El Ettihad Club Hosted Alexandria Rated Tournament 2010

Under the auspice of Mr\Mohamed Meselhy -chairman of El Ettihad Club and member of the senate-and under the supervision of the Egyptian Chess Federation (Alexandria Region) El Ettihhad Club hosted the annual Alexandria Rated Chess Tournament from 16-24 March.The tournament was a swiss event of 9 rounds .The tournament attracted 95 players among them many were considered Alexandrian best chess players.WIM\Yousra Alaa was the only titled player in the tournament.The winner was NM\Khaled Atteya (2167) by 7.5 points ahead -by Tie-Break-the second prize winner NM\Ahmed Moussa (2233) and NM\Ahmed Abd Elaziz (2131) by 7 points ;from 4th to 10th came NMs\Saiid Abd EL Naby (2300),Moustafa Ruslan (2155),Nagy Mekki (2242),Ahmed El Atar (2128),Hosam Hassan (2018),Amro Samy (2112) and finally Ehab Abd Elaziz (2156).Also special prizes were given to Mr.Kerlus Fekry (First unrated player with 6.5 points) and Mr.Esam Khatab (first over 50 years) ;and a special prize was awarded for Mr.\ Mohamed Ibrahim for his sportive Spirit and also a special prize for Mr.Mohamed Fawzy (The Challenge Prize)
The tournament was directed by Eng.Medhat Moheb .Special thanks for members of Alexandria Chess region:Eng.Atef Moursy (vice president) ,Mr.Ahmed Moukhtar and Mr.Abd Elhamid Beshara and Miss\Ragaa Mohamed (the executive director) and specials thanks also for the arbiters for their great effort :Mr.Moussa Gomaa -Chief Arbiter-and international referee Mr.Kamal Tadros ,First class arbiters Mr.Mohamed Saad ,Mr.Naser Sedik and Mr.Abd ElSalam Elkhouly.The pairing was handled by international arbiter Mr.Ahmed Youssef and Mr.Mohamed Farouk.I want to thank a lot Mr.Gaser Mouneer -General Manager of El Ettihad Club-who attended the closing ceremony and awarded the winners .
I want to thank my friend Eng.Amr Madian (v9a@live.com)who supplied me with his nice photos.
For more information :http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=48977
and http://chess-results.com/tnr33053.aspx?art=4&lan=1&fed=EGY&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000

After 20 Years Alexandria Region Deservedly Wins The National Youth Chess Championship 2010

At last and after nearly 20 years ;youth from Alexandria region (SCCA students and Bibliotheca Alexandrina chess club students) made history and achieved huge success at the National Youth Chess Championship 2010 that took place in Nahr El Nile hotel-At El Maadi District ,Cairo- from 15-20 February where 225 players participated from all regions of Egypt .
The results were as follows:
From Smouha Club (SCCA):
Boys U-8:
Mohab Yasser Allam (Third)
Boys U-10:
Abd Elrahman Yasser Allam (First)
Girls U-10:
Salma Wagdy Badr Eldin Saleh (Second)
Girls U-14:
Yomna Khaled Mossad (Fourth)
Girls U16:
Doha Shaaban Nasr (Fifth)
From Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Chess Club)
Boys U-10:
Omar Alla (Fifth)
Girls U-8:
Sara Adel (First),Merna Sameh (Third)
Girls U-10:
Maha Sameh (Fifth)
Girls U-14:
Aya Motaaz (Second)
Girls U-16:
Alaa Motaaz (First)

SCCA Staff :Medhat Moheb (SCCA Director),IM\Aly Yasseen (Technical Director),Mr.Mohamed Hegazy (Trainer),Mr.Islam Elmesery(Adminstrative)
Chess Cub Staff :Mr.Ahmed Youssef (Technical Director),Miss Zeinab Allaa (Trainer)
Congratulations to all !
ALL results could be found here :http://chess-results.com/tnr30458.aspx?art=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000