THE Final details for the Sharg Tournament will be fully released on Monday the 16th of March. So keep practicing your chess opening until than 🙂

Sincerly

Khaled –the super GM–

Hello Everyone,

I talked with Khalaf Al Azmi, the person responsible in organizing this event, and he said there is a 50-50 chance it will take place on the middle on March. So it will take place in about 3 weeks.

So be patient and I will update you as soon as I have more information.

Sincerly,

Site Admin – Khaled

Hello Every one!!!

It’s been 3 weeks since my last message. I just heard yesterday that the sharg tournament will be next month!

So start practicing your tactics and memorizing your opening theory.

I will keep you posted with any new developments.

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”

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 🙂

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

The King of FCAK Chess has fallen! The only player that had not lost once or even drawn, Dennis Poliquit, has lost in round 5!

Oscar Brillante dominted Dennis Poliquit and captured the 1st place position. Oscar now leads the tournament with 4.5 Points and remains the only player in the Tourney to not have lost a single Game!

Can Oscar maintain his winning streak? Or will he falter? Join the FCAK club this Friday at 4 PM to see the game between Oscar Brillante Versus Fayaz Sheik!

Click Here for the Results for round 5 –> round-5-result

Click Here for the Pairings for round 6 –> round-6-pairings

Congratulations to Vishy Anand for defending his title against Vladimir Kramnik! Anand finsished the tournament while have two whole points more than Kramnik. A great match between the strongest.

The Match ended with Anand 6.5 to Kramnik’s 4.5. Anand won 3 games whilst Kramnik only won Once. The rest of the games were drawn.

Both players devided the prize money of 1.5 million Euros equally. Giving each player, 750,000 Euroes.

<picture from chessbase.com>

Dear Visitors,

Sorry for the Delay. I have been busy with classes. Very soon, I will bring you updates for the FCAK Presidents Cup Tourney and the GCC 2008 Championship!

Thank You For Your Patience

P.S. Kramnik Finally won a game against Anand. Who knows, Kramnik might be lucky.

Game four ended quickly in a draw. A not-so exciting game by the top players. The game ended after only 29 moves when many of the major and minor pieces were exchanged. Here is the game.

Anand,V (2783) – Kramnik,V (2772)
WCh Bonn GER (4), 18.10.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf5 12.Be2 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd4 Ne6 15.Nxf5 Qxf5 16.0-0 Rfd8 17.Bg4 Qe5 18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Qb5 b6 20.Rfd1 Rd6 21.Rd4 a6 22.Qb4 h5 23.Bh3 Rad8 24.g3 g5 25.Rad1 g4 26.Bg2 Ne6 27.R4d3 d4 28.exd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 ½-½.

The 5th round will be 2 days from today. Tomorrow is rest day for the players.

Can Kramnik catch up or will Anand defend his crown? Apparenly most people think Anand will win. Vote now for your favorite! Be part of something historic by voiceing your opinion today!