I hope everyone is having a great weekend. So far in the tournament, players have played a total of 3 rounds. And only 9 players have 3/3 so far. A few others have 2.5/3. But it is still far from over because there are still 6 more rounds to go. And anything could happen till then.

To Download Games from Round One in PGN Format, click HERE.

To Download Games from Round Two in PGN Format, click HERE.

The players with 3.0 / 3 are: Ferdinand Bugay of the Philippines, Akram Ali of Egypt, Ferdinand Laming of the Philippines, Bader Al Hajery of Kuwait, Hamadah Al Wakeel of Egypt, Bader Al Khaldy of Kuwait, Hamada Matrouk of Egypt, Faisal Al Hamlan of Kuwait, and Khaled Hashem of Kuwait.

Four players have 2.5 so far. They are Waleed Al Awadhi of Kuwait, Florentino Silao of the Philippines,  Fayeq Kanaan of Palestine, and Mohamed Hesham of Syria.

Here are a few pictures from Round 3:

As you know, the next round will be on Sunday.

Until then, here is the pairing for Round 4:

1 Ferdinand Bujay PLH [3] : Akram Ali EGY [3] 
2 Fernando Laming PLH [3] : Bader Al-Hajiri KWT [3] 
3 Hamadah Al-Wakel EGY [3] : Bader Al-Khaldy KWT [3] 
4 Hamdy Mabrouk EGY [3] : Faisal Al-Hamlan KWT [3] 
5 Khaled Hashem KWT [3] : Waleed Al-Awady KWT [2.5]
6 Faeq Kanaan PAL [2.5] : Florentino Silao PLH [2.5]
7 Adel Al-Amiri KWT [2] : Mohamed Hesham SYR [2.5]
8 Ahmed Al-Deeb EGY [2] : Majdy Ghunaim EGY [2] 
9 Ahmed Al-Subae KWT [2] : Sajan Jacub IND [2] 
10 Mohamed Abdullah Ali BAH [2] : Ahmed Emad Aldeen JOR [2] 
11 Mohamed Abdulmohsen EGY [2] : Alaa Abdullatif EGY [2] 
12 Mohamed Ali PLH [2] : Ali Al-Saqaf LEB [2] 
13 Mohamed Jaber EGY [2] : Amer Araab PLH [2] 
14 Mohammed Qabazrd KWT [2] : Basir Cosin PLH [2] 
15 Bhanu Dhepalli IND [2] : Yasser Easa JOR [2] 
16 Nasser Al-Maqseed KWT [2] : Eid Mohamed Eid EGY [2] 
17 Noor Dhepalli IND [2] : Hamdy El-Okdah EGY [2] 
18 Veerappan Aiyappan IND [2] : Herculano Zcarias PLH [2] 
19 Yousef Ahmed EGY [2] : Husain Shalabi EGY [2] 
20 Zakariya Shahata EGY [2] : labib badee SYR [2] 
21 Abdulrahman Fathi EGY [1] : Hazaa Al-Sharfa KWT [1.5]
22 Agha Allahverdiyev AZ [1] : Sayed Mahmoud EGY [1.5]
23 Abdulmohsen Al-Moshary KWT [1] : Nadiya Al-Qaban KWT [1] 
24 Nasser Al-Subaie KWT [1] : Abdulrahman Khaled EGY [1] 
25 Nathaniel Tinasaie PLH [1] : Abdulsalam Aldekheel KWT [1] 
26 Noor Al-Deen Mohamed EGY [1] : Abdulwahab Al-Atiqi KWT [1] 
27 Ryan Martiez PLH [1] : Ali Alaa Al-Deen LEB [1] 
28 Tamer Ateyah EGY [1] : Farj Saqer EGY [1] 
29 Hamad Al-Motawaa KWT [1] : Nawaf Al-Azimy KWT [1] 
30 Jermieh Juston USA [1] : Nizar Kanaan PAL [1] 
31 Khaled Khan PAK [1] : Omar Al-Yaqout KWT [1] 
32 Zeyad Saleh Al-Abdily KSA [1] : Musalam Al-Zamil KWT [1] 
33 Mustafa Hanano SYR [1] : Yaseser Yosef EGY [1] 
34 Jamal Al-Awady KWT [0] : Abdullah Al-Mutairi KWT [0] 
35 Ahmed Khalil EGY [0] : Mohamed Bukhamsen KWT [0]

And a very good luck to you all.

