Dubai Open is an international chess tournament that is organized and hosted annually by the club since 1999. Over the years, Dubai Open has become one of the strongest open tournaments in the world and is known for attracting top-class chess players and grandmasters. Click here to download regulation Last day of registration & payment is Tuesday 5th Mar 2019 at 9:00 pm ... Read More »
GM Mohammed Al-Sayed of Qatar maintains unbeaten slate in winning the Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015
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 »
Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed captures Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015 with a round to spare
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 »
Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed holds on to the lead
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 »
Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed grabs solo leadership after six rounds
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 »
Egypt’s GM Bassem Amin and Qatar’s GM Mohammed Al-Sayed win again to pad their lead after five rounds
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 »
UAE’s Saeed Ishaq beats GM Haddouche at Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015
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 »
Bassem Amin and Al-Sayed bank on lucky breaks to share the lead at Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015
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 »
Egypt’s GM Bassem Amin, UAE’s GM Salem AR Saleh lead opening-round winners at Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015
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 »
Arab Elite Chess Championship 2015 opens today at Dubai Chess Club
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 »