Shirin stays in solo lead

Sharmin Sultana Shirin maintained her lead in the qualifiers of the National Women's Chess Championship at the end of the third round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall Room yesterday.
Shirin defeated Mahmuda Haq Chowdhury to secure maximum three points from as many rounds.
Six players -- WFM Jakia Sultana, Tahmina Akhter Tisha, Sharmin Samia Simmi, Farzana Hossain Annie and Protiva Talukdar -- were in joint second position with 2.5 points.