Here is tomorrow’s pairings and a few pictures from Round 2.

Hope you enjoy and a very good luck to you all.

No Name Feder Total – Result Name Feder Total

1 Adel Al-Amiri KWT [2] : Fernando Laming PLH [2] 
2 Ahmed Emad Aldeen JOR [2] : Hamadah Al-Wakel EGY [2] 
3 Hamdy Al-Ouqda EGY [2] : Akram Ali EGY [2] 
4 Alaa Abdullatif EGY [2] : Hamdy Mabrouk EGY [2] 
5 Amer Araab PLH [2] : Khaled Hashem KWT [2] 
6 labib badee SYR [2] : Bader Al-Hajiri KWT [2] 
7 Bader Al-Khaldy KWT [2] : Mohamed Abdullah Ali BAH [2] 
8 Mohamed Hesham SYR [2] : Faeq Kanaan PAL [2] 
9 Faisal Al-Hamlan KWT [2] : Mohamed Jaber EGY [2] 
10 Ferdinand Bujay PLH [2] : Mohammed Qabazrd KWT [2] 
11 Florentino Silao PLH [1.5] : Veerappan Aiyappan IND [2] 
12 Abdulrahman Khaled EGY [1] : Waleed Al-Awady KWT [1.5]
13 Abdulsalam Aldekheel KWT [1] : Mohamed Abdulmohsen EGY [1] 
14 Agha Allahverdiyev AZ [1] : Mohamed Ali PLH [1] 
15 Mustafa Hanano SYR [1] : Ahmed Al-Deeb EGY [1] 
16 Nadiya Al-Qaban KWT [1] : Ahmed Al-Subae KWT [1] 
17 Ali Alaa Al-Deen LEB [1] : Nasser Al-Maqseed KWT [1] 
18 Ali Al-Saqaf LEB [1] : Nasser Al-Subaie KWT [1] 
19 Basir Cosin PLH [1] : Nathaniel Tinasaie PLH [1] 
20 Nizar Kanaan PAL [1] : Bhanu Dhepalli IND [1] 
21 Eid Mohamed Eid EGY [1] : Noor Al-Deen Mohamed EGY [1] 
22 Noor Dhepalli IND [1] : Farj Saqer EGY [1] 
23 Sajan Jacub IND [1] : Hamad Al-Motawaa KWT [1] 
24 Sayed Mahmoud EGY [1] : Hazaa Al-Sharfa KWT [1] 
25 Herculano Zcarias PLH [1] : Tamer Ateyah EGY [1] 
26 Yaseser Yosef EGY [1] : Husain Shalabi EGY [1] 
27 Ibrahem Shehab KWT [1] : Yasser Easa JOR [1] 
28 Yousef Ahmed EGY [1] : Jermieh Juston USA [1] 
29 Zakariya Shahata EGY [1] : Khaled Khan PAK [1] 
30 Majdy Ghunaim EGY [1] : Zeyad Saleh Al-Abdily KSA [1] 
31 Abdullah Al-Mutairi KWT [0] : Khaled Al-Harees KWT [0] 
32 Abdulmohsen Al-Moshary KWT [0] : Khaled Al-Juwaisiry KWT [0] 
33 Marina Morozova RUS [0] : Abdulrahman Fathi EGY [0] 
34 Abdulwahab Al-Atiqi KWT [0] : Mohamed Bukhamsen KWT [0] 
35 Ahmed Khalil EGY [0] : Musalam Al-Zamil KWT [0] 
36 Ali Abdulwahab EGY [0] : Nawaf Al-Azimy KWT [0] 
37 Jamal Al-Awady KWT [0] : Omar Al-Yaqout KWT [0] 
38 Ryan Martiez PLH [0] : Khaled Al-Halaq KWT [0]

ROUND 2 Pairing for Tuesday 10/9/2012

REMINDER: GAMES START AT 6:00 PM SHARP!

