The Allegiance to Zayed Chess Tournament 2017 was held from 28th May to 1st June at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club, UAE.
The 9-round Swiss event with the rapid time control 15 min + 5 sec attracted 128 participants from 25 federations.
Grandmasters Bassem Amin from Egypt and Viorel Iordachescu from Moldova shared the first place with 8,0 points each. Amin took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break.
The total prize fund was 2400 EUR. More information on the official website.
Final standings:
1. GM Amin Bassem EGY 2677 – 8
2. GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2641 – 8
3. GM Moskalenko Viktor ESP 2564 – 7.5
4. GM Miladinovic Igor SRB 2557 – 7
5. GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2666 – 7
6. GM Arencibia Rodriguez Walter CUB 2548 – 7
7. FM Sohib Okla SYR 2121 – 7
8. GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2614 – 6.5
9. GM Magerramov Elmar AZE 2575 – 6.5
10. FM Fidalgo Fernandez Javier ESP 2270 – 6.5
11. IM Pantev Veselin BUL 2379 – 6.5
12. WIM Drljevic Ljilja SRB 2198 – 6.5
13. GM Socko Bartosz POL 2700 – 6
14. FM Ammar Sedrani UAE 1701 – 6
15. Hilwani Talal SYR 2432 – 6
16. WGM Nikolova Adriana BUL 2296 – 6
17. Khamroev Ravshan UZB 2224 – 6
18. IM Omar Noaman UAE 2271 – 6
19. IM El Taher Fouad EGY 2478 – 6
20. Barretto Franz PHI 2099 – 6
21. Ashraf Ahmed Ramadan EGY 1870 – 6
22. IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2409 – 6
23. FM Saeed Ishaq UAE 2306 – 6
24. Rayes Abdul Kader SYR 2158 – 6
25. IM Sultan Ibrahim UAE 2018 – 6