Rani Hamid

Rani Hamid
Full name Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun
Country Bangladesh
Born 1944 (age 73–74)
Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India
Title Woman International Master (1985)
Peak rating 2189 (October 2007)

Rani Hamid (born 1944) is a Bangladeshi chess player who became the country's first Woman International Master in 1985.[1][2] She won her 19th National Women's Chess Championship trophy in 2018.[3] She is also a three-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship.[4]

Early life and career

Hamid with her husband MA Hamid (1959).

Hamid was born Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun in Sylhet in 1944. She started playing chess at the age of 34.[5] She was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985.

Hamid won the national title for six consecutive years from 1979 to 1984 among her total 19 titles.[5] She has won the British Women's Championship in 1983, 1985 and 1989.[4]

Personal life

Hamid was married to lieutenant colonel MA Hamid, a sports organiser.[6] Their son Kaiser Hamid was a football player for Mohammedan Sporting Club and the captain of Bangladesh Football Team during the 1980s and 1990s. Her other son, Sohel Hamid, was a national squash champion.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 P. K. Ajith Kumar (14 November 2013). "Rani Hamid — Anand's cheer girl from Dhaka". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "About Sports and Games". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rani Hamid regains title". The Daily Star. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  4. 1 2 "John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present". www.saund.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  5. 1 2 "Chess Queen Rani Hamid: Deserves a place in Guinness". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  6. ↑ "Noted sportsman MA Hamid dies at 76". Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  • Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 142, ISBN 0-85112-455-0


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