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2009 A.D. — 1430 Hijri

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It’s a brand new year in chess! A new beginning for all chess fans in Kuwait and all countries abroad. We saw Kramnik being crushed by Anand, Carlsen making it to the top, and of course, this site was made only 5 months ago 🙂

Something that would bring all the chess-fans of kuwait together was my inspiration to create this website. And as time goes by, I hope to give you more of what you wanted and in return give what this sport needs, time and patience. Be optimistic for the future of this sport.  Keep studying your openings and understanding the strategies, because in only 2 months, the Sharg Mall Tournament will be around.

Of course, Encourage others to play chess. If they do not know how, than teach them. If they are to afraid, than let them beat you in a couple of games. If they are not in the mood, find a way to make them excited for chess.

In the end, chess is all about bringing people together. So let’s make the year of 2009 a year for the FAMILY OF CHESS! I wish you all great happiness and prosperity. May Allah guide you all to your goals. Thank you all for being a part of the Kuwait-chess community. I hope to see you all soon. Thank you for your time and May Allah bless you all.

Sincerly,

khaled alhashem

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How To Make This Site Better?

Hello everyone!

I would like to remind everybody to keep thier mind and body sharp for the coming tournament. It will most likely take place after the christmas Holidays. I’m not sure about the other details.

Anyways, the real reason I am asking how to make this site better is because I want to understand what the people in Kuwait want.

So if you have any ideas of bettering this site, please write a comment in this section.

Thank you & Sincerly,

Khaled The Super GM

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President’s Cup 2008 FINAL REPORT

k21<Pictured Above is Oscar wearing the yellow shirt. He won in that round also!>

Ladies and gentlemen, It’s all over! The final round for the Presidents cup 2008 finished last Friday. It has been almost 2 months since this tournament began. Now it comes to an end. Of course, Oscar Brillante came out ahead of the rest and won the tournament completely.

Here are the results from Round 09: round-9-result

Oscar Brillante squashed almost everybody. He claimed 8 wins and drawing once against Khaled Khan Anwar. Khaled Khan got third place in the tournament. He only got 2 loses and one draw. Ferdie Bugay got 2nd place and he won 7 rounds and lost only 2. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOP 3 PLAYERS. Especially OSCAR BRILLANTE for his excelent performance.

Here are the FINAL STANDING FOR ALL THE PLAYERS –>>

  1. OSCAR BRILLANTE <1ST PLACE>
  2. FERDIE BUGAY <2ND PLACE>
  3. KHALED LODHI KHAN <3RD PLACE>
  4. Ringo Teves
  5. Dennis Poliquit
  6. Oliver Revidad
  7. Jess Betguen
  8. Fayaz Sheik
  9. Emman Ygpuara
  10. Egay Benitez
  11. Fayek Kanaan
  12. Gary Garanganao
  13. Basir Cosain
  14. Roger Sedante
  15. Vincent Zanida
  16. Samy AlNasrallah
  17. Boomer Bocobo
  18. Rick Penuelos
  19. Daniel Salinas
  20. Egay Agramon
  21. Nizar Kanaan
  22. Mustafa Rahman
  23. Dante Sarsalejo
  24. Liquat Alo
  25. Mohamed Koya
  26. Boyet Zacarias
  27. Art Moquia
  28. Numeriano Panganibian
  29. Edwin Poblacion
  30. Ramon Tortal
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NEW Tournament Coming Soon!

There are rumors flying around saying that Kuwait will have another tournament coming up. By the end of December or begining of January, there will be a tournament.

There are no specific details as of this moment. But once i get any updates, I will post them Here.

Thank you Chess-Fans of Kuwait for your patience.

Sincerly,

Khaled “Super GM”

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My Conversation With “G.Master” Daniel King!

chessbase-logoPlaychess is a great place to see some of the strongest players in the world play a couple rounds. Some GrandMasters and International Masters just join to watch the tournaments online. Mr King is one such player.

Today, I was lucky enough to see Grandmaster Daniel King online. He was Kibitzing a round between Ni Hau (ELO 2710) versus Sargissian Gariel (ELO 2642). This game ended in a draw. I learned from Daniel King that he has planned to make 12 PowerPlay DVDs. Here is the full conversation I had with him: (I am Q8kadsawy)

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Q8kadsawy: Hello Mr. King! It’s nice to meet you. I just wanted to say your powerplay DVDs are amazing! The best training videos available 🙂

Daniel King: Thank you… by the way, could you tell me your (approximate) rating? I am never sure who watches the DVDs and the level they are best suited for …

Q9kadsawy: Your most welcome! In slow, tournament games, I’m around 1900. Your DVD about the f-pawn and h-pawn push was the most helpful to me. Your 1st DVD about tactics were the most fun 🙂

Daniel King: Thanks… that’s helpful. I’m afraid they can’t always be fun 😦 but I hope they are at least instructive…

Q8kadsawy: Please don’t misunderstand… They were all fun. The 1st DVD was funny as well. That’s all I meant.

Daniel King: 🙂 Understood… but i still want them to be serious and fun!

Q8kadsawy: They are! I learned alot from watching your dvds more than trying to understand from a book.

