Rani Hamid | |
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রাণী হামিদ | |
.JPG) Hamid in 2012 | |
| Born | Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun 14 July 1944 (age 80) Sylhet, Assam Province, British India |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Title | Woman International Master (1985) |
| Peak rating | 2230 (July 1988) |
Rani Hamid (born 14 July 1944) is a Bangladeshi chess player. She became the country's first Woman International Master in 1985. She has been the national champion 20 times, most recently at the 38th Women National Championship at the age of 75.[1][2][3] She had won her 19th National Women's Chess Championship title in August 2018.[4] She is also a three-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship.[5] She became Zonal Champion in 2018, received the Journalists Choice Award in the Chess World Cup 2018 in Russia, and won the gold medal in Commonwealth Chess 2017 in Delhi.
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- ^ P. K. Ajith Kumar (14 November 2013). "Rani Hamid — Anand's cheer girl from Dhaka". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "About Sports and Games". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Rani Hamid regains title". The Daily Star. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present". www.saund.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2018.