At 81, Bangladesh’s chess icon Rani Hamid remains an enduring source of inspiration. On International Chess Day, marking 101 years since FIDE’s founding, she reflects with The Daily Star’s Atique Anam on her journey, late start, memorable matches, and more.
Women Fide Master (WFM) Wadifa Ahmed clinched the Asian Zonal Chess Championship Zone 3.2 title in Colombo, Sri Lanka today to qualify for the upcoming Chess World Cup.
Eighty-one-year-old WIM Rani Hamid, who is fondly referred to as ‘grandma’ in the chess fraternity, was the second oldest woman chess player in the 45th Chess Olympiad after 83-year-old debutant Pauline Woodward of Guernsey. Hamid secured six wins in a row after skipping the first three rounds in Budapest, Hungary. The 20-time Bangladesh national women’s champion, three-time British Women’s Chess Champion, and Commonwealth Chess gold medalist, Hamid, talked about her experience, memories, and more during an interview with The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman after the 10th-round matches. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:
Bangladesh men's and women's chess teams completed the 45th Chess Olympiad campaign with contrasting results in the 11th and final round held in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.
Former national handball player Shahjahan Hamid, popularly known as Boby Hamid, died of brain cancer this morning at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. He was 56.
At 81, Bangladesh’s chess icon Rani Hamid remains an enduring source of inspiration. On International Chess Day, marking 101 years since FIDE’s founding, she reflects with The Daily Star’s Atique Anam on her journey, late start, memorable matches, and more.
Women Fide Master (WFM) Wadifa Ahmed clinched the Asian Zonal Chess Championship Zone 3.2 title in Colombo, Sri Lanka today to qualify for the upcoming Chess World Cup.
Eighty-one-year-old WIM Rani Hamid, who is fondly referred to as ‘grandma’ in the chess fraternity, was the second oldest woman chess player in the 45th Chess Olympiad after 83-year-old debutant Pauline Woodward of Guernsey. Hamid secured six wins in a row after skipping the first three rounds in Budapest, Hungary. The 20-time Bangladesh national women’s champion, three-time British Women’s Chess Champion, and Commonwealth Chess gold medalist, Hamid, talked about her experience, memories, and more during an interview with The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman after the 10th-round matches. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:
Bangladesh men's and women's chess teams completed the 45th Chess Olympiad campaign with contrasting results in the 11th and final round held in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.
Former national handball player Shahjahan Hamid, popularly known as Boby Hamid, died of brain cancer this morning at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. He was 56.
