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Azerbaijan’s GM Ulvi Bajarani and Spanish GM Victor Moskalenko share 2nd-3rd places as top-seed Dutch GM Ivan Sokolov drops out of the lead Dubai, UAE – The UAE’s Grandmaster (GM) Salem A.R. Saleh grabbed the solo leadership after beating Syrian seventh-seed Talal Hilwani and Azebaijan’s fifth-seed GM Elmar Magerramov in Tuesday night’s fifth and sixth rounds respectively at the 12th ... Read More »

Pre-tournament favorites GM Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands, GM Salem A.R. Saleh of the UAE and three other grandmasters maintain perfect slates Dubai, UAE – Only eight players, including five grandmasters (GM), remain with perfect scores after four rounds of the 12th Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid hall of the Dubai Chess ... Read More »

Grandmasters maintain perfect slate after two rounds at the 12th Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament Dubai, UAE – The favorites had an easy workout during Sunday’s opening night of the 12th Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament, winning all their games in the first two rounds to maintain a hold of the leadership at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid ... Read More »

Club’s Ramadan program also includes a blitz team event and other religious and cultural activities Dubai Chess and Culture Club has announced a series of activities that will be held to commemorate the holy month of Ramadan. According to Jamal Al Abdooli, General Secretary of the club, it has been the club’s tradition to host various chess competitions as well ... Read More »

 Dubai Chess & Culture Club is pleased to invite you to participate at Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament 2015 , which will be held at Dubai Chess Club from 21-25th June 2015. Participants & Registration: Open to all chess players with Registered Fide ID Last day of registration and payment is Thursday 18 June 2015 at 10:00 pm Registration is ... Read More »

UAE’s GM Salem AR Saleh claims runner-up spot Grandmaster (GM) Mohammed Al-Sayed of Qatar came close to losing his first game in the tournament, but Algerian GM Mohamed Haddouche misplayed the endgame to allow the Qatari to save the draw and formalise his claim of the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup with an unbeaten slate. Already ... Read More »

UAE’s GM Salem AR Saleh in neck-and-neck battle with GM Bassem Amin of Egypt for the runner-up spot going into Wednesday’s final round Qatar’s Grandmaster (GM) Mohammed Al-Sayed clinched the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup with a round to spare following a spectacular display of attacking chess in Tuesday night’s eighth round at the Sheikh Saeed ... Read More »

Top-seed GM Bassem Amin of Egypt moves half a point behind Al-Sayed with two rounds to go Qatar’s Grandmaster (GM) Mohammed Al-Sayed held on to the lead by the slimmest of margins after he settled for an uneventful draw with the UAE’s Fide Master (FM) Saeed Ishaq in Monday night’s seventh round of the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – ... Read More »

UAE’s GM Salem AR Saleh defeats top-seed GM Bassem Amin of Egypt to move closer to a second title at the Arab Elite Chess Championship The UAE’s Grandmaster (GM) Salem AR Saleh strengthened his bid to become the first player to win a second title at the Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup when he defeated erstwhile leader ... Read More »