Two Bangladeshi players--International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman and FIDE Master Mehdi Hasan Parag--lost their 6th round Category A matches  of the 2nd International Chess Tournament, the President of Uzbekistan Cup in Tashkent Saturday morning. In the 6th round matches Saturday morning, IM Fahad lost to GM Aryan Chopra of India while FM Parag lost to IM Fayzullaev Akmal of Uzbekistan. Earlier in the 5th round match on Friday, Rahad Rahman (Rating-2405) shared points Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov (Rating 2577).   Read: Who is the current top Asian leg-spinner in T20I Cricket? IM Fahad played with black pieces to choose the France Defense and settled for a draw with GM Tiviakov in the 25th moves. In the other 5th round match, Bangladeshi FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat WIM Egamberdieva Bakhora of Uzbekistan. After the 6th round matches, Fahad earned 3.5 points while FM Parag bagged 2 points The 7th round matches began Saturday afternoon. In the 7th round, IM Fahad playing against GM Yilmaz Mustafa of Turkey while FM Parag playing against Wkuziev Miraziz of Uzbekistan.

The 22nd Dubai Open Chess Tournament began on Saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Five Bangladeshi players --GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Md Taibur Rahman -- are taking part in the meet. Read: 27th School Handball begins In the day's 1st round matches, GM Zia playing against CM Khalifah Khalid of United Arab Emirates, IM Fahad playing with FM Ahmed Fareed of United Arab Emirates, FM  Tahsin played playing with Al Zaabi Talal of United Arab Emirates, FM Parag playing with GM Aravindh Chithambaram of India while FM Taibur playing with GM Kuybokarov Temur of Australia. A total of 171 players from 35 countries including 30 Grandmasters, 2 Women Grandmasters, 30 International Masters and 3 Women International Masters are participating in the event. 

Grand Master Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium took solo lead in the Year Long 2nd GM Chess Tournament securing three points after the 4th round matches held at Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) here on Wednesday. GM Alexander Zubarev of Ukraine and IM Aronyak Ghosh of India are in the 2nd position jointly with 2.5 points each. In the day’s 4th round, GM Malakhatko beat Sanket Chakravarty, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat Anata Choudhury, GM Zubarev drew with IM Kaustav Chatterjee of India, IM Aronyak drew with GM Azer Mirzoev of Azerbaijan and IM Asyl Abdijapar of Kyrgyzstan beat and IM Neelash Saha of India. Read: JPC Chess:Shahzad Mahmud emerges champion, Rafiqul Islam runners-up In the Year Long 2nd International Masters Chess Tournament, IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh of India is leading the point table, securing full four points after the 4th round matches on Wednesday. CM Md Sharif Hossain and GM Alexey Kislinisky of Czech Republic are jointly in the 2nd position with 3 points each. Read: GM Chess:Indian IM AronykGhoshm,NeelshSahamaintain joint lead In the 4th round games, IM Nubairshah beat Swarnavo Choudhury, GM Alexey Kislinisky beat CM Sharif, IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan beat FM Khandekar Aminul Islam, Sourath Biswas beat FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Md Taibur Rahman beat CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia. The 5th round matches of both the Year Long 2nd GM Chess Tournament and Year Long 2nd IM Chess Tournaments will be held on Thursday (Oct 14) at the same venue.

