Chess Grandmaster Ziaur dies during match
Sports Desk
FIDE Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman suffered a stroke and subsequently died while playing a game against Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Rajib in the 12th round of National Chess Championship in the capital on Friday.
He was rushed to the Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital at Shahbagh where doctors pronounced him dead. At the time, he was 50 years old.
Ziaur Rahman started Friday’s game at 3pm and was making gains against his opponent Enamul before suddenly falling down on the floor at 5.50pm, sources within the Bangladesh Chess Federation claimed.
Soon afterwards, other chess players and federation officials rushed him to the hospital on Enamul’s car.
