After 9 Rounds : Smouha Men Chess Team Comes Fifth In The Egyptian Excellent National Chess League 2011/2012

After their appearance for the first time Smouha Men Chess team made a good start in the Egyptian Excellent Chess League by occupying the fifth place after 9 rounds (+4-3=1 while the game against El Sorta is postponed). The players are : IM\Aly Yasseen (2342 Elo) ,Mr\Ashraf Toson (2108 Elo) ,Mr\Mahmoud Hamdy Darwish (2148 Elo) ,Mr\Salah Mansour (2228 Elo) ,Mr\Nabil Rashed (2157 Elo) ,Mr\Ehab Abd Elaziz (2158 Elo) ,Mr\Nasser Mosallam (2096 Elo) ,Eng\Mohamed Sallam ,Dr\Asem Fatehy (1989 Elo) and Dr\Rafik Wahba (2264 Elo) ,Mostafa Ibrahim and the Youth are : George Mourad ,Yomna Khaled Mosaad and Omar Mostafa Idris (U-16) while Yasser Mohamed ,Omar Khaled Mossad and Marwan Tarek (U-14) while Abdel Rahman Yasser ,Heba Elwazzan and Mark Medhat (U-12) .The team's supervisors are Mr.Sherif Anter and Mr.Eslam Elmesery .
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Smouha First Chess Open 2011 For Women : A Marvelous Closing Ceremony And The Attendance Of Honorable Guests :Madame\Mona Ellabody And Mr\Yehya Mosalem

The closing ceremony for Smouha First Chess Open 2011 For Women -from 25-29 December-was marvelous and simple; it took place directly after the finish of the last game in the tournament between Reem Saad (U-16) and Sara Adel (U-8) .
Two honorable guests were invited and attended the closing ceremony : madame\Mona Ellabody and Mr\Yehya Mosalem.Madame\Mona Ellabody is a well known Egyptian and Arabian chess icon; she works now as a General Manager at the Egyptian Tax Authority and is considered the first Egyptian International Arbiter and previously worked as a trainer for the Emirates Women chess team and was the one who established the Egyptian women chess activity .Mr.\Yehya Mosalem is considered to be one of the prominent Egyptian and Arabian chess icons;he is an International Arbiter and previously worked as a deputy and member of board of the Egyptian chess federation .
From Smouha Club attended Major General\Omar Elkaaki -deputy executive manager of Smouha Club- and Dr.Mohamed Moustafa-Manager of the Physical Activity-who honored the honorable guests and shared in awarding the prizes for the winners.
I would like to thank -for their efforts-Mr.Moustafa Ibrahim-the tournament director-and IM\Aly Yasseen andMr.Eslam Elmesery-members of the organizing committee-and I.A\Mousa Gomaa-the chief arbiter-and Mr.Mohammed Saad and Mr.Naser Seddik-the tournament arbiters-and I.A\Eng.Hassan Khaled- responsible of the pairing-
Smouha First Chess Open 2011 For Women took place from 25-29 December 2011 at the VIP Hall -SCCA Hall-in Smouha Club under the auspice of Eng.Farag Amer-Chairman of Smouha Club-and Eng.Medhat Moheb -member of board of the Egyptian Chess Federation .
For more information: http://chess-results.com/tnr62562.aspx?lan=1
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