The Bangladesh Chess Championship named Berger Paints 39th National Chess Championship-2013 was held from 21st September to 5th October at the Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association in Dhaka.
The event was held with all play all (round-robin) system and the average elo of 14 participants was 2298.
Grandmaster Al-Rakib Abdulla narrowly edged colleague Ziaur Rahman to claim the national title with 11 points from 13 games.
Final standings:
1. GM Abdulla Al-Rakib BAN 2510 – 11,0
2. GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2477 – 10,5
3. IM Minhazuddin Ahmed BAN 2377 – 10,0
4. GM Hossain Enamul BAN 2445 – 9,0
5. GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2468 – 8,5
6-7. FM Hasan Mehdi BAN 2240 and FM Ahmed Sk. Nasir BAN 2314 – 7,5
8. FM Islam Kh. Aminul BAN 2287 – 6,0
9-11. FM Mohammad Javed BAN 2197, FM Chatterjee Debaraj BAN 2249 and IM Abu Sufian Shakil BAN 2354 – 5,0
12. Ahmed Shafiq BAN 2160 – 3,0
13-14. Islam Mohammed Hafizul BAN 2020 and Md. Jamal Uddin BAN 2079 – 1,5
Tournament director was Gazi Shayiful Tarique and Chief-Arbiter was Md. Haroon Or-Rashid.
GM Abdulla Al-Rakib
