IM Nubairshah Shaikh wins 1st SAARC Open Chess Championship at Dhaka

6 years ago

International Master Nubairshah Shaikh of India had won the first 1st SAARC Open Chess Championships held at Dhaka, Bangladesh between 24 November to 4 December 2019. He scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds to clinch Gold Medal and a Cash Prize of US$ 3500/-

Nubairshah, who was seeded third, started well in the tournament winning the first four rounds. In the fifth round, however, his winning campaign was briefly halted by Bangladeshi GM Hossain Enamul. He quickly recouped his momentum to score three consecutive victories. He finished with a half-point lead over nearest rivals IM Prantik Roy, GM Ziaur Rahman of Poland and Subrota Biswas.

Interestingly, IM Prantik Roy, also from India, finished second in the championship.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	3	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2421	7,5	2239	48,5	52,5	0,0	9	7,5	6,50	1,00	10	10,0
2	4	IM	Roy Prantik	IND	2349	7,0	2263	51,0	55,5	0,0	9	7	5,71	1,29	10	12,9
3	1	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2454	7,0	2243	51,5	56,5	0,0	9	7	6,89	0,11	10	1,1
4	19	CM	Subrota Biswas	BAN	2134	7,0	2132	46,0	49,0	0,0	9	7	4,91	2,09	40	83,6
5	2	GM	Hossain Enamul	BAN	2433	6,5	2260	52,0	56,5	0,0	9	6,5	6,58	-0,08	10	-0,8
6	5	IM	Lodhi Mahmood	PAK	2336	6,5	2150	47,5	52,0	0,0	9	6,5	6,68	-0,18	10	-1,8
7	7	IM	Abu Sufian Shakil	BAN	2254	6,5	2115	44,0	48,5	0,0	8	5,5	5,56	-0,06	10	-0,6
8	8	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	BAN	2247	6,5	2108	43,5	47,5	0,0	9	6,5	6,20	0,30	20	6,0
9	25		Zia Tahsin Tajwar	BAN	2080	6,5	2094	43,0	46,5	0,0	9	6,5	4,86	1,64	40	65,6
10	9	FM	Islam Khandaker Aminul	BAN	2229	6,0	2173	48,5	53,0	0,0	9	6	5,49	0,51	20	10,2
11	10	FM	Mohammed Abdul Malek	BAN	2196	6,0	2031	39,0	43,0	0,0	9	6	6,60	-0,60	20	-12,0
12	15	FM	Rahman Syed Mahfuzur	BAN	2156	6,0	1975	40,0	43,5	0,0	9	6	6,71	-0,71	20	-14,2
13	22		Hossain Delwar	BAN	2092	6,0	1970	40,0	44,0	0,0	9	6	6,17	-0,17	20	-3,4
14	28	CM	Ahmed Mahtabuddin	BAN	2035	6,0	1964	38,5	42,5	0,0	8	5	5,18	-0,18	20	-3,6
15	18		Sonkalan Bharati	IND	2136	6,0	1961	40,0	43,0	0,0	9	6	6,62	-0,62	20	-12,4
16	41		Sourath Biswas	IND	1944	5,5	2214	48,5	51,5	0,0	9	5,5	2,47	3,03	40	121,2
17	39		Mohammad Sagar	BAN	1957	5,5	2175	46,5	51,0	0,0	9	5,5	2,76	2,74	20	54,8
18	30	CM	Manon Reja Neer	BAN	2030	5,5	2098	42,0	46,0	0,0	9	5,5	4,17	1,33	40	53,2
19	20	CM	Chowdhury Sohel	BAN	2096	5,5	2082	43,5	46,5	0,0	9	5,5	5,10	0,40	20	8,0
20	12	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir	BAN	2186	5,5	2049	42,5	45,5	0,0	9	5,5	6,31	-0,81	20	-16,2