Young Egyptian Youth Shine At The Arab Individual Youth Chess Championships U-16,18,20 In Amman ,Jordan

Young Egyptian youth were able to achieve 3 medals (2 silver and one bronze) in the Arab Individual Youth Chess Championships U-16,18,20 that took place in the beautiful city of Amman capital of Jordan from the 22nd to the 30th of March 2012 inside the hall of the Royal Chess Club of Jordan .
FM\Andro Wagdy (2038 Elo) won the silver medal (U-16 open) over 12 players ,while WGM\Mona Khaled (2125 Elo) made a sensational achievement when she won the silver medal (U-18 open) over 12 strong players while FM\Moheb Amir (2258 Elo) won the bronze medal when he came equally third with the Algerian talented player Oussama Hadad (2030 Elo) ;also Shrook Wafa (1891 Elo) and Ayah Mooataz (1911 Elo) came equally third in (G U-16) over 16 players ;also Eman Elansary (1841 Elo) came 5th (G U-18) over 10 players and ALaa Mooataz (1725 Elo) came 4th (G U18) over 14 players and finally FM\Abdelrahman Hesham (2283 Elo) came fifth over 14 players .FM\Omar Noaman (2305 Elo) from United Arab Of Emirates and Baher Iyti (2225 Elo) from Syria won the IM titles .The Egyptian chess delegation was headeb by Eng.Medhat Moheb - member of board of the Egyptian Chess Federation- and Mr.Elhareth Mohamed and Mr.Saad Atteya as trainers .
84 players from 11 Arabic countries (Jordan ,Egypt ,United Arab Of Emirates ,Lebanon ,Syria ,Sudan ,Libia ,Yemen ,Palestine ,Algeria and Iraq ) participated in the tournament that took place under the auspice of Minister Of Youth and Sports Mr\Mohamed Nooh Elqodah on behalf of his highness Prince\Mohammed Bin Talal and the main sponsors are (Haidar Mourad Group and Habash and Deer Company) and under the auspice of The Royal Jordan Chess Club and The Arab Chess Federation represented by Dr.Hany Elbetar -Chairman of the Syrian Chess Federation-
I would like to thank members of the organizing committee Mr.Nawaf Irshedat-Chairman of The Jordanian Chess Federation-and Eng.Ahmad Jaradat -vice president of the Jordanian Chess Federation -and  
Eng.Osama Rabeeh ,Eng\William Dahdal ,Eng.Atteya Elaraida and Mr.Fwwaz Gamil vice president of the tournament director and member of board and Dr.Naeem Elzaher and chief arbiter I.A\Ali Al-Khatib for the great efforts to make this tournament a success .
Congratulations to all young Arab winners !
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