GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (above left) became unbeaten champion in the SAIF POWERTEC Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited at the Asia Hotel & Resorts in Dhaka, Bangladesh and online chess platform tornelo.
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GM Zia earned 8 points out of 9 games and clinch the title and qualify into the FIDE World Cup which will start from 10th July in Sochi, Russia.
GM Enamul Hossain Razib (above) of Bangladesh became runner-up with 7½ points.
Six players earned 6 points each, in tie-breaking system their positions are: 3rd– CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka, 4th– CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh, 5th– IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh, 6th-FM Khandaker Aminul Islam of Bangladesh, 7th-Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh and 8th A A C B Amarasinge of Sri Lanka.
9th or last round games were held today (Wednesday). The event was held in 9 round Swiss-league system and 39 players from Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participated. The prize-distribution and closing ceremony will start Thursday) from 3:30 PM at Shapla Hall in Bangladesh Police Head-quarter with Chief Guest Dr. Benazir Ahmed (photo below), BPM (Bar), President, Bangladesh Chess Federation & South Asian Chess Council and Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.
| SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 9 on 2021/06/09 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 14 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2130 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 7½ | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2434 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2203 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 7 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2402 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | IM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 2314 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | CM | Chowdhury Sohel | 2106 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2242 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | IM | Mohammad Minhaz Uddin | 2278 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | FM | Mehdi Hasan Parag | 2187 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | FM | Subrota Biswas | 2268 | 5 |
| 6 | 17 | FM | De Silva L M S T | 2085 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | CM | Amarasinghe A A C B | 1873 | 26 |
| 7 | 11 | FM | Islam Khandaker Aminul | 2182 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Anata Choudhury | 2202 | 9 | |
| 8 | 18 | CM | Nayem Haque | 2080 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | CM | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2178 | 13 |
| 9 | 31 | Farooq Noor | 1706 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | 2213 | 7 | |
| 10 | 12 | FM | Ahmed Sheikh Nasir | 2178 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Mihir Lal Das | 2013 | 20 | |
| 11 | 24 | WFM | Noshin Anjum | 1948 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1966 | 23 | |
| 12 | 34 | Wadifa Ahmed | 1629 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 4 | CM | Ahmed Mahtabuddin | 2035 | 19 | |
| 13 | 15 | CM | Md. Sharif Hossain | 2122 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | 1925 | 25 |
| 14 | 38 | Muneeb Yaqoob | 0 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Ahmad Awais | 1838 | 27 | ||
| 15 | 37 | Muhammad Faisal Mughal | 0 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Musawir Khan | 1773 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 30 | Prajapati Raj | 1749 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi | 0 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 39 | Prajapati Anshu Dil | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Afzal Shahwani | 1443 | 35 | ||
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Rd 8: GM Ziaur Rahman Maintains Half Point Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 7: GM Ziaur Rahman Leads in Homestretch of Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 6: GM Ziaur Rahman Maintains Solo Lead in 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