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Chess At The 2003 All-Africa Games
The chess events at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held from 5 to 17 October at the Nicon Hilton Hotel in Abuja. This was the first time chess was contested at the All-Africa Games. The four events were men's and women's team competitions at time controls (all moves in 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move), and men's and women's individual competitions at time controls (all moves in five minutes plus 3 seconds increment per move). Teams played matches on four : each team consisted of a minimum of four players and up to two optional reserve players. In the team competitions, medals were awarded to the teams scoring the highest number of board points, as well as to individual players with the best performances on each board in terms of win percentage. Eleven men's teams played a round-robin tournament held from 5 to 15 October. Sierra Leone registered a twelfth team but withdrew for not having enough players. Egypt won the team gold medal scoring 31½ board points despite losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. Symptoms usually begin ten to fifteen days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. If not properly treated, people may have recurrences of the disease months later. In those who have recently survived an infection, reinfection usually causes milder symptoms. This partial resistance disappears over months to years if the person has no continuing exposure to malaria. Malaria is caused by single-celled microorganisms of the '' Plasmodium'' group. It is spread exclusively through bites of infected '' Anopheles'' mosquitoes. The mosquito bite introduces the parasites from the mosquito's saliva into a person's blood. The parasites travel to the liver where they mature and reproduce. Five species of ''Plasmodium'' can infect and be spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nase Lungu
''Chondrostoma'' (from the Ancient Greek roots (''khondros'') 'lump' + (''stoma'') 'mouth' = 'lump-mouth') is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly known as nases, although this term is also used locally to denote particular species, most frequently the common nase (''C. nasus''). The common name refers to the protruding upper jaw of these fishes; it is derived from the German term ''Nase'' 'nose'. Several species have a very restricted range. Some of these endemics are very rare nowadays, and at least one species is globally extinct. Systematics In 2007 it was determined that the presumed monophyletic group consisted of six at least partly independent lineages of Leuciscinae, meaning that the rasping feeding apparatus evolved more than once. It was proposed to split the genus in six in consequence: '' Achondrostoma'', ''Chondrostoma'', '' Iberochondrostoma'', '' Pseudochondrostoma'', '' Protochondrostoma'' and ''Parachondrostoma''. But at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Chumfwa
Stanley Chumfwa (born October 31, 1976) is a Zambian chess player. He is an international master (IM). Chumfwa studied mathematics at the University of Zambia. Career In 2003 Stanley Chumfwa won the South African Open chess tournament, held in Centurion. He won the Zambian Chess Championship in 2005. In November 2005, Chumfwa competed in the African Chess Championship, in Lusaka (Zambia). Ahmed Adly finished first with 7 points from 9 games, while Chumfwa ended third with 6.5 points, thereby qualifying to enter the FIDE Chess World Cup 2005 tournament. In this knockout tournament, 128 participants, Chumfwa was beaten in the first round by Etienne Bacrot, who would later finish in third place. In 2010 he captained the Zambian team at the Chess Olympiad, in which 148 countries participated. Zambia ended 47. At the Chess Olympiad 2012, held in Istanbul, Zambia finished 63rd. The Zambian team consisted of Daniel Jere, Stanley Chumfwa, Gillan Bwalya, Andrew Kayonde and Nase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amon Simutowe
Amon Simutowe (born January 6, 1982) is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Science in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford. Childhood and early career Amon's mother died before his second birthday. While growing up Simutowe played football. He had originally set his dreams on being a striker for the Zambian national football team after playing at the youth level. He was introduced to chess by his brother Solomon at the age of ten. After two months, his interest shifted completely to chess and he played against his brother every day. At first his father was concerned about Amon spending too much time playing chess as he imagined it would distract him from his academic interests. Simutowe's brother saw a health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled Aoudia
