The Soug Sharg Chess Tournament is coming up shortly. In fact, it will start on 30/11/2010.

I repeat, the tournament will start on November 30, 2010! So that is today.

I don’t have all the details, but it is 9 rounds, and the top ten players get prizes like every year.

For more information and registration, call the Secretary of the Kuwait Chess Federation, Mr Sami Ayoub at 66661949.

Cheers and Good Luck

Correction: I put November 21st (and even 27th) before, the tournament actually starts on the 30th. Good luck!

THE 2nd ANNUAL FISCHER CHESS TOURNAMENT OF 2010

Sponsored by

The TAHER GROUP LAW FIRM, KUWAIT SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS, and

The Kuwait Chess Federation

LOCATION:

The Kuwait Society of Engineers. جمعية المهندسين الكويتية

- Located in the Gulf Road, directly opposite to Applebee’s. -

Details:

1. 7 Rounds with a rest-day in-between
2. Time control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds
3. Entrance fee = 5 KD
4. Maximum Allowed Players: 70
5. Prizes Include: Cash for the top performers + Random Drawings for 20 Players Present in the Ceremony.
6. Prize Fund: $3,500
7. How to Register: Call Essam (65957141, 65978686) or me, Khaled at 94426985.
8. Starting Date: October 3rd, 2010
9. Finishing Date: October 10th, 2010

Here are a few pictures from the previous tournament:

Dates and Time:

• Round 1: October 3, 2010
• Round 2: October 4, 2010
• Round 3: October 5, 2010
• Round 4: October 6, 2010
• Round 5: October 7, 2010
• DAY BREAK: October 8, 2010
• Round 6: October 9, 2010
• LAST ROUND + CEREMONY: October 10, 2010

• PRIZES and REWARDS ($3,500 PRIZE FUND)

• 1st Place: $1,000 + Trophy
• 2nd Place: $500 + Trophy
• 3rd Place: $250 + Trophy
• 4th Place: $150
• 5th Place: $100
• 20 Random People will win: Valuable Electronics and other giveaways.

HOW TO REGISTER:

Contact Information:

• Call Mr. Essam at 6595 7141 or Fax Him at 2255 2595
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• Or Send me Email with your name and mobile number to Kuwaitchess@gmail.com

Welcome to the holy month of Ramadan. I’m really excited to enjoy a beautiful month of remembering Allah and thanking him for all his blessing he bestowed upon us.

I hope you have a pleasant month and wish you a pleasant Ramadan.

And of course: Mubarak Alaykum El Shaher!

As a tribute to the world championship, which Anand is currently leading with a 3-2 score, I have a new puzzle for the viewers.

In this puzzel, should White simplify into an ending with a pawn advantage or does he have better?

This report is long overdue. I should have posted this at least a few months back. But a few things delayed the matter and I didn’t. Hopefully this will rejuvenate the people’s belief in this site. As you have noticed, in the latest tournament, the March Open, I didn’t post any pictures. The reason for this is that taking pictures takes concentration away from the games. And this time around I wanted to focus on my play.

And a big thank you goes to Ahmed Hosni and Reberto Carandang for taking beautiful pictures and giving them to me to post them on the site. In due time, many more pictures will be posted here.

Here is a few to begin with:

Hello dear chess fans!

Welcome back. This is the final report for the March Open Chess Tournament of 2010. We would like to thank all the players who played and participated in this lovely event. I would also like to Congratulate the winner, Mr. BADER AL HAJERI for winning the tournament.

He won in the last round quite easily as it seemed. Mr. Afifi sacrificed a whole piece in the opening and did not seem to have any real compensation. The game did not last too long.

The game that was most surprising was Nasser Al Maqseed versus Florentino Silao on board 2. Florentino tried to push really hard against Maqseed. But Maqseed defended quite solidly and managed to force a DRAW! Every one who was watching the game was stunned. Even Naser himself said the other day, “I’m going to lose against him.” Surprisingly, he played like a master and defended like one as well. This Left Florentino Silao with only 5.5 points. Whilst Bader won his loast round leaving him with a total of 6 points. Bare in mind that Bader only lost to Waleed Al Awadhi on round 2.

