Bangladesh’s top-ranked chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died Friday on the age of fifty after struggling a stroke and collapsing on his board in the midst of a nationwide championship match, an official mentioned. Bangladesh Chess Federation basic secretary Shahab Uddin Shamim instructed AFP that Ziaur collapsed throughout his twelfth spherical match of the championship in opposition to fellow grandmaster Enamul Hossain earlier than he was declared useless at a hospital within the capital Dhaka. “Gamers and officers current within the corridor room took him to the hospital rapidly after he collapsed. Upon reaching there, docs mentioned he had already died,” Shamim mentioned.

Enamul mentioned it took them a couple of seconds to grasp that he had suffered an enormous stroke.

“When he was enjoying, it by no means felt like he was sick,” mentioned Enamul.

“It was my transfer. So, when he was falling down, I assumed he was leaning down to choose up a water bottle. However then he collapsed, and we rushed him to the hospital. His son was enjoying on the subsequent desk”.

Ziaur is the very best ranked of Bangladesh’s 5 chess grandmasters.

He gained the nationwide championship a number of occasions and represented Bangladesh within the forty fourth Chess Olympiad in India in 2022.

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