Grand Master Ziaur Rahman held Russian Super GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in second successive match of the World Cup chess opening round in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday. Zia played with black against 2758-rated Tomashevsky, the 12th seeded player of the tournament, and secured a draw after 29 moves. The first match between them
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Zia hold Russian Super GM in WC chess
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman remained on course to a second round place in the World Cup Chess when he drew with super Grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the first game of the opening round in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. Zia played with white pieces with Queen’s Pawn Opening and secured a draw after the 43rd ... Read more
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