Dhaka: The 49th National ‘B’ Chess Championship is scheduled to kick off at the Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) sports hall on Friday, September 5. The event will feature players who secured positions from 5th to 14th in last year’s 48th National Chess Championship and those with a standard rating of 2100 and above.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the competition will also include fifteen players from Dhaka Zone-1, five from Chattogram Zone-2, four each from Khulna and Barisal Zone-3, Rajshahi and Rangpur Zone-4, and three from Sylhet and Mymensingh Zone-5. Additionally, the national women’s champion, women’s international masters, national junior (under-20) champion, and girls’ under-20 champion will participate in the event organized by the BCF.
The tournament will determine the top eight players who will qualify for the final phase of the 49th National Chess Championship. Four grandmasters from the country, including Niaz Murshed, Reefat Bin Sattar, Molla Abdullah Al Rakib, and Enamul Hossain
Rajib, along with last year’s champion International Master Manon Reja Neer and runner-up International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman, have already been invited to the final round of the national chess tournament.