International Rating Chess competition begins from tomorrow at Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) hall room.
The organizers said in a press meet on Thursday that participation in this competition is open to both rated and unrated chess players.
They said interested participants will have to submit their names to the BCF office with the prescribed entry fee by Friday. The weeklong meet, organized by BCF, will be played in a nine-round Swiss-League format. The winners of this competition will be given a total cash prize of Taka 1,76,000.
F.M. Iqbal Bin Anowar (Dawn), senior executive director of Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC., BCF executive member Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan, International chess arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid, Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC additional director Mehrab Hossain Asif and International Arbiter Shajahan Kabir were present in the press conference.