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The Powers of GMs

Anisur Rahman
The Bangladesh men's chess team, comprising the country's all five Grand Masters for
the first time, returned home from Istanbul yesterday after a successful campaign in the 40th World Chess Olympiad where they produced the best ever result, finishing 33rd among 152 countries.
All the five GMs were quick to single out unity as the chief factor behind this success, as the team received a warm reception by the Bangladesh Chess Federation at the Hazrat Shahjaial International Airport.
"We are all satisfied with the collective performance which let us achieve the best ever result in the Olympiad. But this team has the ability to produce even better results," said Bangladesh and subcontinent's first Grand Master
NiazMurshed.
"The finish, especially the last three rounds, was crucial and we played according to plans even though we did not have a great start," said Niaz.
Bangladesh started the 11-round Swiss-League championship with a clean 4-0 sweep over Papua New Guinea but went down against Armenia (4-0) and Belarus (3-1) in the
next two rounds before beating Mozambique 4-0, Iraq 3.5-.5 and then lost again to Turkmenistan 0.5-3.5. Bangladesh did not lose any more rounds after that, while drawing two more rounds against Peru and Dominican Republic in between.
According to the players' information,
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Bangladesh were in winning position against eventual champions Armenia and against Turkmenistan but could not finish the job off against these higher-ranked sides.
Prior to their departure for Turkey two weeks ago, Niaz had revealed modest expectations about the team's chances as they were not in action for the last five months, but now believes the result could have been even better.
"The result could have been better than what we have produced had we got the opportunity to have some preparatory tournaments," rued Niaz.
Having admitted lack of tournament practice, the youngest Grand Master in the side Enamul Hossain Rajib added that they felt the absence of a permanent coach as they had to consult among themselves about selecting the board before each rounds.
Rajib and Abudllah Al Rakib were the top performers of the squad, securing 6.5 match points each from 10 games, even though both of them were out of action for nearly two and a half years following a rift with the ad-hoc committee of the chess federation.
" I never lacked motivation in playing chess even if I did not play much in the last couple of years. Besides, playing for the nation is always a big motivation," said Rajib.
"As I was not in action for a long period, I had to concentrate very hard and it paid dividends. Besides, we, the five Grand Masters, were united and our determination had an impact on the board," said Rakib who did not play a single tournament in the last two and a half years.
Niaz thinks it is time to capitalise on this success by spreading the game among the youngsters. He said that they should include young players in the squad if they were to be successful in the longer run.
"I saw some Olympiad teams comprised teenagers who would definitely become stronger opponents one day and we also should make room for our youngsters," observed Niaz.
Rajib too stressed the importance of short and long term plans from the federation and suggested holding of different age-level tournaments alongside GM, IM and Rating tournaments.