The second round began with strong competition that was more intense than the first round due to the desire of the players to seize opportunities in order to win and enhance their points of progress in the three categories, as some matches recorded a long time of nearly three hours due to the deliberation that some players show when they fail to make decisions, in Attempts to make the right decision that will enable them to win, while the third round will be held this evening, amid great aspirations from the players to achieve results that will qualify them to reach the podiums.
The second round is as follows:
In the women’s under 1,700 category, national team player Abrar Al Busaidiyah achieved a well-deserved victory over Indian Sarah, and her teammate Al Anoud Al Ghafriya won over Sudanese Rayyan Osama. Their teammate Reem Al Shukailiyah also won over Emirati Reem Al Hammadi, and national team player Doaa Al Muqbalia achieved a victory. No matter what, at the expense of Sudanese Nahla Awad, Indian Shaibi also won over Kuwaiti Rabab, and Kenyan player Kimani achieved a well-deserved victory over Mongolian Koslenzaya.
In the men’s under 1,700 category, Khalfan Al Hosani, the Sultanate of Oman’s player, achieved a well-deserved victory over his compatriot Salem Al Maamari. Oman’s Firas Al Zaabi also won over Yemen’s Sinan Ali. The national team’s player, Imad Al Balushi, tied with South Korea’s Yadi, and the national team’s player, Mohammed Al Riyami, shared the points with Algeria’s Yala, while The Indian Dipika defeated the Libyan Mohammed Al-Saliti, and the player Pak from Kyrgyzstan achieved an important victory over the Argentine Augusto.
In the under 2000 competitions, the national team player, Hamoud Al Busaidi, succeeded in achieving an important victory over Batbaatar from Mongolia. In the same category, the Iranian Mirzi won over the Mongolian Dashtogakh, the Indian Sham also won over Emin from Azerbaijan, and the player Esa from Finland achieved an important victory over Zambik from Kyrgyzstan.
In the under 2300 competitions, national team player Saeed Shammas won over his compatriot Muhammad Al-Riyami, national team player Muhammad Al-Saidi won over his compatriot Omran Al-Muharbi, Syrian Malik also won over Libyan Taher Rami, and Saudi Ahmed Al-Rhaili achieved an important victory over Shohratjoli from Turkmenistan, while Omani Mana Al-Kathiri lost. From Yemeni Saleh Al-Aqrabi.