Three rounds are now over and 6 are left. The two main leaders of the tournament are Bader Al Hajeri and Ric Penuaelous! Next week, these two leaders will face head to head. One player will remain undefeated, while the other will fall from the top Charts.

Here are the Leaders Standings after 3 rounds:

1. Bader Al Hajeri = 3 points
2. Ric Panuaelos = 3 points
3. Ryan Carandang = 2.5 pts
4. Bogs Silao = 2 pts
5. Boyet Zacarias = 2 pts
6. Nathaniel Tinsay = 2 pts
7. Nasir Bahamany = 2 pts
8. Oliver Revidad = 2 pts
9. Ferdie Bugay = 2 pts
10. Dante Sarsalejo = 2 pts
11. Bart Macapaz = 2 pts
12. Khaled Hashem = 1.5 pts
13. Abdullah Munir = 1 pt
14. Manny Cornelio = 1 pt
15. Mari Zapanta = 1 pt
16. Eman Ygpuara = 1 pt
17. Samy Cayabyab = 1 pt
18. Nasser Maqseed = 1 pt
19. Greg Greg = 0.5 pts
20. Hashim Hussin = 0.5 pts
21. Liquat Ali = 0 pts
22. Gary Garanganao = 0 pts

Here are the results from Round three:

1. Hajeri 1:0 Silao
2. Panuaelos 1:0 Tinsay
3. Zacarias 0:1 Carandang
4. Bugay 1:0 Munir
5. Cayabyab 0:1 Revidad
6. Sarsaleji 1:0 Cornelio
7. Bahamany 1:0 Zapanta
8. Ygpuara 0:1 Macapaz
9. Ali 0:1 Khaled
10. Greg 0.5:0.5 Hussain
11. Maqseed 1:0 Garanganao

Here are the pairings for Round 4:

1. Panuaelos Vs. Hajeri
2. Carandang Vs. Bugay
3. Sarsalejo Vs. Bahamany
4. Macapaz Vs. Silao
5. Revidad Vs. Zacarias
6. Khaled Vs. Tinsay
7. Munir Vs. Cayabyab
8. Cornelio Vs. Ygpuara
9. Zapanta Vs. Maqseed
10. Greg Vs. Ali
11. Hussain Vs. Garanganao

كل عام وانتم بخير و مبارك عليكم الشهر. من اخوكم خالد

Ramandan Mubarek. May your days be filled with joy and peace. Wishing all of you the very best!

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

THE FIRST ANNUAL FISCHER OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF 2009

Sponsored by

SHEIKH DAWOUD SALMAN ALSABAH

The TAHER GROUP LAW FIRM, KUWAIT SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS, and

The Kuwait Chess Federation

SIGN UP NOW!

HERE ARE THE FULL DETAILS.

Location: The Kuwait Society of Engineers. جمعية المهندسين الكويتية—

 Located in the Gulf Road, directly opposite to Applebee’s.

Dates and Time:

• Round 1: 01/09/2009 at 8:00PM
• Round 2: 02/09/2009 at 9:00PM
• Round 3: 03/09/2009 at 9:00PM
• BREAK DAY – 04/09/2009 – BREAK DAY
• Round 4: 05/09/2009 at 9:00PM
• Round 5: 06/09/2009 at 9:00PM
• Round 6: 07/09/2009 at 9:00PM
• Round 7: 08/09/2009 at 8:00PM + Closing Ceremony and Reward Distribution.

PRIZES and REWARDS ($3,000 PRIZE FUND)

• 1st Place: $1,000 + Trophy
• 2nd Place: $500 + Trophy
• 3rd Place: $250 + Trophy
• 4th Place: $150
• 5th Place: $100
• 6-30 Places: Valuable Electronics and other giveaways.
• Everybody else: Dvd’s and other great giveaways

HOW TO REGISTER:

What is Needed By You:

• 2 Passport Sized Photos for creating ID’s,
• A  copy of your civil ID (or full name),
• 10kd entrance fee.

Contact Information:

• Call Mr. Essam at 6595 7141 or Fax Him at 2255 2595
• or Call Mr. Sami Ayoub (Secretary of KCF) at 6666 1949
• Or Send an Email with your name and mobile number to Kuwaitchess@gmail.com

Other Details

• A Maximum of 100 Players will be allowed to participate in the tournament (due to lack of space.)
• A handful of people have already signed up.
• Best to sign-up before 30/08/2009.

SIGN UP TODAY!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

This is the Biggest Chess Tournament in Kuwait This Year!

Don’t Let This Pass You By.

SIGN UP!

