Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman defeated International Master Ansell Simon of England in the 5th round to move to joint second at the 5th London Chess Classic FIDE Open at the Olympia Conference Center in Kensington in London on Wednesday.
Zia, who has four points after five rounds, will play Russian Grandmaster Boris Grachev in the 6th round. The Bangladeshi GM shares the second position with 18 other players. Earlier, in the fourth round, Zia drew with International Master Houska Jovanka of England.