Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman drew with International Master Houska Jovanka of England in the 4th round of 5th London Chess Classic FIDE Open at the Olympia Conference Center in Kensington in London on Tuesday.
Zia now has three points at the end of the 4th round and plays IM Ansell Simon of England in the 5th round.
Meanwhile in the SREI International Grandmaster Chess Tournament in Kolkata, Fide Master Debaraj Chatterjee beat WFM Gevorgyan Maria of Armenia in the 7th round yesterday. Debaraj now have 3.5 points. Saidul Islam Masum and Zoar Haque Prodhan stand on 2 points, while Md Sharif Hossainhave has 1.5points. Grandmaster Niaz Murshed earlier withdrew from the tournament after the 6th round due to illness. -SH