Zia extends lead
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman extended his lead in the 37th Walton National Chess Championship to one point after he beat FIDE Master Mohammad Zaved in the sixth round at the BOA media room yesterday. Zia, the top rated player in the country, took his tally to 5.5 points, and was followed by Grand Master Niaz Murshed who is on 4.5 points after he drew with Minhaz-uddin Ahmed Sagar. Sagar is in third place with 4 points. The other Grand Master in this championship Reefat Bin Sattar, pulled out of the meet for personal reasons giving Golam Mostafa a walk over. In the other matches of the day, Abu Sufiyan Shakil beat Shafik Ahmed, Mahtabuddin Ahmed beat Mahfuzur Rahman and Monir Hossain drew with Sohel Chowdhury.
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