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Felicitations for Saif SC

Saif Sporting Club accorded a reception to its chess team following their second-placed finish in the Asian Chess Club Champions League at a city hotel yesterday.

The Saif SC chess team -- comprising three GMs in Ziaur Rahman, Abdullah Al Rakib and Enamul Hossain Razib, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagor and FM Taibur Rahman -- became runners-up beating clubs from China, Australia and Sri Lanka before China's Saipa Chess Club emerged champions with an all-win record in the five-team league that concluded on August 8 in Citrus Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

The players were awarded Tk 50,000 each for the achievement.

Saif SC's runner-up finish was all the more special as they achieved it on their maiden appearance in the competition after the club became champions of the 2016 Premier Division Chess League, also on their maiden appearance in the country's top flight.

 "Our main purpose behind forming Saif SC is not only to make the club a reputed one by clinching the domestic title but also to win internationally. I think this achievement not only increased the image of our club, but also that of the country," said Saif SC managing director Nasiruddin Chowdhury.

Saif SC chairman Tarafder Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Awami League advisory council member Mozaffar Hossain Paltu, Awami League's youth and sports secretary Harunur Rashid and Bangladesh Chess Federation general secretary Syed Shahabuddin Shamim were among others present.

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Felicitations for Saif SC

Saif Sporting Club accorded a reception to its chess team following their second-placed finish in the Asian Chess Club Champions League at a city hotel yesterday.

The Saif SC chess team -- comprising three GMs in Ziaur Rahman, Abdullah Al Rakib and Enamul Hossain Razib, IM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagor and FM Taibur Rahman -- became runners-up beating clubs from China, Australia and Sri Lanka before China's Saipa Chess Club emerged champions with an all-win record in the five-team league that concluded on August 8 in Citrus Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

The players were awarded Tk 50,000 each for the achievement.

Saif SC's runner-up finish was all the more special as they achieved it on their maiden appearance in the competition after the club became champions of the 2016 Premier Division Chess League, also on their maiden appearance in the country's top flight.

 "Our main purpose behind forming Saif SC is not only to make the club a reputed one by clinching the domestic title but also to win internationally. I think this achievement not only increased the image of our club, but also that of the country," said Saif SC managing director Nasiruddin Chowdhury.

Saif SC chairman Tarafder Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Awami League advisory council member Mozaffar Hossain Paltu, Awami League's youth and sports secretary Harunur Rashid and Bangladesh Chess Federation general secretary Syed Shahabuddin Shamim were among others present.

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