Khaled is a male Arabic name, and may refer to: People * Khaled Azhari (born 1966), Egyptian politician * Khaled Chehab (1886–1978), Lebanese politician * Khaled (musician), an Algerian Raï musician * DJ Khaled, a Palestinian-American DJ Surname * Amr Khaled, an American Muslim activist and television preacher * Leila Khaled, a Palestinian refugee and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine * Mahjabeen Khaled, a Bangladeshi politician from the Bangladesh Awami League party Other * ''Khaled (album)'', the self-titled album by the Algerian musician (above) * ''Khaled (film)'', a 2011 Canadian drama film, directed by Asghar Massombagi * Khaled (horse), thoroughbred racehorse * '' Khaled: A Tale of Arabia'', an 1891 novel by F. Marion Crawford See also * Khalid (other) Khalid (Arabic: خَالِد ''khālid'') is a common ِArabic masculine given name in many Arab and Asian countries, which means "eternal, everlasting, immortal". Khalid may also ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krim Belkacem (chess Player)
Krim Belkacem ( or ) (September 14, 1922 – October 18, 1970) was an Algerian revolutionary and politician who was a notable figure during the Algerian War. As vice-president of the GPRA, he was the sole signatory of the Évian Accords on the Algerian side. After the 1965 coup d'état, he went into exile and was assassinated in Germany in 1970. Biography Krim was born in the village of Aït Yahia Moussa (now in Tizi Ouzou Province) in the Kabylie region of Algeria. During the Second World War, he joined the French Army, and was promoted corporal in the First Algerian Sharpshooter Regiment, reputedly becoming an excellent shot.Cheurfi, Achour, La Classe Politique Algerienne, Casbah Editions, Alger, 2006 - p 230 Demobilized on October 4, 1945, he returned to his home village, where he took up a bureaucratic post. Krim joined the underground Algerian People's Party at the beginning of 1946, setting up clandestine cells in 12 villages around Draa el-Mizan. Accused of the murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Haddouche
Mohamed Haddouche is an Algerian chess grandmaster. Chess career Haddouche is an eight-time winner of the Algerian Chess Championship, most recently in 2017. He has represented his country in five Chess Olympiads: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. He has won three medals in chess events at the African Games: gold and silver in 2003, and a second gold in 2007. He has also won three medals in chess events at the Pan Arab Games: silver and bronze in 2007, and gold in 2011. He played in the Chess World Cup 2017 The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian. This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup, 12 ye ..., being defeated by Ding Liren in the first round. He took second place at the 2018 Ivory Coast Rapid and Blitz Invitational. He won the Arab Individual Chess Championship in Sharjah, UAE in 2018. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamel Sebih
Kamel ( ar, كامل }) is a given name meaning ''perfect'' or ''the perfect one''. It may refer to: People with the given name Kamel * Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari (born 1973), Kuwaiti extrajudicial prisoner of the United States * Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah (1895–1935), Lebanese engineer * Kamel Ajlouni (born 1943), Jordanian endocrinologist * Kamel al-Budeiri (1882–1923), Palestinian politician * Kamel al-Kilani (born 1958), Iraqi politician * Kamel Al-Mousa (born 1982), Saudi Arabian football player * Kamel Asaad (1932–2010), Lebanese politician * Kamel Ayari, Tunisian wheelchair racer * Kamel Boughanem (born 1979), Moroccan-French football player * Kamel Chafni (born 1982), Moroccan football player * Kamel Ghilas (born 1984), Algerian football player * Kamel Hana Gegeo (died 1988), Iraqi murder victim * Kamel Habri (born 1976), Algerian football player * Kamel Kardjena (born 1981), Algerian Paralympic athlete * Kamel Lemoui, Algerian footballer * Kamel Maghur (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Henni
Mohamed "Momo" Henni (, ar, محمد هني, link=no; born 15 May 1989) is a French-Algerian YouTuber and internet personality. He is known for his videos in which he reacts to football matches, most notably those of Olympique de Marseille, and his excesses of anger following the defeats of his favorite club that often result in him destroying television sets. Early life and education Mohamed Henni was born in May 1989. Both of his parents are immigrated Algerians originating from the region of Oran. Mohamed is the youngest of six children. He was raised in Marseille, which explains his passion for Olympique de Marseille and the city, and Miramas, before obtaining a ''baccalauréat''. After joining a college of economics, he dropped out of school and did various jobs to earn a living. Career Henni began posting videos on Facebook in October 2012, burning a jersey of Paris Saint-Germain — the rivals of Olympique de Marseille – in a forest after a 2–2 draw between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
