The Russian IM\Valentina Gunina Makes History And Wins The Prestigious Women European Chess Championship 2012

The Russian talented IM\Valentina Gunina (2511 Elo) made history and won -on tiebreaks- the title of the prestigious European Individual Women Chess Championship that took place from 2-13 March ,2012 in the Anatolian hotel in the beautiful city of Gaziantep ,Turkey and currently are followed by The European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships (from 15-18 March) under the auspice of the Turkish Chess Federation and the sponsorship of the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality the City of Gaziantep and the European Chess Union that provided a prize fund of 150,000 Euro for the three events -IM\Gunina won 20,500 Euro for the first prize-which makes it the biggest prize fund in the history of the European Women's chess events ;GM\Tatiana Kosintseva (2513 Elo) from Russia came second while GM\Anna Muzychuk (2583 Elo) from Slovenia-who was leading the tournament to the last 11th round that lost dramatically to IM\Gunina- came third .
Congratulations to all the winners and to Mr.Ali Nihat Yazıcı -Chairman of the Turkish Chess Federation-
For more information : http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr/component/content/article/38-haber/157-round-11-valentina-gunina-became-the-european-champion

A Short Video From The Simultaneous Chess Exhibition By FM\Andro Wagdy At SCCA On 2\3\2012

The Very Young Talented FM\Andro Wagdy (2038 Elo) Plays A Simultaneous Chess Exhibition In SCCA On 2/3/2012

FM\Andro Wagdy (2038 Elo) - a 15 years old chess prodigy and African and Arab chess champion- played earlier today a very successful  simultaneous chess exhibition against 12 young talented players from SCCA at the prestigious SCCA VIP hall 
The result was surprisingly +12-0=0 in favor of FM\Andro who played a very solid chess and used his huge experience to create winning positions on all boards .At the end FM\Andro played a blindfolded game against Yara Ibrahim Allam -8 years old-that ended in a draw .
For more photos:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111994441731961338602/TheVeryYoungTalentedFMAndroWagdy2038EloPlaysASimultaneousChessExhibitionInSCCAOn2

An Egyptian 18 Years Old Genius From Alexandria Makes It Into The Final 6 Regional Winners In Youtube Spacelab's Competition

Amr Mohammed Elmasry -18 years old student from Alexandria ,Egypt- was to able to achieve history and qualify for the final top six contenders who were selected at the level of regions of the world to win the global competition .The international competition attracted thousands of young youth from many countries around the world aged from (14-18) years old who competed to design innovative scientific experiments that could be carried in outer space .The contest was held in cooperation with a number of space agencies in the world including : NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ,ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that give the 2 first global winners a chance to have their experiments carried out in outer space (in the ISS -International Space Station) and to be broadcast-ed live on Youtube .The contestants who were selected for the six finalists were from : Egypt ,New Zealand ,India ,Spain and The United States Of America .
Amr's experiment is to investigate the effect of microgravity on behavior of jumping spiders (Zibra Spiders : Salticus Scenicus) catching their preys .The top six regional winners will travel to the USA on March to participate in a series of exciting events such as : flying in a simulation model to the outer space without gravity  and win a laptop Lenovo IdeaPad U 300s and have a chance to make a tour in Udvar-Havy (National Air And Space Museum) and then attend the Awards Ceremony on March the 22nd .
Congratulations Amr ..We are all proud of you !
For more information : 
https://www.youtube.com/spacelab?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_285270&src_vid=T41vZCadbAk 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9qF3Dgtd0o&feature=related

How To Beat The French Defence :A Lesson From The Veteran IM\Aly Yasseen

                               IM\Aly Yasseen (2340 Elo) played one of his best game ever in his chess career as he was able to show his skills when he played Mr.Khaled Attea (2218 Elo) during the match between Smouha and Badr chess teams in the Egyptinan Chess League that took place at SCCA VIP hall on Friday the 17th of February .IM\Aly Yasseen  -who is now 62 years old- demolished his experienced opponent  defenses with a means of a beautiful combination starting with a bishop sacrifice in a game that lasted for 25 minutes .

Another Short Video From The Match Between Smouha x Badr In The Egyptian Excellent League A

The game between Mr.Mahmoud Hamdy Darwish (2148 Elo) -from Smouha club- although had his opponent queen (Youssef Ismail (2078 Elo) pinned but could not escape the perpetual check by the black rook on the first and second ranks so a draw was inevitable . 

A Short Video From Round 11 Of The Egyptian Chess League 2011\2012 : Smouha X Badr (4.5:4.5))

The Egyptian Excellent Chess League A (Round 11) : Smouha X Badr (4.5:4.5)

After an exciting match  Smouha x Badr ended in an exciting draw (4.5:4.5) in the 11th round from the Egyptian Excellent chess league (A) that took place at the VIP Hall in SCCA on 17\2\2012 .On board (1) IM\Aly Yasseen (2340 Elo) -who is now 62 years old- played one of his best games ever and demolished his experienced opponent (Mr.Khaled Atea (2218 Elo)) defenses with a means of a beautiful combination starting with a bishop sacrifice in a game that lasted for 25 minutes , while on board (2) Mr.Ashraf Toson (2108 Elo) drew with Mr.Mohamed Ibrahim (2178 Elo) ;and on board (3) Mr.Mahmoud Hamdy Darwish (2148 Elo) -from Smouha club- although had his opponent queen (Youssef Ismail (2078 Elo) pinned but could not escape the perpetual check by the black rook on the first and second ranks .On board (4) Mr.Salah Mansour (2228 Elo) playing with the black pieces consumed a lot of time on one move that he actually lost on time after had been held in a difficult position by Mr.Reda Fadel (2162 Elo) ;while on board (5) Mr.Ehab Abd Elaziz (2158 Elo) drew with his inevitable weapon Bird opening against the well known player and trainer Mr.Amro Samy (2123 Elo) and on board (6) Mr.Nasser Mosallam (2096 Elo) drew with the black pieces against the Ruy Lopez of his strong opponent Mr.Mohamed Abd El Samee (2231 Elo) ,while Smouha young youth gathered 1.5 points from 3 games as :Omar Idris lost on board 7 from Aly Hassan Tawfeik ,and Omar Khaled won his game against Yussef Saiid and on board (9) Abd El Rahman Yasser Allam drew with Abdallah Saiid.
For more information : http://chess-results.com/tnr58193.aspx?art=3&rd=11&lan=1&turdet=YES
For more photos : https://plus.google.com/photos/111994441731961338602/albums/5711353710255319601