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Pakistani Chess Championship
The Pakistani Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Pakistan The Chess Federation of Pakistan is national governing body to promote and develop chess in Pakistan. It was established in 1957, and joined FIDE in 1973. Mr. Hanif Qureshi is the current President of the Federation, having been elected unani .... Prior to 1970 four championships were held in West Pakistan without participation by players from East Pakistan. This changed in 1970 with the founding of the Pakistan National Chess Federation, which for the first time incorporated players and executive members from both parts of Pakistan, and the national championship that year was held in Chittagong. In 1977 the name of the organization was changed to the Chess Federation of Pakistan. The first Pakistani Women's Chess Championship was held in 2000. Open championship winners : Multiple titles: *16 titles: IM Mahmood Lodhi *4 titles: Zahiruddin Farooqui *3 titles: Shaikh Muhammad Akram, Tunvee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Federation Of Pakistan
The Chess Federation of Pakistan is national governing body to promote and develop chess in Pakistan. It was established in 1957, and joined FIDE in 1973. Mr. Hanif Qureshi is the current President of the Federation, having been elected unanimously in June 2022. It organizes the Pakistani Chess Championship and other local tournaments. Affiliations The Chess Federation of Pakistan is affiliated with: * FIDE * Asian Chess Federation The Asian Chess Federation (ACF) is the continental governing body of the sport of chess in Asia. Tournaments * Asian Chess Championship The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations ( FIDE ... * Commonwealth Chess Association * Pakistan Sports Board Affiliated associations The following bodies are associated with the CFP: * Azad Kashmir Chess Association * Balochistan Chess Association * Gilgit Baltistan Chess Association * Islamabad Chess Association * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chess A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunveer Mohyuddin Gillani
Tunveer Mohyuddin Gillani (born 17 February 1969) is a Pakistani chess player who is three-times Pakistani Chess Championship winner (1991, 2004, 2006). He is Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2006). Biography Tunveer Mohyuddin Gillani three times won Pakistani Chess Championship: in 1991, 2004, and 2006. In 2009, in New Delhi he participated in World Chess Championship Asian Zonal 3.2 Tournament and ranked 8th. Tunveer Mohyuddin Gillani played for Pakistan in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+6, =1, -5), * In 2000, at second board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3, =5, -4), * In 2004, at first board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+3, =2, -6), * In 2006, at first board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+6, =2, -0) and won individual gold medal, * In 2010, at fourth board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess National Championships
Chess is a board game for two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from chess variant, related games such as (Chinese chess) and (Japanese chess). Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to generically as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns. White moves first, followed by Black; then moves alternate. The object of the game is to checkmate (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nida Mishraz Siddiqui
Nida or NIDA may refer to: People * Nida Allam (born 1993), American politician * Nida Fazli (1938–2016), Indian Hindi and Urdu poet and lyricist * Nida Eliz Üstündağ (born 1996), Turkish female swimmer * Eugene Nida (1914–2011), American linguistics and translation scholar Places * Nida, Lithuania * Nida, Oklahoma * Nida, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland * Nida Plateau in Greece * Nida (river) in Poland * Nida (Roman town), an ancient Roman town in the northwestern suburbs of Frankfurt, Germany Other uses * ''Al Nida (newspaper)'', a defunct newspaper in Lebanon * ''Al-Nida' (Kuwait)'', Kuwaiti newspaper * Nida Civic Movement, a civic movement in Azerbaijan * NIDA (political party), a political party in the Netherlands * Nida, a character in the computer game ''Final Fantasy VIII'' * Niddah, the Orthodox Jewish laws of family purity * Typhoon Nida (other) * National Institute of Development Administration, a graduate university in Bangkok, Thailand * Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenobia Wasif
Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city, Odaenathus. Her husband became king in 260, elevating Palmyra to supreme power in the Near East by defeating the Sassanians and stabilizing the Roman East. After Odaenathus' assassination, Zenobia became the regent of her son Vaballathus and held de facto power throughout his reign. In 270, Zenobia launched an invasion that brought most of the Roman East under her sway and culminated with the annexation of Egypt. By mid-271 her realm extended from Ancyra, central Anatolia, to southern Egypt, although she remained nominally subordinate to Rome. However, in reaction to the campaign of the Roman emperor Aurelian in 272, Zenobia declared her son emperor and assumed the title of empress (declaring Palmyra's secession from Rome). The Romans we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating system, Elo rating and norm (chess), norms (performance benchmarks in competitions including other titled players). Once awarded, titles are held for life except in cases of Cheating in chess, fraud or cheating. Open titles may be earned by all players, while women's titles are restricted to female players. Many strong female players hold both open and women's titles. FIDE also awards titles for arbiters, organizers and trainers. Titles for correspondence chess, chess problem composition and chess problem solving are no longer administered by FIDE. A chess title, usually in an abbreviated form, may be used as an honorific. For example, Magnus Carlsen may be styled as "GM Magnus Carlsen". History The term "master" for a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amer Karim , a town in Sindh province of Pakistan
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Amer may refer to: Places * Amer (river), a river in the Dutch province of North Brabant * Amer, Girona, a municipality in the province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain * Amber, India (also known as Amer, India), former city of Rajasthan state ** Amber Fort (also Amer Fort), India * AMER, a country grouping that refers to America or the Americas People * Amer (name) * Beni-Amer people, a mixed ethnic group inhabiting Sudan and Eritrea Other uses * Amer International Group, a Chinese company * Amer Sports, a Finnish headquartered sporting goods company * ''Amer'' (film), a 2009 Belgian-French thriller See also * Umerkot Umerkot (formerly known as Amarkot) is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The local language is Dhatki, which is one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is most closely related to Marwari. Sindhi, Urdu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilgit
Gilgit (; Shina: ; ur, ) is the capital city of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit River and the Hunza River. It is a major tourist destination in Pakistan, serving as a hub for trekking and mountaineering expeditions in the Karakoram mountain range. Gilgit was once a major centre for Buddhism; it was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road, and today serves as a major junction along the Karakoram Highway with road connections to China as well as the Pakistani cities of Skardu, Chitral, Peshawar, and Islamabad. Currently, it serves as a frontier station for the local tribal areas. The city's economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture, with wheat, maize, and barley as the mainly-produced crops. Etymology The city's ancient name was ''Sargin'', later to be known as ''Gilit'', and it is still referred to as ''Gilit'' or ''Sargin-Gilit'' by the local people. The native Khowar and Wakhi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. FIDE was founded in Paris, France, on July 20, 1924.World Chess Federation FIDE (April 8, 2009). Retrieved on 2013-07-28. Its motto is ''Gens una sumus'', Latin for "We are one Family". In 1999, FIDE was recognized by the (IOC). As of May 2022, there are 200 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s, it replaced Rawalpindi as Pakistan's national capital. The city is notable for its high standards of living, safety, cleanliness, and abundant greenery. Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for the presence of several parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Times (Pakistan)
The ''Daily Times'' (''DT'') is an English-language Pakistani newspaper. Launched on April 9, 2002, ''Daily Times'', is simultaneously published from Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. The newspaper was owned by Governor of Punjab and Pakistan Peoples Party member Salmaan Taseer.Profile of newspaper Daily Times (Pakistan) on newsepapers.com website Retrieved 23 October 2019 Staff and columnists The ''Daily Times'' is a newspaper that advocates liberal and ideas. The ''Daily Times'' is listed as a member publication on the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAWN (newspaper)
''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English language, English-language newspaper that was launched in British Raj, British India in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and also serves as the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station ''CityFM89'' as well as the marketing and media magazine ''Aurora''. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, launched the newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, with the goal of establishing it as a mouthpiece for the All-India Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942. Based in Karachi, it also maintains offices in Lahore and the capital city of Islamabad, in addition to having correspondents abroad. , it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000. The newspaper's current chief editor is Zaffar Abbas. History ''Dawn'' began as a weekly publication, based in New Delhi. Under the instruction of Jinnah, it became t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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