TOP-RANKED chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of 50 after suffering a stroke and collapsing on his board in the middle of a national championship match, an official said.

It’s a huge loss for the chess fraternity.” Ziaur was Bangladesh’s second Grandmaster, after Niaz Murshid, and became the country’s highest-rated player with a peak Elo of 2570 in 2005.

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NEW DELHI: Bangladesh's top-ranked chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of 50 after collapsing from a stroke during a national championship match. Ziaur collapsed during the ...