إنطلاقاً من دعم النشاط الرياضي الذهني

في دولة الكويت

يعلن الإتحاد الكويتي للشطرنج

عن إقــامـــة

بطولة Fischer Open Chess Tournament الرمضانية للشطرنج

تحت رعاية الشيخ داوود سلمان الصباح

و الراعيـان

مجموعة طاهر القانونية

و جمعية المهندسين الكويتية

في الفترة من 1 – 8 / 9 / 2009 م

من الساعة الثامنة مساءً حتى الساعة 11 مساءً

في مقر جمعية المهندسين الكويتية

وستخصص جوائز قيّمة للاعبين والفائزين

المركز الأول 1000 دولار والمركز الثاني 500 دولار والمركز الثالث 250 دولار والمركز الرابع 150 دولار والمركز الخامس100 دولار

وجوائز عينية قيّمة لأول 25 متسابق

علماً بأن أخر موعد للتسجيل ودفع الرسوم يوم 30/8/2009م

للإستفسار ت : 65957141 – 66661949

• Best Regards,
• Khaled -super GM-

A GREAT OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT that will be held in the beggining of September.

It will be called the:

 “1st ANNUAL FISCHER OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT!”

The prize fund will be over 3,000 U.S. DOLLARS!!!

1. The top 5 of or players will recieve cash prizes on top of trophies, DVDs, and other things.
2. The top 20 players will receive electronics and other give aways.
3. And everybody else will get DVDs, certificates, and other GREAT GIVEAWAYS!

Here are the details of the up-coming 1st Annual “Fisher Open Chess Tournament!”

• Number of Rounds: 7 rounds + knock-out blitz tournament in the break-day
• Time Control: 60 minutes + 30 seconds
• Entrance Fee: 10kd
• Starting Date: To be announced shortly… (Most likely beggining of September)
• Location: Kuwait Society of Engineers (Directions will be posted shortly…)
• Max Amount of Players: 100 (ONCE WE REACH 100 PLAYERS, REGISTRATION WILL BE CLOSED!)
• Prizes Include: Cash Money, trophies, medals, electronics, gold cards, certificates, DVDs, and Much More.
• Tournament Offerings: Beverages and Snacks will be available in the Tournament Hall.
•  How to Register: Of course the first 100 players that pay the entrance fee will be chosen. “The Early Bird Gets The Worm.” Anyways, the contact information will also be printed shorty.

• ** IMPORTANT NOTE!! **– (*-^-*)–

• IF YOU WANT TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY,
• PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME AND MOBILE NUMBER TO:
•  KUWAITCHESS@GMAIL.COM

•  ** IMPORTANT NOTE!! **

 

Thanks And Best Wishes, From Khaled AlHashem 🙂

You read it correctly ladies and gentlemen!

The prize fund for the Ramadan Tourney will be over $3,000!

More information about the tournament soon to come!

Keep Tuned In to the Site and Don’t Miss A Moment 🙂

Best Regards!

Oliver Revidad, One of the organizers of the Summer Open in FCAK.

Standing is Abdulrahman Nasrallah. Around members of the FCAK.

A couple of people who are participating in the Summer Open.

Emmanuel Ygpuara (Right) playing in the Tournament.

Nasser Bahamany (Left) Won his first round against Emmanuel.

The results have just been sent to me by Mr. Oliver Revidad.

Many thanks goes to him and the president of the Filipino Chess Association (Mr. Manny Cornelio) for having an enjoyable event such as this.

Below, you will find the results of last week’s round 1 and the “who vs. who” list for Round 2 this Friday!

Round 1

1. Cayabyab     0:1 Zapanta
2. Zacarias        1:0 Sarsaljo
3. Bugay             1:0 Ali
4. Panuaelos   1:0 Maqseed
5. Silao                1:0 Khaled <-me I was winning, than blundered ;(
6. Hajeri             1:0 Hussein
7. Macapaz       0:1 Munir
8. Bahamany 1:0 Ygpuara
9. Tinsay           1:0 Greg
10. Revidad        1:0 Garanganao
11. Cornelio      0.5:0.5 Carandang

Round 2 Listings

1. Revidad     Vs. Hajeri
2. Silao            Vs. Bugay
3. Tinsay       Vs. Khan
4. Munir          Vs. Zacarias
5. Zapanta       Vs. Panuelos
6. Carandang Vs. Greg
7. Khaled           Vs. Cornelio
8. Ali                    Vs. Macapaz
9. Maqseed       Vs. Cayabyab
10. Garanganao Vs. Sarsalejo
11. Hussein          Vs. Ygpuara

Pictures coming soon…

The Filipino Chess Association of Kuwait (FCAK) is sponsoring a tournament that starts this FRIDAY (AUGUST 7th).

The entrance fee is 3 kd and the players each have 45 minutes per game.

Call Emmanuel Ygpuara for more detail. His no. = 65101844

Hello Again!

As you can see from the title,  the Holy Month of Ramadan is drawing near. Which means…

RAMADAN CHESS TOURNAMENT!!!

So keep practicing. It is very likely it will take place in the middle of the Holy Month.

Also I know many people gave up hope since the Sharq Tourney was cancelled.

But InshAllah this tournament will NOT be cancelled or postponed. AND EVEN MORE WILL COME AFTER!

The members of the Kuwait Chess Federation are working VERY VERY hard to get the proper backing by the government.

Allah willing, InshAllah everything will be taken care of.

Until than, be well chess-fans of Kuwait. May Allah bring us together in the beautiful sport of chess.

• BEST REGARDS,
• Khaled AlHashem
• kuwaitchess@gmail.com