GM Niaz Murshed regained the lead with 6.5 points, along with 8 other players, at the end of the 8th round of the Chennai Super Kings 5th Interna-tional Grandmasters Chess Tournament in India yesterday. Another Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman was in joint second position with 6 points. In the 8th round, Niaz beat IM Rahul Shetty of India while Zia beat FM Maheswaran of the same country.
Kazi Taherul Islam and Anisuzzaman Jewel earned 4 points each while Saif Uddin, Jamal Uddin of Titas and Rana Chow-dhury earned 3.5 points each. Taher lost to Uma Maheswaran, Jewel lost to Satra Hardik , Lavlu lost to Aniruddh Aiyenger, Jamal lost to Audi Ameya, and Rana lost to M B Senbabu.
-With The Daily Star input
