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 »
UAE’s GM Salem AR Saleh gives chase to set up a widely anticipated meeting between the top two seeded players at Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015 Joint leaders Grandmaster (GM) Bassem Amin of Egypt and GM Mohammed Al-Sayed of Qatar overpowered their closest pursuers to increase their lead after Saturday night’s fifth round of the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship ... Read More »
Egypt’s GM Bassem Amin and Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed remain joint leaders after four rounds Fide Master Saeed Ishaq scored the round’s biggest upset when he outplayed fourth-seeded Algerian Grandmaster (GM) Mohamed Haddouche to move within half a point of the leaders after the fourth round of the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup, the most prestigious ... Read More »
UAE’s FM Saeed Ishaq scores back-to-back wins to resume GM title hunt Egyptian top-seed Grandmaster (GM) Bassem Amin and third-seed GM Mohammed Al-Sayed of Qatar escaped with lucky breaks to maintain their perfect slates to share the lead after three rounds of the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup, the most prestigious individual chess tournament in the ... Read More »
Lowest-seeded Libyan player scores win The fancied bets asserted their supremacy to prevent any major upset during the opening round of the 3rd Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup, the most prestigious individual chess tournament in the region, Wednesday night at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Hall of the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Top-seed Grandmaster ... Read More »
UAE’s GM Salem A.R Saleh and FM Saeed Ishaq to compete against 14 of the region’s best players The third edition of the Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup opens today with 16 players from 15 Arab countries vying for the most prestigious individual chess title in the region. The competition kicks off at 6pm at the Sheikh ... Read More »
Top-ranked players from each member country of the Arab Chess Federation to compete for the Fide President’s Cup Ibrahim Al Bannai, President of the Arab Chess Federation (ACF), today launched the 3rd edition of the Arab Elite Chess Championship – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Cup, which will run from May 26 to June 4 at Dubai Chess and Culture Club. Al Bannai ... Read More »
Chairman Ibrahim Al Bannai highlights club’s groundbreaking contributions to the chess world Dubai Chess and Culture Club highlighted its important contributions to the chess world as it marked its 34th founding anniversary today. The club was officially recognized as the chess governing body of Dubai on May 16, 1981, responsible for promoting the sport in the emirate and for training ... Read More »
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