GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (in photo) maintained solo leadership with 5½ points after the 6th round of the Asian Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited at the Asia Hotel & Resorts and online chess platform tornelo.
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GM Enamul Hossain Razib (above left) and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag (above right) of Bangladesh follow in 2nd slot with 5 points each.
FIDE Master Susal De Silva (photo above) of Nalanda College outplayed the IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh (2278) to reach 4 ½ points and stay in 4th place. Susal managed to get a strong Kingside play in a Giuco Piano game.
Buddika Amarasinghe (photo above) of Sri Lanka also had an excellent game and scored a full point against FM Ahmed Shike Nazir of Bangladesh (2179) in a game started with the English Opening. Buddhika has a total of 4 points.
Six players earned 4 points each, They are: IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman (above left), IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam and CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh and CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan & A A C B Amarasinge of Sri Lanka.
6th round games were held today (Sunday).
| SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 6 on 2021/06/06 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 8 | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2203 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2434 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | FM | Mehdi Hasan Parag | 2187 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2242 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2402 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Anata Choudhury | 2202 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | IM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 2314 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | FM | Islam Khandaker Aminul | 2182 | 11 |
| 5 | 17 | FM | De Silva L M S T | 2085 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Mohammad Minhaz Uddin | 2278 | 4 |
| 6 | 13 | CM | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2178 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | 2213 | 7 |
| 7 | 26 | CM | Amarasinghe A A C B | 1873 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Ahmed Sheikh Nasir | 2178 | 12 |
| 8 | 14 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2130 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | CM | Md. Sharif Hossain | 2122 | 15 |
| 9 | 16 | CM | Chowdhury Sohel | 2106 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 3 | Kusatha Niken | 1984 | 21 | |
| 10 | 18 | CM | Nayem Haque | 2080 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | 1925 | 25 |
| 11 | 20 | Mihir Lal Das | 2013 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Ahmad Awais | 1838 | 27 | ||
| 12 | 5 | FM | Subrota Biswas | 2268 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Prajapati Raj | 1749 | 30 | |
| 13 | 39 | Prajapati Anshu Dil | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | CM | Ahmed Mahtabuddin | 2035 | 19 | |
| 14 | 23 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1966 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Farooq Noor | 1706 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 24 | WFM | Noshin Anjum | 1948 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Muneeb Yaqoob | 0 | 38 | |
| 16 | 34 | Wadifa Ahmed | 1629 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Muhammad Faisal Mughal | 0 | 37 | ||
| 17 | 36 | Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi | 0 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Afzal Shahwani | 1443 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 28 | Musawir Khan | 1773 | 1 | 1 | bye | |||||
7th round games will start tomorrow (Monday) from3:30 PM at same venue.
See other news of Asian Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 5: GM Ziaur Rahman Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 4: Five Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: GMs Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Tie for Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal
Rd 2: Eight Bangladesh Players Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship