Photos of the Simultaneous
(Thursday 6^th and Friday 7^th of September)

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The Bahrain chess Academy opens its doors

We are very excited to announce the Official Opening of

The Bahrain Chess Academy !

Registration is now open for both Kids and Adults.

The Doors of the academy will be open this week to everyone !  

Sunday 2^nd of September till Sunday 9^th of September included

From 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Come to visit us and play some games !

Play against the Masters !

Two Simultaneous displays will be organised :

 Thursday 6^th and Friday 7^th of September 

in our local in Seef.

The games will start at 5 p.m

The registration is Free !

The only requirement is that the Players must confirm they participation 

by email : chessinbahrain@gmail.com or by calling the 39965432

 before the Wednesday 5^th of September 9:00 p.m 

Each simultaneous is limited to 15 Players!

The Masters are already waiting for you !

36^th Ramadan Open Chess Championship

In memory of late Jassim Mohammed Fakhroo

28^th of July to 16^th of August 2012

The Tournament was organized by Al Oroba Club (Juffair) in collaboration with the Bahrain Chess Federation.

58 players representing 4 Nations were competing.

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The Bahrain Chess Academy was represented by:

Karim Ismael (International Chess Master): 1^st Winner 8 points out 9

Tissir Mohamed (International Chess Master): 2^nd Place 8/9

Al Burshaid Ebrahim : 9^th 6/9

Fawzi Salman : 22^nd 5/9

Bader Saleh : 36^th 4/9

Palled Nihal : 39^th 4/9

Palled Ojas : 40^th 4/9

Feroz Khan Abdul khader :  45^th  3/9

Al Jowder Isa : 49^th  2/9

Please find the final ranking here : http://chess-results.com/tnr78133.aspx?art=4&lan=1

Eid Mubarak Said !

The Academy will be closed 

the Sunday 20th and Monday 21th August .

We will back on Tuesday 22nd :

Classes & Practice : 

10h-13h

Classes & Practice : 

15h - 20h

Master Class ( for adults ) :

22h - 00h 

The Game of Week

Polerio,Giulio Cesare - D'Arminio,Domenico

Rome, 1610

Commented by

[Ojas & Abdul khader]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 

3.Bc4 

the Italian game was developed by alessandro Salvio  and giulio Polerio in the 15th century, today this variation is used successfully by the Moldavian grandmaster Viorel Bologan.

  3...Nf6 the two knights variation, the black knight attacks the white pawn on e4 but black gives the opportunity for white to jump with his knight on g5 threatening a fork on f7. 4.Ng5 attacking the pawn on f7. 4...d5 stopping the attack on f7. 5.exd5 Nxd5 

6.Nxf7! 

white is sacrificing a piece to bring the king into the center. [6.d4]

 6...Kxf7 7.Qf3+ giving check to the king and attacking the black knight on d5. 7...Ke6 the only move to protect the knight on d5. 8.Nc3 putting more pressure on the d5 square. 

8...Nce7

 protecting the knight on d5.  [8...Ncb4 9.Qe4 (9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nd4 11.Bxd5+ Kd6=) 9...c6 10.a3 Na6 11.d4 Nac7! 12.Bf4 (12.Qxe5+ Kf7) 12...Kf7 13.Bxe5]

 9.d4! Opening the center and the c1–h6 diagonal for the bishop. 9...c6 protecting the knight on d5. 10.Bg5 Pinning and attacking the knight on e7. 10...h6 11 .Bxe7 Bxe7 

12.0–0–0! 

Castling and putting more pressure on the d file.

 12...Rf8 attacking the Queen. 13.Qe4 Rxf2 [13...Bg5+ 14.Kb1 Rf4 15.Qxe5+ Kf7 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kg6] 14.dxe5 opening the file for the rook. 14...Bg5+ 15.Kb1 Rd2 black is trying to close the file. 16.h4! attacking the defender of the rook. 16...Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Bxh4 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rxd5

19... Qg5 20.Rd6+ double check. 20...Ke7 21.Rg6! attacking both the queen and the pawn on g7.  21...Qd2 22.Rxg7+ Kf8 23.Rg8+ Ke7 

24.Qh7# checkmate

 1–0

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Results of the 2^nd BCA Blitz Championship

The tournament started at 10 p.m and has seen the participation of 17 players representing two country’s Bahrain and India.

It was only at the last round after Preetham managed to make a draw in an incredible game against Ali Hafed and that Mohamed Sheer couldn't avoid a perpetual check against Ebrahim Burshaid that FIDE Master Janahi Zeyad was declared the winner of the 2^nd BCA blitz Championship! 

The FIDE Master Janahi Zeyad won the tournament with 6 points out of 7 games followed by Sher Mohamed and Hafed Ali with 5.5/7.

Juniors Section :

U16: Nihal Palled  U14: Preetham Venkatesh  U12: Abishek N.G

U10: Ojas Palled  U8: Salman Fawzi

from left to right first Rank : 
Ojas Palled, Mohamed Sher, F.M Janahi Zeyad and Salman Fawzi

from left to right second Rank : 
Nihal Paled,Preetham Ventakesh, I.M Karim Ismail and Ali Hafed

We would like to thank all the players and the parents; we hope to see all of you very soon for the 1^st BCA Rapid Chess Championship!