OverView:
A few weeks ago on the beginning of October, The GCC countries had a team chess tournament. Each team would have 4 players playing while one or two players were kept in reserve. Out of the six possible countries that could participate, only four countries had representatives. Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, and Qatar were the only countries that participated. Oman and Saudia Arabia did not show up. The Tournament took place in Dubai, UAE in the year of 2008 on October 8th – October 15th. Next year, the team Tournament will be held in Kuwait.
Participants:
A total of 19 players played at different times in this tournament. There was 1 GM, 4 IM’s, 5 FM’s, 1 CM, and 8 untitled players.
Representation and the Make-up of Teams:
Kuwait’s representatives; Waleed AlAwadhi (table 1), Mohamed Qabazard (table 2), Faisal AlHamlan (table 3), Bader AlHajeri (table 4), and Abdulsalam AlDakheel being the back-up.
Bahrain’s Representatives; Ali AlSulaity (table 1), “FM” Abdulgalil Ayyad (table 2), “FM” Maher Ayyad (table 3), Khalaf Bukhalaf (table 4), and “CM” Ali AlGhasra as the back-up.
United Arab Emirites’ representatives; “IM” Saleh Salem (table 1), “FM” Ishaq Saeed (table 2), “IM” Abdullah Hassan (table 3), “FM” Jasem Alhuwar (table 4), and “FM” Yahya Saleh as the back-up.
Qatar’s Representatives; “GM” Hamad AlModaihki (table 1), “IM” Mohamed AlSayed (table 2), “IM” AbdulAziz Husein (table 3), and Hamad AlTamimi (table 4). They had no back-up player.
Placement:
- 1st Place: Qatar [6+ , 0= , 0-]
- 2nd Place: UAE [4+ , 0=, 2-]
- 3rd Place: Bahrain [2+ , 0= , 4-]
- 4th Place: Kuwait [0+ , 0= , 6-]
Qatar’s Achievement:
The only team to not have lost a single game in any of the boards was The Qatari Team. Not only that, Hamad AlModiahki was the only player to have 6 wins from 6 games total! Congratulations to Hamad a Modiahki and the Qatari Team!
Points Per Team:
There was a total of 24 games played in the tournament and Qatar ended up with 22 points, drawing only 4 games. The UAE ended with 15 points total. The Bahraini Team had 9.5 points, whilst Kuwait ended up with 1.5 points.
Dissappointment:
The only team to show up without a trainer or coach was the Kuwaiti Team. Mohamed Qabazard said, “It was dissappointing to see the other players go to thier rooms at night to practice while we were the only team to be in the lobby with empty hands.” Qabazard also said, “If we don’t get proper trainers, I won’t participate in the tournament next year. We had a very bad result because of our bad preparation.”
Interviews:
Mohamed Qabazard: “Overall, it was a great experience. However it was a bit short. I only played three rounds out of the six total. There was a lack of preparation from our side when compared to the other nations. I won’t play again next year if there is no change in Kuwait’s situation with Chess sponsorship. Kuwait has no FIDE accreditation, no coach, and bad adminstration. In fact, we don’t have an administration, hehehe.” However, it was a nice change from routine. We also went to malls and enjoyed this vacation.”
Waleed Al Awadhi: “We need to start taking things seriously. We need preparation for these kinds of tournaments. We also had same-day preparation problems. We prepared our openings on the same day we were to play against our opponents. A Kuwaiti team needs to have a coach to depend on. Chess books don’t ‘talk’ to you! A Coach can see your weaknesses and tell you how to improve on them! Grand Master Victor Bologan, the Qatari Coach, told me I played a good French Defence against GM Hamad AlModaihki. And against Ali Salaity, I almost beat him. I blundered a rook but I still had an initiative. Also Faisal AlHamlan did really well againt a couple of players. In fact, in one game, he had a won position.”
Bader AlHajeri: I play really well but my weakness is my opening preparation. I could have won against another opponent but my opening prepartion was bad.
Abdulsalam AlDakheel: I had two bad losses. In only one game i actually sat down and concentrated. When I arrived in Dubai, it turned out I didn’t have a room to sleep in. I slept on the floor on the first night. The officials than compensated me by giving me a suite. Also when i first arrived, i was surprised to hear that I was going to play on that day. I was tired and couldn’t concentrate. It was a good experience overall.
Games Played:
If you would like to see the complete compilation of the games played in the tournament, please leave your email in the comments and I will send it to you as soon as possible. Thank you.
Pictures: By Abdulsalam AlDakheel
Www.KuwaitChess.Net 
Hello Dennis! Nice to hear from you again 🙂 If you would like to see the games from the tournament, please leave your email-address here in the comments section. Thanks!!! The same goes to everyone else.
Dear Visitors, if you would like to see the games, leave your email and i will send them as soon as i can.
banned me from what.. ?
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we look forward for kuwait in having a coach in the near future…..as an individual with out a coach wont really be a hindrance in any chess players dream in achieving there goals…..but for a team as a whole it is really necessary to have 1 who binds the players in its federation…..anyway goodluck in your search for a coach in the future…..why not try a filipino coach from philippines? he he he 😛
can yuo pls send me the compilations of the games played in this said tournament. thanks
Well,I must appreciate the efforts of the custodian of this website.His contributions and love for Chess will be remembered for long.Please keep updating us about the President’s Cup tournament which is going on now a days.I WILL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU SEND ME THE GAMES PLAYED IN G.C.C. THANKS.
PLEASE SEND ME GAMES PLAYED IN G.C.C.
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Hi!
Great review. Could you please send me these games. DO you allow them be published online (non commercial, free access)?
Please note I have compiled brief history of GCC at http://www.olimpbase.org/other/gcc_results.html
Games from 2007 are missing too. Any idea how to get them?
Best regards
Thanks for coming by.. Theres no problem, I can send them to you.. What is your email?
Hi,
I would rather not post it online because I am afraid of spam. The domain is olimpbase.org
The username is olimpbase. Please combine the two 🙂
Thank you.
No problem 🙂 i will send the game file to the email located under the “contect us” section in olimpbase.org website.
I hope that’s what you meant 🙂
Hi Khaled my name is jacob and we met in the souk sharq toutnament.Can you send me a compilation of all the chess games played in the GCC championship in 2008
regards
Hey there! Yeah i remember you 🙂
I only have the 1st round games..
Khalaf AlAzmi provided us with this.
He posted a link in one of his comments.. check it out.. dont remember exactly which post though.. its probably from a recent one
his name not Hamad a Modiahki ?
the correct name : Hamad Al-Tamimi
can you send me the game
qatarr84@hotmail.com
thanks
Thank you for your clarification. And you can d/l the games from this link:
http://www.olimpbase.org/other/gcc_results.html
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