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  • Chess: Ashot Anastasian emerges sole leader in Abu Dhabi Chess Festi

    Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates
    Aug 21 2005

    Ashot emerges sole leader in Abu Dhabi Chess Festival
    By A Correspondent

    21 August 2005

    ABU DHABI - Grandmasters Sergey Volkov of Russia and Ghaem Maghami
    Ehsan of Iran were the latest seeds to tumble as the Abu Dhabi Chess
    Festival reached its crucial phase at the Khalidya Palace Hotel here
    on Friday.

    Ashot defeated Grandmater Ghaem Maghami Ehsan in a marathon battle
    lasting 72 moves in a Benko Gambit.

    Grandmaster Anastasian Ashot of Armenia emerged as the sole leader
    with 4.5 points in the Masters section at the end of the fifth round.
    Russian Grandmasters Kobalia Mikhail, Potkin Vladimir, Bocharov Dmitry,
    Chernyshov Konstantin and Ukraine Grandmaster Goloshchapov Alexander
    shared the second spot with 4 points.

    Among the UAE players, Fide master Ahmed Ishaq caused a mild flutter
    by defeating Bogza Adina-Maria, while Faisal Abdullah managed a draw
    against India's Muralidharan. Marwan Abdul Wahab and Ibrahim Mohammed
    Khouri drew their games against teammates Mansour Abbas and Salem
    A.R. Saleh respectively.

    In the children's section, Bajarani Ulvi of Azerbaijan, Mohammed
    Hamza Abdul Karim of UAE and Dhruv Hingorani of India extended their
    winning streak by securing four games in a row.

    Hussain Khouri, manager of the festival, expressed his satisfaction
    with the performances of all the players. He said: "We invited eight
    Grandmasters this time while invitations were also sent to young and
    promising players. We look for innovation every year and we are hoping
    to introcduce a women's masters section from next year."

    The chief arbiter Zughair Ahmad said: "The players have adapted well
    to the faster time controls, and the quality of grandmaster games
    has improved."
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