Bangladesh Open chess team finally returned to winning ways after beating San Marino convincingly by 4-0 points in the 7th round of the 41st World Chess Olympiad at Tromso, Norway on Saturday.
Meanwhile in the women’s section, Bangladesh lost to Moldova by 2.5-1.5 points in their 7th round encounter.
In the Open section, Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman beat Righi Ezio, GM Enamul Hossain beat Cecchetti Roberto, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar beat Maccapani Massimiliano and GM Niaz Murshed beat Grassi Enrico of San Marino.
Bangladesh Open team now have seven match points and 15.5 game points after the end of the 7th round.
In the women’s section, only WIM Shamima Akter Liza managed to win against WIM Baciu Diana while WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin forced a draw against Gitu Paula Alexandra as WFM Nazrana Khan Eva lost to IM Petrenko Svetlana and WIM Rani Hamid lost to Hincu Olga. Bangladesh women team now have six match points and 13.5 game points after seven rounds played.