No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 
1 Tamer Ateyah EGY [1] : Adel Al-Amiri KWT [1] 
2 Bader Al-Hajiri KWT [1] : Zakariya Shahata EGY [1] 
3 Bhanu Dhepalli IND [1] : Bader Al-Khaldy KWT [1] 
4 Faisal Al-Hamlan KWT [1] : Noor Dhepalli IND [1] 
5 Veerappan Aiyappan IND [1] : Hamad Al-Motawaa KWT [1] 
6 Ahmed Emad Aldeen JOR [1] : Ibrahem Shehab KWT [1] 
7 Khaled Hashem KWT [1] : Zeyad Saleh Al-Abdily KSA [1] 
8 Mohammed Qabazrd KWT [1] : Ali Alaa Al-Deen LEB [1] 
9 Ali Al-Saqaf LEB [1] : Mohamed Abdullah Ali BAH [1] 
10 Faeq Kanaan PAL [1] : Abdulrahman Khaled EGY [1] 
11 Akram Ali EGY [1] : Nizar Kanaan PAL [1] 
12 Amer Araab PLH [1] : Sayed Mahmoud EGY [1] 
13 Alaa Abdullatif EGY [1] : Basir Cosin PLH [1] 
14 Eid Mohamed Eid EGY [1] : Ferdinand Bujay PLH [1] 
15 Farj Saqer EGY [1] : Fernando Laming PLH [1] 
16 Hamadah Al-Wakel EGY [1] : Herculano Zcarias PLH [1] 
17 Mohamed Ali PLH [1] : Hamdy Al-Ouqda EGY [1] 
18 Hamdy Mabrouk EGY [1] : Nathaniel Tinasaie PLH [1] 
19 Husain Shalabi EGY [1] : labib badee SYR [1] 
20 Mohamed Abdulmohsen EGY [1] : Mohamed Hesham SYR [1] 
21 Mohamed Jaber EGY [1] : Mustafa Hanano SYR [1] 
22 Waleed Al-Awady KWT [.5] : Abdullah Al-Mutairi KWT [0] 
23 Florentino Silao PLH [.5] : Abdulmohsen Al-Moshary KWT [0] 
24 Omar Al-Yaqout KWT [0] : Abdulsalam Aldekheel KWT [0] 
25 Abdulwahab Al-Atiqi KWT [0] : Agha Allahverdiyev AZ [0] 
26 Ali Abdulwahab EGY [0] : Ahmed Al-Subae KWT [0] 
27 Ahmed Al-Deeb EGY [0] : Bashar Al-Muwaiziry KWT [0] 
28 Hazaa Al-Sharfa KWT [0] : Ahmed Khalil EGY [0] 
29 Majdy Ghunaim EGY [0] : Ibrahem Alhajeel KWT [0] 
30 Noor Al-Deen Mohamed EGY [0] : Jamal Al-Awady KWT [0] 
31 Khaled Al-Halaq KWT [0] : Yaseser Yosef EGY [0] 
32 Yousef Ahmed EGY [0] : Khaled Al-Harees KWT [0] 
33 Sajan Jacub IND [0] : Khaled Al-Juwaisiry KWT [0] 
34 Mohamed Al-Kanderi KWT [0] : Zeyad Abuhamdeih ITY [0] 
35 Mohamed Bukhamsen KWT [0] : Yasser Easa JOR [0] 
36 Musalam Al-Zamil KWT [0] : Khaled Khan PAK [0] 
37 Nadiya Al-Qaban KWT [0] : Ryan Martiez PLH [0] 
38 Zayel Martienz PLH [0] : Nasser Al-Maqseed KWT [0] 
39 Nasser Al-Subaie KWT [0] : Marina Morozova RUS [0] 
40 Mohamed Hajem SYR [0] : Nawaf Al-Azimy KWT [0] 
41 Jermieh Juston USA [0] 1:0 BYE 

These are a few pictures from the First Round of the chess tournament.

Also, the pairings MIGHT  be posted tomorrow.

