SCCA Students Deservedly Won The 2011 Egyptian National Youth Championship At Bibliotheca Alexandrina In Alexandria ,Egypt

Yara Ibrahim Allam

Abd Elrahman Yasser Allam (2052 Elo)

Ammar ahmed Samy With GM\Bassem Samir Amin

Sara and Mariam Nabil Mansour

Heba Hassan Elwazan -on the left-(2027 Elo)

From Left Khouloud Abd Elmonaem , Medhat Moheb ,Salma Wagdy

SCCA -Smouha Club Chess Academy- students deservedly won the 2011 Egyptian National Youth Chess Championships that took place from 12-19 June at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria ,Egypt .

The young talented boys and girls played an excellent tournament and won most of their games brilliantly and powerfully.

The results were as follows :

Salma Wagdi (Girls U-10) won the championship and came first ,Ammar Ahmed Samy (Open U-8) and Heba Hassan Elwazan (2027 Elo) -Girls U-12- came second ;while Yara Ibrahim Allam (Girls U-8) and AbdElrahman Yasser Allam (2052 Elo) came third ;also Khouloud Abd Elmonaem (Girls U-12) came fourth while Sara Nabil Mansour (Girls U-8) and Mohab Yasser Allam (Open U-10) came fifth.

Hana Hassan (Girls U-8) and Nada Abbas (Girls U-10) and Omar Khaled (Open U-14) came 6th ;while Kyreya Arsany (Girls U-12) came 7th ;also Mariam Nabil Mansour (Girls U-8) and Mark Medhat Moheb (Open U-10) came in the eighth place ; while Omar Moustafa (Open U-14) came tenth ;Ahmed Sameh (Open U-12) was the 12th and finally Marwan Tarek the 14th and Ahmed Bahaa the 20th in (Open U-14).

I wish my students the best and to see them all soon Grandmasters !

Photos And Impressions From The 2011 National Youth Chess Championship At Bibliotheca Alexandrina In Alexandria Egypt

FM\Andro Wagdy x Omar Khaled

The very talented Yomna , Ammar and Abd Elrahman

Mark Medhat playing in Open U-10

Anas x Samy Samer

Equally First Yara Allam (Girls U-8)

Romany Nasser x Abd Elrahman Yasser (Open U-10)

More Photos are Found here

Super GM\Bassem Samir Amin Shines At The Closing Ceremony Of The 2011 Egyptian Youth Chess Championship At Bibliotheca Alexandrina In Alexandria , Egypt

Super Chess GM\Bassem Samir Amin (2596) -who is well known as Egypt's second highest rated player and a former child chess prodigy and simply a chess genius http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-was the guest of honor at the closing ceremony of the 2011 National Youth Chess Championship which took place from 12-19 June at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria , Egypt.

GM\Bassem played a chess simultaneous which lasted more than 4 hours against 30 young champions as he scored +29=0-1 as he lost only one game to Aya Motaz (the winner of the bronze medal U-14 Girls) .

The honorable guest signed many photographs for the young champions and welcomed to take photos with them all . GM\Bassem has a charismatic type of personality : modest , sincere,kind person ; a real gentleman who has the ethics of a real hero and an elite world class chess player.

A Huge Success Of The National Youth 2011 Chess Championship In Alexandria ,Egypt

The Egyptian National Youth Chess Championship 2011 took place from 12 to 19 June 2011 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria , Egypt .The tournament was under the auspice of the Egyptian Chess Federation -headed by Chairman Dr.Moustafa Abu Elkaeir, Alexandria Chess Region ,and Bibliotheca Alexandrina -Dr.Ismail Serag Eldin , Eng.Hoda Elmeqaty ,Eng.Ayman Elsayed and Mr.AbdAllah and Miss\Zeinab Alaa ;Mr.Amr Samy -sponsored by Royal Group -Eng Ahmed Adel Elsmahey and Mr.Mohamed Fawzy who made great effort-

The results were as follows:

U8 Open :
1- Mohamed Tamer
2- Ammar Ahmed Samy (Smouha Club)
3- Aly Mahmoud Hassan

U10 Open :
1- Adham Mohamed Kandil
2- Khaled Mohamed Amin
3- Omar Yasser Hamed

U12 Open :
1- Adham Fawzi
2- Mohamed Zayan
3- Abdel-Rahman Yasser Allam (Smouha Club)

U14 Open :
1- Andro Wagdi
2- Alaa El-Hareth
3- Mohamed Mahmoud Hussein

U8 Girls :
1- Sara Adel Ibrahim
2- Laila Mohamed Amin
3- Yara Ibrahim Allam (Smouha Club)

U10 Girls :
1- Salma Wagdi (Smouha Club)
2- Laila Gamal Hussien
3- Dalia Osman

U12 Girls :
1- Zeinab Gamal El-Deen
2- Heba Hassan (Smouha Club)
3- Maha Sameh Ibrahim

U14 Girls :
1- Shahenda Wafa
2- Sohaila Abdel-Moneam
3- Ayah Moataz 

Also from Smouha club Sara Nabil came fifth  and Hana Hassan came 6th and Mariam Nabil came 8th in Girls  U-8  and Nada Abbas came 6th in U-10 Girls ,Khloud AbdElmonaem came 4th and Kyreya Arsany came 7th in Girls U-12 .In open U-10 Mohab Yasser Allam came 5th and Mark Medhat came 8th and in open U-10 Ahmed Sameh came 12th and finally in open U-14 Omar Khaled came 6th and Omar Moustafa 10th ;and Marwan Tarek 14th and Ahmed Bahaa 20th.

