Another Short Video From The Match Between Smouha x Badr In The Egyptian Excellent League A

The game between Mr.Mahmoud Hamdy Darwish (2148 Elo) -from Smouha club- although had his opponent queen (Youssef Ismail (2078 Elo) pinned but could not escape the perpetual check by the black rook on the first and second ranks so a draw was inevitable . 

A Short Video From Round 11 Of The Egyptian Chess League 2011\2012 : Smouha X Badr (4.5:4.5))

The Egyptian Excellent Chess League A (Round 11) : Smouha X Badr (4.5:4.5)

After an exciting match  Smouha x Badr ended in an exciting draw (4.5:4.5) in the 11th round from the Egyptian Excellent chess league (A) that took place at the VIP Hall in SCCA on 17\2\2012 .On board (1) IM\Aly Yasseen (2340 Elo) -who is now 62 years old- played one of his best games ever and demolished his experienced opponent (Mr.Khaled Atea (2218 Elo)) defenses with a means of a beautiful combination starting with a bishop sacrifice in a game that lasted for 25 minutes , while on board (2) Mr.Ashraf Toson (2108 Elo) drew with Mr.Mohamed Ibrahim (2178 Elo) ;and on board (3) Mr.Mahmoud Hamdy Darwish (2148 Elo) -from Smouha club- although had his opponent queen (Youssef Ismail (2078 Elo) pinned but could not escape the perpetual check by the black rook on the first and second ranks .On board (4) Mr.Salah Mansour (2228 Elo) playing with the black pieces consumed a lot of time on one move that he actually lost on time after had been held in a difficult position by Mr.Reda Fadel (2162 Elo) ;while on board (5) Mr.Ehab Abd Elaziz (2158 Elo) drew with his inevitable weapon Bird opening against the well known player and trainer Mr.Amro Samy (2123 Elo) and on board (6) Mr.Nasser Mosallam (2096 Elo) drew with the black pieces against the Ruy Lopez of his strong opponent Mr.Mohamed Abd El Samee (2231 Elo) ,while Smouha young youth gathered 1.5 points from 3 games as :Omar Idris lost on board 7 from Aly Hassan Tawfeik ,and Omar Khaled won his game against Yussef Saiid and on board (9) Abd El Rahman Yasser Allam drew with Abdallah Saiid.
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Young Youth from Alexandria Dominated The 2012 Egyptian National Youth Chess Championships

Young youth from Alexandria chess region deservedly dominated the 2012 Egyptian National youth chess championships that took place at El Ahly Bank Club in ElkitKat region in EL Giza from 28/1 to 3/2/2012 .(200) young players from all over Egypt participated in the tournament .The organizing committee decided that (U-8) ,(U-10) and (U-12) age groups would be played together at one time ;while (U-14) ,(U-16) and (U-18) were played at a different time to facilitate the arbiters job .The tournament director was I.A\Ahmed Yehya and chief arbiters are I.A\Mohamed Abo Nar and I.A\Wagdy Soliman ;while I.A\Hassan Khaled was responsible for the pairing .
The closing ceremony that was attended by Mr.Adel Saad -Chairman of the Egyptian Chess Federation-and Mme\Jihan El Sahar and Eng.Medhat Moheb -members of Board of the Egyptian Chess Federation-was a very simple one as all the attendance stood a minute of silence to honor the souls of the innocent Egyptian Utras Ahlawy people who lost their lives in the massacre at Port Said Stadium at the end of the football match between El Ahly and El Masry football teams .
The young winners from Alexandria chess region of the National Youth Chess Championships were :
First place trophy : Mohamed Tamer (U-8) Boys , Adham Fawzy (U-12) Boys ,Sara Adel (U-10) Girls ,Fatma Gamal Eldin (U-12) Girls ,Ayah Motaz (U-16) Girls (Smouha Club) and Alaa Moataz (U-18) Girls (Smouha Club) .
Second place trophy : Rabab Gamal Eldin (U-10) Girls and Zeinab Gamal Eldin (U-14) Girls .
Third place trophy : Yara Allam (U-10) Girls ,Kereya Arsany (U-12) Girls ,Khloud Abdel Monaem (U-14) Girls and Abdel Rahman Yasser Allam (U-12) Boys (all of them are from Smouha Club)
Fourth Place Trophy : Laila Rashed (U-14) Girls (Smouha Club) and Ahmed Tamer (U-8) Boys .
Fifth place trophy : Mark Medhat Moheb (U-12) from (Smouha Club) Boys and Reem Saad (U-16) Girls
also from Smouh Club: Mohab Yasser Allam  (U-10) Boys and Yomna Yasser (U-16) Girls came in the sixth place ;while Begad Mohamed Fathey (U-10) Boys and Omar Khaled (U14) Boys came in the eighth place and also Yasmine Allam (U-12) Girls came 9th while Omar Idris came in the 15th rank and Shady Sharl came in the 26th rank (both are U-16) boys.
Congratulations to all the winners !
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A Short Video From Round 8 Of The Egyptian Chess League 2011\2012 : Smouha X Gedela (6:3)

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A Short Video From Round 2 Of Smouha First Open Chess Tournament 2011 For Women

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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 .
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