Desk Report
Published: 13 Jul 2021, 05:52 pm
Chess players busy in the first round match of the Chess World Cup. (Photo: Twitter)
Niaz Murshed and Ziaur Rahman,
two of Bangladesh's leading Grandmasters were both defeated in their first
matches of the Chess World Cup, which began yesterday in the Russian city of
Sochi.
Murshed (FIDE rating 2404), the
country's first GM, lost with black pieces to Paraguayan GM Neruis Delgado
Ramirez (2622), while Ziaur (2429), also with black pieces, lost to Iranian GM
Pouya Idani (2614).
Today, both players will play
against the same opponents to determine the round's final outcome. If the
Bangladeshi players win these matches, the games will go to a tie-break, which
will be decided using quick and blitz chess, while if they lose, they will be
eliminated.
WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin (2011)
of Bangladesh lost her first round board to Carissa Yip (2430) of the United States.