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Enamul Hossain
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<p>Enamul Hossain is a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster. He is the fifth chess player from Bangladesh to become a <a href="/facts/Grandmaster_(chess)/NalWpE97">Grandmaster</a>. No other player from his country has earned the title since he attained it in 2008. </p><p>He defeated <a href="/facts/Pavel_Eljanov/K3EgoQAy">Pavel Eljanov</a> in a two-game match in <a href="/facts/Chess_World_Cup_2007/Us6Ut81T">Chess World Cup 2007</a>, becoming the only Bangladeshi to qualify for the second round of a Chess World Cup. He also won the <a href="/facts/Bangladeshi_Chess_Championship/l3beUWee">Bangladeshi Chess Championship</a> four times. </p>