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Rani Hamid (born 14 July 1944) is a Bangladeshi chess player who became the country's first Woman International Master in 1985. She has become the national champion a total of 20 times. She is the current national champion crowned on the 38th Women National Championship at the age of 75.[1][2][3] She won her 20th National Women's Chess Championship title on September, 2019.[4] She is also a three-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship.[5] She became Zonal Champion in 2018, got the Journalists Choice Award in Chess World Cup 2018 in Russia and won Gold Medal in Commonwealth Chess 2017 in Delhi.

Rani Hamid
রাণী হামিদ
Hamid in 2012
Born	Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun 14 July 1944 (1944-07-14) (age 78) Sylhet, Assam Province, British India
Country	Bangladesh
Title	Woman International Master (1985)
FIDE rating	1864 (November 2021)
Peak rating	2189 (October 2007)

Early life and career

Hamid was born Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun in Sylhet in 1944. She started playing chess at the age of 34.[6] 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.[6] This is the most Bangladeshi Women's Championship titles by a wide margin. She has won the British Women's Championship in 1983, 1985 and 1989.[5]

Hamid at the age of 75 has won her 20th Bangladesh National Women's title in September, 2019. She started to play chess at the age of 34 and became the country's first FIDE Woman International Master in 1985. By that time, she already won her first national championship in 1979. Starting from 1984, Rani Hamid played in all World Chess Olympiads (3 times in the general team).

Hamid was the Zonal Champion at 2018. Rani Hamid won the "Journalists Choice Award" in World Cup 2018, Russia. She achieved gold medal in Commonwealth Chess 2017 in Delhi.

Personal life

Hamid was married to Lieutenant colonel MA Hamid, a sports organiser, from 1959 to 2008 (his death).[7] Their son Kaiser Hamid is a former football player for Mohammedan Sporting Club and the captain of Bangladesh national football team during the 1980s and 1990s. Her other son, Sohel Hamid, was a national squash champion.[2] Her youngest son, Shajahan Hamid Bobby (d. 2022), was a national handball player and a first division football league player.[8] Her daughter is Jabin Hamid.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 142, ISBN 0-85112-455-0

External links

• Rani Hamid rating card at FIDE
• Rani Hamid player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Rani Hamid Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
• Rani Hamid chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

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[de] Rani Hamid

Rani Hamid (geboren als Sayeda Jasimuunessa Khatun; Bengalisch: .mw-parser-output .Beng{font-size:110%}রাণী হামিদ, Rāṇī Hāmid; * 14. Juli 1944 in Sylhet) ist eine bangladeschische Schachspielerin.

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- [en] Rani Hamid

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[ru] Хамид, Рани

Рани Хамид (бенг. রাণী হামিদ; род. 14 июля 1944, Силхет) — бангладешская шахматистка, международный мастер (1985) среди женщин.

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