Enamul Hossain
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Enamul Hossain Rajib (born 1981) is a Bangladeshi chess
player. He won the Bangladeshi Chess Championship
in 1997 and 2006.
Rajib got his first grandmaster norm at the 2002 Chess Olympiad
in Slovenia and the second norm in Abu Dhabi last year during a GM tournament. Rajib reached the second round of the Chess World Cup 2007
in Russia with an upset victory against world No 19 Pavel Eljanov
of Ukraine. On May 4, 2008 he secured the third and final GM norm to became the 5th grandmaster from Bangladesh after Niaz Morshed
, Ziaur Rahman
, Reefat Bin-Sattar
and Abdullah Al Rakib
.
He plays on the Internet Chess Club
(ICC) under the pseudonym "Enamul".
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player. He won the Bangladeshi Chess Championship
Bangladeshi Chess Championship
The Bangladeshi Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Bangladesh.-Winners:-References:* List of champions and details of the 2007 edition: , * List of women's champions and details of the 2007 edition: ,...
in 1997 and 2006.
Rajib got his first grandmaster norm at the 2002 Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
in Slovenia and the second norm in Abu Dhabi last year during a GM tournament. Rajib reached the second round of the Chess World Cup 2007
Chess World Cup 2007
The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2009. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia....
in Russia with an upset victory against world No 19 Pavel Eljanov
Pavel Eljanov
Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.In 1999, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Artek, Ukraine.Eljanov won the Corus B 2007 in Wijk aan Zee, Holland with a score of 9/13...
of Ukraine. On May 4, 2008 he secured the third and final GM norm to became the 5th grandmaster from Bangladesh after Niaz Morshed
Niaz Morshed
Niaz Murshed is a renowned chess player from Bangladesh. He is the first Grandmaster to emerge from South Asia.-Early life:...
, Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur Rahman (chess player)
Ziaur Rahman is a chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country after Niaz Morshed.He passed his SSC from Government Laboratory High School & gratuated from University of Dhaka....
, Reefat Bin-Sattar
Reefat Bin-Sattar
Reefat Bin-Sattar is a chess player from Bangladesh and the third grandmaster to emerge from the country.An International Master since 1993, Bin-Sattar finally achieved the International Grandmaster title in 2006, when his FIDE rating reached the 2500 level required. All three of his qualifying...
and Abdullah Al Rakib
Abdullah Al Rakib
Abdullah Al-Rakib is a Bangladeshi chess player. On September 25, 2007 he became the 4th grandmaster from Bangladesh. Rakib should have had his recognition after April at the Board meeting of FIDE. According to Bangladesh Chess Federation, it was a misunderstanding that caused the delay...
.
He plays on the Internet Chess Club
Internet Chess Club
The Internet Chess Club is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC currently has over 30,000 subscribing members...
(ICC) under the pseudonym "Enamul".