches of Women's category,  Woman International Master Sharmin Sultana Shirin (rating-1995), Woman FIDE Master Noshin Anjum (rating-2027) and Woman FIDE Master Nazrana Khan Eva (Rating-1829) of Bangladesh beat  Al-Fayyadh Zainab Asif Abdulah (rating-1149), Sara Masood Abdullah (rating-1677) and Tiba Mahdi Attiyah (Rating-1759) of Iraq respectively. In the other 9th round match, Woman Candidate Master Jannatul Ferdous (rating-1815) of Bangladesh drew with Woman FIDE Master A–Ali Sali Abbas Abdulzahra (Rating-1864) of Iraq.  After the 9th round matches, Bangladesh Women's team is now in the 55th place with 10 points from 9 matches.  In the Open Division, Bangladesh Men's team lost to Iceland by 1.5 -2.5 points in the 9th round match of the Chess Olympiad also on Sunday night. Read: Chess Olympiad: Bangladesh beat New Zealand in Open Division In the 9th round matches, Bangladeshi Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib (Rating-2377), Grand Master Ziaur Rahman (Rating-2424) and FIDE Master Mehdi Hasan Parag (Rating-2227) drew with Grandmaster Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn (Rating-2563), Grandmaster Stefansson Hannes (Rating-2541) and Grandmaster Gretarsson Helgi Ass (Rating-2472) of Iceland respectively.  Grand Master Niaz Murshed (Rating-2413) of Bangladesh  lost to Grandmaster Kjartansson Gudmundur (Rating-2448) of Iceland In the other open category match.  Bangladesh team is now in the 65th position securing 10 points from nine matches.  The 10th and penultimate round matches due to be held Monday evening. In the 10th round, the Bangladesh team will play Thailand in the open category and Bangladesh women's team will play Egypt in the women's category.

WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin of Bangladesh Ansar emerged champion and WFM Noshin Anjum became runner-up in the Begum Laila Alam 12th FIDE Rating Women's Chess Tournament that concluded at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room on Wednesday. After the day's 7th and  last round matches, both the WIM Sharmin  and WFM Noshin  earned six points each and In the tie-breaking system WIM Shirin clinched the title and WFM Noshin finished runner-up. WIM Rani Hamid of Bangladesh Ansar became 3rd with 5.5 points. Five players earned 5 points each. In tie-breaking system, Nusrat Jahan Alo of Bangladesh Police became 4th, Wadifa Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy became 5th, WFM Zakia Sultana of Agrani Bank Daba Dal became 6th, Israt Jahan Alo of Bangladesh Police became 7th and Neelava Choudhury of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad finished 8th. WFM Nazrana Khan Eva of Bangladesh Police became 9th  and Warsia Khusbu of Basir Memorial Chess Club became 10th securing  4.5 points each. The best Under-10 player prize goes to Arisha Hossain Tuba, who bagged 4 points  while Warsia Haider Sarah got best unrated player prize, also collecting  4 points. In the day's 7th and last round games, WIM Sharmin  drew with Nusrat Jahan Alo, WFM Noshin beat WIM Rani Hamid, Israt Jahan Diba beat Omnia Binta Yusuf Lubaba. ,Wadifa Ahmed beat Essaba Masnun, WFM Zakia Sultana beat Nusrat Jahan Liza, Neelava Choudhury beat Tasnia Tarannum Orpa, WFM Nazran Khan Eva beat Afrin Jahan Munia, Kazi Zarin Tasmin beat Sumi Akter and Warsia Khusbu beat Tabassum Sadia Shahjahan.  WFM Noshin Anjum beat WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, Nusrat Jahan Alo beat Kazi Zarin Tasnil, Israt Jahan Diba drew with Nusrat Jahan Liza, Tasnia Tarannum Orpa beat Jarin Tasnim, Omnia Binta Yusuf Lubaba beat Tabassum Sadia Shahjahan.  The prize distribution ceremony of the tournament was held after day's matches   Begum Laila Alam was present as the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners. Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, general secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of World Chess Federation Zone-3.2 and International Women's Master Rani Hamid, among others, were also present. A total of 48 players participated in the 7 round Swiss-League basis competition.  Also read: Int'l Rating Chess: Minhaz Uddin maintains solo lead

FIDE Men's and Women's World Cup 2021 began in Russia's Sochi Monday. In the first round of the FIDE World Cup, GM Murshed is playing against Paraguay's GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris (rating-2622) and GM Ziaur Rahman (rating-2429) is facing Iran's GM Idani Pouya (rating-2614). In the first round of the FIDE Women's World Cup, WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin (rating-2011) is playing against the US GM Yip Carissa (rating-2430).  In the first round, each player will play two matches, one with the white pieces and one with the black pieces. If the first round produces equal results, the winner of the second round will be determined through rapid and blitz chess. Two hundred and six players are participating in the FIDE World Cup and 103 players in the FIDE Women's World Cup.  The Chess World Cup, a knockout tournament, is held every two years.

The Pool A matches of Division 2 of the FIDE Online World Chess Olympiad begins on Friday.