The FIDE Zone 3.1 Championship 2015 kicked off in Muscat, the capital of Oman.
The event is organized by the Oman Chess Federation from 17-24th May, 2015 and it was inaugurated by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov inaugurates the event
The FIDE Zone 3.1 Championship for men is a 9-round Swiss tournament, headed by Iranian player GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2558), while the women’s tournament will be played in a 10-player round-robin format. Top seed is GM Zhu Chen (2414) from Qatar.
You can see the starting lists and replay the games below.
Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis
Men’s Section list of players:
1 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2558
2 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2526
3 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2485
4 IM Al Qudaimi Basheer YEM 2405
5 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2404
6 FM Abdulwahhab Ahmed Abdulsattar IRQ 2346
7 IM Iyti Basher SYR 2298
8 FM Chahrour Ibrahim LIB 2269
9 FM Ayyad Maher BRN 2123
10 CM Tamra Attallah PLE 2080
11 CM Hashem Khaled KUW 1962
12 Masrhi Abdulrahman A KSA 1865
13 Al Mamari Mohammed Salim OMA 1791
14 Al Ansi Amin OMA 0
Women’s Section list of players:
1 GM Zhu Chen QAT 2414
2 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2356
3 WIM Hejazipour Mitra IRI 2312
4 WIM Al-Rufaye Iman Hasan Mohammed IRQ 2094
5 Mir Mahmoud Afamia SYR 1964
6 Abeer Ali UAE 1569
7 Faqeeh Yara PLE 1437
8 Alkanderi Suad KUW 1417
9 Al Balushi Mariya OMA 0
10 Al Ghafri Wafia OMA 0