As for the top players, I would like to first congratulate Bader Al Hajeri for winning the tournament with a score of 6.0 / 7. Florentino Silao came in second place with a score of 5.5/7. Ibrahim Shehab, Faizur Rahman, and Zakariya Afifi came after them with each scoring 5.0 points out of 7.

The cash prizes are as follows: 1st – $200, 2nd – $150, 3rd – $100, 4th – $50, 5th – $5o.

Pictures will be made available when I receive them. Ahmad Hosni has taken a few pictures and will send them to me as soon as he can. I will post them on this article when they arrive.

Here is the FINAL STANDINGS:

1. BADER AL HAJERI 6.0 PTS  **CONGRATULATIONS!!!**
2. FLORENTINO SILAO 5.5 PTS
3. IBRAHIM SHEHAB 5.0 PTS
4. FAIZUR RAHMAN
5. ZAKARIYA AFIFI
6. Nasser Al Maqseed
7. Ahmed Hosni
8. Ala’a Abdul Latif
9. Waleed Al Awadhi 4.5 PTS
10. Basir Cosain
11. Fayiq Kanan 4.0 PTS
12. Khaled Al Hashem
13. Eid Mohamed
14. Dr. Al Shikh
15. Abdulwahab Al Atiqi
16. Sajan Vargughese
17. Taher Al Khateeb 3.0 PTS
18. Nizar Kanan
19. Reda Ahmad
20. Mohamed Qabazard
21. Nour Al Dien
22. Yousif Yousif 2.5 PTS
23. Magdi Tawfiq 2.0 PTS
24. Amer Al Amer
25. Mohamed Abdul Mohsin
26. Omran Al Moussawi
27. Ashraf Dawoud 1 PTS
28. Raed Ahmadiya
29. Khalid Al Jiwasri
30. Abdullah Salah
31. Dr. Asim
32. Khaled Al Harees — PTS
33. Ali Al Sakkaf
34. Ali AL Aldin
35. Nasir Bahamany

It’s a few minutes past midnight, so I guess I could say that “tonights” games will be the final round for the March Open Chess Tournament of 2010.

Here’s a quick round up of what happened. Bader Al Hajeri, unsurprisingly defeated Florentino Silao leaving both players with 5.0 points each. Now there are several players vowing for the top spots. If Silao wins tonight, then he will be crowned champion, even if Bader Al Hajeri wins as well. If on the other hand Bader wins and Silao draws, then Bader will win. So Basically, the games on the top three boards will be cut-throat.

We also have Nasser Al Maqseed and Waleed Al Awadhi playing on the top boards as well. In the end, the scores are so close that it’s anybody’s game.

Anyways, here is the final round pairing: And as you can see, there are only 11 boards left. It’s funny that in 7 rounds, we lost 30% of the players. We started with 32 players and now we are down to 22 players (I think less even).

Round 7 Pairings: (no scores available. Final standing will be made available soon.)

1. Bader Al Hajeri vs. Zakariya Afifi
2. Florentino Silao vs. Naser Al Maqsed
3. Ibrahim Shehab vs. Waleed Al Awadhi
4. Eid Mohamed vs. Ahmed Hosni
5. Fayiq Kanan vs. Faizur Rahman
6. Basir Cosain vs. Ala’a Abdul Latif
7. Khaled Al Hashem vs. Taher Al Khateeb
8. Nizar Kanan vs. Nour Al Dein
9. Dr. Al Shikh vs. Sajan Vargughese
10. Abdulwahab Al Atiqi vs. Maqdi Tawfiq
11. Amer Al Amer vs. Reda Ahmad

Welcome back folks.

The tournament is almost over. With just two rounds left, we can easily see who might be the top 5 players.

Yesternight, after the games were finished, only 1 person remained with a perect score of 5.0 out of 5 rounds.

