Bangladeshi Chess Championship


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

National Champions

Number of championship titles (Open)

#PlayerRoll of HonourYears won
1Ziaur Rahman151988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019
2Reefat Bin-Sattar61991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2003
2Niaz Murshed61979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2012, 2019
4Enamul Hossain51997, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2021
5Mirza Akmal Hossain21975, 1976
5Zillur Rahman Champak21986, 1987
5Rezaul Haque21978, 1989
5Abdullah Al Rakib22007, 2013
5Minhaz Uddin Ahmed22010, 2015
10Miah Abdus Salek11974
10Jamilur Rahman11983
10Younus Hasan11984
10Sayed Ahmed Sohel11985
10Syed Tahmidur Rahman11990
10Manon Reja Neer12024

Number of championship titles (Women's)

#PlayerRoll of HonourYears won
1Rani Hamid201979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2019
2Syeda Shabana Parveen Nipa51989, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003
3Shamima Akter Liza42005, 2010, 2014, 2015
4Yesmin Begum21985, 1986
4Tanima Parveen21991, 1994
4Sharmin Sultana Shirin22009, 2012
4Nazrana Khan Eva22000, 2016
8Zakia Sultana11993
8Anjum Noshin12021
8Ferdous Jannatul12022

International Titles

Open titles

GM">Grandmaster (chess)">GM

  1. Niaz Murshed
  2. Enamul Hossain
  3. Ziaur Rahman
  4. Reefat Bin-Sattar
  5. Abdullah Al Rakib

IM">International Master">IM

  1. Abu Sufian Shakil
  2. Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar
  3. Mohammad Fahad Rahman
  4. Manon Reja Neer
  5. Zillur Rahman Champak

FM">FIDE Master">FM

  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
  15. Hasan, Eunus
  16. Rahman, Jamilur

CM">Candidate Master">CM

  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
  19. Ikramul, Haq Siam

Women's titles

WIM">Woman International Master">WIM

  1. Rani Hamid
  2. Wadifa Ahmed
  3. Shamima Akter Liza
  4. Sharmin Sultana Shirin

WFM">Woman FIDE Master">WFM

  1. Anjum Noshin
  2. Parveen, Tanima
  3. Ferdous Jannatul
  4. Khan, Nazrana
  5. Warsia Khusbu
  6. Khanam, Afroza
  7. Zakia Sultana
  8. Parveen, Seyda Shabana

WCM">Woman Candidate Master">WCM

  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
  10. Sabikun Nahar, Tonima