Mohammad Fahad Rahman (born 4 July 2003) is a Bangladeshi chess player.

Career

Rahman qualified for the

Chess World Cup 2019 The Chess World Cup 2019 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 9 September to 4 October 2019. It was won by Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimour Radjabov. He and the runner-up, Ding ...

, where he was defeated by second seed

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in the first round. He was due to be coached by Igor Rausis during the tournament, but Rausis was caught cheating in the Strasbourg Open, and the

Bangladesh Chess Federation Bangladesh Chess Federation is the national federation for Chess and is responsible for governing the sport in Bangladesh. Benazir Ahmed is the President of Bangladesh Chess Federation. Syed Shahabuddin Shamim is the General Secretary of Bangladesh ...

cut ties with Rausis. On 31 March 2024, Rahman won the first of three Grandmaster (GM) norms which is required to become the sixth GM from Bangladesh and the first since 2009.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Mohammad Fahad 2003 births Living people Bangladeshi chess players Chess International Masters Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century chess players Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh People from Faridpur District