FM\Moheb Amir Deservedly Won Smouha Second Closed Chess International Tournament

Ex African and Arab Champion (U-16) FM\Moheb Amir (2158 Elo) -now U-18- won his last game in the tournament against Mr.Ehab Abdel Aziz (2177) with a great style to clinch the title with 7.5 points while the tournament leader Mr.Moustafa Raslan (2112) drew his game aginst Mr.Tarek Abdel Wahed (2108) to come second with 7 points and fifth with 6.5 points consecutively .
Mr.Nabil Rashed (2139) won his game against Mr.Ahmed Mohamed Saad (2081) to come fourth with 7 points .Mr\Nasser Mosallam (2064) won his game against Eng.Remon Fekry (2168) to come third with 7 points .
The winner of the first prize for unrated players was Dr.Fatehy Assem who played a great tournament and won his final game with the white pieces against Mr.Hossam Mosallam (2067) to score 6 points .
Abdel Rahman Yasser Allam (U-12) came second for unrated players with 5.5 points while Eng.Mohamed Sallam ,Mr.Kareim Anton and Gerorge Mourad came from 3rd to 5th places with 5 points .
Hana Elwazzan won the trophy of the Sprtsmanship trophy .
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Smouha Second Closed International Chess Tournament :Round 8

FM\Moheb Amir blundered away a Knight and lost his first game in the tournament-playing with the black pieces- against the more experienced player Mr.Nabil Rashed ,also on board (2) Mr.Moustafa Raslan drew his game against Mr.Nasser Mosallam while on board (3) Mr.Tarek Abd Elwahed won his game against Mr.Salah Hanafy ; and on board (4) Mr.Khaled Abdel El Ghany lost his game -playing with the white pieces- against Mr.Ehab Abdel Aziz. The big surprise came on board (7) when the unrated  Dr.Asem Fatehy won a beautiful game against Alexandria Champion for many years Mr.Ashraf Toson (2136) . 
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Smouha Second Closed International Chess Tournament :Round 7

Before the start of Round 7 all attendances in the playing hall stood for a minute of silence in tribute to the souls of the Egyptian soldiers who lost their lives in a filthy heinous crime on the border with Israel .
FM\Moheb Amir (2158) drew his game against the well known and experienced player Mr.Nasser Mosallam (2064) to keep his lead with 6.5 points while Mr.Moustafa Raslan (2112) won his game against Mr.Ehab Abdel Aziz (2177) to come in second place alone with 6 points while Mr.Nasser Mosallam (2064) ,Mr.Nabil Rashed (2139) and Mr.Salah Hanafy (2094)  came third with 5 points .
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Smouha Second Closed International Chess Tournament :Round 6

FM\ Moheb Amir (2158) won his game with the white pieces against Eng.Remon Fekry (2168)- a Winawer French-to keep the lead by 6 points out of 6 games ; followed by Mr.Moustafa Raslan (2112) and Mr.Naser Mosallam (2064) with 5 points and then came Eng.Remon Fekry (2168) and Mr.Ehab Abdel Aziz (2177) with 4.5 points .

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Smouha Second Closed International Chess Tournament :Round 5

FM\Moheb Amir (2158) leads alone with perfect score 5 points followed by Eng\Remon Fekry (2168) with 4.5 points then comes with 4 points : Mr.Moustafa Raslan (2112) ,Mr.Nabil Rashed (2139),Mr.Salah Hanfy (2094) and Mr.Nasser Mosallam (2064) Mr.Kareim Anton comes first unrated player with 3 points .
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Smouha Second Closed International Chess Tournament :Round 4

 After (4) rounds FM\ Moheb Amir (2158) ,Mr.Moustafa Raslan (2112) lead with 4 points followed by ,Mr.Ehab Abdel Aziz (2177) and Eng.Remon Fekry (2168) with 3.5 points followed by : Mr.Nabil Rashed (2139) ,Mr.Khaled Abd Elghany(2113) ,Mr.Salah Hanfy (2094) ,Mr.Tarek Rashed (2080) ,Mr.Tarek Abdel Wahed (2108) and Mr.Nasser Mosallam (2064)  with 3 points .
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Smouha Second Closed International Chess Tournament :Round 3

 After (3) rounds FM\ Moheb Amir (2158) , Mr.Nabil Rashed (2139) ,Mr.Moustafa Raslan (2112) and Mr.Khaled Abd Elghany (2113) lead with 3 points followed by Mr.Hosam Mosallam (2067) ,Mr.Ehab Abdel Aziz (2177) and Eng.Remon Fekry (2168) with 2.5 points .
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Photos And Impressions From Round 2 Of SCCA Second Closed International Tournament

After 2 rounds FM\Moheb Ameir leads with 2 points also with the sames score comes Mr.Nabil Rashed ,Mr.Khaled AbdEl Ghany ,Mr.Moustafa Raslan ,Mr.Tarek Abdel Wahed ,Mr.Salah Hanfy ,Mr.Ahmed Mohamed Saad ,Mr.Tarek Rashed and Mr.Hosam Mosallam .

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Photos And Impressions From Round 1 Of SCCA Second Closed International Tournament : A Successful Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of Smouha Second Closed Internationa Chess Tournament was simple and elegant .I welcomed all the honorable players , guests and the players families and wished them all success and good luck .
Chief Arbiter I.A Mr\Yehya Mosallem announced all the regulations and rules that would be followed and then gave permission to the start of round 1
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Smouha Club Holds SCCA Second International Closed Chess Tournament From 13\8\2011 - 21\8\2011 بطولة سموحة الثانية الدولية المقفولة

Under the auspice of Engineer\Farag Amer -Chairman Of Smouha Club -and the Egyptian Chess Federation (Chairman Dr.Moustafa Abu Elkhair) and the contribution of Smouha members Smouha Club  holds SCCA Second Closed Chess Tournament from 13\8 to 21\8\2011.
20 rated players U-2200 will participate and also Miss\Nadhmia AbdElsalam -Chairman Of The General Union for Women's Sport and Vice President Of The Olympic Committee-from Yemen honors the tournament with the participation of the rated players :Mada ElShereif and Omaima Awad from Yemen .
تحت رعاية السيد المهندس/محمد فرج عامر -رئيس مجلس ادارة نادى سموحة 
الرياضي  وتحت إشراف  الإتحاد المصرى للشطرنج برئاسة الدكتور/مصطفى أبو  الخير رئيس مجلس الإدارة و أيضاً التعاون المثمر لأعضاء النادى ينظم نادى سموحة بطولة الشطرنج الثانية المقفولة فى الفترة من 13/8 إلى  21/8
يشرف البطولة مشاركة لأستاذة/نظمية عبد السلام رئيسة الإتحاد العام لرياضة المرأة و نائب رئيس اللجنة الأوليمبية بجمهورية اليمن الشقيق و أيضاً الأستاذة مادا الشريف و الأستاذة/أميمة عوض 
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Chess Tactics From The 50th World Junior & 29th Junior Girls Chess Championships U-20 In India : What Should White Play ?

From round (6) and in the diagrammed position white blundered with : 28.a3 ??  allowing the killer 28... Rxb2 and black won by force as follows : 29.Rxb2 Qxa3 30.Nd3 Nc4 31.Qg3 Qxc3+ (0-1)

White had at his disposal a simple move that should have ended the game in his favor .
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