Fahad Rahman in action against Puranik Abhimanyu at the Intl GM Chess in Mumbai BCF

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman is in joint second place with 14 other players, on 4.5 points, while Tahsin Tajwar Zia has one point

International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman is in joint-first in the EKA IIFL Investment Managers 5th International Grandmaster Chess Tournament with four other players, with all of them on five points after the sixth round.

The tournament is being held in Mumbai, India

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman is in joint second place with 14 other players, on 4.5 points, while Tahsin Tajwar Zia has one point.

In the sixth round, IM Fahad beat Indian 2580 rated GM Puranik Abhimanyu, GM Zia beat IM Srijit PAul of India and Tahsin lost to Gaikwad Siddhant of India.

Meanwhile, Marzouq Chowdhury earned 4.5 points and Azher Hossain earned 3.5 points after the 7th round games in the EKA IIFL Investment Managers 5th Mumbai Junior Under-13 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament.

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Fahad in five-way lead at 5th International GM Chess - Dhaka Tribune