Shakil earned maximum 8 points after the end of the eighth round games. Mehdi Hasan Parag was in the second position with 6.5 points and ASM Nasser hold the third place with 6 points.

In this round Shakil beat FM Rezaul Haque, Parag beat Monir Hossain and Nasser beat Alamgir Hossain.

Meanwhile, in the 25th National Women Chess Championship Masuda Begum took the solo lead in the points table with maximum 4 points after the end of the fourth round games of the preliminary phase of 25th National Women Chess Championship at the NSC yesterday.

Four players were in the second position with 3.5 points each. They are: Afroza Khanam Bably, Shamiha Sharmin Shimmi, Sharmin Sultana Shirin and Mahmuda Haque Chodhury Moly