Ziaur Rahman (chess player)
Bangladeshi chess grandmaster (1974–2024)
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Ziaur Rahman (1 May 1974 – 5 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster. He was the second Bangladeshi to earn the Grandmaster title in 2002.[1] His 2570 FIDE rating in October 2005 is still the highest ever achieved by a Bangladeshi chess player.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 May 1974 |
| Died | 5 July 2024 (aged 50) Shahbag, Bangladesh |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Title | Grandmaster (2002) |
| Peak rating | 2570 (October 2005) |
Early life and career
Rahman passed his SSC from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka.[3][4] He then graduated from the University of Dhaka in anthropology.[5]
Rahman earned the International Master (IM) title in 1993. He was the second Bangladeshi to obtain the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2002 after Niaz Murshed in 1993.[2] In 2021, he won the Mujib Borsho Invitational in Dhaka with a score of 7.5/9[6] His playing style was solid positional.
Personal life
Rahman was married to Labanya.[2] In 2022, Rahman represented Bangladesh in the 44th Chess Olympiad with his son, Tahsin Tajwar Zia, also a chess player. They were the first father-son duo to be on a national chess team.[7]
Death
On 5 July 2024, Rahman fell to the ground during his 12th round match of the Bangladesh Chess Federation National Chess Tournament against Enamul Hossain Rajib.[8] He was then taken to Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in Shahbag, where it was declared that he had died of a heart attack. It was later corrected that he died due to a stroke. He was 50 when he died.[9][10][11][12]
