Sheikh Kamal was the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, one of the organisers of the Great Liberation War, pioneer of modern sports in Bangladesh and cultural personality
On the occasion of his 72nd birth anniversary and under the financial patronage of Saif Powertech Limited, the prize giving ceremony of the competition was held Monday at the Sky Ball-Room of Hotel La Meridian. Honorable Minister of State for Youth Sports, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Mr. Md. Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP was present as the Chief Guest and distributed prizes among the winners of Bangladesh and gave virtual prizes to the recipients of foreign awards.
Dr. Benazir Ahmed, Inspector General of Bangladesh Police and President of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of South Asian Chess Council, Mr. Tarafdar Md. Ruhul Amin, Managing Director Saif Pawatech Limited and Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation were present as special guests.
Mr. Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of FIDE Zone 3.2 and Mr. Casto Abundo, Executive Director of Asian Chess Federation gave speech.
Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Sports, K M Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Dr. Shoeb Reaz Alam, Additional D. I. G. and Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Masudur Rahman Mallik Dipu, Joint SEcretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Executive Members Md. Moniruzzaman Palash, Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan, Md. Alauddin Saju, Zakir Ahmed, International Organizer Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly, Sajal Mahmud were present at the occasion.
In this competition, China’s Grand Master Li Di became undefeated champion by getting 8 points in 9 games and won the title. India’s Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik has become the runner-up with seven and a half points.
Five players scored six and a half points each, in tie-breaking system among them GM Karthik Venkataraman of India became third, GM Amin M Tabatabaei of Iran became 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 tiebreaking with six points.
Among the Bangladeshi players, GM Reefat Bin Sattar came first with 6 points in 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 was 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 80 players, including 21 Grand Masters and 13 International Masters from 15 countries, took part in the three-day 9-round Swiss-League event. The winners of the competition were awarded a total of ten thousand US dollars in cash.
