A man is inside a prison cell with no doors and no windows.

All he has is a mirror and a table.

How does he get out?

Assume the prison was built around him**

P.S. This is a very difficult question. Don’t feel too hard on yourself for not getting it.

ANSWER:

Look in the mirror and see what you saw.

Take the saw and cut the table in half.

Put the two halves of the tables together to make a whole.

Get out through that hole.

A big congratulations to the victors of the tournament. And a big applause to Taher Al Khateeb for not only getting 5th place, but for also organizing an amazing well-needed chess tournament.

3rd FISCHER OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Aug. 2011) – Final Standings

Place – Name – Federation – Rating – Score – Progr. – Buch. – M-Buch.

1 Ahmad Emad Taha, JOR 1677 7 28.0 31.0 22.5
2 Bader Alhajri, KUW 1804 6 24.0 28.0 21.0
3 Florinteno Silao, PHI 1598 5 23.0 33.0 23.0
4 Fredinand Laming, PHI 1554 5 21.5 29.5 20.5
5 Taher Alkhateeb, KUW 1538 5 20.0 28.0 19.5
6 Hamada A. E. Elwakeel, EGY 1529 5 20.0 28.0 19.0
7 Fredinand Bugay, PHI 1649 5 19.0 28.5 19.5
8 Chante Ceasar, RSA 1400 5 17.0 21.0 16.0
9 Ahmad Mohd Hosni, EGY 1610 4.5 20.0 29.0 20.0
10 Mohammed Jabr, EGY 1641 4.5 18.5 26.5 18.5
11-13 Waleed Alawadhi, KUW 1483 4.5 17.0 25.0 18.0
Ebrahim Shehab A., KUW 1476 4.5 17.0 24.0 16.0
Khaled A. Hashem, KUW 1406 4.5 16.5 26.5 19.0
14-24 Basir Cosain, PHI 1454 4 20.0 34.0 23.0
Ahmad Abdu Mohd Abdu, EGY 1366 4 20.0 29.0 21.0
Wael Mohd Jehad, SYR 1361 4 18.0 24.0 18.0
Vishwanath Jeyraman, IND 1318 4 17.5 26.5 19.0
Asfand Yar Khan, PAK 1375 4 17.0 29.5 21.5
Valibor Djukic, SRB 1430 4 17.0 27.5 19.5
Alaa M Abdul-Lateef, EGY 1412 4 17.0 27.0 19.5
Vicente Acedillo, PHI 1300 4 17.0 21.0 15.5
Leon Ceasar, RSA 1498 4 16.5 29.0 20.0
Naser A. Maqseed, KUW 1370 4 15.5 27.0 19.0
Hamad Almutawa, KUW 1176 4 13.0 21.0 15.0
25-30 Haza Alshorafa, KUW 1398 3.5 16.5 26.5 17.0
Bader N. Alkhaldi, KUW 1470 3.5 15.0 27.5 20.0
Talal A. Alruwaieh, KUW 1250 3.5 14.5 25.0 18.5
Khaled Khan Anwar, PAK 1478 3.5 14.5 25.0 17.0
Amer Alamer, KUW 1228 3.5 13.5 22.5 16.0
Naser Ali Alsubaie, KUW 1176 3.5 12.5 21.0 15.5
31-39 Abdullah Hmoud Almutairi, KUW 1241 3 16.0 23.5 17.0
Vivekanand Prakash Kondpa, IND 1250 3 14.0 22.0 15.5
Omran H. Almousawy, KUW 1187 3 13.0 25.0 18.0
Mohd Sharhan Alshemmari, KUW 1200 3 12.0 24.5 18.0
Bhanu Prakash, IND 1250 3 11.0 20.5 15.5
Mahmoud A Mohd Hussan, EGY 1200 3 10.5 20.0 14.0
Agha Alla Hverdiyev, AZR 1397 3 10.0 24.5 17.5
Selvan Someishwar, IND 1200 3 10.0 21.0 15.0
Abdulwahab Alatiqi, KUW 1173 3 9.0 18.5 13.0
40-42 Vinson Vaz, IND 1200 2.5 11.5 22.0 15.5
Nami Fahad Alnami, KUW 1200 2.5 9.5 21.5 15.0
Mohd. Mutaz Altinawi, SYR 1164 2.5 8.0 17.5 13.0
43-46 Ahmad Alsubaie, KUW 1239 2 11.0 22.0 15.0
Zeyad S. Aladbely, KUW 1236 2 10.0 21.5 14.5
Hashel Alhuwaishel, KUW 1200 2 5.0 18.0 13.0
Sami Behbehani, KUW 1214 2 5.0 17.0 12.0
47-48 Bassam Aldohan, KSA 1200 1 7.0 22.0 15.5
Mustafa Khan, PAK 1122 1 5.0 13.0 7.5
49 D.r.pratyusha, IND 1200 0 0.0 20.5 14.0

*Please Note that some players signed up for the tournament but could not participate for their own reasons. The 3rd Annual Fischer Tournament was supposed to have about 80 players. But only around 60 made it and participated in the tournament. The full roster of contestants can be found in the link below.

