The 2015 UAE Men’s chess championship was held from September 4th through September 13th, at Dubai Chess & Culture Club.
The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″ and 44 players took part.
FM Saeed Ishaq emerged a sole winner with 7/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. Ishaq continues his string of successful performances after upsetting strong Grandmasters earlier this year, during the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament.
The second place was shared in a five-way tie by FM Nabil Saleh, FM Ahmed Abbas Khouri, Ali Abdulkarim, Hamdan Marshool and FM Ibrahim Mohamed Khouri, at 6.5 points each, but Nabil Saleh prevailed on a superior tie-break score to take the silver, while Abdulkarim remained third.
Final standings (top 10):
1 FM Saeed Ishaq UAE 2240 DXB 7
2 FM Saleh Nabil UAE 2249 DXB 6.5
3 FM Khouri Ahmed Abbas UAE 2023 AUD 6.5
4 Abdulkarim Ali UAE 1924 SHJ 6.5
5 Hamdan Marshool UAE 1957 AJM 6.5
6 FM Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed UAE 2205 AUD 6.5
7 Faisal Ali UAE 1672 DXB 6
8 Ahmed Fareed UAE 2126 DXB 6
9 Sultan Fareed UAE 1613 DXB 6
10 Mosallam Mohammad UAE 1521 SHJ 5.5