Ziaur Rahman (chess player)

Ziaur Rahman (born 1974) is a Bangladeshi chess Grandmaster.[1] He holds the highest FIDE rating ever achieved by a Bangladeshi chess player (2570 in October 2005).

Ziaur Rahman
CountryBangladesh
Born1974 (age 4647)
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating2419 (February 2021)
(No. 936 in the Sep 2015 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating2570 (October 2005)

Early life and career

Rahman passed his SSC from Government Laboratory High School. He later graduated from University of Dhaka. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 1993 and the GM title in 2002.

In 2021, he won the Mujib Borsho Invitational at Dhaka with a score of 7.5/9[2]

His playing style is solid positional.

See also

References

  1. "Zia runner-up in Delhi". The Daily Star. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. "This Week In Chess".


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