Women win, men draw in Chess Olympiad

Bangladesh women's chess team outclassed Morocco by 4-0 points in the seventh round of the open section in the 42nd World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. The men's team, on the other hand, drew with the United Arab Emirates by 2-2 points in their seventh round games. Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman beat Saeed Ishaq, GM Niaz Murshed defeated Al Huwar Jasem, GM Enamul Hossain lost to GM Salem A R Saleh while GM Mollah Abdullah al Rakib suffered a defeat to International Master Omar Noaman. In the women's section, Women's IM Shamima Akter Liza beat WIM Rania Sbai, Sharmin Sultana Shirin defeated Mayar Elldrissi Firdous, Women's Fide Master Nazrana Khan Eva beat WFM Alaoui Belghiti Chaimaa while WFM Zakia Sultana defeated Ibrahimi Khadija. Bangladesh women's team earned six match points while the men's team collected 13 game points after the end of the seventh round till Thursday.