DHAKA,- IM Abu Sufian Shakil now sharing the third position in the points table along nine players with six points after eighth round games of second Gujarat International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament now being held in Ahmadabad, Gujarat in India.

GM Ziaur Rahman bagged 5.5 points while GM Niaz Murshed and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned five points each, Tahsin Tajwar Zia and Nayem Haque bagged 4.5 points each, Abzid Rahman earned four points and Abdullah Al Raison earned three points after the eighth round games.

In the eighth round games were held on Friday last evening, IM Shakil beat IMS Nitin of India, GM Zia beat IM Sobh Amrou of Egypt, GM Niaz drew with Thanki Hemal Karsanji of India, FM Parag beat Priyankara Chamil of Sri Lanka, Abzid beat Jaiveer Mahendru of India, Raison split point with Jena Suhana of India, Nayem lost to CM Nikhil Magizhnan of India and Tahsin lost to V Pranav of India.