Indian IM Mitrabha Guha took solo lead in the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grandmasters Chess Tournament’2021 securing full 4 points each after 4th round games held at Aarokanon Ballroom in Hotel 71 here on Wednesday, Another Indian IM Koustav Chatterjee are jointly in the 2nd position with 3.5 points each. Bangladesh Chess Federation with financial assistance of Canadian University of Bangladesh organised the tournament to mark the 75th birthday of  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Seven players are sharing 3rd position with 3 points each. They are:  GM Ziaur Rahman and FM Debaraj Chatterjee of Bangladesh, GM Andrey Sumets of Ukraine, IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Sanklap Gupta and IM Sayantan Das of India. Read: Sheikh Hasina Intl Chess Tournament begins Sunday In the day’s 4th round matches, IM Mitrabha beat IM Sayantan, IM Nubairshah drew with GM Sumets, IM Aronyk drew with GM Zia, IM Kaustav beat IM Sammed Joykumar Shety, IM Sankalp beat GM Alexy Kislinsky of Chez Republic, Sourath Biswas drew with GM Deep Sengupta, IM Abu Sufian Shakil drew with GM Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium, FM Debaraj beat IM Neelash Saha, FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed drew with GM Alexander Zubarev of Ukraine, WIM Arpita drew with GM Enamul Hossain, IM Srijit beat CM Sohel Chowdhury, CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia drew with GM Ghaem Ehsan Maghami of Iran, GM Mosadeghpour Masoud of Iran beat CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka, Shafiq Ahmed beat IM Asyl Abdyjapar of Kyrgyzstan, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Md Taibur Rahman beat IM Mahmood Lodhi, Subhayan Kundu beat CM Md. Sharif Hossain, CM Sadanan Hasan Dihan drew with FM Subrota Biswas, Sanket Chakravarty beat WFM Noshin Anjum, FM Piyumantha Sasith Nipun beat Swarnavo Choudhury, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin beat CM Nayem Haque, Sakline Mostafa Sajid beat Anata Choudhury, Showkat Hossain Pollab beat CM Manon Reja Neer, CM Chanchal Kumar Ghosh beat Kazi Zarin Tasnim, CM Md Jamal Uddin beat wCM Jannatul Ferdous, WCM Ahmed Walijah drew with FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, FM Md Saif Uddin Lavlu drew with Jabed Al Azad, Mohammad Shameem beat Wadifa Ahmed, Mortuza Mahathir Islam drew with Delwar Hossain and Md Sariatullah drew with Marzouq Chowdhury.. The 5th round games will be held on Thursday from 3:00 pm at same venue.

Prizes of the Shahid Captain Sheikh Kamal Invitational International Online Chess Tournament' 2021, distributed at a function at Sky Ball-Room of Hotel La Meridian Monday night. Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) organized the  tournament on the occasion of the 72nd birth anniversary of the Shahid Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, under the financial support of SAIF Piwertech Ltd. State Minister for Youth Sports Md. Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP was the chief guest at the function and distributed the prizes to the winners of Bangladesh and gave virtual prizes to the foreign recepiants. Dr. Benzir Ahmed, Inspector General of Police and Presidents of BCF and South Asian Chess Council, and Tarafdar Md. Ruhul Amin, Managing Director of the meet's sponsor SAIF Powertech Limited and Vice President of BCF were also present as special guests. Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of  FIDE Zone 3.2 and Mr. Abundo Casto, Executive Director of Asian Chess Federation also spoke on the occasion. In the tournament, Chinese Grand Master Li Di became unbeaten champion securing 8 points from 9 matches. Indian Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik become the runner-up with seven and a half points. Five players scored six and a half points each, in tie-breaking system GM Karthik Venkataraman of India became third, GM Amin M Tabatabaei of Iran finished fourth, GM Vadislav Kovalev of Belarus became fifth, GM Shyam Sundar of India became 6th and GM Maksoodloo Parham of Iran became 7th,  IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi of Indonesia became 8th, IM Murzin Volodar of Russia became 9th, Xu Yinglun of China became 10th, IM Garcia Jan Emmanuel of Philippine finished 11th in the tiebreaker. Read: Asian School Chess: Bangladesh's Khusbu emerges top and unbeaten Among the Bangladeshi players, GM Reefat Bin Sattar clinched the top slot collecting 6 points from 9 games, GM Enamul Hossain Razib became second, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman became third and GM Ziaur Rahman became 4th with five and half points . CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia finished fifth and Shawkat Hossain Pallab became sixth with five points each. Sakline Mostafa Sajid won the special boys award and WIM Noshin Anjum won the special girls award. Champion GM Li Di received two thousand US dollars, runner-up GM Abhimanyu Puranik received fifteen hundred us dollars, third GM Karthik Venkataraman received one thousand US dollars, fourth GM Amin Tabatabaei received six hundred US dollars, fifth GM Vladislav Kovalev received Five hundred US dollars, Sixth GM Shyam Sundar received four hundred US dollars, Seventh GM Maksoodloo Parham received four hundred US dollars, Eighth to tenth IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi, IM Murzin Volodar and GM Xu Yinglun received three hundred US dollars each, while IM Garcia Jane Emanuel Philippines, received a prize of two hundred US dollars as eleven prize . GM Reefat Bin Sattar received 800 US dollars, GM Enamul Hossain Razib received 600 US dollars, 3rd IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman received 400 US dollars, 4th GM Ziaur Rahman received 300 US dollars, 5th CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia and 6th Shawkat Hossain Pallab each received two hundred US dollars, and as a special prize Sakline Mostafa Sajid and WFM Noshin Anjum received ten thousand taka each. A total of ten thousand US dollars distributed among  the winners In all 80 players, including 21 Grand Masters and 13 International Masters from 15 countries, took part in the three-day 9-round Swiss-League basis  event.