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The Bangladesh National Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Bangladesh. National Champions. Winners of championships by year
Manon Reja Neer (born 18 June 2010) [1] is a Bangladeshi chess player. In October 2024, he became the youngest Bangladeshi International Master (IM) at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 16 days. [2] He is the incumbent champion in the 48th National Chess Championship held in July 2024 winning with 10 points in 13 games. [3] [4]
The Daba Sangha was re-organized into the Bangladesh Chess Federation, which was established in 1974. Qazi Motahar Hossain became the founding president of the Bangladesh Chess Federation. In 1985, Bangladesh Chess Federation started the annual Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain International Masters Chess Tournament named after its founding president. [5]
Hossain earned the highest title in chess – the Grandmaster title – in 2008. He beat Pavel Eljanov (rated 2691 at that time) in a two-game match in the 2007 Chess World Cup, drawing the first and winning the second game. [12] By doing so, he became the only Bangladeshi player to reach the second round of a chess world cup.
In 2019 Jannatul won the Bangladeshi Youth Chess Championship in girl's U14 age group. [1] In 2020 she won Bangladeshi Youth Chess Championship in open U16 age group. [2] In 2023 Jannatul won the Asian Zonal Chess tournament and achieved Women International Master (WIM) and also won the right to participate in the Women's Chess World Cup. [3]
In 2022 she won Bangladeshi Women's Chess Championship. [2] In 2023 she ranked in 2nd place in Asian Zonal Chess tournament. [3] In 2023, in Baku Anjum Noshin participated in single-elimination Women's Chess World Cup and lost in 1st round to Polish Woman Grandmaster Monika Soćko. [4] Anjum Noshin played for Bangladesh in the Women's Chess ...
On 5 July 2024, Rahman fell to the ground during his 12th round match of the Bangladesh Chess Federation National Chess Tournament against Enamul Hossain Rajib. [6] He was then taken to Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in Shahbag, where it was declared that he had died of a heart attack. It was later corrected that he died due to a stroke.
He was due to be coached by Igor Rausis during the tournament, but Rausis was caught cheating in the Strasbourg Open, and the Bangladesh Chess Federation cut ties with Rausis. [3] On 31 March 2024, Rahman won the first of three Grandmaster (GM) norms which is required to become the sixth GM from Bangladesh and the first since 2009. [4]