Bangladesh chess teams face second-round defeats at 45th Olympiad

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13 September, 2024, 04:45 pm

Final modified: 13 September, 2024, 04:47 pm

Both Bangladesh men’s and girls’s chess teams skilled defeats within the 2nd spherical of the Forty fifth Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday (18 August).

The men’s crew suffered a 3.5-0.5 loss to a solid Vietnam facet within the launch piece.

GM Niaz Murshed managed to secure a plan against 15-yr-old vogue FM Banh Gia Huy, who already holds two IM norms. Then all over again, IM Fahad Rahman change into defeated by GM Le Quang Liem, FM Manon Reja Neer lost to GM Le Tuan Minh, and GM Enamul Hossain succumbed to GM Tran Tuan Minh.

In the ladies’s piece, Bangladesh fell 3-1 to a ambitious Romanian crew.

WFM Noshin Anjum and WCM Wadifa Ahmed managed to plan their suits. Noshin held her ground against WGM Bulmaga Irina, while Wadifa drew with WIM Ciolacu Alessia-Minhaela.

Unfortunately, WFM Walijah Ahmed lost to WGM Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky, and WCM Nusrat Jahan Alo change into defeated by WIM Miruna-Daria Lehaci.

In this day’s third spherical, the Bangladesh men’s crew will dangle on Cyprus, while the ladies’s crew will face Barbados.