DHAKA, Jan 5, 2024 (BSS)- CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid of Bangladesh Police 
emerged champion in the Int'l Rating Chess Tournament that concluded today 
(Friday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room. 

Sajid earned 7.5 points to clinch the title. 

GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Ansar became runner-up by getting the same 
points. CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid and GM Ziaur Rahman scored equal points in 
the tie-breaking buchholz cut one method, CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid won the 
title with 48.5, Cut one Buchholz score and GM Ziaur Rahman finished runners-
up with 46.5 score. 

Six players scored seven points in the tie-breaking system. Among them FM 
Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh Ansar became third, FM Manon Reja Neer of 
Bangladesh Navy became fourth, FM Subrota Biswas of Saif Sporting Club became 
fifth, FM Md Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy became sixth, FM Sheikh Nasir 
Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy became seventh and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of 
Bangladesh Police finished eighth place.

IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy became ninth, FM Syed Mahfuzur 
Rahman of Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society became tenth, CM Md Abzid 
Rahman of Sheikh Russell Chess Club became eleventh, WCM Ahmed Walijah of 
Bangladesh Navy became twelfth and Ahnaf Rashid Chowdhury became thirteen in 
the tie-breaking with six and a half points each. Anata Choudhury of Titas 
Club finished fourteenth place and CM Md Sajidul Haque of Janata Bank Officer 
Welfare Society finished fifteenth by scoring six points each in tie-breaking 
system.

The ninth or last round games, GM Ziaur Rahman defeated FM Manon Reja Neer, 
CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid defeated FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia 
defeated IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Subrota Biswas defeated CM Md. Masum 
Hossain, FM Md Sharif Hossain beat Anata Choudhury, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat 
Sujan, WCM Ahmed Walijah beat GM Reefat Bin Sattar, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman 
beat FM Md Saif Uddin, CM Md Abzid Rahman beat Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Ahnaf 
Rashid Chowdhury beat Feroz Ahmed, Swarnavo Chowdhury defeated Md 
Moniruzzaman Masud, CM Sohail Chowdhury beat Belal Hossain, Md Rabbi Salim 
beat Md Faysal Yousuf, CM Md Sajidul Haque beat Sibu Poddar, Nusrat Jahan 
Liza beat Md. Sabubur Rahman, Sk. Rashedul Hasan beat Md. Rabiul Hossain and 
Arabee Jabayer Mahmud beat Dewan Shahidul Amin. 

The event was held in nine round Swiss League system and 124 players 
including two grandmasters, one International Master and nine FIDE Masters 
participated in the week-long meet-, organized by BCF.

The cash prize of Taka one lac seventy six thousand was distributed among the 
winners.