On Thursday, the 11th of February, Round 4  of the National Open chess Tournament saw a few players clinching the top spots. So far, out of the 49 players that are left in the tournament, only 4 have a perfect score of four points. They are, M AbdulMohsin Ali, Hani M. Sameih, Dennis Polquit, and Ferdinand Bugay.

Bader Al Hajeri won in the 3rd round and Ahmad Jad surprisingly lost to Dennis. So far, Dennis has defeated two of the top players of the tournaments.

Dennis Poliquit is on a roll! Let’s see if Ferdinand Bugay can take him out. The next round will take place on February 14th, 2010 at 6:30pm in the Kuwait Chess Federation (as usual). Below you will find the pairings for that day.

ROUND 5 PAIRINGS & SCORES:

1. M. AbdulMohsin vs. Hani Sameih (4.0 points)
2. Dennis Poliquit vs. Ferdinand Bugay
3. Bader Al Hajeri vs. Al Sayed Anwar (3.0 points)
4. Faizur Rahman vs. Ahmad Jad
5. Florentino Silao vs. Labib Obaid
6. Mohammed Jabr vs. Khaled Khan
7. Basir Cosain vs. Edgar Benities
8. Imad Abdullatief vs. Eid Mohammed
9. Ferdinand Laming vs. Samuel Santos (2.5 points)
10. Ahmed Hosni vs. Hamada Al Wakiel
11. Fayiq Kanan vs. Oliver John
12. Taher Al Khateeb vs. Naser Bahamany (2.0 points)
13. Waleed Al Awadhi vs. Kennith Tasadao
14. Khaled Hashem vs. Emmanuel Ygpuara
15. AbdelWahab Al Atiqi vs. Hamdi Faraj
16. Ahmed Abdou vs. Dr. Ahmed Al Shekhani
17. Imad Fawzi vs. Nasir Al Maqseed
18. Sajan Varughese vs. Waheed Hilal
19. Asfand Khan vs. Bader Al Khaldi (1.5 points)
20. Nizar Kanan vs. Amin Yamout (1.0 point)
21. Hashim Ali vs. Nanda Kumar
22. Hashim Khan vs. AbdulAziz Al Sinafi
23. Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim vs. Abdulmohsin Al Meshary
24. Zaid Al Marafi vs. Omran Al Mosawi
25. Basim Zaki 1:0 BYE (0.5 points)