Warsia lifts U-7 title

Warsia Khusbu became the Under-7 group champion of the Asian School Chess Championship as she beat her respective opponent in the ninth and final round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan yesterday.
27 June 2019

Evan stuns Fahad

Yasir Ali Khan Evan became unbeaten champion in the Walton 39th National Junior (Under-20) Chess Championships after beating holder FM Fahad Rahman in the eighth and final round at the Chess Federation hall room yesterday.
22 May 2019

Razib pips Zia to the title

Grand Master Enamul Hossain Razib became the unbeaten champion in the category A of the Late Dr. Abul Kashem Chowdhury International Rating Chess Tournament with a draw against IM Minhaz Uddin Ahmed Sagar in the final round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation conference room yesterday.
12 May 2019

DU unbeaten champions in Inter-University Chess Championship

Dhaka University (DU) ran out as winners of the chess championship at the Inter-University Indoor Games 2019, beating Jahangirnagar University (JU) in the final round on Saturday.
1 April 2019

Manjurul Islam Khan passes away

Former Bangladesh Chess Federation executive committee member Manjurul Islam Khan, one of the country's most sincere and hard-
28 March 2019

Fahad, Shirin become IM, WIM

FIDE Master Fahad Rahman earned the title of International Master after clinching the trophy of the Asian Zonal Championship during an intriguing final round at the Engineers' Institute in Dhaka yesterday.
23 March 2019

Asian Zonal Chess: Razib, Shirin close to titles

Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib moved a step closer to winning the title of the open section of Asian Zonal Chess Championships following his win over IM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagor in the penultimate round at the Engineers' Institute in Dhaka yesterday.
22 March 2019

Zia beats Fahad

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman beat FIDE Master Fahad Rahman to hold on to the joint lead after the third round of the open section of the Asian Zonal Chess Championships (Zone 3.2) at the Engineers Institute of Bangladesh yesterday.
17 March 2019

Bangladesh hoping for norms, titles

Bangladesh will hope its chess players will earn some norms and IM titles when the Asian Zonal Chess Championships (Zone 3.2) gets underway at the Engineers' Institute in Dhaka tomorrow.
13 March 2019

Stuck on checkmate

It was Bangladesh that produced the Asian sub-continent's first Grand Master (GM), Niaz Murshed, some 31 years ago but the once-promising discipline of chess has seemingly been stuck in an unsound position since the country got its fifth and last GM in 2008.
7 February 2019

Zia remains in third

Grand Master Ziaur Rahman maintained third position in the 17th Delhi International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at the close
15 January 2019

Saif SC win premier div chess title

Saif Sporting Club became champions in the SA Group Premier Division Chess League at the NSC Tower Auditorium Lounge yesterday. Saif SC earned maximum 18 points from nine matches to ensure the title with a round of matches remaining.
15 December 2018

Zia's son holds him to a draw

GM Ziaur Rahman maintained his solo lead in the Omicon 44th National A Chess Championship with 7.5 points at the end of the ninth
2 December 2018

SHORT CORNER

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10 October 2018

Men's team show improvement

Bangladesh men's team finished 56th among 150 teams in the 43rd Chess Olympiad, which concluded in Georgia on Friday. The five-member team, coached by Igor Rausis, started as 64th seed and finished in 56th position, having initially set a target of finishing within the top 50 teams.
6 October 2018

Men lose against Finland

Bangladesh lost against 53rd seed Finland by 1.5-2.5 game points in 10th and penultimate round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia on Thursday.
5 October 2018

Fahad gets first IM norm

Bangladesh's youngest FIDE Master, Mohammad Fahad Rahman, earned his first International Master norm at the 43rd World Chess Olympiad despite losing his ninth round game against Spain's GM Vazquez Igarza Renier in Georgia on Wednesday.
4 October 2018

43rd Chess Olympiad: Men surprise Romania

64th seed Bangladesh sprung a massive surprise by defeating 21st seed Romania by 2.5-1.5 game points in the eighth round of the men's section of 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia on Tuesday.
3 October 2018

Draw for men, women

The Bangladesh men's and women's teams drew their sixth round matches of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia on Sunday. The men's team drew 2-2 against Chile while the women's team drew against Jamaica by the same margin.
1 October 2018

BD teams win

Bangladesh men and women's teams won their fifth round games of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia on Friday.
29 September 2018