Salem Abdul Rahman begins his career in the "Sharjah Masters" by defeating the world champion
Sheikh Saud bin Abdulaziz, President of the Arab Chess Federation and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club, inaugurated the fifth edition of the Sharjah Masters Championship, which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and its competitions will continue until May 30, with the participation of 80 players. And a player with international titles, both international senior professors, international professors and International Federation professors are competing for financial prizes of $60,000.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Assistant Secretary-General of the General Sports Authority Khaled Issa Al-Madfa, the President of the Chess Federation, the President of the Chess Federation, the President of the Mediterranean Chess Federation, Georgios Macropouls, members of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club and a large crowd of chess pioneers and followers around the world.
The national team player, the great international master Salem Abdel Rahman, managed to achieve a very exciting victory over the world and African champion, the great Egyptian international master Ahmed Adly at the third table, while the first-ranked Russian international master Vladimir Fedoseev shared the match point with the Turkish international great Emre Kan, The second table witnessed a surprise of heavy caliber, with the loss of the Armenian champion, the great international master Gabriel Sarkissian, in front of the great Spanish international master Daniel Yuva, while the tie prevailed at the fourth table between the great Indian international master Ergon Argaisi and the Georgian veteran, the great international master Mikhail Micashvili, and on the fifth table the Russian achieved The great international master Alexei Sarana defeated the Belarusian international grandmaster Sergei Azarov, and the Romanian international master Bogdan Daniel managed to snatch the match point from his opponent, the Australian international grandmaster TimurKuipurakov at the sixth table, and at the seventh table, the great international master of India, Narayanan, with his Italian rival, the great international master Luca Moroni, and at the eighth table, the world champion of fast chess, the great international master of Uzbekistan Nadirbek Abdulstarov, with the great international master Denis Kardic of the Bahamas.
The player of the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club, Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al-Taher, managed to win at the expense of his Egyptian opponent, Iyad Al-Husseini, and the player of the Sharjah International Chess Academy, Ibrahim Dehghan from the Dominican Republic, achieved a deserved victory over his Sri Lankan rival Derek Pereira, and the World Junior Women’s Champion Rawda Al-Sarkal, player of the Abu Dhabi Chess Club, tied And culture with the Indian international Vishal Gudry, and the player of the Fujairah Club, Mohammed Saeed Al-Leili, managed to win against the player of the Sharjah Girls Club, Fatima Saif, and the player of the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club, Zayed Sultan Al-Taher, won at the expense of the Nigerian Ofwoeno Moa.
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