Bassem Amin wins strong Abu Dhabi Masters

The strong open tournament attracted a large number of title-holders, many of them from India. But it was the Egypian Grandmaster Bassem Amin who won without a single loss. Nigel Short could also avoid any losses but he drew one more game than the tournament winner. Short played Amin in the final round and the outcome of this game was influenced by the tournament standings:

Attacking with the Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez

The purpose of this DVD is to teach players how to conduct the attack on the black king using different methods. Although the Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez are mostly positional openings, it is very often possible to make use of attacking methods of play

Nigel Short in action | Photo: adchessfestival.ae

The tournament brought a whole number of interesting games. The young International Master Adham Fawzy from Egypt scored a particularly fine win when his higher-rated opponent neglected to develop in time:

The Modern Pirc

The Modern Pirc is actually a mixture of the Caro-Kann and the Pirc. In many lines Black combines the ideas of the classical Pirc in which the fianchettoed bishop is important with the Caro-Kann idea to fight for the center with c6-d5.

To start in the Masters you had to have a rating of at least 2100. But apart from the Masters there was an "Open" for players with a rating of 2100 or less and a junior tournament. | Photo: adchessfestival.ae

Chess can be demanding and it is not easy to keep the pieces under control. | Photo: adchessfestival.ae

Final standings after 9 rounds

Rg.	Snr		Name	Country	Elo	Pts.
1	2	GM	Amin Bassem	EGY	2680	7,5
2	1	GM	Short Nigel D	ENG	2688	7,0
3	35	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2507	6,5
4	8	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2624	6,5
5	28	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2555	6,5
6	3	GM	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2680	6,5
7	4	GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2668	6,5
8	39	IM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2470	6,5
9	11	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	ROU	2616	6,5
10	41	IM	Vignesh N R	IND	2448	6,0
11	9	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2619	6,0
12	7	GM	Efimenko Zahar	UKR	2636	6,0
13	25	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes	ARM	2566	6,0
14	23	GM	Stupak Kirill	BLR	2573	6,0
15	10	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2618	6,0
16	33	IM	Firouzja Alireza	IRI	2517	6,0
17	30	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	BRA	2534	6,0
18	19	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	IND	2579	6,0
19	37	IM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2495	5,5
20	40	GM	Gagare Shardul	IND	2467	5,5
21	17	GM	Paichadze Luka	GEO	2581	5,5
22	15	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2585	5,5
23	27	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	UKR	2562	5,5
24	21	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2577	5,5
25	20	GM	Rozum Ivan	RUS	2579	5,5
26	6	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	ROU	2637	5,5
27	14	GM	Andersen Mads	DEN	2586	5,5
28	57	IM	Sardana Rishi	AUS	2386	5,5
29	31	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2526	5,5
30	26	GM	Wagner Dennis	GER	2563	5,5