Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2010
12 till 20th August at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi
Published by Chessdom

The Armed Forces Officers Club, in Co-Operation with Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club, is organizing the annual Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2010 from 12 till 20th August 2010, to be held at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The Festival consists of four separate tournaments, all played over nine rounds according to Swiss system:

– Master Tournament for players with rating higher than 2200 (prize fund 15,900 USD)
– Open Tournament for players rated under 2200 (prize fund 3,100 USD)
– Ladies Tournament Open for women chess players (prize fund 2,600 USD)
– Junior Tournament Open for players under 14 years (prize fund 1,700 USD)

Official website

Masters Tournament Participants :

1 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2657
2 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2611
3 GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2584
4 GM Anastasian Ashot ARM 2578
5 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2576
6 GM Amin Basem EGY 2568
7 GM Arun Prasad S IND 2535
8 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2512
9 GM Guliev Sarhan AZE 2485
10 IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2466
11 GM Raetsky Alexander RUS 2442
12 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2409
13 IM Sarwat Walaa EGY 2379
14 FM Sharbaf Mohsen IRI 2370
15 Ankit R Rajpara IND 2362
16 FM Koohestani Sh. IRI 2345
17 FM Alhuwar Jasem UAE 2311
18 FM Salem Ghuloom UAE 2302
19 Faisal Abdulla UAE 2282
20 Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2261
21 IM El Arousy Abdul Hameed EGY 2251
22 FM Omearat Adel SYR 2218
23 FM Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed UAE 2208
24 Antonio Viani D’cunha IND 2208
25 Ibrahim Ismail UAE 2157

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