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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt looks set to make his first start as a professional footballer Friday, a challenge he said could determine if he has a future in the sport of his boyhood dreams.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Bangladesh men's team drew 2-2 against Algeria in the 4th round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia on Thursday night.

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.

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.

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.

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.