death during the match
Bangladesh Chess Federation General Secretary Shahab Uddin Shamim said, 'Ziaur fell from the table during the 12th round match of the championship against fellow Grandmaster Enamul Hussain. After this, the players and officials present in the hall room immediately took Ziaur to a hospital in the capital Dhaka, where the doctor declared him dead after examination. He further said, 'The doctors said that he had died before reaching the hospital.
'I thought he was picking up the bottle'
Grandmaster Inamul Hussain, who was taking part in the match, said, 'It took me some time to understand that he had a heart attack. When we were playing, I did not think that he was ill. 'Then he fell on the table. I thought he was bending down to pick up a water bottle. When we came to know, we took him to the hospital. His son was playing next to us.
Let us tell you that Ziaur was one of the top chess grandmasters of Bangladesh. He has won the national championship several times. He represented Bangladesh in the 44th Chess Olympiad in India in 2022.