Women lose, men trail

After a 4-0 victory over Uganda in the sixth round, Bangladesh women's chess team went down to a 0.5-2.5 defeat against Argentina in the seventh round of the World Chess Olympiad in Istnbul on Tuesday. Nazrana Khan Eva and Mahmuda Haque Chwodhury lost their respective boards while WIM Rani Hamid managed to draw her board. The other match between Sharmin Shirin Sultana and her opponent was in progress when this report was filed.
The men's team were trailing 0-1 as GM Ziaur Rahman lost his board against GM Jorge Moises Cori of Peru. The men's team
had went down by 0.5-3.5 points against in the previous round against Turkmenistan who are ranked below
Bangladesh.