13 th DUBAI OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

13.04.2011 – The Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is taking place from April 9th to 19th, 2011 in the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. It is a nine round Swiss, with time controls of one hour and 30 minutes for the whole game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. We bring you a big pictorial report with panorama 360° views of the chess club, video reports and plenty of new faces.

The Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is taking place from April 9th to 19th, 2011 in the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. It is a nine round Swiss, with time controls of one hour and 30 minutes for the whole game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The games start at 17:30h local time. There is a rest day with a blitz tournament on Friday, April 15, and two rounds to be played on Saturday, April 16, starting at 10:00 a.m. and 06:00 p.m. local time. The closing ceremony takes place on Tuesday, April 19, one day after the final (ninth) round, at 19:00h.

Dubai Chess and Culture Club

The Dubai Chess and Culture Club is the most modern and biggest dedicated chess club in the world. Its players constitute the ‘backbone” of the UAE national team, and as a matter of fact those players have achieved outstanding successes on all levels. The number of registered players is 107 and a board of nine members, in addition to a technical team consisting of management and coaches runs the club. Here are some pictures:

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The Club has organized many international and local events among which are the following: Youth Blitz World Chess championship 1985, Blitz Chess Tournament for participants in Dubai Olympiad 1986, Dubai Open Chess Championship and Credit Swiss Chess Masters Tournament 1994, and the Asian Cities Team Chess Championship (Dubai Cup) 1996. In addition its technical team took part in the organization of all international events held in UAE.
Since its launching, the Dubai Chess & Culture Club has played a leading role in the chess activity in UAE, achieving for the country many successes on the international, continental and Arab levels. The Club has also played an imminent role through its administrative members who contributed in promoting chess and leading the chess activity along with their chess colleagues through out UAE.

Prizes for the 13th Dubai Open

The total prize fund is US $45,000 and is awarded as follows:

1st place US $8000 2nd place US $5000 3rd place US $4000 4th place US $3500 5th place US $2500

6th place US $2200 7th place US $2000 8th place US $1700 9th place US $1500 10th place US $1300

11th place US $1200 12th place US $1100 13th place US $1000 14th place US $900 15th place US $800

If two or more players share the same place, the money will be equally shared. The trophy will be awarded on the basis of average rating of the eight strongest opponents. There is a special US $2300 prize for ladies, and a special US $6000 prize for local players.

The playing hall for the Dubai Open

Start of round one: top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India, rated 2682 vs
IM Feldman Vladimir, Australia, 2270. "Sasi" wan in 72 moves

Top standings after three rounds

Rk.	Ti.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Guliev Sarhan	AZE	2497	3.0
2	GM	Petrosian Davit G	ARM	2480	3.0
3	IM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2491	3.0
4	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2621	3.0
5	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2618	3.0
6	IM	Shyam Sundar M	IND	2457	2.5
7	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya	IND	2432	2.5
8	FM	Koohestani Sh	IRI	2345	2.5
9	FM	Atabayev Yusup	TKM	2319	2.5
10	WFM	Saduakassova Dinara	KAZ	2208	2.5
11	CM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2200	2.5
12	IM	Narayanan Srinath	IND	2310	2.5
13	FM	Mansour Sameer	JOR	2301	2.5
14	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2682	2.5
15	GM	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	UKR	2670	2.5
16	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	GER	2465	2.5
17	FM	Grigoryan Karen H	ARM	2463	2.5
18	GM	Balogh Csaba	HUN	2601	2.5
19	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	GEO	2599	2.5
20	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2595	2.5
21	GM	Amin Bassem	EGY	2596	2.5
22	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2629	2.5
23	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	AZE	2580	2.5
24	GM	Guseinov Gadir	AZE	2584	2.5
25	GM	Fedorov Alexei	BLR	2596	2.5
26	GM	Halkias Stelios	GRE	2579	2.5
27	GM	Minasian Artashes	ARM	2558	2.5
28	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2575	2.5
29	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2543	2.5
30	GM	Laxman R R	IND	2462	2.5
31	GM	Salem A R Saleh	UAE	2511	2.5
32	GM	Kotanjian Tigran	ARM	2527	2.5
33	GM	Anastasian Ashot	ARM	2556	2.5
34	GM	Iskusnyh Sergei	RUS	2481	2.5

• Full standings with 150 players here

Top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India, rated 2682

GM Vladimir Akopian, Armenia, rated 2675

GM Parimarjan Negi, India, rated 2618

GM Levan Pantsulaia, Georgia, rated 2595

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Georgia, rated 2629

GM Gadir Guseinov, Azerbaijan, rated 2584

Former child prodigy Salem Abdul Rahman Saleh, UAE, now a GM rated 2511

IM Tania Sachdev, India, rated 2407

WGM Elmira Mirzoeva, RUS, rated 2272

Omar Noaman, UAE, rated 2253

WFM Dinara Saduakassova, Kazakhstan, rated 2208 (she is fifteen)

FM Amir Kowsarinia, Iran, rated 2168

Ahmed Fayez, UAE, rated 1911

WFM Kholoud Essa Al-Zarouni, UAE, 1864