The SAIF Powertec Bangladesh Championship 2024 is a 14-player round-robin tournament, held from the 23rd of June to the 6th of July in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

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SAIF Powertec 48th Bangladesh National Chess Championship 2024 is Bangladesh's national chess championship. Top 5 players are:

FM Manon, Reja Neer 2445
IM Mohammad Fahad, Rahman 2437
GM Rahman, Ziaur 2423
GM Hossain, Enamul 2365
GM Murshed, Niaz 2317

The previous series (2022) champion is GM Enamul Hossain. This is a 14-player round-robin tournament, where 3 GMs have been invited to play directly, and 11 players are from the top 11 of the qualifying round, known as the National B Championship.

Five GMs were invited, but only three accepted the invitation. Therefore, instead of taking 9 players from National B, 11 players qualified to fulfill the round requirements.

The top 5 players qualify for the Olympiad team.

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