4/16/2013 – This very strong tournament, with close to 200 players (38 GMs) from 34 countries, took place from April 6-16 and was won by Russian GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov. The venue was the Dubai Chess and Culture Club, possibly the biggest than most modern chess club in the world. Our giant closing report contains a wealth of pictures and plenty of videos to watch. Dubai 2013.
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15th Dubai Open Chess Championship
The Dubai Open, one of the strongest tournaments in the world,
took place from 6 to 16th April 2013, with a record of 194 players
from 34 countries are competing – 38 GMs, six WGMs, 26 IMs,
six WIMs, 13 FMs and five WFMs. At stake was the Sheikh Rashid Bin
Hamdan Al Maktoum Cuip and a total of $50,000 in cash prizes. The
tournament was a nine-round Swiss with games scheduled 5:30 daily.
There was also a blitz tournament with $4,000 at stake in cash prizes.
The venue of the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship was the Dubai Chess
and Culture Club, the biggest than most modern dedicated chess club in the
world. Here are some pictures:
Click on the images and hold the right button down to scroll left
or right
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.
Round one opening with GM Akopian Vladimir,
2704, vs CM Nadir Samir, 2135 (Akopian won)
Enchanting: three little Arab princesses, with
dignitaries
Khaled Zayed, Ibrahim Abdulmalik and Ibrahim Al Bannai
The luxurious playing venue in the Dubai Chess
and Culture Club
Sole first place: GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov, RUS,
2591, with 7.5/9 points
A critical game in round five: Estonian GM
Jaan Ehlvest vs Rakhmanov –
the Russian GM won and Ehlvest finished at 7.0/9 points
GM Michalik Peter from Slovakia, 2535, finished
at 7.0/9 points
The blitz tournament was held on day six (with
two regular rounds played on day five
to make this possible). It was won by GM Salem Saleh of the United Arab
Emirates.
Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun, rated 2521, 7.0/9, with
an impressive 2683 performance
Wenjun finishing ahead of many strong GMs
and was celebrated in the local press
German IM Elisabeth Paehtz, rated 2479, finished
at 5.5/9 points
Her buddy IM Tania Sachdev from India, rated
2409, also scored 5.5/9
Indian talent WIM Ivana
Maria Furtado, 2093, who has just turned 14 and scored 5.0/9
Top Iranian female: WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan,
2303, finished at 4.5/9
Coverage in the local broadsheets (note: you
must read the text from right to left)
Wijk aan Zee has its famous pea soup bar, Dubai
offers a slightly different cuisine
All photos above are by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh. There are hundreds more,
unfortunately all uncpationed, on the
official site, which also provides links to the daily bulletins, PGN
files of the games (here's a zip
file for your convenience), and video reports.
The final video report which includes an interview with the winner
GM Aleksandr Rakhainov
Video report on Dubai International Blitz for Axiom Cup, won by Salem
A.R. Saleh
Indian TV journalist Vijay Kumar's reports
can be seen by litereally hundreds of
millions of viewers. You can watch more videos from Dubai 2013 his
Youtube channel.
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