Azerbaijani Shahryar Mamedyarov, ranked 11th in the world, topped the competitions of the World Stars International Chess Championship, held remotely within the Sharjah 2020 championship. UAE international professor Salem Abdul Rahman, ranked 55th in the world, ranked fourth in the overall ranking list for the first leg of the tournament organized by the Sharjah Chess Club, under the auspices of the Sharjah Sports Council.

Six thousand dollars in prize money, will be played by six world chess players.

Salem Abdul Rahman collected two and a half points from the victory over Al-Masry in the name of Amin, and the tie with the Indian Harry Krishna, the Uzbek Kasmjanov, and the Polish player Rudslav Weiاكak, while he lost to Mamedyarov, who leads the first stage with four points from five meetings.

And chasing the top of the Indian Mamedyarov Krishna Pintala and former Uzbek world champion Rustam Kasimjanov, with three points, as both players lost in their confrontations against the leader.

Qasimjanov was somewhat fortunate in his fifth round match against Bassem Amin in a volatile and eccentric match, after the Egyptian champion made a big mistake at the end of the match, which resulted in an loss that he did not deserve. For his part, Sheikh Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla, Chairman of the Sharjah Chess Club, stressed that the technical level of the tournament in the going stage came as expected, strong and exciting, given the participation of the world's best stars. He added in press statements: "We expect more excitement in the second leg, which was held late last night, as Emirati player Salem Abdul Rahman still has strong opportunities to advance towards better positions, especially with the high levels he presented in his five matches, which he could have It gets better. ”

The stars of the world championship, "Sharjah 2020", received a great international follow-up, as it was transmitted through the famous Chase Club website and its YouTube channel, which for the first time witnessed comments on the matches in the Arabic language, and was commented on by the international professor Omar Noman Al Ali and Professor Al Ittihad International Suhaib Ikoula.

10 thousand dollars, the stars of the World Stars Championship «Sharjah 2020».

Event competitions were reported on Chase Club.

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