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Ali Abdul Aziz Al Fahimi bags gold and Ahmad Fareed wins silver in Colombo competition Dubai chess players Ali Abdul Aziz Al Fahimi and Ahmad Fareed defied the odds to bag a medal apiece in the Asian Cities Chess Championship — Dubai Cup, which was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, last week. Al Fahimi stole the thunder by becoming one ... Read More »

Dubai, UAE – Grandmaster (GM) Salem A.R. Saleh of the UAE and GM Dimitri Komarov of Ukraine, playing under “Sharjah 1”, completed a rare sweep of all their matches to reign supreme in the Dubai Cup Blitz Team Chess Tournament 2015 at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. The top-seeded GM tandem punctuated their dominance with a 2-0 shutout of ... Read More »

First Emirati to win the championship in 12 years Dubai, UAE – The UAE’s Grandmaster (GM) Salem A.R. Saleh reaffirmed his place among the world’s elite grandmasters after winning the 12th Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Bin Rashid hall of the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Saleh, seeded second in the tournament, only needed ... Read More »

Seven others – four GMs, an IM and two untitled players – have a chance to win or tie for the championship depending on Thursday night’s final-round results Dubai, UAE – The UAE’s Grandmaster (GM) Salem A.R. Saleh remained at the top of the standings going into the final round as he outplayed third-seed GM Victor Moskalenko of Spain in ... Read More »

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 »