2023-08-25 10:28:44
Friday, August 25, 2023 – 2:27 PM
ABU DHABI, 25th August / WAM / Yesterday evening (Thursday) the activities of the 29th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, which was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, were concluded. With the participation of 1,650 players from 68 countries.
Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Shregarding Al Nahyan, President of the Asian Chess Federation, crowned the winners of the festival’s awards in the presence of Hussein Abdullah Al-Khoury, President of the Abu Dhabi Chess Club, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Festival, Talal Al-Hashemi, Executive Director of the Sports Development Sector at the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, UAE club officials, and participating delegations. .
Slovenian Vladimir Fedoseev won the Masters Championship title and first place, followed by Chinese Kisan Gu second and Aravind Chittambram (India) third.
In the Open Chess Championship, Danish Rajan from India won first place, followed by his compatriot Sham, then Sindarov Aslumbek from Uzbekistan third.
In the Open Category A, Rustam Tolento from the Philippines won first place, followed by Ibrahim Sultan of the United Arab Emirates, then Mikael Rostmanyan from Armenia third.
In the Academies Championship, Indian Rakshan Mugurta topped, followed by his compatriot Farouk Faizan, and Emirati Hamdan Idris Al-Hamid came third.
Emirati Hamid Al Zaabi topped the Academies Championship in the 14-year category, followed by Yashwant Sarvan from India, and then his compatriot Advay Dangri third.
In the 10-year category of academic competitions, Obado Chien (Philippines) won first place, followed by Abhinaf Beni from India, then Emirati Rawda Al-Afifi.
In the 8-year academies championship, Sudanese Makki Muhammad Makki won first place, followed by Emirati Iskandar Al Balushi, then Emirati Saif Al Afifi third.
In the women’s championship, Omonova Umeda (Uzbekistan) won first place, followed by her compatriot Yaqubiyeva Nilofar, then Sachi Jain from India.
In the category of veterans aged 55 years and over, Sergei Zagrebny (Uzbekistan) won first place, followed by Muhammad Hani Al-Sharif from Syria, then Felix Winnie from the Philippines.
In the competitions of the expatriate teams residing in the Emirates, Novelty Speed from the Philippines won first place, followed by his compatriot Chess Lab, then in Heck from Romania.
In the family chess competitions, the Zia Abdul Rahman family (Bangladesh) won first place, followed by the Abusego family from the Philippines, then the Zagar family from India.
In the blitz chess junior category, the Iranian Ashraf Artin won the first place, and Sindarov Aslumbek (Uzbekistan) came second, followed by the Turkish Tarhan Adar.
In open blitz chess, Vahidov Shamseddin (Uzbekistan) was crowned first, followed by Spain’s Anton David, and third came Sindarov Gavkoker from (Uzbekistan).
Asim Al-Khouli / Ahmed Mustafa
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