Chess in Algeria / Échecs en Algérie

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The first Arab Women's Chess Championship started on Tuesday (March 20th) in Gammarth, Tunisia. Seven countries are taking part in the championship, including UAE, Libya, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria and Yemen. Tunisia is participating with two teams. The programme allows only team competition and will not distinguish an individual champion. Each team consists of three players, who will play seven rounds on three boards each day of the event.

First Arab Women's Chess Championship starts in Tunisia

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The Arab Team chess championship for Women got under way at Tunis in Tunisia with a record number of 10 teams participating.

The UAE started the campaign by a 2-1 defeat of Yemen in the opening round. Team UAE is represented by Jamila Juma, Essa Kulood Faiqeh Saleh and Khadija Mallah.

The hosts have fielded three teams and Tunisia B team blanked Tunisia C by 3-0 in the inaugural round. Egypt lost a crucial match with Algeria as Mona Khaled of Egypt managed to pull back a point from Wissan Toubal in a complicated match.

The event is held under all play all league system of 9 rounds under the Fischer system of 90 minutes for the entire match and a 30 second bonus per move. Doctor Fatima Hadi, head of delegation of Team UAE, said, "We made a winning start and hope to do well in this important event."

The seeded teams of Iraq and Tunisia a got off to flying starts by defeating Jordan and Libya. Iraq, Algeria and Tunisia are the front runners in this team event.

Round 1 results: Tunis C 0 lost to 3 Tunis B (1 Shadha Al Moadab lost to Soumaya Msalami; 2 Nour El Houda Krifa lost to Amira Marzouk; 3 Najia Galai lost to Yousra Boufahja)

2 Tunis A 3 - bt 0 Libya (1 Amani Matoussi bt Enas Abo Elkasem; 2 Najla Krifa bt Safaa Elnaami; 3 Wafaa Mazita bt Wafaa Abo Elkasem)

3 Iraq 3 – bt 0 Jordan (1 WIM Eman Al Rufei bt Sondos Beno; 2 WFM Doha Mohamed bt Tania Emad; 3 WIM Delbak Ibrahim bt Ghaydaa El Attar)

4 UAE 2 - 1 Yemen (1 Jamila Juma drew Nadhmia Abdel Salam; 2 Khadija Malalla drew Amal Gameel; 3 Essa Kulood bt Hoda Elshereif)

5 Egypt 1 lost to - 2 Algeria (1 Eman Abdel Shaheed lost to Amina Mezioud; 2 Mona Khaled bt Wissan Toubal ; 3 Sohair F. Basta lost to Hayat Toubal)

Arab Team chess championship for women

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November 27, 2007 -- Sixteen countries are participating in the 5th Mediterranean Chess Championships for men and women, which kicked off Monday (November 26th) in Sousse. Participants hail from Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Spain, France, Andorra, Monaco, Malta, Turkey, Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Italy, Croatia and Lebanon. The event is organised by the Tunisian Federation of Chess Associations and the Mediterranean Chess Association.

Mediterranean Chess Championship kicks off in Sousse

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Fifth edition of Mediterranean Championship

December 14, 2007 -- The 5th edition of the Mediterranean Chess Championship held in Sousse, Tunisia, was a bumper event with sixty participants coming from seventeen different countries taking part.

This bodes well for the organizers and reflects the growing interest in the tournament.

Current Malta champion, Patrick Zerafa and ex Malta Champion Peter Sammut Briffa represented Malta in this event and crossed swords with their Mediterranean counterparts.

Both Zerafa and Sammut Briffa played at their expected level scoring four points each.

The tournament served as a significant international experience for nineteen year old Zerafa who had the pleasure of defeating International Master Saad Belouadah, of Algeria, in Round one.

The overall tournament was won by International Master Darko Doric from Croatia ahead of Grandmaster Suat Atalik of Turkey who was holder of the crown for the last two editions.

The third place was taken by the likable International Master from Mallorca, Spain, Sergio Estremera who is a very solid player. Estremera was accompanied by his wife, Monica Calzetta, who is a professional Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

The Women’ s Championship was won by WIM Lilje Drljevic from Montenegro.

Second place went to WGM Milliet and third place to WGM Elena Sedina of Italy.

The tournament was organised by Latiri Tahar from Hammam Sousse and the Tunisian Chess Federation.

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Arab Chess Championship: Algerian players rank second and third

January 3, 2008 -- Algerian chess players came just short of winning the Arab Chess Championship that took place from December 25th to December 31st in Taaz, Yemen. Algeria's Sabrina Latreche took the silver medal with 6.5 points, one point less than the title winner Knarik Mardiane of Lebanon. Algeria's Hayat Toubal and Amira Hamza won third and fourth place, respectively.

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Iran, Algeria to organize chess contests

Tehran, February 18, 2008 -- The heads of the Iranian and Algerian chess federations are to jointly organize chess competitions in Tehran and Algiers.

Head of Iran's Chess Federation Mohammad Ebrahim Madahi and his Algerian counterpart Halim Bu Nahas also agreed to facilitate their ports persons and coaches to participate in different chess contests organized in their countries.

Bu Nahas said Iran's success in winning the third title of Asian competitions in the chess event in Doha and of the indoor games in Macao all indicate the country's progress in this athletic event.

"It is an honor for us to be in contact with Iran which is the third major chess center after China and India in Asia," said Bu Nahas.