Manon becomes country’s youngest IM
Manon Reja became the country’s youngest International Master, surpassing Niaz Morshed, after achieving his third IM norm with a win over Indian IM Sambit Panda in the eighth round of the...
Chess
Bangladesh men’s end 78th, women’s 81st
Bangladesh’s campaign in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad ended on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, with the men’s team defeating South Korea by 3-1 points in the open section and the...
Rani Hamid tastes first defeat
Bangladesh’s veteran women’s international master Rani Hamid conceded her first defeat of the 45th Chess Olympiad as her team lost to Norway by 3.5-0.5 points in the 10th round of the...
Rani Hamid continues her winning spree
Bangladesh’s veteran women’s international master Rani Hamid continued her winning spree despite her team’s average performance in the women’s section of the 45th...
Bangladesh women earn third successive win
Bangladesh women’s chess team earned their third consecutive win in the 45th Chess Olympiad after defeating a strong Swedish side by 2.5-1.5 points in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday.
Big leap for Bangladesh women
Bangladesh women’s chess team jumped 17 places up from 57th to 40th after their seventh round win over Dominican Republic by 2.5-1.5 points in the 45th Chess Olympiad in...
Mixed day for Bangladesh men’s and women’s teams
Bangladesh women’s team beat Uruguay by 3.5-0.5 points, while the men’s team drew against Hungary B team in the sixth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad...
Bangladesh’s patchy form continues
Bangladesh continued their struggle for consistency in the 45th Chess Olympiad as both the men’s and women’s teams lost to their respective rivals in the fourth round in...
Bangladesh return to winning ways
Bangladesh men’s and women’s teams returned to winning ways in the 45th Chess Olympiad, defeating Cyprus and Barbados by identical 3.5-0.5 points in the third round on...
Bad day for Bangladesh in Chess Olympiad
Both Bangladesh men’s and women’s teams suffered defeat in the second round of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday.
Bangladesh make winning start in Chess Olympiad
Bangladesh men’s and women’s chess teams made a good start in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad by defeating their respective rivals in the first round in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday.
Amit, Justin secure victory in Collegiate Chess League
IUB chess players Amit Bikram Roy (Computer Science and Engineering) and Justin Matthias (General Management) have secured a resounding victory in the Team Battle of the Summer Season Collegiate League, said a press release on Sunday...
Chess Fed to name its hall room after late GM Zia
Bangladesh Chess Federation has decided to name its hall room after late grandmaster Ziaur Rahman, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest during the...
Grandmaster Zia passes away
Bangladesh’s highest-ranked grandmaster, Ziaur Rahman, passed away at a hospital in the city shortly after suffering a heart attack during the...
Miller rescues South Africa in T20 victory over Netherlands
South Africa overcame a stunning early batting collapse before sealing a four-wicket victory over bogey team the Netherlands in their T20 World Cup Group D clash in New York on Saturday.
