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Chess At The 2007 Pan Arab Games
The chess events at the 2007 Pan Arab Games were held from 13 to 21 November at the Olympic Centre in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. Twelve men's teams and nine women's teams competed separately in tournaments conducted at time controls (all moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 seconds per move). Medals were awarded to the teams scoring the highest number of board points, as well as to individual players with the best performances by percentage score on each board with at least five games played. Medals were also awarded to the best overall performances on any board by percentage score. Bronze medals were awarded for both third and fourth-place individual performances. The men's teams played a nine-round Swiss-system tournament. Each men's team consisted of six players and matches were contested over four . Egypt was the only team to finish the tournament undefeated, conceding only one draw to Algeria and winning the gold medal for the second time in a row with 26 board points. Syria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maadi
Maadi ( ar, المعادي / transliterated: ) is a leafy suburban district south of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about upriver from downtown Cairo. The Nile at Maadi is parallelled by the Corniche, a waterfront promenade and the main road north into Cairo. There is no bridge across the Nile at Maadi; the nearest one is located at El Mounib along the Ring Road (Tarik El-Da'eri, en, The Round Road) on the way north to the downtown. Maadi's population was estimated to be 97,000 in 2016. The district is popular with international expatriates as well as Egyptians and is home to many embassies, as well as major international schools, sporting clubs, and cultural institutions such as the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt and the national Egyptian Geological Museum. Name Ma'ǎdi معادي is the plural form of the word ma'diyya, arz, معدية, which means "ferry"; hence, El-Ma'adi literally means "The ferries". There was a story that the name comes fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Mohamed
Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is closer to exquisite, superb or perfect. Samira is the feminine spelling, also found in both languages. People with the name Given name Artists and musicians * Samir (filmmaker), Samir Jamal al Din / Jamal Aldin, a Swiss film maker of Iraqi origin *Samir Badran, Swedish television personality and singer, part of duo Samir & Viktor *Samir Chamas, Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor *Samir Ghanem, Egyptian comedian * Samir Soni, Indian actor Politicians *Samir Allioui, Dutch politician * Samir Frangieh, Lebanese politician *Samir Geagea, Lebanese politician * Samir Kassir, Lebanese politician *Samir Mouqbel (born 1939), Lebanese politician *Samir Saïed, Tunisian politician *Samir Sharifov, Azerbaijani politician *Sameer Zuberi, Canadian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zendan Al-Zendani
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Mohammed Al-Sayed
Mohamad Naser Al Sayed (born November 2, 1981) is a Qatari chess Grandmaster (since 2009). He is ranked 2nd best player in Qatar. As of September 2018, his FIDE Elo rating The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor. The Elo system was invented as an improved c ... is 2484. Performance in competitions Al-Sayed claimed the 3rd Arab elite chess championship title in Dubai, in June 2015. He has played for Qatar at eleven chess Olympiads since 1994. References 1981 births Chess Grandmasters Living people Qatari chess players Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Qatar {{Asia-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen Olympic Committee
Yemen Olympic Committee (IOC code: YEM) is the National Olympic Committee representing Yemen. It was created in 1974 and formally recognized by the IOC in 1981. References External links Yemen Olympic Committee Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast an ... Oly Yemen at the Olympics 1971 establishments in Yemen Sports organizations established in 1971 {{Yemen-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Al-Modiahki
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki ( ar, محمد أحمد المضيحكي; born June 1, 1974) is a chess Grandmaster. He was the first player in Qatar to earn the title of grandmaster, and is the country's highest ranked player. He was awarded the trophy of the ''Player of the Century within the Arab Countries''. Al-Modiahki has participated in nine Chess Olympiads in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006 with an overall record of (+60,=28,-21). At the 32nd Chess Olympiad in 1996 and he won the gold medal for his individual performance on the first board, scoring 8/10. A performance which he repeated at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in 1998, this time with 7.5/8. In 1994 and 2002, his individual performance earned him the bronze medal. He played four times in the knock out stages of the FIDE World Chess Championships in Las Vegas (1999), New Delhi (2000), Moscow (2002) and Libya 2004. He won the Arab Chess Championship on four occasions: in 1994, 1997, 2000 and 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Belkhodja
Slim Belkhodja (born 23 November 1962) is a Tunisian chess Grandmaster (2002). Career In 1985, he won the 58th Paris City Chess Championship. In 2001, he came first in the Arab Chess Championship. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Rafael Vaganian. In 2004, he tied for first place with Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the 27th Syre Memorial in Issy les Moulineaux. He played in the Chess World Cup 2005 and was knocked out in the first round by Sergei Tiviakov. Belkhodja played for Tunisia in the Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...s of 1982, 1984, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. References External links * * 1962 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Tunisian chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djamel Ferhi
Djamel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Djamel Abdoun (born 1986), French-born Algerian footballer *Djamel Amani (born 1962), former Algerian professional footballer *Djamel Ameziane, Algerian citizen, former resident of Canada, held in the US Guantanamo Bay detention camps *Djamel Bakar (born 1989), French football player of Comorian descent *Djamel Beghal (born 1965), French Algerian man convicted of terrorism *Djamel Belmadi (born 1976), retired Algerian footballer and current head coach of Lekhwiya *Djamel Bouras (born 1971), French judoka of Algerian origin *Djamel Laroussi, Algerian singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player *Djamel Leeflang (born 1992), Dutch footballer *Djamel Lifa (born 1969), retired boxer from France *Hervé Djamel Loiseau, French soldier burnt to death in the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001 *Djamel Mastouri, Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T37 middle-distance events *Djamel Menad (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Amine Ghafoul
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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] |
Saad Belouadah
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