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Rani Hamid leads the pack

Sports Reporter
The spotlight was once again upon Rani Hamid, the queen of Bangladesh chess and the reigning na
tlonal women s champion, who outwitted her opponents in style to .lay at the top of the points table at the end of the sixth round of the 18th national championship yes
terday at the chess room of the National Coaching Centre.
Rani Hamid singularly held the top position with five points as competition resumed after a day's break Friday.
Rani Hamid, who won her adjourned fifth round match against Nahid Miyazld of Chittagong, later In the afternoon defeated Syed Iqbal Rakib of Dhaka Metropolis yesterday to climb up the ladder. Playing with black pieces. Rani began with a Queen's pawn opening and made the most of the weak moves of her opponent who conceded defeat after 35 moves as Rani s ag-opening but committed some serious blunders in the middle of the proceedings which cost him the match.
Jamllur Rahman of Ansars, another former national champion. notched up the second position with four and a half points beating Anlsur Rahman of Dhaka Metro in only eleven moves. Playing with white. Jamil began with a bishop opening and Anis surrendered when he lost his knight in one of the most swiftly settled matches.
Defending champion Recfat bin-Sattar drew with his BIman teammate Syed Tahmidur
gres.lve play cost Rakib his queen
Former men . champion and FIDE Master Zlaur Rahman suffered a shock defeat lo remain In third position with three and a half points as he went down to Amir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolis after 33 moves tn his sixth round tie.
Zia. playing with white, adopted a Queen’s gambit Rahman In .lx move, to move to the ihlrd position with four points.
Zlaur Rahman. Tahmid and Syed Ruhul Kabir Shlplu of BTMC are Jointly holding the fourth position with three and a half points each. Shlplu. who played with black yesterday, adopted a Sicilian defence lo beat last year’, runner up Ziaul Kader TuhIn of Ansars In 60
In other matches of the day. Kalimullah Khan Kalam of Dhaka Metropolis outwitted Khandaker Kayes Hassan of Ansars in 64 moves. M R Hafiz of Metropolis defeated Neya-mul Huq Niru of Ansars in 36 moves and Nahid Miyazld of Chittagong beat Abdul Khaleq of Mymensingh in 44 moves.
Anis. Kalam. Rakib and Nahid have three points each while TUhin. Hafiz and Niru have two and a half points each. Kayes had Iwo. Amir one and a half and Khaleq one point at the end of the sixth round.