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Vol. 5 Num 831 Wed. September 27, 2006  
   
Sports


Zia still on top


Grand Master Ziaur Rahman maintained solo lead in section A of the second University of Greenwich FIDE Rating Chess tournament at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday.

Zia stretched his collection to maximum five points after he defeated FIDE Master Sheikh Nasir.

Seven players -- International Master (IM) Abdullah Al Rakib, IM Enamul Hossain Rajib, FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Taibur Rahman, Debraj Chatterjee, Sohel Chowdhury and Monir Hossain -- are jointly at the second position with 3.5 points.