Uzbekistan's Sindarov becomes youngest World Cup winner
26 November 2025, 12:19 PM
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Tashriq wins silver medal in Commonwealth Chess
21 November 2025, 17:58 PM
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Aaryan holds lead, Fahad 2nd in Leonine GM Chess
20 November 2025, 15:25 PM
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Interview / ‘Paid for risky play' against Ivanchuk: IM Fahad
6 November 2025, 02:00 AM
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Chess World Cup / Neer earns draw, Fahad beaten
1 November 2025, 15:40 PM
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Hattrick champion Noshin wants to compete against men
1 November 2025, 03:00 AM
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Chess mourns US grandmaster dead at 29
21 October 2025, 08:07 AM
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Veteran meets the future: Young guns enthrall BCF chess room
18 October 2025, 04:15 AM
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Magnus Carlsen and chess federation agree on new world championship
15 October 2025, 13:57 PM
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Kiriakov to train Fahad, Neer for Chess World Cup
7 October 2025, 05:52 AM
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Niemann sues Carlsen
American grandmaster Hans Niemann, in the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating.
21 October 2022, 21:54 PM
Sheikh Russel Int'l chess starts today
The Sheikh Russel Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship gets underway today at the Bangladesh Chess Federation with six countries from South Asia taking part in the championship.
13 October 2022, 00:09 AM
Magnus Carlsen accuses Niemann of recent cheating
Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen for the first time openly accused American Hans Niemann of cheating Monday, saying the rising star had done so more recently and more often than he previously admitted.
27 September 2022, 05:52 AM
Chess champion Carlsen quits game amid cheating allegations
Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly withdrew from a game against American Hans Niemann, reigniting an ongoing cheating controversy in the sport.
20 September 2022, 18:34 PM
IUB win two medals in Inter-Uni chess
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) clinched a silver and a bronze medal in the men's and women's chess events respectively in the Bangabandhu Inter-University Sports Championship.
17 September 2022, 18:40 PM
Ukraine women clinch gold at Chess Olympiad; India make history
Ukraine women clinched gold at the 44th Chess Olympiad as the event concluded in Chennai on Tuesday.
11 August 2022, 07:30 AM
Bangladesh women’s chess team beat Iraq
Bangladesh women’s team registered their fifth victory in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad but their male teammates suffered their third defeat in the ninth round held in Chennai, India yesterday.
7 August 2022, 15:22 PM
Men, women win in chess Olympiad
The Bangladesh women’s team also notched up an easy 4-0 win over Jamaica after losing in the previous round against Indonesia.
2 August 2022, 15:24 PM
Bangladesh hold Brazil in fourth round
Bangladesh men’s team played out a 2-2 draw against Brazil but the women’s team lost 4-0 to Indonesia in the fourth round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, held in Chennai today.
1 August 2022, 15:06 PM
Bangladesh bounce back in 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad
Bangladesh men’s team bounced back in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad when they handed a 3.5-0.5 defeat to Netherlands Antilles in the third round of the open section, held in Chennai, India today.
31 July 2022, 15:09 PM
Father-son duo on verge of history
FIDE Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia was reluctant to learn the intricacies of chess from his father, Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman, but his interest bloomed as he found himself confined at home during the Covid-19 pandemic and now Tajwar is far more serious about the game and spends a lot of time learning from his prominent father.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Grand Master father, Fide Master son to make history for Bangladesh
It's not entirely unheard of that father and son have represented the same team at international level. Bangladesh, however, had been devoid of such distinction so far. Not anymore though.
26 July 2022, 10:00 AM
School chess returns with a new hope
Since the emergence of Enamul Hossain Razib as the country’s fifth and last Grandmaster in 2008, no Bangladeshi chess player has won a single GM norm.
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Khusbu bags gold in U-10 chess
Khushbu, who was the highest-ranked player in the U-10 Girls’ group, secured 5.5 points from seven matches to leave behind Uzbekistan’s Xikmatkhonova Mokhinur and India’s Hanya Shah to finish on top in the rapid chess events.
17 June 2022, 14:32 PM
On this day: AI arrived into chess spotlight
With his hand pushed firmly into his cheek and his eyes fixed on the table, Garry Kasparov shot a final dark glance at the chessboard before storming out of the room: the king of chess had just been beaten by a computer.
11 May 2022, 06:28 AM
More excuses than moves made as clock keeps ticking
Once a vibrant sport in the country, chess had apparently lost its charm since 2010 due to a dearth of organisers.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
‘I see myself as Bangladesh’s future Grandmaster’
Noshin Anjum, an 18-year-old chess player who dared to defy the odds by competing against 80 boys and two girls, finished second in the 2022 National Junior Chess Championship despite not losing to eventual winner Subrata Biswas, a fellow FIDE Master, in the final.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
A case of faulty pawn structure
Bangladesh, a country which produced the first grandmaster in the subcontinent through Niaz Murshed back in 1987, quite arguably, has miserably failed to live up to its expectation in the game of chess whereas neighbouring India, who had their first GM in Vishwanathan Anand in 1988, progressed in leaps in bounds over the years to become a global powerhouse at present.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
‘We are nowhere on chess’ world map now’
The Daily Star (DS): You bagged the grandmaster appellation back in 2008. Tell us about that achievement.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM