Bangladesh women secure back-to-back victories, climbing 21 spots at Chess Olympiad

Starting the seventh round in 61st speak, Bangladesh are now positioned fortieth in the girls’s allotment with an complete of nine aspects.

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19 September, 2024, 02:20 pm

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Bangladesh girls win motivate-to-motivate victories, climbing 21 spots at Chess Olympiad

The Bangladesh girls’s chess team defeated the Dominican Republic 2.5-1.5 in the Forty fifth Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, climbing 21 locations in the standings.

This victory marks their second consecutive get, following a overcome Uruguay in the sixth round.

In the match, WFM Noshin Anjum drew in opposition to WFM Castillo Pena Patricia Evarista, while WCM Walijah Ahmed lost to WFM Diaz Cesar Wilsaida Pieranlly. On the other hand, WFM Wadifa Ahmed secured a victory over Gonzalez Peguero Mary Loly, and used WIM Rani Hamid won in opposition to WCM Ramirez Luzon Franchesca to seal the team’s fourth get in seven matches.

Bangladesh girls will subsequent face Sweden, who’re ranked Thirty fifth, in the eighth round nowadays.

In the period in-between, the Bangladesh males’s team needed to select for a 2-2 draw in opposition to Slovakia despite keeping a 1.5-0 lead earlier in the match.

Fahad Rahman defeated GM Gazik Viktor, and GM Niaz Murshed drew with IM Druska Juraj to give Bangladesh the advantage. On the other hand, GM Enamul Hossain Razib lost to IM Sahidi Samir, while FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia performed to a draw in opposition to IM Kostolansky Sebastian Lukas, main to Bangladesh’s second draw after seven rounds.

The males’s team moved up one plot, now sitting 73rd with eight aspects. They are enviornment to play in opposition to 46th-positioned Kazakhstan in nowadays’s match.