The 42nd National Women's Chess Championship was inaugurated today (Monday) at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Walton Group's senior executive director, FM Iqbal Bin Anwar Dawn, officiated the opening as the chief guest.

This eleven-day round-robin league event, organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation, features a total of twelve players competing.

In the first round matches on the opening day, the following pairings took place:

 WCM Nusrat Jahan Alo played against WFM Wadifa Ahmed
 WFM Jannatul Ferdous played against WCM Ishrat Jahan Diba
 WCM Warsia Khusbu played against WCM Ahmed Walijah
 Tabassum Sadia Shahjahan played against WFM Noshin Anjum
 WIM Rani Hamid played against WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin
 Neelava Choudhury played against WCM Kazi Zarin Tasnim