Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh beat Indian Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta in the 6th round game of the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival-Masters held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates Monday night.
In the 6th round, GM Zia played with white pieces in King’s Indian Attack game and beat Indian GM Gupta in the 32nd move.
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Bangladeshi IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman drew with another Indian GM Gagare Shardul in the 6th round match. IM Fahad played with white pieces to choose the Reti Opening and settled for a draw after the 36th move.
FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh drew with FM Aradhya Garg of India while FM Mehdi Hasan Parag lost to Indian FM Mahitosh Dey.
After the 6th round, GM Zia earned 4 points, IM Fahad earned 3.5 points, FM Tahsin earned 2.5 points while FM Parag bagged one point.
In the 7th round, GM Zia will play against GM Aryan Chopra of India, IM Fahad will play against GM P Iniyan of India, FM Tahsin will play against Vaibhab Jayant Raut and FM Parag will play against Hamad Bader of UAE.
Source: United News of Bangladesh