Former UAE prodigy rides to the rescue of ‘chess Wimbledon’Leonard Bardenguardian.co.uk, Saturday 7 March 2009 00.05 GMT When an Emirates consortium took over Manchester City and poured millions into buying Robinho for the Premier League soccer club, chessplayers were...
Dubai – Linares, Arab power buys Linares
Arab power buys Linares, “the Wimbledon of chess” (Feature)Europe FeaturesBy Sebastian Fest Feb 24, 2009, 16:04 GMT Dubai – Linares – one of the most-renowned tournaments in world chess – is surrendering to the power of an Arab businessman,...
Record broken in UAE
UAE’s Salem Youngest Arab Grand MasterCorrespondent 26 December 2008 SHARJAH – Salem A.R. Saleh rewrote history by becoming the youngest grand master in Arabia. The 15-year-old Salem completed his third grand master norm and has gained sufficient elo points...
Asian Championship starts today
Asian championship starts in Al Ain todayBy Yasir Abbasher, Senior ReporterPublished: December 24, 2008, 23:30 Al Ain: Under the patronage of Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nayan, the President of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the first version of...
So heads RP squad to UAE
So, Gomez banner all-GM squad to UAE Tagaytay-RP joins Asian tilt By Roy LuarcaPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 03:15:00 12/24/2008 Teen sensation Wesley So will spearhead the all-Grandmaster Team Tagaytay City-Philippines leaving Wednesday to compete in the 1st Asian Chess...
UAE to host Asian Chess Cup
UAE to host first edition of Asian Chess CupYasir Abbasher, Senior ReporterPublished: December 21, 2008, 23:51 Abu Dhabi: The first Asian Chess Cup will commence in 2010, announced Hosham Al Taher, the secretary general of the Asian Chess Confederation...
Gomez in UAE
Gomez makes GM debut in UAEBy Marlon BernardinoCebu Daily NewsFirst Posted 17:36:00 12/10/2008 Dresden Olympiad sensation John Paul Gomez makes his first appearance as a full-fledged Grandmaster (GM) when he leads the star-studded Tagaytay team in the first-ever Asian...
Big boost for chess in UAE
Chess set to get big boost under new federation presidentBy K.R. Nayar, Senior ReporterPublished: June 25, 2008, 00:01 Dubai: Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim, the newly elected president of the UAE Chess Federation, is all set to provide a big...