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Vol. 5 Num 247 Thu. February 03, 2005  
   
Sports


Parag stays on course


Reigning champion Mehdi Hasan Parag continued his winning run in the BASIC Bank 26th National Sub-Junior Chess Championship when he beat Shiblu in the third round at the federation hall-room yesterday.

With the outcome Parag shared the top slot with Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin, Mohammad Ali, Mahfuzur Rahman Shahin, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, Nazir Salehin, Nahid Parvez Sagar, Saimon Siddiqur Rahman, Kishwara Shajrin Evana, Samiun Bashir and Bakul Hossain, all on maximum three points.

In the other third round matches, Robin defeated Annie, Shahin beat Reza, Ali beat Shirin, Mostafa beat Raju, Nazir beat Jubaer, Samiun beat Anwar, Bakul beat Saif and Evana beat Hamid.