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Niaz not going to Olympiad

Sports Reporter
Niaz Murshcd.
pulled out of the Bangladesh team to take part in
the 30th World Chess Olym ptad beginning In the Philippines next week.
A press release of the Bangladesh Chess Federation last night said Niaz had to withdraw from the team due to physical indisposition. Niaz's plarc in the six-member male team has been taken by Niamul Haq Niru of Bangladesh Ansars.
Four of the six members of the male team -- which strangely enough Includes a lady tn the person of national womens champion Rani Hamid - leave for Manila today. along with three members of the four-strong women s team. The remaining four members of the H -strong contingent, headed by BCF secretary K M Shakoor, will leave Dhaka June 7.
Those leaving today are FIDE Master Ziaur Rahman, runner-up in last month's 18th national championship. International Woman Master Rani Harald who finished third. FIDE Master and former champions Jamllur Rahman and Syed Tahmidur Rahman of Ihc male team and former national women's champion Tanlma Parveen, Syeds Sha-bana Parveen Nlpa and Afroza Khanam Bab Ice
Team leader K M Shakoor. Khandakcr Kayes Hassan. Niamul Haq Nlru and Rukhshnna
Gulshan Ntkkon arc due to leave next Sunday
Rani Hamid has been ehw •en lo represent Bangladesh tn the men's competition on ibe basis of her performance in the last nationals in which she was the only lady among 15 men She and Ziaur Rahman finished equal on points but Rani had to settle for the third spot following the tiebreak. Ziaur Rahman, considered the most attacking player In the
country, won the national title In 1988
National champion Rccfut bln Sattar, winner In 1991 and 1992. Isn t going on the trip because of his HSC examinations later this month.
The exclusion of Niaz has considerably weakened Bangla desh ■ prospects In the meet which runs In Manila from June 7 to 26.
The BCF press release also satd that Singapore Airlines had provided concessional tickets for the team, a gesture that facilitated the cash-starved federation tn sending the team.
Meanwhile, the National Sports Council Is stiD striving
to arrive at a consensus panel for the new chess federation committee. It is understood that efforts are continuing lo reach a compromise between the selection of new general secretary with one of the candidates for the post being coaxed to accept the less fun< tional post ofvice presi-mitlee which "rp^nding^be-forc the NSC Chairman and State Minister for Youth and Sports Sadeq Hossain Khoka