DHAKA, Dec 30, 2023 (BSS) - Sixty players won their respective first round

matches and earned full points as the int'l Rating Chess tournament has begun
from today (Saturday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.

In the first round matches, GM Ziaur Rahman beat WCM Warsia Khushbu, GM
Reefat Bin Sattar beat Osman Goni, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin beat Md Faisal
Yousuf, FM Tahsin Tazwar Zia beat Safayet Kibria Azaan, FM Subrota Biswas
beat Moniruzzaman Moni, FM Manon Reja Neer beat Rajib Hasan, Anata Choudhury
beat Kazi Md Mahbub Afzal, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed beat Aiyan Rahman, FM Mehdi
Hasan Parag beat Raiyan Rashid Mugdho, FM Md Sharif Hossain beat Safin Khan,
CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid beat Nushrat Jahan Liza, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman
beat Sardar Rokonuzzaman, Md Anwar Hossain Dulal beat Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan,
CM Md Masum Hossain beat Sree Liton Chantra Shil, CM Md Abzid Rahman beat Md
Abu Said, CM Sohel Chowdhury beat Md Mainuddin, FM Md Saif Uddin beat Galiv
Hasan Anwoy.

A total of 123 players including GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, IM
Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, FM Subrota Biswas, FM Manon Reja
Neer, Anata Choudhury, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Md
Sharif Hossain, CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, CM Md
Masum Hossain, CM Md Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, CM Md. Abjzd Rahman, CM Sohel
Chowdhury, FM Md Saif Uddin, WFM Wadifa Ahmed, CM Md Sajidul Haque, WCM Ahmed
Walijah and WCM Warsia Khushbu are taking part in the week-long meet,
organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation.

The competition is being held in a nine-round Swiss-League format.