Enamul Hossain Razib, the youngest Grand Master of the country, retained his National Championship title by beating fellow Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman the title-deciding play-off on Monday.
This was the 5th national crown for GM Razib, who emerged unbeaten champion in the 46th National Premier Chess Championship, securing 10 points from 13 matches at the end of the 13th and last round matches.
Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Ansar, who won the national chess title 14 times, became the runner-up securing nine and half points.
Last time champion country’s first Grandmaster Niaz Murshed of Bangladesh Ansar finished third place with 9 points.
Although Niaz dominated the meet with Grandmaster Razib till the 12th round, but he went down to 3rd slot after losing his lost match to International Master Mohammad Minhaz Uddin.
FIDE Master Mehedi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh Police secured the 4th position with seven and a half points.
International Master Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy and Candidate Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh Ansar have secured seven points each and will meet each other in play-off match for fifth place on Tuesday).
GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Bangladesh Ansar and GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib of Bangladesh Police earned 6.5 points each and they will meet each other in a play-off match for the 7th place.
Other positions are: 9th- CM Md Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy, (six points), 10th-FM Subrota Biswas of Bangladesh Navy, (5.5 points) 11th-FM Debaraj Chatterjee of Barisal (5 points), 12th-CM Nayem Haque of Sirajganj,(4.5 points), 13th-CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh Police, (4 points), and 14th- FM Khandaker Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Navy ( 3 points).
