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Biman's hattrick of titles

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh Bim-an made It three in a row by emerging unbeaten champions in the 1992 First Div-
ision chess league which concluded at the National Sports Council chess room yesterday.
Btman thus emulated Brothers Union who had achieved a hattrick of triumphs by finishing champions in the league from 1987 to 1989.
Bi man, who gained the upper hand in this year's title race by beating fancied Brothers Union by three points to one last week, defeated last year's runners-up Bangladesh Ansars 3-1 in their crucial league encounter yesterday to raise their collection to 45, just half a point more than close challengers Brothers Union, who finished as runners-up with 44.5 points.
Biman's heroes tn their successful league campaign this year were the International Master(IM) of the country and former national champion Zlllur Rahman Champak. would-be IM and a former national champion Ziaur Rahman, national champion for the last two years Rcefat bin-Sattar, FIDE Master Syed Tahmldur Rahman — yet another ex-national champion —J and former national women's champion Tanima Parveen.
However. Tanima did not play yesterday while the others rose to the occasion to ensure BIman retained their glory for the third successive year.
Ansars slid to the third position with 39.5 points while Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC). Dhaka University and Pony Electronics, who earned 34.5 Cits each, were placed from rth to sixth after the tiebreak.
Konlca Cultural Sangha with 27 5. Mahakhall Pradip Sangha
with 25.5. Parijat Chess Club with 24.5 and Chalantika Krlra Chakra with 22 points finished as seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth respectively in the 15-team, 14-round league.
Tilak Chess Chib, who mustered a meagre 14.5 points, will find themselves demoted to the Second Division league next year.
Tilak Club, along with Free Birds Club, who did not turn up for any of their matches despite registering for the league, will be the two demo-tecs next year.
Yesterday, Biman's Champak and Reclat beat Khandaker Kayes Hasan and Almas Hossain of Ansars respectively while Zia and Tahmid drew with former national champion Jamilur Rahman and Kalimullah Kalam respectively.
Runnera-up Brothers Union who needed all the points they could gather from their final encounter registered a cakewalk victory over lowly Protibha Chess Organisation when they beat the latter by four points to nil.
The determined Brothers squad comprising the Pakistani IM Mahmood Ahmed Lodhi. Ziaul Kader Tuhin, Amir Hossain and Sheikh Anwar had little difficulty In beating Protibha's Shawkat, Munir. Mujib and Kascm respectively.
BTMC beat Dhaka University by 2.5 points to 1.5 and Konlca Sangha defeated FaraahganJ Sporting Club, also by a similar margin.
Parijat Chess Club registered yet another 2.5-1.5 victory against Noor-c-Alam Khan Chess Sangaad while Pony Electronics and Chalantika Krlra Chakra drew with Mahakhall Pradlp Sangha and Genius Chess Club tn the other matches of the final day.
The league, organised by the Bangladesh Chess Feders Uon. had begun on November 20
Following la the list of play era of the champion and run
ners-up learns;
BIMAN: Ziaur Rahman. Zlllur Rahman Champak. Rcefat bln-Sattar. Syed Tahmldur Rahman and Tanima Parveen.
BROTHERS: Mahmood Ahmed Lodhi (Pak; IM), Hamed Mansour Qadhi (Yemen; IM). Ziaul Kader Tuhin, Amir Hossain. Sheikh Anwar 1Iossa In and Md Selim.