A grandmaster coach will prepare Zia for six months for the top chess meet, FIDE has confirmed.

It was learnt that Bangladesh Chess Federation's recently sacked president Syed Shujauddin Ahmed got the nod for Zia in return of his support for the FIDE president, who has the power to nominate five players for the World Cup.

Only Japan and a few countries from the middle-east earlier got this opportunity from Asia.

Usually, least developed countries bargain for fund for their support but Shuja, removed as president by the caretaker government on Thursday, gave his backing to Ilyumzhinov on condition of having a representative of Bangladesh in the World Cup.