UAE beat Bahrain in GCC chess tournament

Dubai: The UAE beat Bahrain in the 4th GCC Team Chess Championship which started off with four countries Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and hosts the UAE participating. Each team has five players, four main players and one reserve player. One Grandmaster, four International masters and five Fide masters are participating in this championship. Grandmaster Al Modiahki M, Hamad of Qatar is the top seed with an elo rating of 2559. The UAE delegation is led by FM Salem A.R. Saleh rated 2476 and followed by IM Hassan Abdullah, FM Saeed, Ishaq, FM Alhuwar Jasem and FM Yahya Mohammad Saleh. Salem A.R. Saleh won his game against Al Sulaity Ali of Bahrain in 47 moves from an unusual queen pawn opening. Salem went for an attack in the kingside and stopped the king from castling. Salem exchanged the pawns in the kingside and opened up the way... [read full story]