Bangladeshi Chess Championship

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The Bangladesh National Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Bangladesh.

National Champions

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Winners of championships by year

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Year Open Champion Women's Champion
1974 Miah Abdus Salek Not held
1975 Mirza Akmal Hossain Not held
1976 Mirza Akmal Hossain Not held
1977 Not held Not held
1978 Rezaul Haque Not held
1979 Niaz Murshed Rani Hamid
1980 Niaz Murshed Rani Hamid
1981 Niaz Murshed Rani Hamid
1982 Niaz Murshed Rani Hamid
1983 Jamilur Rahman Rani Hamid
1984 Younus Hasan Rani Hamid
1985 Sayed Ahmed Sohel Yesmin Begum
1986 Zillur Rahman Champak Yesmin Begum
1987 Zillur Rahman Champak Not held
1988 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
1989 Rezaul Haque Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
1990 Syed Tahmidur Rahman Rani Hamid
1991 Reefat Bin-Sattar Tanima Parveen
1992 Reefat Bin-Sattar Rani Hamid
1993 Reefat Bin-Sattar Zakia Sultana
1994 Ziaur Rahman Tanima Parveen
1995 Reefat Bin-Sattar Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
1996 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
1997 Enamul Hossain Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
1998 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
1999 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
2000 Reefat Bin-Sattar Nazrana Khan Eva
2001 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
2002 Ziaur Rahman Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
2003 Reefat Bin-Sattar Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa
2004 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
2005 Ziaur Rahman Shamima Akter Liza
2006 Enamul Hossain Rani Hamid
2007 Abdullah Al Rakib Rani Hamid
2008 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
2009 Ziaur Rahman Sharmin Shirin Sultana
2010 Minhaz Uddin Ahmed Shamima Akter Liza
2011 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
2012 Niaz Murshed Sharmin Shirin Sultana
2013 Abdullah Al Rakib Not held
2014 Ziaur Rahman Shamima Akter Liza
2015 Minhaz Uddin Ahmed Shamima Akter Liza
2016 Enamul Hossain Nazrana Khan Eva
2017 Enamul Hossain[1] Sharmin Shirin Sultana
2018 Ziaur Rahman Rani Hamid
2019 Niaz Murshed[2] Rani Hamid[3]
2020 Not held
2021 Enamul Hossain[4] Ferdous Jannatul[5]
2022 Anjum Noshin
2024 Manon Reja Neer[6]

Number of championship titles (Open)

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# Player Roll of Honour Years Won
1 Ziaur Rahman 15 1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019
2 Reefat Bin-Sattar 6 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2003
Niaz Murshed 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2012, 2019
4 Enamul Hossain 5 1997, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2021
5 Mirza Akmal Hossain 2 1975, 1976
Zillur Rahman Champak 1986, 1987
Rezaul Haque 1978, 1989
Abdullah Al Rakib 2007, 2013
Minhaz Uddin Ahmed 2010, 2015
10 Miah Abdus Salek 1 1974
Jamilur Rahman 1983
Younus Hasan 1984
Sayed Ahmed Sohel 1985
Syed Tahmidur Rahman 1990
Manon Reja Neer 2024

Number of championship titles (Women's)

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# Player Roll of Honour Years Won
1 Rani Hamid 20 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2019
2 Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa 5 1989, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003
3 Shamima Akter Liza 4 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015
4 Yesmin Begum 2 1985, 1986
Tanima Parveen 1991, 1994
Sharmin Shirin Sultana 2009, 2012
Nazrana Khan Eva 2000, 2016
8 Zakia Sultana 1 1993
Anjum Noshin 2021
Ferdous Jannatul 2022

International Titles

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As of August 2025:[7]

Open titles

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GM

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  1. Niaz Murshed (1987)
  2. Enamul Hossain (2008)
  3. Ziaur Rahman (2002; inactive)[8]
  4. Reefat Bin-Sattar (2005; inactive)[9]
  5. Abdullah Al Rakib (2007; inactive)[10]

IM

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  1. Abu Sufian Shakil (2011)
  2. Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar (2012)
  3. Mohammad Fahad Rahman (2019)
  4. Manon Reja Neer (Oct 2024)
  5. Zillur Rahman Champak (inactive)[11]

