A Huge Success For The 17th Alexandria International Chess Open Tournament 2011

The 17th Alexandria International Chess Open 2011 finally came back to life after 9 years of stop - the last tournament took place back in 2002- with a great boost ; the tournament -a 9 rounds Swiss event-which takes place under the auspice of the Egyptian Chess Federation and Alexandria Chess Region at The National Foundation For Family And Community Development in Alexandria from 5\9 to 11\9 attracted 231 players - 3 players from Yemen and 8 players from Sudan ;also 4 IM and 5 FM and 1 WFM players compete in the tournament .
After 3 rounds 18 players lead the tournament with 3 points .The tournament chief responsible is Dr.Essam Hamouda , the tournament director is Eng.Medhat Moheb and the chief arbiter is I.A Mr.\Yeheya Mosalem and pairing responsible is I.A Mr.Ahmed Yossef .
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