**This list only shows players who have played in the tournament for more the 1 round.

***For full roster click this link:http://www.twitlonger.com/show/ci4mi4

GREETINGS KUWAIT CHESS FANS!

Been a really long time since I last made any posts. But I hope you will like this new information.

I just found out about this yesterday, when I spoke To Manuel Cornelio, the FCAK president.

Apparently, they currently have a Blitz 15 minute Chess Tournament.

Registration is 2 KD and a round is played once every Friday. It has a total of 9 rounds. (Tournament will last 2 months.)

They just started playing this past Friday. If you would like, you can still register.

Call Oliver John @ 66906419 or Manuel Cornelio @ 66737298 for more information and registration.

UPDATE: Apparently the numbers of Manuel and Oliver I posted are not in service. Once I find out thier contact info, I’ll post it as soon as I can. Sorry for the inconvenience.

UPDATE 2: The new number of Oliver John has been placed by him a few days ago and I got the confirmation last night. Oliver John’s mobile number = 66371044

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 28,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 3 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 27 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 158 posts. There were 123 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 11mb. That’s about 2 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was February 8th with 503 views. The most popular post that day was National Tournament Round 2 Pairings.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, search.conduit.com, google.com.kw, 248am.com, and youtube.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for chess in kuwait, kuwait chess, kuwaitchess.net, kuwait chess club, and chess kuwait.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

National Tournament Round 2 Pairings February 2010
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Player Profiles September 2008
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Latest Player Ratings August 2009
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National Open Tournament: Round 3 Pairing February 2010
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Round 5, 6 & the FINAL ROUND Pairings: 2nd Annual Fischer Tournament October 2010
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Hello and welcome to the Kuwait Chess Website. I hope you will find some great information in regards to your chess needs and hopefully be interested to play chess with us in the near future.

My name is Khaled Hashem and I am the website creator/administrator. I created this site over 2 years ago to bring (chess-fans) people together in the virtual world and hopefully be able to organize tournaments and gatherings better and more efficiently.

And so far, the idea succeeded. We have had over 44 Thousand visits to the site and still increasing daily. Our Facebook fanpage started out with less then 20 members about a year ago, and now we have 150 members from across the world.

It’s great to see such success when it comes to chess. Most people just believe that chess is a hobby rather then a sport and that is why it doesn’t receive as much coverage. But as time and experience has taught us, this old belief is ancient. People love chess and it certainly brings people together, making relationships stronger. Of course you have your occasional disappointments, but hey, what sport doesn’t.

I want to wish everyone a great year and hope that 2011 will be a better year for the sport of chess. I’m a strong believer in a better future and hope that you are too.

If you are new to chess in Kuwait, I want to welcome you with open arms to this beautiful sport. You will meet and make great and intelligent friends and hopefully become a stronger player yourself.

As for tournaments, we might have one soon but I’m not sure exactly of the timing. I heard rumors that there might be one at the end of February. But don’t hold my word for it.

If you are interested in playing against someone, there is a active chess club in Kuwait. The Filipino Chess Association of Kuwait (FCA-K) currently operate a club in Kuwait city, next to Sheraton Hotel. They are located in the basement of Salhiya Tower, opposite to KFC. For more information about the FCA-K, you can contact the President of the club, Mr. Manny Cornelio. His number is 66737298. He is a great and friendly gentlemen. I know him personally and he is a good friend of mine. He will help in any way he could. Give him a call.If Manny is unavailable, you can call Oliver John, a member of the club for assistance. His number is 66906419. He too is a good friend of mine and is just as friendly. All the fellows at the FCA-K are great and would strongly recommend you to join their group.

As for the official Kuwait Chess Club, it currently is frozen due to unavailability of funding. There has been a dark cloud on the Kuwait Chess Federation that lasted for almost a decade. But after almost 10 years, Kuwait Chess has been recognized as an official sport. Government funding is expected to start on the second quarter of this year. We’re expecting great things to come from this. So fingers crossed.

If you want to play someone online, I would recommend chesscube.com for its ease of use and no start-up fees. Add me as a friend, my nickname is kuwaitchess.

If you have any questions, you can leave a message here, or join our facebook Fanpage to get to know a few other players (Type the following in the search engine of Facebook- “Kuwait Chess Club KCC”), or you can even send me an email to kuwaitchess@gmail.com

Here is a set of pictures from tournaments, gatherings, and other events. Hope you’ll enjoy. Cheers mi amigos!

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?