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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.

The first and second rounds of the 2023 World Amateur Chess Championship, Muscat, witnessed strong and exciting competitions between players in a major challenge in three categories, namely the 1700 category, the 2000 category, and the 2300 category. In the tournament nearly 400 classified players representing 64 countries competed in the three categories.

The first round were as follows:

In the under 1700 category for women, Omani Kawthar Al Maamria tied with Indian Briyash, Omani Al Anoud Al Ghafria tied with Sudanese Nahla Mohammed, Indian Shaibi won over Emirati Noura Al Khoury, and Mongolian Anudari won over Bahraini Maram Al Musawi. As well as the victory of Mongolian Naranbuad over Bahrain’s Sondos Obaid.

In the men’s under 1,700 category, the national team player, Saeed Ahmed, achieved an important victory over the Qatari Ahmed Saif, and the national team player, Khaled Al-Hatemi, was able to win over the Kuwaiti Faisal Al-Ghanem, and the Omani Fouad Al-Ghanami tied with the Sudanese Hussein Siddiq, and the Omani Abdul Rahman Al-Yahmadi tied with the German Andreas, while the winner Indian Deepak on Chinese Yuan.

In the under 2000 category, the national team player, Hammoud Al-Busaidi, managed to draw with the Chinese player Axio, the Iranian Mirzi achieved a victory over the Libyan Sami, the Indian Velava also defeated the Romanian Oscar, and the Saudi Faisal A

l-Harthi achieved an important victory over the Libyan Muhammad Bashir, while the Omani Salem Al-Balushi lost to the Mexican. Teresa.

In the under 2300 category, the national team player, Rashid Al-Jabri, came out with half a point after tying with the Yemeni Khalil Sobeih, the Czech Peter also tied with the Libyan Osama Al-Tayeb, the Kuwaiti Khaled Hashem won over the Yemeni Saleh Al-Aqrabi, the Omani Mohammed Al-Saadi lost to the Indian Andikat, and the Sudanese team player Ahmed won. Hassan won an important victory over the Filipino Emerson.

MUSCAT: The world’s best amateur chess players are among the more than 400 participants who have arrived in Muscat ahead of the start of the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships for Open and Women 2023.

Players get into action at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (SQSC) from Thursday and the nine round event will conclude on November 10.

The prestigious world tournament will be formally inaugurated at the SQSC on Thursday. Organised by the Oman Chess Committee under the auspices of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), a total of 427 players from 64 countries will be in action during the tournament where a total of six titles in three categories are at stake.

The opening ceremony on Thursday will be presided over by Said bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth for Culture, in the presence of Asian and International chess federations’ representatives

There are a total of 354 male and 73 female participants and among the countries represented are Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Palestine, Mongolia, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Slovakia, Sweden, Syria, Taipei, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and, hosts Oman.

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