A five-member chess team will represent Bangladesh in the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Serbia s Belgrade from January 29 to February 5.
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Bangabandhu International Rating Chess begins
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tournament began from today at Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) hall-room
marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman.
formally inaugurated the meet as the chief guest. The event was sponsored by
Shah Cement.
director of Abul Khair Group was present as special guest.
Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, general secretary of BCF and president, FIDE
Zone-3.2, Mohammad Alauddin, former additional Secretary and director of Abul
Khair group, were also present in the inauguration ceremony.
A total of 41 players including GM Enamul Hossain Razib, GM Ziaur rahman,
IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, WIM Rani Hamid are
Bangladesh returns to over-the-board chess
Many live chess events were canceled last year all around the world, including the Youth Word Championship 2020 that was supposed to take place in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. In January of 2021, the Bangladesh Chess Federation adopted a plan to organize over-the-board chess competitions in compliance with the health rules of the Government of the People s Republic of Bangladesh.
To this end, the Mujib Year Invitational International Rating Chess tournament was held from 9 to 16 January 2021 under the auspices of Abul Khair Group. The list of participants included 44 invited players (one Grand Master, three International Masters, and one Woman International Master). The competition was inaugurated on January 9 by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md.
Federations toil to arrange elections
DM Simanto
29th January, 2021 11:24:30
Country’s several sports federations are currently running their respective ad-hoc committees which are working to meet their elections under the National Sports Council this year after the COVID-19 break.
There is a very high possibility of new leadership in several sports federations if all parties follow their respective election procedures and welcome the wind of changes for the sake of sports.
The federations have to follow some procedures as per their respective constitutions or NSC bylaws ahead of the polls. As a part of the election procedures, NSC formed an ad-hoc committee for three months to conduct the federations activities and to supervise electoral laws over candidates and voters.