FM Khondoker Aminul Islam of Titas and Abdul Momin of Sirajganj are now in joint lead in the points table with 7 each after the 8th round of the Federation Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at the federation hallroom yesterday.
Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin of Titas and Farhadur Imam of I2 Soft Solution are in 2nd position with 6.5 points each. Sohel Chowdhury, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, FM Rezaul Haque, Abdullah Al Saif, S.A.M. Naser and Mollah Ishtiak Ahmed are in joint third position with 6 points each. In the 8th round matches, Amin beat Monir, Momin beat Sohel, Farhad beat Elin, Robin beat Apu, Mostafa beat Shameem, Emon beat Md. Sagar, Arman drew with Dipu, Reza beat Shamsul Kabir, Naser beat Mizanur Rahman Labu, Saif beat Sk. Raju Ahmed, Ishtiak beat Uten, Mithu beat Shamsul Alam, Sharif beat Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan and Hanif beat Sazzad Hossain.
