Ghaem joins 5 others on top
Sports Reporter
Iranian Grand Master Ghaem Maghami Ehsan joined previous round's five leaders atop the table of the 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament yesterday.In the fourth round, Ghaem beat India's GN Gopal to extend his collection to three points. The others to have three points are FM Nasir Ahmed, IM Abdullah Al Rakib, GM Reefat Bin Sattar, IM Enamul Hossain Rajib and Vietnamese GM Nguyen Anh Dung. In other fourth round matches at the NSC conference room, Reefat drew with Nguyen, Rakib drew with Rajib, Nasir shared points with Amin. GM Ziaur Rahman, who lost to Nasir in the last round, drew with Lalith Babu of India, GM Niaz Murshed drew with FM Taibur Rahman, IM PDS Girinath of India beat FM Rezaul Haque, FM Abu Sufian Shakil beat Mohammad Javed, Pakistani IM Mahmood Lodhi defeated Mohammad Ali, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag drew with Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon beat Debaraj Chatterjee and Monir Hossain of beat Sohel Chowdhury.
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Nasir Ahmed (L) and IM Abdullah Al Rakib ponder their next move in the United Leasing and United Insurance 8th Grandmasters Chess tournament at the NSC conference room yesterday. PHOTO: STAR |