The nationwide chess championship of Bangladesh, the SAIF Powertec Bangladesh Championship 2024, was underway as GM Ziaur Rahman collapsed at about 6 PM native time. He was pronounced useless a couple of minutes later after he was rushed to the hospital. Rahman had a higher place in opposition to GM Enamul Hossain in spherical 12 and was doing properly within the event — a win in opposition to Hossain would have put him half some extent behind chief FM Reja Neer Manon going into the final spherical. Tragically, catastrophe struck and Rahman collapsed from a coronary heart assault. He’s survived by his spouse and son, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, who performed alongside his father on the 2022 Olympiad.
GM Ziaur Rahman
Rahman was Bangladesh’s second grandmaster, after GM Niaz Murshed. His peak score of 2570, achieved on October 2005, is the very best score ever achieved by a Bangladeshi. A mainstay of Bangladesh’s nationwide crew, Rahman had an extended and illustrious profession, successful the nationwide championship fourteen instances, and qualifying for the World Cup a number of instances, other than many nationwide and regional event victories. His highest rated wins embrace wins in opposition to Andrei Istrățescu, Nigel Brief, and Sergey Fedorchuk. Aside from chess, Rahman graduated from the College of Dhaka with a level in anthropology, however after that he pursued chess as a profession.
Name for Docs at Chess Tournaments
Members of the Bangladesh Chess Federation have inspired Lichess to lift consciousness concerning the want for docs at chess tournaments. Immediate efficiency of CPR can save numerous lives. In keeping with the American Coronary heart Affiliation, if carried out instantly, “CPR can double or triple the possibility of survival from an out of hospital cardiac arrest”. Within the 2014 Olympiad, CM Kurt Meier additionally collapsed from a coronary heart assault throughout his chess recreation. Chess could be a annoying recreation and enhance the danger of coronary heart assaults in those that are predisposed, so Lichess encourages easy accessibility to defibrillators and skilled medical personnel at chess tournaments.
Notable Video games
Rahman was famous for his positional model. With positional chess come nice defensive expertise. Watch as Rahman calmly diffuses Loek van Wely‘s assault. Excellent play from Rahman!
https://lichess.org/research/sLZGUwDc/OCMlkOTl#0
A effective, quick and candy endgame demolition by Rahman in opposition to former world quantity three and world championship challenger Nigel Brief.
https://lichess.org/research/sLZGUwDc/SJmtxh72
Now for an attacking recreation in opposition to Sergey A. Fedorchuk!
https://lichess.org/research/sLZGUwDc/MLw3jbi9#0
