Sudan participates in 2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad
KHARTOUM, August 23, 2021 – Sudan is one of over 150 countries participating in the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad taking place from August 20th to September 15th.
The second online Olympiad began over the weekend with five pools, each consisting of 12 teams, competing in the preliminary qualifiers (Division 4). Eleven rounds were played in each pool and the first three teams from each group qualified for the next stage of the competition (Division 3).
The Sudanese team finished 5th in Group C (Pool C), which also had Jersey, Burundi, San Marino, Malta, Libya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Cyprus, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Angola and Djibouti.
Each team must have six players with at least one U-20 player, at least two women, and at least one U-20 female player. Six reserves and a team captain make up the full roster of each squad.
The Sudanese team includes the great star Abu Bakr Taj Al-Sir (FM), who is the holder of the title of the Republic Chess Championship and is famous for his "scissors", alongside rising star Dr. Ayman Ali Daffa Allah - the third of the Republic, Ahmed Hassan, known as "Hulaku", as well as the star of Port Sudan, Hamid Mohamed.
Among the women are the Republic’s heroine, Elizabeth Tanios, the runner-up of the Republic, Dr. Ibtihal Mohamed El Hassan (WCM), Najwa Mohamed Ahmed (WCM), and rising star Somaya Atef.
In the junior category, the young talents and stars of the next generation; Abadamak Muhammad, Mustafa Al Moataz Billah, former youth champion of the Republic Rawan Ihab, and Lina Rashad.
Angola, Cyprus and Ethiopia qualified from Pool C.
The Afghanistan team had to withdraw from the tournament due to the crisis in their country; hence in addition to the top three in each pool, the best fourth-place finisher, which was Malawi, also made it to the third division.
Hong Kong, Nepal, Lebanon, Kenya, Namibia, Palestine, Angola, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Surinam, Aruba, Ghana, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, and Malawi qualified for Division 3, which takes place August 27-29 with 34 more seeded countries.
The second online Olympiad began over the weekend with five pools, each consisting of 12 teams, competing in the preliminary qualifiers (Division 4). Eleven rounds were played in each pool and the first three teams from each group qualified for the next stage of the competition (Division 3).
The Sudanese team finished 5th in Group C (Pool C), which also had Jersey, Burundi, San Marino, Malta, Libya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Cyprus, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Angola and Djibouti.
Each team must have six players with at least one U-20 player, at least two women, and at least one U-20 female player. Six reserves and a team captain make up the full roster of each squad.
The Sudanese team includes the great star Abu Bakr Taj Al-Sir (FM), who is the holder of the title of the Republic Chess Championship and is famous for his "scissors", alongside rising star Dr. Ayman Ali Daffa Allah - the third of the Republic, Ahmed Hassan, known as "Hulaku", as well as the star of Port Sudan, Hamid Mohamed.
Among the women are the Republic’s heroine, Elizabeth Tanios, the runner-up of the Republic, Dr. Ibtihal Mohamed El Hassan (WCM), Najwa Mohamed Ahmed (WCM), and rising star Somaya Atef.
In the junior category, the young talents and stars of the next generation; Abadamak Muhammad, Mustafa Al Moataz Billah, former youth champion of the Republic Rawan Ihab, and Lina Rashad.
Angola, Cyprus and Ethiopia qualified from Pool C.
The Afghanistan team had to withdraw from the tournament due to the crisis in their country; hence in addition to the top three in each pool, the best fourth-place finisher, which was Malawi, also made it to the third division.
Hong Kong, Nepal, Lebanon, Kenya, Namibia, Palestine, Angola, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Surinam, Aruba, Ghana, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, and Malawi qualified for Division 3, which takes place August 27-29 with 34 more seeded countries.
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