Bangladeshi Chess Championship Explained

The Bangladesh National Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Bangladesh.

National Champions

Winners of championships by year

Year Open Champion Women's Champion
1974 Not held
1975 Not held
1976 Not held
1977 Not held Not held
1978 Not held
1979 Rani Hamid
1980 Rani Hamid
1981 Rani Hamid
1982 Rani Hamid
1983 Rani Hamid
1984 Rani Hamid
1985 Yesmin Begum
1986 Yesmin Begum
1987 Not held
1988 Rani Hamid
1989 Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
1990 Rani Hamid
1991 Tanima Parveen
1992 Rani Hamid
1993 Zakia Sultana
1994 Tanima Parveen
1995 Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
1996 Rani Hamid
1997 Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
1998 Rani Hamid
1999 Rani Hamid
2000 Nazrana Khan Eva
2001 Rani Hamid
2002 Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
2003 Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
2004 Rani Hamid
2005 Shamima Akter Liza
2006 Rani Hamid
2007 Rani Hamid
2008 Rani Hamid
2009 Sharmin Shirin Sultana
2010 Shamima Akter Liza
2011 Rani Hamid
2012 Sharmin Shirin Sultana
2013 Not held
2014 Shamima Akter Liza
2015 Shamima Akter Liza
2016 Nazrana Khan Eva
2017 Enamul Hossain[1] Sharmin Shirin Sultana
2018 Rani Hamid
2019 Niaz Murshed[2] Rani Hamid[3]
2020 Not held
2021 Enamul Hossain[4] Ferdous Jannatul[5]
2022 Anjum Noshin
2024 Manon Reja Neer[6]

Number of championship titles (Open)

PlayerRoll of HonourYears Won
1Ziaur Rahman151988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019
2Reefat Bin-Sattar61991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2003
Niaz Murshed1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2012, 2019
4Enamul Hossain51997, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2021
5Mirza Akmal Hossain21975, 1976
Zillur Rahman Champak1986, 1987
Rezaul Haque1978, 1989
Abdullah Al Rakib2007, 2013
Minhaz Uddin Ahmed2010, 2015
10Miah Abdus Salek11974
Jamilur Rahman1983
Younus Hasan1984
Sayed Ahmed Sohel1985
Syed Tahmidur Rahman1990
2024

Number of championship titles (Women's)

PlayerRoll of HonourYears Won
1Rani Hamid201979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2019
2Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa51989, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003
3Shamima Akter Liza42005, 2010, 2014, 2015
4Yesmin Begum21985, 1986
Tanima Parveen1991, 1994
Sharmin Shirin Sultana2009, 2012
Nazrana Khan Eva2000, 2016
8Zakia Sultana11993
Anjum Noshin2021
Ferdous Jannatul2022

International Titles

As of October 2024:[7]

Open titles

GM

  1. Niaz Murshed
  2. Ziaur Rahman
  3. Reefat Bin-Sattar
  4. Abdullah Al Rakib
  5. Enamul Hossain

IM

  1. Zillur Rahman Champak
  2. Abu Sufian Shakil
  3. Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar
  4. Mohammad Fahad Rahman
  5. Manon Reja Neer

FM

  1. Syed Tahmidur Rahman
  2. Zia, Tahsin Tajwar
  3. Subrota, Biswas
  4. Nayem, Haque
  5. Rahman, Jamilur
  6. Sakline Mostafa, Sajid
  7. Islam, Khandaker Aminul
  8. Chatterjee, Debaraj
  9. Ahmed, Sheikh Nasir
  10. Mehdi Hasan Parag
  11. Md., Sharif Hossain
  12. Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur
  13. Mohammad, Javed
  14. Hasan, Eunus

CM

  1. Saiful Islam, Chowdhury
  2. Md. Sajidul, Haque
  3. Md. Shawket Bin, Osman Shaon
  4. Ahmed, Shafiq
  5. Md.abzid, Rahman
  6. Ikramul, Haq Siam
  7. Md Abu Hanif

Women's titles

WIM

  1. Rani Hamid
  2. Shamima Akter Liza
  3. Sharmin Shirin Sultana

WFM

  1. Parveen, Seyda Shabana
  2. Anjum Noshin
  3. Wadifa, Ahmed
  4. Khanam, Afroza
  5. Parveen, Tanima
  6. Ferdous Jannatul
  7. Zakia Sultana
  8. Khan, Nazrana

WCM

  1. Nusrat Jahan, Alo
  2. Warsia, Khusbu
  3. Ahmed, Walijah
  4. Kazi Zarin, Tasnim
  5. Sharmin, Samiha Shimmi
  6. Neelava, Choudhury
  7. Omnia Binta Yusuf, Lubaba
  8. Israt, Jahan Diba
  9. Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque
  10. Sabikun Nahar, Tonima

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Omicon Group 43rd National A Chess Championship-2017 January 2018 Bangladesh FIDE Chess Tournament report . 2024-10-07 . ratings.fide.com.
  2. Web site: 2019-11-12 . 45th Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2019 – Circolo Scacchi Città di Como . 2024-10-07 . it-IT.
  3. News: Rani unbeaten champion in Nat’l Women’s Chess. 2019-09-28. 2024-10-06. Dhaka Tribune.
  4. Web site: 2022-01-11 . Rajib seals chess title . 2024-10-07 . The Daily Star . en.
  5. News: Enamul Hossain and Jannatul Ferdous win Bangladesh Championship . 2024-10-07 . www.fide.com . en.
  6. News: Rahman . Anisur . 2024-07-08 . Neer wins chess championship with heavy heart . 2024-10-07 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. Web site: Federations Ranking. 2024-10-26 . ratings.fide.com.