Dhaka University (DU) has won the chess championship at the Inter-University Indoor Games 2019, beating Jahangirnagar University (JU) in the final round on Saturday. Team members meet DU VC Prof. Md. Akhtaruzzaman today, April 1, 2019 at the latter’s office of the university.
The games were held at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) which started from 29th March 2019. The games were played in Swiss League system. Total 9 teams battled for the trophy.
DU beat Rajshahi University, Khulna University, and Jagannath University in the first three rounds, before beating JU 3-1 in the finals to finish the competition unbeaten.
In the previous two editions of the Inter-university Indoor Games, the DU chess team finished as runner-up and second runner-up, respectively.
The winning team members of Dhaka University are Md. Fazley Elahi Rana & Relish Rongdi from Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management, Md.Barek Hossain & Shameem Sohanee from Department of English & Nahid Hasan from Department of Islamic History & Culture.
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(Mahmood Alam)
Director (Acting)
Public Relations Office
University of Dhaka
Dhaka University (DU) has won the chess championship at the Inter-University Indoor Games 2019, beating Jahangirnagar University (JU) in the final round on Saturday. Team members meet DU VC Prof. Md. Akhtaruzzaman today, April 1, 2019 at the latter’s office of the university.