In 1981, placed second in the zonal tournament, held in Sharjah, UAE the same year, earning his International Master Title in the process.
Later that year, he tied for first in the Asian Junior Championship, held in Dhaka, but was counted second on tiebreak since he had fewer wins (and losses) than Ricardo de Guzman (Philippines) who was awarded the title and automatic IM.
Murshed earned his first Grandmaster norm in 1984 due to his success in Bela Crkva Open in the then Yugoslavia (1983),[4] Oakham School Youth Tournament (ahead of Nigel Short and Maxim Dlugy), Commonwealth Chess Championship, Hong Kong 1984.
Nonetheless, he still found success from time to time in the international scene: first in the Goodrich, India (1991), second in the GM Tournament, Cebu, Philippines (1992), third in the Doha Chess Festival, Qatar (1993), T-1st place with two other contestants in the zonal tournament (1993), and finally, T-2nd place in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2004.
In November 2009, he tied for 3rd–8th with Anton Filippov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Vadim Malakhatko in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo.