A Tragic Loss:Mr.Hussein Nafady Chairman Of The Egyptian Chess Federation Passed Away

Egypt lost on Saturday 14th of August one of the most loyal and honorable persons :Mr.Hussein Nafady -Chairman of the Egyptian Chess Federation-who passed away after a short illness.
Words cannot even begin to express the sorrow and the grieve felt by all the Egyptian chess community.
I want to extend my condolences and sympathy to his kind family ; all his friends and all the Egyptian chess family. I know that his passing will not only leave a void in our lives, but in the hearts of all those who knew him.

The Legendary 12th World Chess Champion GM\Anatoly Karpov Visit To SCCA :A Historical Game (Part 3)

After the end of the official celebration of the honorable guests , a historical game took place between Engineer\Farag Amer -playing white -against the legendary World Chess Champion GM\Anatoly Karpov who had the black pieces.The opening was a Queen's Pawn game that ended peacefully after 4 moves after a draw offer proposed by Mr.Hussein Nafady -Chairman of the Egyptian Chess Federation.

The Legendary 12th World Chess Champion GM\Anatoly Karpov Visit To SCCA (Part 2)

The honorable personalities and guests took their seats on a well decorated platform.In my speech of welcome I said "This is a historical moment in SCCA history ...today we are proud and honored to to have the legendary 12th World Chess Champion the chess king GM\Anatoly Karpov who is not only known to be one of the best chess players in the history of the game ,or of his genius chess skills or masterpiece ,or being known as a positive positional chess grandmaster who has millions of fans all around the world but also known for his great personality as a human being ,integrity and kindness and modesty...".The World Champion expressed his happiness of being in Smouha Club and also about Kapov's chess schools in Egypt and of his future chess plans to encourage chess and the publicity of the game.Engineer\Farag Amer welcomed the World Chess Champion and all the honorable guests and said that he used to follow the games of GM\Karpov and followed his achievements and accomplishments during the past years.
Mr.Hussein Nafady said that this is the third visit of GM\Karpov to Egypt and the World Champion is considered to be a friend to all the Egyptian People.Dr\Amur in his speech spoke about the role of encouraging cultural ,sportive, and business issues between Russia and the middle east.
AT the end Engineer\Farag Amer awarded the Legendary World Chess Champion GM\Karpov and Mr.Hussein Nafady Smouha Shields.

Welcome in SCCA World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov

The legendary 12th World chess champion Grandmaster\Anatoly Karpov will visit SCCA (Smouha Club Chess Academy) on Sunday the 4th of July during his visit to Egypt for opening Karpov's schools of chess .The world chess champion has 2 schools which carry his name in the Arabic world the first one in Syria and the other in Morocco.
Mr.Hussein Nafady -The Chairman of the Egyptian Chess Federation-will accompany the World Chess Champion with an honorable Russian delegation during the visit.
Engineer\Farag Amer -Chairman Of Smouha Club and member of the Senate-will meet with the honorable guests.
SCCA officially opened on the fifth of September 2008 ;SCCA staff are :Engineer\Medhat Moheb -Academy Director-IM\Aly Yasseen (technical director),MR.Mohamed Hezazy (Trainer).
Source of the photo:http://www.chessbase.com/ESPANOLA/images/2009/Valencia/AnatoliKarpov1.jpg