UAE miss out on medals in team chess events

UAE miss out on medals in team chess events

UAE men’s and women’s chess teams finished their participation in the 12th Arab Games with a single bronze medal by GM Salem Abdul Rahman in the individual Dynamic Chess competition

By Yasir Abbasher,
Senior Reporter
Published: 11:36 December 23, 2011

Doha – The UAE men’s and women’s chess teams finished their participation in the 12th Arab Games with a single bronze medal by GM Salem Abdul Rahman in the individual Dynamic Chess competition.

The men’s team finished seventh from 13 teams with nine points from as many matches in the teams event after three wins, three ties and as many defeates. Abdul Rahman, Faisal Abdulla, Ebrahim Khoury, Noaman Omar and Jasem Al Howar represented the UAE.

Egypt collected 17 points to win the gold medal followed by hosts Qatar with 14 for the silver and Morocco with 13 for the bronze.

In the women’s team event, the UAE again finished seventh with four points from seven matches, while Algeria won the gold with the full 14 points, followed by Jordan and Qatar with the silver and bronze medals respectively.

The UAE was represented by Ari Al Harmoodi, Alia Ali, Jamila Juma, Kholood Al Zarounie and Amna Salem.

Source: http://gulfnews.com