FM

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  1. Zia, Tahsin Tajwar
  2. Subrota, Biswas
  3. Nayem, Haque
  4. Sakline Mostafa, Sajid
  5. Islam, Khandaker Aminul
  6. Chatterjee, Debaraj
  7. Ahmed, Sheikh Nasir
  8. Mehdi Hasan Parag
  9. Md., Sharif Hossain
  10. Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur
  11. Mohammad, Javed
  12. Mohammed Abdul, Malek
  13. Uddin, Md. Saif
  14. Syed Tahmidur Rahman (inactive)[12]
  15. Hasan, Eunus (inactive)[13]
  16. Rahman, Jamilur (inactive)[14]

CM

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  1. Md. Sajidul, Haque
  2. Md. Shawket Bin, Osman Shaon
  3. Ahmed, Shafiq
  4. Md. Abzid, Rahman
  5. Md Abu Hanif
  6. Md Sariat Ullah
  7. Ghosh, Chanchal Kumer
  8. Chowdhury, Sohel
  9. Md. Masum, Hossain
  10. Md. Jamal Uddin
  11. Hossain, Monir
  12. Md, Azmaeen Parvez Sayor
  13. S M Sharon
  14. Ahmed, Mahtabuddin
  15. Tutul, Dhar
  16. Avik, Sarker
  17. Zoar Haque, Prodhan
  18. Saiful Islam, Chowdhury (inactive)
  19. Ikramul, Haq Siam (inactive)

Women's titles

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As of August 2025:[15]

WIM

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  1. Rani Hamid (1985)
  2. Wadifa Ahmed (Mar 2025)[16]
  3. Shamima Akter Liza (inactive)[17]
  4. Sharmin Shirin Sultana (inactive)[18]

WFM

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  1. Anjum Noshin
  2. Parveen, Tanima
  3. Ferdous Jannatul
  4. Khan, Nazrana
  5. Warsia Khusbu (since Aug 2025)[19]
  6. Khanam, Afroza (inactive)[20]
  7. Zakia Sultana (inactive)[21]
  8. Parveen, Seyda Shabana (inactive)[22]

WCM

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  1. Nusrat Jahan, Alo
  2. Ahmed, Walijah
  3. Kazi Zarin, Tasnim
  4. Sharmin, Samiha Shimmi
  5. Neelava, Choudhury
  6. Omnia Binta Yusuf, Lubaba
  7. Israt , Jahan Diba
  8. Warisa Haider
  9. Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque (inactive)[23]
  10. Sabikun Nahar, Tonima (inactive)[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Omicon Group 43rd National A Chess Championship-2017 January 2018 Bangladesh FIDE Chess Tournament report". FIDE. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ "45th Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2019 – Circolo Scacchi Città di Como" (in Italian). 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Rani unbeaten champion in Nat'l Women's Chess". Dhaka Tribune. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Rajib seals chess title". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 11 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Enamul Hossain and Jannatul Ferdous win Bangladesh Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  6. ^ Rahman, Anisur (8 July 2024). "Neer wins chess championship with heavy heart". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Federations Ranking". FIDE. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Rahman, Ziaur FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  9. ^ "Reefat, Bin-Sattar FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  10. ^ "Mollah Abdullah, Al Rakib FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  11. ^ "Rahman, Zillur FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  12. ^ "Rahman, Tahmidur FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  13. ^ "Hasan, Eunus FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  14. ^ "Rahman, Jamilur FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  15. ^ "Federations Ranking". FIDE. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Wadifa, Neer earn maiden World Cup berths". The Daily Star. 2025-03-19. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  17. ^ "Shamima, Akter FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  18. ^ "Sultana, Sharmin Shirin FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  19. ^ "Khusbu earns WFM title". New Age. 2025-08-11. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  20. ^ "Khanam, Afroza FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  21. ^ "Sultana, Zakia FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  22. ^ "Parveen, Seyda Shabana FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  23. ^ "Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  24. ^ "Sabikun Nahar, Tonima FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-08-19.