1st Mediterranean Chess Association Championships, Photos of players and events
Beirut,
Lebanon, Sep 25th - Oct 6th 2003
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The tournament was organised thanks to the Lebanese Chess Federation and the sponsorship of leading Lebanese insurance company, Medgulf. It was also held under the patronage of the Prime Minster rafic Hariri. The chief arbiter was Rabih Rabah and there were no incidents whatsover during the tournament. The conditions were excellent as was the Hotel and all players were generously accommodated by the Lebanese Chess Federation.
A strong turnout of countries (13) plus a good number of IMs (4) and FMs (7) from all over the Mediterranean took part in the 1st Men's Championships held in Beirut between September and October 2003. The tournament was hard-fought between the 16 players with FM Spyridion Kapnisis of Greece eventually coming out the winner in the last round with a good win over FM Patrick Van Hoolandt of Monaco. In second place, in close pursuit, was FM Matej Sebenik of Slovenia who had a very good showing in the tournament. Both players should be awarded their IM titles in the next FIDE congress in Halkidiki, Greece.
Final Standings MEN
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB
PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 5 FM Kapnisis Spyridon GRC 7.5 44.0 35.50 37.0 2418 2624 +2.19
2. 3 FM Sebenik Matej SLO 7.0 46.0 34.00 34.0 2430 2571 +1.51
3. 8 IM Tissir Mohamed MRC 6.5 44.5 28.50 33.5 2405 2535 +1.34
4. 2 IM Collas Didier FRA 5.0 48.0 23.75 27.5 2447 2381 -0.85
1 IM Hakki Imad SYR 5.0 45.5 21.75 26.0 2454 2364 -0.96
4 IM Eid Fadi LIB 5.0 46.5 24.50 24.0 2389 2356 -0.40
6 FM Abdel Razik Khaled EGY 5.0 39.5 16.00 24.0 2380 2289 -0.96
8. 10 FM Van Hoolandt Patrick MNC 4.5 44.5 18.50 24.0 2272 2357 +1.08
11 Kassis Antoine LIB 4.5 37.5 12.00 21.5 2217 2248 +0.30
9 FM Erdogdu Mert TUR 4.5 38.0 14.25 20.5 2359 2272 -1.08
12 FM Bengherabi Khalil ALG 4.5 32.5 13.00 20.5 2199 2240 +0.46
7 FM Najjar Ahmad LIB 4.5 37.5 14.00 20.0 2361 2266 -1.06
13. 14 Papatryfonos Constantinos CYP 3.5 35.5 8.25 19.0 2111 2142 +0.34
14. 15 Kayle Charles PLE 2.5 34.0 7.50 12.5 2070 2080 +0.08
15. 13 Abdulaziz Mahmoud LIB 1.5 37.0 4.00 9.5 2165 1929 -2.04
16. 16 Peter Sammut Briffa MLT 1.0 37.5
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In the women's
tournament we had 12 players, five of whom were titled. The final winner, in the
last round, was Bulgarian-born Woman Grandmaster Silvia Collas who now playes
for France. She was closely followed by 16-year old WFM Zehra Topel of Turkey
who had a very good showing and finally also scored a WIM norm.
Final Standings WOMEN
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 1 WGM Collas Silvia FRA 8.0 40.5 34.75 39.0 2330 2458 +0.50
2. 6 WFM Topel Zehra TUR 7.5 41.0 30.75 36.5 2004 2307 +2.05
3. 2 WFM Ana Srebrnic SLO 7.0 42.5 28.50 34.5 2241 2168 -0.45
4. 7 WIM Lebel-Arias Julia MNC 5.0 41.5 16.25 24.5 1988 2018 +0.26
5. 9 Mouradian Suzane LIB 4.5 41.5 14.00 23.5 0000 2066 2066
4 WIM Mouradian Knarik LIB 4.5 41.0 12.75 23.5 2104 2066 -0.32
3 Kaza Pelagia GRC 4.5 42.5 17.25 22.0 2125 1947 -1.20
8. 8 Benabdelaziz Lynda ALG 4.0 40.5 10.00 20.0 0000 1784 1784
9. 11 Youmna Makhlouf LIB 3.5 41.0 10.00 21.5 0000 2018 2018
5 Mir Mahmoud Afamia SYR 3.5 35.0 8.75 17.0 2052 1922 -0.64
11. 10 Sara Torbey LIB 2.0 36.5 3.50 8.0 0000 1425 1425
12. 12 Maria Tossounian LIB 0.0 42.5 0.00 0.0 0000 1419 1419
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