DHAKA, Dec 17, 2024 (BSS) - Three players shared lead in the points table 
with maximum five points after the fifth round of Victory Day International 
Open Rating Chess tournament held at Dak Bhaban, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar at 
Agargaon in the capital on Tuesday.

They are FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, IM Abu Sufian Shakil and Anata Choudhury. 

Seven players shared the second position with 4.5 points. They are IM Manon 
Reja Neer, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Sakline 
Mostafa Sajid, CM Md Sariatullah, Tahmidul Haque and Neloy Debnath. 

In the day's fifth round matches, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag split point with IM 
Manon Reja Neer, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat WFM Wadifa Ahmed, IM Abu Sufian 
Shakil beat FM Mohammad Javed, Anata Choudhury beat CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, 
Tahmidul Haque split point with FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, FM Sakline Mostafa 
Sajid beat WFM Noshin Anjum, Swarnavo Choudhury split point with Md Nasir 
Uddin, Neloy Debnath beat Amit Bikram Roy and CM Md Sariatullah beat Afnan 
Zarif Haque. 

The sixth round matches will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3 pm at the 
same venue.