The Bishal Trade & Rupahali Sarees International Rating Chess Tournament started at the chess federation hall room yesterday. A total of 127 chess players including one Grandmaster, two International Masters and four FIDE Masters are participating in the event. Players from France, Malaysia and USA also participating in the event. 57 players won their 1st round game with full points. In the 1st round, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag lost to Ibrahim Parvez and Uten lost to Nurul Islam Mahin. GM Ziaur Rahman beat AB Bappi, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed beat Abdul Malek, IM Abu Sufian Shakil beat Tipu Sultan, FM K Aminul Islam beat Saimon Siddiqur Rahman, Sohel Chowdhury beat Nasim Hossain, Mahtabuddin Ahmed beat Mohammad Hasan, Abdul Momin beat Shamsul Alam, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh beat Mohammad Habib, Golam Mostafa beat Jamal Rashed, FM Rezaul Haque beat Rana Chowdhury while youngest FM of our country Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat Sudip Ranjan Mandol.