Ziaur Rahman defeated India's Bitan Bannerjee in the seventh round of the Sixth Parsvnath Open International Chess Tournament in Delhi yesterday to lead the pack of Bangladeshis with six points.
International Master Enamul Hossain Rajib was half a point adrift of Zia after drawing with Indian WGM Tania Sachdev.
FM Taibur Rahman and Sohel Chowdhury both lost in the seventh round to stick to four points.