Published on 12:00 AM, September 26, 2020

Razib, Aminul slip from top

GM Enamul Hossain Razib and FM Khandokar Aminul Islam slipped from lead to fourth position in Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Online Chess tournament as Indonesian GM Susantoat Megaranto took solo lead at the close of the sixth round yesterday.

Megaranto secured 5.5 points, 0.5 points more than Vietnamese GM Ngoc Truong Nguyen and Indian GM Diptayan Ghosh.

Seven players shared the third position with 4.5 points each while 11 players including five Bangladeshis -- Aminul, Razib, Abu Sufian Shakil, Taibur Rahman and Azad Al Javed – were occupying fourth position with four points each.

Seven Bangladeshi players including GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Minhaz Uddin Sagar and IM Fahad Hossain were in fifth position with 3.5 points each.