Taleb beats Saleh to maintain chess lead

Taleb Moussa maintained his lead at the end of the sixth round yesterday of the UAE Chess Championship 2001, by defeating Saleh Nagueb. With his victory over Nagueb, Moussa has now 5.5 points. In another match Saleh Nabil (4.5) beat Abdul Majeed (3.5).

In the boys Under-10, Mohammed Nasser outwitted Ali Khamis Ali, while Saeed Issac got the better of Abdul Rahman Mohammed, while Abdul Rahim Mohd Saleh lost to Ibrahim Mohammed Khouri.

In the Under 20 category, Mohammed Hussein drew with Adnan Al Rais. He now leads the group with five points, followed by Aref Zainal, who defeated Faisal Mohammed.

Results of Round 6

Men
Taleb Moussa (5.5) bt Saleh Nagueb (3) Saleh Nabil (4.5) bt Abdul Majeed (3.5) Saud Mohamed (3) lost to Othman Moussa (4) Abdullah A.S (2.5) lost to Yousef Ibrahim (3.5) Hassan Sarhan (2.5) drew Tayeb S (3) Issa Mohammed (2) bt Abdul Rahim Mohamed (2) Jasim A.R. Saleh (3).

U10
Mohamed Nasser (5) bt Ali Khamis Ali (5) Saeed Issac (4.5) bt Abdul Rahman Mohd (4) Abdul Rahim Mohd Saleh (3.5) lost to Ibrahim Mohd Khouri (4.5) Salem Abdul Al Rahman (4.5) bt Mohammed Masoud (3) Abdul Azeez Ibrahim (3) lost to Omar Al Akbari (4) Ahmed Mohammed Mubarak (2) lost to Saif Al Razi (4) Khalifa Khouri (2) lost to Abdul Azeez Karmastaji (3) Abdullah Al Marzouqi (2) lost to Khaled Ahmed (3) Ali Mohammed Abdul Al Ghani (2) lost to Mubarak Mohammed (3) Hussein Abdullah (3) bt Saeed Rashed (1.5) Ali Khaled (1) lost to Kalthoum Mohammed (2.5) Aisha Shahrayar (1) bt Abdullah Idrees (1)

U12
Marwan Abdul Wahab (4.5) drew Ahmed Abbas (5) Khalifa Khamis (5) bt Ahmed Issac (4) Rashed Al Daheri (3) lost to Omar Abdul Wahab (4.5) Walid Yousef (4) bt Majed Ahmed Obaid (3) Ahmed Al Zaroni (3) lost to Hamed Abdul Razak (3.5) Abdul Rahman (3) bt Ali Hassan Abdullah (2) Saeed Ahmed Mohammed (2) lost to Abdul Rahman Omar (3) Sara Ibrahim (1.5) lost to Khaled Aqeal (3) Asma Darweesh (1.5) lost to Abdullah Nasser (2.5) Hamed Rashid Obaid (2).

U14
Mashal Moussa Murad (4.5) lost to Yahya Mowhamed Saleh (5) Mohammed Ibrahim Al Rais (4) lost to Khaled Khamis (4.5) Abdullah Al Taher (4) drew Faisal Mohd Saleh (3.5) Abdurahman Ahmed Obaid (3) lost to Mahmed Hassan Abdullah (4)
Ghanem Keswani (3) lost to Mansour Abbas (4) Humaid Abdullah (4) bt Saeed Al Jenani (3) Ismail Ahmed (3.5) bt Abdullah Omar (2.5) Majed Mohd Majed (3) drew Mehmood Ibrahim (3) Mohammed Abdurahim (3) bt Jasim Mohammed Ali(2) Mahmed Hassan Ahmed (2) lost to Mohammed Al Akbari (3) Saeed Yousef (3)bt Shaymaa Shahrayar (1) Ahmed Al Akbari (2) bt Ameena Mohamed Ameen (1)Nouf Ali Abdullah (2.5)

U16
Haitam Saeed (3) lost to Abdullah Hassan (5) Aref Zainal (4.5) bt Faisal Mohamed (3) Hussain Mohammed Hussan (3) lost to Faisal Keswani (4.5) Majed Saeed (4) bt Abdullah Mohammed Saleh (3) Ibrahim Ismail (3.5) bt Saeed Ahmed (2.5) Rashid Ahmed Obaid (2.5) lost to Mohammed Ibrahim Mohamed (3) Ahmed Khalifa (3) bt Humaid Mohammed Ali (1) Mohammed Ahmed Al Rais (0) lost to Juma Ahmed (2.5)

U20
Mohammed Hussein (5) drew Adnan Al Rais (4) Ali Shaheen Mohammed (4.5) bt Hassan Ali Taher (3) Hussan Mohammed Seif (2.5) lost to Mohammed Abdul Hamid Ismail (4) Mohammed Hassan Yousef (3) bt Ismail Hassan Yousef (2) Abdul Basit Saeed Ismail (1.5) drew Buti Mohammed Abdullah (2) Abdullah Abdulrahman (3.5)