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43rd Chess Olympiad: Men's team draw against Algeria
Bangladesh men's team drew 2-2 against Algeria in the 4th round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia on Thursday night.
28 September 2018
World Chess Olympiad: BD men's team taste first defeat
After two successive victories at the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, the Bangladesh men's team tasted their first defeat at the hands of Vietnam in the third round at the Sports Palace on Wednesday.
27 September 2018
Good start for Bangladesh
Bangladesh chess teams made a good start in the 43rd World Chess Olympiad, which got underway in Georgia on Monday. Bangladesh men's team beat Palau by 4-0 points while the women's team beat Kosovo by the same margin.
25 September 2018
Chess team leaves with hopes of top-50 finish
The Bangladesh chess team will leave for Georgia tomorrow to take part in the 43rd World Chess Olympiad with hopes of improving their position after three months of training under GM Igors Rausis of Czech Republic.
20 September 2018
Young Fahad pips seniors
FIDE Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman became champion in the CJKS-Four H Group-Diamond Cement Grandmaster's Chess Tournament, which concluded at the MA Aziz Stadium Auditorium in Chittagong yesterday.
9 September 2018
Three players in the lead
Three players shared the lead after the eighth round of the CJKS-Four H Group-Diamond Cement Grandmaster's Chess Tournament at the MA Aziz Stadium auditorium in Chittagong yesterday.
7 September 2018
Rani Hamid regains title
WIM Rani Hamid regained the National Women's Chess Championship title after seven years when she beat WFM Zakia Sultana in the ninth and final round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday.
18 August 2018
Rani, Nazrana hold lead
WIM Rani Hamid and WFM Nazrana Khan maintained their joint lead in the points table of the Walton 38th National Women's Chess Championship at the close of the eighth round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday.
16 August 2018
Rani, Nazrana share lead
WIM Rani Hamid of Titas Club and WFM Nazrana Khan Eva of Manikganj shared the lead in the Walton 38th National Women's Chess Championship with six points each at the close of the seventh round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday.
14 August 2018
BD break winless run
Following two consecutive defeats, Bangladesh played out a 2-2 draw against Iraq in the fifth round of the Asian Nations Cup Chess at Hamadan, Iran yesterday.
2 August 2018
Poor show by chess team
Bangladesh returned to losing ways in the Asian Nations Cup Chess as they lost to hosts Iran White 3.5-0.5 in the third round at Hamadan on Monday.
31 July 2018
Neer rises to the top
Candidate Master Manon Reja Neer became the unbeaten champion in Open U-8 Group of the Commonwealth Chess Championships at the close of the seventh and final round in New Delhi yesterday.
3 July 2018
Bengal Chess Club starts its journey
The Bengal Chess Club (BCC), defending champions of the Premier Division Chess League, begins its official journey today with the quest of giving concrete shape to the vision of Professor Abdur Razzak, a prominent academic, intellectual, educationalist and chess lover.
30 June 2018
Asian Chess Cup in question
Bangladesh's status as hosts for the Asian Nations Chess Cup is now uncertain as the tournament regulations were not approved by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and sponsors seem to lack the desire to fund the expensive 12-day competition.
22 May 2018
Rausis to coach again
Latvian Grand Master Igor Rausis is all set to take charge of the Bangladesh chess team for the fifth time ahead of the 43rd Chess
20 April 2018
Warsia bags the gold
Warsia Khusbu bagged a gold medal in the Blitz Chess event of the Asian Youth Chess Championships in Thailand yesterday.
8 April 2018
Chess team fly off to Thailand
A Bangladesh chess team including ten players left for Bangkok yesterday to take part in two seperate competitions, said a press release
31 March 2018
FIDE chief urges more
The chief executive officer of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Geoffrey Borg, has urged Bangladesh's government and chess
12 March 2018
Zia runner-up in Delhi
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman became runner-up in the 16th Delhi Open International Rating Chess tournament after playing out a draw
16 January 2018
Zia beats Tiviakov
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman maintained his second position in the Delhi Open Chess Tournament after beating Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov in the ninth round at the IGI Stadium in New Delhi yesterday.
15 January 2018