Bangladeshi Grand Master Niaz Murshed continued his purple patch as he beat Indian GM Parimarjan Negi in the 5th round games of the Open championship in the
Asian Continental Chess Championships on Wednesday.
Niaz played with the black pieces. His strategy of French defense and sacrificing
Exchange paid off at the end as he managed to finish the game with 45 moves to secure 3½ points from 5 matches.
However, Sharmin Sultana Shirin had to accept a defeat in her 5th round games against Romero Gladys Hazelle of Philippines.
Meanwhile, GM Enamul Hossain Rajib moved to second position 2nd position along with other 7 players with 3.5 points after the end of the 4th round games in the Elite Category of the 5th Kiit International Chess Festival, being held in the same town of Bhubaneswar, Odisha in India.
After the 4th round matches, which held on Wednesday, both IM Abu Sufian Shakil and Debaraj Chatterjee managed to earn 3 points each, GM Ziaur Rahman and FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed gathered 2.5 points.
Abdullah Al-Saif and WIM Rani Hamid both collected 1.5 points.
-With New Age input
