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DHAKA, March 3, 2026 (BSS) - Twenty one players jointly shared lead with two points after the second round of Manha’s Castle 28th Int’l Chess tournament held at hall room of Bangladesh Chess Federation today (Tuesday).

They are FIDE Master Sakline Mostafa Sajid, FIDE Master (FM) Subrota Biswas, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, Anata Choudhury, FM Md. Sharif Hossain, Md. Anisujjaman Mullick, Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Neelava Choudhury, Candidate Master (CM)  Md. Masum Hossain, Muhtady Tajwar Nashid, CM Md. Jamal Uddin, Moniruzzaman Moni, CM Avik Sarker, Awsaf Chowdhury, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Rayan Rashid Mugdho, Md. Bidyut Sarkar, Abdul Momin, Md. Gazi Miah, Jinnat Akter 
Shahnaz, Afnan Zarif Haque, Siam Chowdhury, and Mukitul Islam Ripon.

In the day’s second round matches, FM Sakline Mostafa Sajid defeated Md. Moniruzzaman Masud, FM Subrota Biswas got walk-over against Md Monjur Alam, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman beat CM Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, Anata Choudhury defeated Safayet Kibria Azaan, FM Md. Sharif Hossain beat Abrar Reazul Ahnaf Mohammad, WCM Neelava Choudhury outplayed WCM Nusrat Jahan Alo, CM Md. Masum Hossain outclassed Shahinur Haque, Muhtadi Tajwar Nashid defeated Md. Hasan, CM Md. Jamal Uddin beat Sheikh Md. Khairul Islam, Moniruzzaman Moni overpowered Delwar Hossain, Awsaf Chowdhury defeated CM S M Sharon, CM Avik Sarker beat Din Mohammad, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam defeated Md. Shahjahan Mondol, Rayan Rashid Mugdho beat Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Md. Biddut Sarkar defeated Sheikh Rashedul Hasan, Abdul Momin beat Md. Asadujjaman, Md. Gazi Mia defeated Md. Sharifuzzaman, Jinnat Akter Shahnaz beat Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury, Afnan Zarif Haque defeated Ayman Ahmed, Siam Chowdhury beat Swapnil Das, Mukitul Islam Ripon defeated Syed Tanim Sajjad, Meanwhile, Md. Anisujjaman Mullick drew CM Md. Abu Hanif, Md. Robiul Islam split point with CM Sohel Chowdhury, Md. Tarikur Rahman split point with WFM Warsia Khusbu and A.B. Bappi split point with Afzal Hossain Sacchu.