August 24, 2008 by Khaled

Pics From Ramadan Tournament 2007!

The pics are not great quality. But you can still enjoy them. And i hope to take more pictures for this site next time. So if you are joining, then smile for the camera.

My Regards

August 24, 2008 by Khaled

A tiny Biography

Who I am: (a small biography about me)

My name is Khaled and i am 22 years old. I began to play chess professionally at my second year of university (AUK). The first tournament i joined was the AUK-chess tournament. I lost in a bad way! I was extremely sad. Mohamed Muneer, another kuwaiti chess fan won that tournament.

My first WIN: (don’t read if your not interested in what happened next)

I promised myself to win next year. I trained hard in tactics. Than next year, on the 1st round, i played against Hashem Hussain. I blundered my queen for two knights and a bishop!!! We continued to play and he fell into a trap, i ended up with two extra pieces in the endgame. The final round was against MOHAMED MUNNER! MY RIVAL!!! (ahhhhh) He won the AUK chess-championship 3 times in a row! The opening part was bad for me! I quickly got desperate, lucky for me, Mohamed blundered, i ended up winning his queen. He resigned and i won my first championship!

Sharg tournaments:

I have participated in the sharg tournament 2 years in a row. It’s an amazing experience. Any chess-lover in kuwait has to play in this tournament. It it usually in February or March.

FIDE Ranked Kuwaities:

I played Kuwait’s top player, Faisal Hamlan and he crushed me! I also met and befriended Taher Khateeb and Bader Hajeri. These three kuwaties have fide ELO’s. All are strong.

Other Chess- Friends:

Omran & Ali Moussawi, Nasser & Abdullah Maqseed, Hashem Hussain, Emmanuel, Reda, Mohamed Qabazrd, Mohamed Muneer, Bader Khaldi, Bader Hajeri, Taher Khateeb, Abdulsalam Dakheel, Khalaf Azmi, Waleed Awadhi, Lyon, Noor Aldeen, and many more. All these people love chess like i do, maybe even more.

Final Comment:

I hope this site will continue to grow. I hope to bring information to everybody here who needs it. And i pray that Chess will be a recognized sport throughout kuwait. Thank you for reading. Be well citizens of kuwait.

Playchess ID = q8Kadsawy

email = kadsawy@yahoo.com

August 23, 2008 by Khaled

Rules & Regulations

Hello chess-fans of kuwait!!!

I am happy to announce that I am officially on vacation. I took a summer course and I got an “A”!!! So I am happy now. I am also happy because now i have more time to work on this site and bring people the info they want and need.

So here is the latest that i know about the Ramadan Tournament:

Swiss system 7-9 rounds (depends on the participants) (ex: if 50 players than 7 rounds. if 80 players than 9 rounds)
Time Control: 90 min + 30 Sec increment
Date: Begining of ramadan
Entry Fee: 5 KD
Prize(s): As of now, only 1 prize for the 1st place winner.

The prize is 1,000,000 KD!!! 🙂 Just kidding, its a DVD player.

Rules:

No smoking (that includes hashesh) 🙂
No cheating (Life is Unfair)
If you are late more than 1 hour, you automaticaly forfiet the point.
If you are absent for two of your games, you will be expelled from the rest of the tournament! (This is a REAL RULE. I know a few people who were actually expelled. )
You must right down your moves. (Learn to write notation now! Its not that hard.)