And a big round of applause and a heartly Congratulations to Florentino Silao for remaining the only undefeated player. On Saturday evening, Florentino will be playing white against the top seed of the tournament, Bader Al Hajeri.

And speaking of Bader Al Hajeri. He was supposed to play Faizur Rahman on the 5th round. Even though he did eventually play, the game didn’t last more then 10 minutes. The reason you ask? Simply put, apparently Faizur forgot about the game and he arrived at 8:03PM! He was late for more than an hour. He was lucky because he still had 3 minutes on his clock. Well, against Bader Al Hajeri, that’s already a lose. Though Faizur did put up a good fight. He lost on time and to be honest, on position as well.

Here is a quick update: One player has perfect 5.0/5. Four players have a score of 4.0/4. And two players have 3.5/4.

My guess is that those with a score of four and above might be on the champs. Anything less at this moment, might not get anybody anything. However, this is just a guess. A lot can happen in two rounds.

Anyways, here’s the pairing for the next round (Saturday).

1. Florentino Silao (5.0 PTS) vs. Bader Al Hajeri (4.0PTS)
2. Zakariya Afifi vs. Ibrahim Shehab
3. Waleed Al Awadhi (3.5 PTS) vs. Fayiq Kanan
4. Taher Al Khateeb (3.0 PTS) vs. Nasir Al Maqseed
5. Ahmed Hosni vs. Mohamed Qabazard
6. Faizur Rahman vs. Nizar Kanan
7. Nour Al Dien vs. Eid Mohammed
8. Ala’a Abdul Latif  vs. Khaled Al Hashem
9. Yousef Ahmed (2.5 PTS) vs. Mohamed Abdulmohsin
10. Reda Ahmad (2.0 PTS) vs. Basir Cosain
11. Sajan Vargughese vs. Magdi Tawfiq
12. Amer Al Amer vs. Abdulwahab Al Atiqi
13. Dr. Al Shikh 1:0 BYE

As you can see, only 13 boards from the original 19 remain. Remember, if you are absent twice, then you will be disqualified from the tournament. But one thing is for sure, now most of the players will be playing and no seat be truly be left open. This will make it a more exciting tournament for the rest of the players.

Hello dear chess fans. This will be a quick report.

Tonight at 7:00PM, round 5 will take place. That means there are only 2 rounds to go (not countingt the 5th).

After the last round, only two players remain undefeated. They are Fayiq Kanan and Florentino Silao.

Bader Al Hajeri, the top seed of the tournament, won on his last game and quickly making a come back. The real question is whether or not he can make a comeback strong enough to win the tournament.

Fayiq Kanan has shown that he no simple player. He defeated the Kuwaiti Champion of 2002 in wonderful game. He also has shown he can keep up with any of the other strong players. Florentino Silao is his opponent tonight. Will Silao defeat the undefeatable?

Update 1: This weekend, I will upload many pictures and games played in this tournament and in the past tournament. So keep tuned in to KuwaitChess.Net.

Round 5 Pairing:

1. Fayiq Kanan vs. Florentino Silao (4.0 PTS)
2. Bader Al Hajeri vs. Faizur Rahman (3.0 PTS)
3. Taher Al Khateeb vs. Zakariya Afifi
4. Ibrahim Shehab vs. Ahmed Hosni
5. Nizar Kanan vs. Waleed Al Awadhi (2.5 PTS)
6. Nasir Al Maqseed vs. Yousif Ahmed
7. Nour Al Dein vs. Mohamed Abdulmohsin (2.0 PTS)
8. Eid Mohamed vs. Sajan Vargughese
9. Khaled Al Hashem vs. Reda Ahmad
10. Magdi Tawfiq vs. Ala’a Abdul Latif
11. Mohamed Qabazard vs. Dr. Al Shikh
12. Ashraf Majed vs. Basir Cosain (1.5 PTS)
13. Amer Al Amer vs. Raed Al Ahmadiya (1.0 PTS)
14. Abdulwahab Al Atiqi vs. Abdullah Salah