The tournament director was Dr.Essam Hamouda and The Chief Arbiter was I.A Mr.Yeyeya Mosalem and FA\Mr.Mohamed Farouk Fahim was responsible for the pairing ;the arbiters were :I.A Mr.Ahmed Yousef ;I.A.Moussa Gomaa and first class Arbiters :Mr.Mohamed Saad -who made a huge effort-and Mr.Nasser Sedik and Mr.Mohamed Galal and Mr.Hisham Elsenousy.

Congratulations to all !

Impressions And Photos From The 2011 African Individual Chess Championship At Maputo, Mozambique From June 3rd-14th

Source of all photos : https://picasaweb.google.com/egychessfed/African_indvid?authkey=Gv1sRgCPTBl-qt4MGFFg

The Egyptian Pharaoh GM\Ahmed Adly (2630) And The Talented WGM\Mona Khaled (2076) Deservedly Won The 2011 African Individual Chess Championship At Maputo, Mozambique from June 3rd-14th

 The Egyptian Chess Pharaoh and former World Chess Champion U-20 -in 2007-GM\Ahmed Adly (2630) deservedly clinched the title of the 2011 African Individual Chess Championship by scoring an incredible score of 8 points out of 9 games with a performance of (2734) ;GM\Essam Elgindy (2506) -from Egypt-came second with 6.5 points while FM\Robert Henry Steel from South Africa came third with 6.5 points .In the Woman's Section the Egyptian Queen WGM\Mona Khaled (2076) clinched the title with 7.5 points after a hard fought competition from WIM\Amina Mezioud (2037) from Algeria who came second while WIM\Denise Frick from South Africa came third.
Congratulations to all !
Source of the photo (The well known famous International lecturer and trainer Eng.Hassan Khaled between the 2 Champions) : https://picasaweb.google.com/egychessfed/African_indvid?authkey=Gv1sRgCPTBl-qt4MGFFg
For more information : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr50993.aspx?art=0&lan=1&fedb=RSA&fed=RSA&turdet=YES

Senator Robert Kennedy Memorial : The Final Journey

 Robert F. Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy, former attorney general, senator and presidential candidate, was shot on June 5, 1968, and died the next morning.  The funeral Mass for Senator Kennedy took place at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, Saturday, June 8, 1968.

The remains were then transported upon a slow-moving train to Washington, D.C., via Newark and Trenton, N.J.; Philadelphia, Pa.; and Baltimore, Md. The railway system stopped all northbound traffic between Washington, D.C., and New York, and many people gathered along the route to pay tribute to Senator Kennedy.

Source of the photo : http://www.fadwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/nyc2435.jpg
Source of the video : http://www.youtube.com/user/9ps#p/u/8/OG4vJxi9Kis

A Tribute To The Legendary Late American Senator Robert Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968)

 Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and acted as one of his advisors during his presidency. From 1961 to 1964, he was the U.S Attorney General Following his brother John's assassination on November 22, 1963, Kennedy continued to serve as Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson for nine months. In September 1964, Kennedy resigned to seek the U.S. Senate seat from New York, which he won in November. Within a few years, he publicly split with Johnson over the Vietenam War In March 1968, Kennedy began a campaign for the presidency and was a front-running candidate of the Democratic Party. In the California Presidential Primary on June 4, Kennedy defeated Eugene McCarthy, a U.S. Senator from Minnesota . Following a brief victory speech delivered just past midnight on June 5 at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Mortally wounded, he survived for nearly 26 hours, dying early in the morning of June 6...( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy )

Source of the photo : http://tinyurl.com/6dvtd3v
Source of the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgpUMr7er54&feature=related
Rest in peace my hero !

After 5 Rounds :The Egyptians lead The 2011 African Individual Chess Championship At Mozambic : Super GM\Ahmed Adly (2630) with 4.5 points and WGM\Mona Khaled (2076) With 4 points

Under the auspice of the African Chess Union and the Mozambican Chess Federation ,the 2011 African Individual Chess Championship is taking place in Mozambic (portugheză Moçambique) from 4\6\2011 to 13\6\2011 .

After 5 rounds Egyptian No.1 Super GM\Ahmed Adly (2630) is leading the open section with 4.5 points while the talented Egyptian WGM\Mona Khaled (2076) is leading the Woman Section with 4 points.

 29 players from 10 African Countries are competing in the Open Section while 16 players are competing in the Woman Section.The Egyptian Chess delegation is headed by Dr.Mostafa Abolkhair -Chairman of the Egyptian Chess Federation-and the well known International lecturer , trainer and arbiter Eng.Hassan Khaled

The Egyptian players are :

2 WGM Mona Khaled 2076 EGY 1 1 1 ½ ½ 4.0 1

8 WIM Alaa El Din Yosra 1862 EGY 1 0 0 1 ½ 2.5 8

9 Mahmoud Merihan 1842 EGY 0 1 0 1 ½ 2.5 9

10 WFM Wafa Shrook 1768 EGY 0 1 0 1 0 2.0 11

1 GM Adly Ahmed 2630 EGY 1 1 ½ 1 1 4.5 1

2 GM Amin Bassem 2596 EGY 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 3.0 7

3 GM El Gindy Essam 2506 EGY 1 1 1 1 0 4.0 2

4 IM El Taher Fouad 2486 EGY ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.0 11

5 IM Ezat Mohamed 2453 EGY 1 1 ½ 0 0 2.5 13

16 Nyazi Nehad 2216 EGY 0 1 1 0 ½ 2.5 14

Source : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr50993.aspx?art=25&fedb=EGY&lan=1&turdet=YES and https://picasaweb.google.com/egychessfed/African_indvid?authkey=Gv1sRgCPTBl-qt4MGFFg