Daniel King: Thanks. Good Luck.

Q8kadsawy: When can we expect another DVD? Just wondering 🙂

Daniel King: They are in production thw whole time… I have recorded 9 so far…

Q8kadsawy: Cool! I only know of the 1st 7 DVDs.

Daniel King: … but it takes time for them to be produced.

Q8kadsawy: When will they be released to the general public?

Daniel King: That I don’t know. It is in the hands of ChessBase. I will be recording more in the new year, and there will be 12 in total.

Q8kadsawy: I think your DVDs are the best intructive chess videos that chessbase has.

Daniel King: Thanks.

Q8kadsawy: Andrew Martin is 2nd best 🙂 It’s nice to finally talk to my “teacher.” 🙂

Daniel King: Where are you from?

Q8kadsawy: Kuwait.

Daniel King: A long way!

Q8kadsawy: LOOL! If you come to kuwait, it’ll seem closer 🙂

Daniel King: Got to go now. Thanks and goodbye.

Q8kadsawy: Thank you bye.

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President’s Cup Round 08: “OSCAR WINS!!!”

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

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Oscar wins the President’s Cup 2008!!! He is pictured above. He truely is the Champion!

Ladies and gentlemen! Oscar Brillate Won his last game against Jess Betguen making him the automatic winner for the tourney. He has 7.5 points and is ahead by 1.5 whole points! Even if he loses in the last round, he still gets first place. An amazing achievement by Oscar. The only player in the tournament to not have lost a single game!

This week on Friday, the last round of the President’s Cup will take place. Trophies will be handed out and winners will be congratulated. Everybody is welcomed to join the festivities.

Click here for the RESULTS for round 08: round-8-result

Click here for the round 09 PAIRINGS: round-9-pairings

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

<<**(()) ^^!! CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR BRILLANTE !!^^ (())**>>

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President’s Cup Round 07: “Oscar Can’t Be Stopped!”

OVERVIEW FROM ROUND 07:

A game of blunders and sacrifices, Oscar Brillante won his game against Ringo Teves!

Oscar made it look easy as he captured a hanging knight with check. After that, Ringo could not recover. Slowly, Oscar traded down until it was 2 Pawns Vs. 2 Pawns + Knight. As the endgame continued, we saw Oscar Dancing in his chair being extremely happy with the winning position in front of him. He even started to say, “I am the Champ! I am the Champ!” and continued to laugh. When Ringo Resigned, Oscar again laughed and threw his hands up in the air and yelled, “I AM THE CHAMPION!”

Oscar Brillante leads the tournament with 6.5 points out of 7 rounds. If he draws his next game, he wins automatically! So the real question is, will Oscar lose a round because he already won the tournament? Or will he remain the only undefeated player in the FCA-K President’s Cup? Join the Club this Friday at 4 P.M. to witness history as Oscar battles Jess Butguen in table 1.

FCA-K President’s Cup 2008 History:

It’s a 9 round tournament. Time controls being 45 minutes with NO increment. Each round takes place on Friday and starts exactly at 4 PM. It takes place in the FCAK club located in the basement of Salhiya Tower, near the Sheraton Hotel Round-About. 

This is next weeks pairings:

  1. Oscar Brillante               VS. Jess Betguen
  2. Dennis Poliquit              VS. Ferdie Bugay
  3. Fayaz Sheik                    VS. Ringo Teves
  4. Khaled Khan                   VS. Oliver Revidad
  5. Fayek Kanaan                 VS. Vincent Zanida
  6. Gary Garanganoa            VS. Roger Sedante
  7. Egay Benitez                  VS. Boomer Bocobo
  8. Emman Ygpuara             VS. Nizar Kanaan
  9. Samy AlNasrallah           VS. Rick Panuelos
  10. Mustafa Rahman            VS. Basir Cosain
  11. Daniel Salinas               VS. Egay Agramon
  12. Liquat Ali                      VS. Edwin Poblacion
  13. Mohammed Koya           VS. Boyet Zacarias
  14. Ramon Tortal                VS. Dante Sarsalejo
  15. Numeriano Panganiban  VS. Art Moquia

Current LEADER STANDING:

1st Place  = (6.5 POINTS) ***<<< OSCAR BRILLANTE >>>***

2nd – 5th = (5.0 POINTS) Dennis Poliquit, Ferdie Bugay, Fayaz Sheik, Ringo Teves

RESULTS for Round 07 click here: round-7-result

Here are a few pictures from Round 07 taken by me. Enjoy 🙂

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President’s Cup Round 06: Oscar Undefeated!

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Another round took place this past Friday. Oscar Brillante again claimed victory against his new opponent. He is the only player to remain undefeated in the President’s Cup tourney.

Out a total of 6 rounds, he got 5.5 points, drawing only one game! Congratulations to Oscar!! We wish you the best with the next rounds.

In round 07, Oscar is teamed against Ringo Teves, who is close behind with 5 points.  They will be playing in table 1. Oscar will be playing the black pieces.

Click here for results for Round 06: round_6_result

Click gere for the Pairings for Round 07: round7-pairings