The 2015 UAE Men’s chess championship was held from September 4th through September 13th, at Dubai Chess & Culture Club.
The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90’/40 moves + 30′ + 30″ and 44 players took part.
FM Saeed Ishaq emerged a sole winner with 7/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. Ishaq continues his string of successful performances after upsetting strong Grandmasters earlier this year, during the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament.
The second place was shared in a five-way tie by FM Nabil Saleh, FM Ahmed Abbas Khouri, Ali Abdulkarim, Hamdan Marshool and FM Ibrahim Mohamed Khouri, at 6.5 points each, but Nabil Saleh prevailed on a superior tie-break score to take the silver, while Abdulkarim remained third.
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2015 UAE champion FM Saeed Ushaq
Final standings:
1 FM Saeed Ishaq UAE 2240 DXB 7
2 FM Saleh Nabil UAE 2249 DXB 6.5
3 FM Khouri Ahmed Abbas UAE 2023 AUD 6.5
4 Abdulkarim Ali UAE 1924 SHJ 6.5
5 Hamdan Marshool UAE 1957 AJM 6.5
6 FM Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed UAE 2205 AUD 6.5
7 Faisal Ali UAE 1672 DXB 6
8 Ahmed Fareed UAE 2126 DXB 6
9 Sultan Fareed UAE 1613 DXB 6
10 Mosallam Mohammad UAE 1521 SHJ 5.5
11 Ammar Sedrani UAE 1473 FUJ 5
12 Ali Abdulaziz UAE 1918 DXB 5
13 Khaled Ahmed Y. UAE 1606 DXB 5
14 Zayed Ali Al-Hamed UAE 2006 AUD 5
15 Abdulla Al-Hamed UAE 1868 AUD 5
16 Walid Anwar UAE 1915 SHJ 5
17 Salem Ahmed Salem UAE 1575 DXB 5
18 Hamad Essam UAE 1580 SHJ 4.5
19 Mohamed Marshool UAE 1659 AJM 4.5
20 Al Zaabi Talal UAE 1684 SHJ 4.5
21 Saif Ahmed UAE 1490 SHJ 4.5
22 Majed Ali Abdouli UAE 1667 DXB 4
23 Alnyeyadi Abdulla UAE 1332 AIN 4
24 Khalifah Khaled UAE 1448 FUJ 4
25 Al Hamed Saif Idrees UAE 1771 AUD 4
26 Sultan Fadel Saeed M Alshamsi UAE 1347 AIN 4
27 Ali M Alkindi UAE 1608 FUJ 4
28 Mohamed Saeed Laily UAE 1399 FUJ 4
29 Abdulrahim Salem UAE 1344 SHJ 3.5
30 Haitham Alkindi UAE 1455 FUJ 3.5
31 Mansour Abbas UAE 1869 AUD 3.5
32 Al Shamisi Hareb Nasser UAE 1514 AIN 3
33 Ahmad Alzarovni UAE 1682 AIN 3
34 Altaher Saeed Tarek UAE 1560 SHJ 3
35 Al Ali Hamad UAE 1234 AIN 3
36 Al-Zaabi Sultan UAE 1981 AUD 2.5
37 Al Hosani Omran UAE 1806 AUD 2.5
38 Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher UAE 1289 SHJ 2.5
39 Omar Mohammad Al Taher UAE 1406 SHJ 2.5
40 Mohd A. Altaher UAE 2019 SHJ 2
41 Alali Ali UAE 1286 AIN 2
42 Abdulla Ali UAE 1771 DXB 1.5
43 Alnaimi Ahmed Mohamed UAE 1263 AIN 1
44 Ahmed Fayez UAE 1940 AIN 0