انطلاق بطولة المشروعات السياحية الأولى للشطرنج الأحد

برعاية خالد عبد الله الغانم نائب رئيس مجلس الإدارة والعضو المنتدب لشركة المشروعات السياحية وحسن رمضان جمعة رئيس مجلس إدارة النادي الكويتي للألعاب الذهنية وحضور أكثر من مائة مشارك ومشاركة تنطلق في السادسة من مساء يوم الأحد الموافق 8/4/2012فعاليات بطولة شركة المشروعات السياحية الأولى للشطرنج والتي تنظمها الشركة بالتعاون مع النادي الكويتي للألعاب الذهنية وذلك في نادي اليخوت احد مرافق شركة المشروعات السياحية

من جهته أشار المحامى طاهر خالد الخطيب نائب رئيس مجلس إدارة النادي الكويتي للألعاب الذهنية ورئيس اللجنة الفنية للبطولة إلى إن هذه البطولة تنظم للمرة الأولى برعاية ودعم كامل من شركة المشروعات السياحية من حيث احتضان البطولة واستضافتها والتنظيم وحرص خالد عبدالله الغانم نائب رئيس مجلس الإدارة العضو المنتدب للشركة الذي اصدر تعليماته بضرورة دعم البطولة بشكل عام وفريق الناشئين بشكل خاص وهو الجيل الجديد لفريق المنتخب الكويتي للشطرنج والذي رصد له مكافأة نقدية تقدر بسبعمائة دينار كويتي .

وأضاف الخطيب إلى إن إدارة النادي الكويتي للألعاب الذهنية رصدت مكافآت نقدية للمراكز الخمسة الأوائل تقدر بثلاثة الآلاف دولار امريكى بالإضافة إلى مكافآت أخرى .

The Yacht Club is located at the gulf road, right between Marina Hotel and (Seaside) McDonalds.

Here is a drawn map to the location.

Go to google maps to find exact location.

This is the link to google maps : 

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=29.343305&lon=48.0555296&z=15&l=0&m=b

Registration for the Chess Tournament is now Open!

It will be held in the (Yacht Club) in Salmiya

Starts on: April 8, 2012 and ends on April 29, 2012

Dates: Every Sunday, Tuesday, And Thursday (only) for 3 weeks (No Final game on lastThursday, but will be postponed to the following Sunday)

Rounds: 9

Start Time: Everyday at 6:00 P.M. (5:00PM on Final Day)

Time control is: 90 min + 30 sec

Prizes = Top 5 players will get cash prizes worth $ 2,000. Other prizes will be handed out to youth players and other notable players who have shown great play throughout the tourney.  

If you are a follower in our facebook fanpage, you will have realized that we have a new coach and we actually began training since Monday 6-2-2012. However, it is still not in our Kuwait Chess Federation (in Qadsiya) because there is construction to fix up and upgrade the place.

If you are a Kuwaiti and are interested in joining, come on down to Ibis Hotel, Salmiya. Floor 2, Hall 2. We train there daily, except on Sunday, from 4:00 PM till 9:00 PM. For now, training will only be available for Kuwaitis. But will be available to all players when the federation is in full operation, given some requirements that will be given at a later date.

Here is a picture of a surprised birthday party we gave to our new coach, Vladimir Rogovskyi

There have been unconfirmed “rumor” reports that the Kuwait Chess Federation will host the National Kuwait Chess Tournament to finally have an OFFICIAL top players list sometime by the end of this year.

All details are unclear. But what is clear is that the idea will move forward sometime within the next few months. And with the tournament, we will actually have the Official Kuwaiti Chess Champion(s). 

We didn’t have a tournament like this for approximately 10 years. The last one was won by the current Champion, Bader Al Hajeri, in the year 2003. And in 2002, Taher Al Khateeb won.

So the real question is, will Bader win again, or will Taher retake the title, or even more surprising, will there be a new champion?

Only time will tell.

This tournament will be open to Kuwaitis and to players of all ages and to women as well. We need an Official Woman’s Chess Champion too !

Stay tuned for more updates on this crucial tournament.