Thursday, April 10, 2008

IM MAS AT 2008 10th Dubai Open Chess Championship ROUND 1

10th Dubai Open Chess Championship started off with a record number of 132 players from 24 countries. 74 title holders - 23 Grandmasters, 19 International masters, 18 Fide masters, 6 Women Grandmasters, 3 Women International masters and 5 Women Fide masters are participating in this prestigeous event. Grandmaster Guseinov Gadir of Azerbaijan rated 2625 is the top seed while Grandmasters Gelashvili Tamaz rated 2622 and Pantsulaia Levan rated 2617 of Georgia, Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran rated 2604 and Kuzubov Yuriy of Ukraine rated 2603 are expected to give tough competition to the top seed. So, Another quest for IM Mas to find his first GM norm.He started off with a win.


Arellano Robert 0 0 - 1 0 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi

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