4/13/2011 – The Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is taking place from April 9th to 19th, 2011 in the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. It is a nine round Swiss, with time controls of one hour and 30 minutes for the whole game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move. We bring you a big pictorial report with panorama 360° views of the chess club, video reports and plenty of new faces.
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13th Dubai Open Chess Championship
The Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup is taking place from April
9th to 19th, 2011 in the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. It is a nine round
Swiss, with time controls of one hour and 30 minutes for the whole game,
with an increment of 30 seconds per move.
The games start at 17:30h local time. There is a rest day with a blitz
tournament on Friday, April 15, and two rounds to be played on Saturday,
April 16, starting at 10:00 a.m. and 06:00 p.m. local time. The closing
ceremony takes place on Tuesday, April 19, one day after the final (ninth)
round, at 19:00h.
Dubai Chess and Culture Club
The Dubai Chess and Culture Club is the most modern and biggest dedicated chess
club in the world. Its players constitute the ‘backbone” of the
UAE national team, and as a matter of fact those players have achieved outstanding
successes on all levels. The number of registered players is 107 and a board
of nine members, in addition to a technical team consisting of management and
coaches runs the club. Here are some pictures:
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right
The Club has organized many international and local events among which are
the following: Youth Blitz World Chess championship 1985, Blitz Chess Tournament
for participants in Dubai Olympiad 1986, Dubai Open Chess Championship and Credit
Swiss Chess Masters Tournament 1994, and the Asian Cities Team Chess Championship
(Dubai Cup) 1996. In addition its technical team took part in the organization
of all international events held in UAE.
Since its launching, the Dubai Chess & Culture Club has played a leading
role in the chess activity in UAE, achieving for the country many successes
on the international, continental and Arab levels. The Club has also played
an imminent role through its administrative members who contributed in promoting
chess and leading the chess activity along with their chess colleagues through
out UAE.
Prizes for the 13th Dubai Open
The total prize fund is US $45,000 and is awarded as follows:
1st place
US $8000
2nd place
US $5000
3rd place
US $4000
4th place
US $3500
5th place
US $2500
6th place
US $2200
7th place
US $2000
8th place
US $1700
9th place
US $1500
10th place
US $1300
11th place
US $1200
12th place
US $1100
13th place
US $1000
14th place
US $900
15th place
US $800
If two or more players share the same place, the money will be equally shared.
The trophy will be awarded on the basis of average rating of the eight strongest
opponents. There is a special US $2300 prize for ladies, and a special US $6000
prize for local players.
The playing hall for the Dubai Open
Start of round one: top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India, rated 2682 vs
IM Feldman Vladimir, Australia, 2270. "Sasi" wan in 72 moves
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