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A race until the very end

Sports Reporter
Everyone will have to wait until tomorrow, Mon -day, to know the name of the new national chess champion.
defending champion, Friday.
Yesterday Riffat succeeded In maintain in his lead In the table with the help of a 26-
The penultimate round's play of the 17th nationals at the NSC chess room yesterday left the issue tantalisingly poised, a solitary point separating the top two players In the table with the final round of the 15-round competition to go after today's day of rest.
The end of the 14th round last evening saw former national junior champion Riffat-bln-Sattar of Biman still clinging on to a point's lead over the second-placed title-contender Ziaul Kader Tuhln of Dhaka Metropolis, a situation that has helped to sustain interest in this year's championship until the very end.
Riffat now has 11 points from his 14 games while Tuhln, who has managed to remain the only unbeaten < player among the 16 taking part in the competition, has ten points in his collection.
But unlike Tuhln, RilTat enjoys the advantage of knowing that a drawn result against Anisur Rahman of Dhaka Metropolis Monday will suffice to hand him the championship. But should Riffat falter against Anis, and should Tuhln manage to beat Khandakcr Kayes Hassan of Bangladesh Ansars then, according to the Buschwoltz tie-breaking method, Tuhln would claim the title by virtue of the fact that he would have a better win-loss ratio than Riffat and also because he had beaten the Biman player in their clash In the 11th round last Wednesday.
That defeat rocked the hitherto confident Riffat, leading to a second successive loss at the hands of the unfancied Shabana Parveen Nipa the following day and then a draw against his Biman teammate Syed Tahmidur Rahman, the
move victory over Sheikh Anwar Hossain of Dhaka DSA. Playing with the white, pieces. Riffat sacrificed a castle to take
Anwar's queen In a game of the French defence variation and Anwar was left little choice but to resign in the 26th. Anwar
now has 5.5 points to his credit.
Tuhin, playing black in a game of the king's Indian de-
fence, needed all his skills and patience to subdue his Dhaka Metropolis teammate Shahinoor 1 lossain. Shahinoor,
who once shared the second spot In the table, remains on 6.5 point.
Defending champion Syed Tahmidur Rahman of Biman shares the third spot along with Dhaka Metropolis player Anisur Rahman after 14 rounds. Tahmid agreed to a draw yesterday against last year's runner-up and a former champion Younus Hassan of Ansars to leave him with 8.5 points. Younus has eight points, but has played a game less, his 13th round match against Faridpur's Shabana Parveen Nipa haying been postponed.
Anisur Rahman beat his Metropolis teammate Mainuddin Mamoon yesterday, giving him a collection of 8.5 points to 4.5 for Mamoon.
Shahabuddin Ahmed Qureishi of Sylhet took his points lo eight with a win over Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury of 'Dhaka Metropolis. Kabir has five points.
Former national champion Jamilur Rahman of Ansars drew with bottom of the table Sheikh Shahadat Hossain Ratna of Bogra, giving him 7.5 points to Ratna's two points, while a walkover against Biman's Rczaul Haq boosted Shabana Parveen Nlpa's tally to 6.5 points from 13 encounters.
It was the third consecutive walk-over conceded by the Biman player who has been facing trouble with the clock. Reza had three points to his credit.
The match between Biman's Rani Hamid and Khandakcr Kayes Hassan was adjourned
There Is no play today, affording the competitors a very badly needed day to rest and recuperate before the final round gamrs tomorrow.