Welcome to The Qatar Chess Association Website

Qatar Chess Association

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Welcome to the official website of the Qatar Chess Association. The Qatar Chess Association is part of the QOC (Qatar Olympic Committee) and is also part of FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), also called the World Chess Federation. The Qatar Chess Association is the organiser of all tournaments taking place in Qatar and has trained many skillful national chess players who have gained international recognition. عربي>>

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	The Ramadan Open Chess Championship 2008 will take place from 8 - 16 September, and is open for Qatari and Expatriates of all ages and for both genders. The venue will be the girl's chess club in Abou Hamour. For registration call 4944292 or click here.
	The GCC Third Team Chess Championship, taking place from the 3rd to the 8th of September, will be held in the Marriott in Doha. The Participating GCC countries are Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain. The Championship will be on double round-robin with 4 players on a team. As a side note, Qatar won the 1st and 2nd championships. Click here for an ongoing scoreboard of results.
	The Qatar Open Chess Tournament 2007 will take place from 20 - 28 February 2007, and is open for Qatari and Expatriates of all ages and for both genders. The venue will be the boy's chess club in Al Slata. For registration call 4944292 or click here. Click here for a map with directions to the boys Chess Club.
	Qatar's Nezad Husein Aziz won Bronze in the Arab Men Individual Chess Championship held in Dubai, UAE during the period 1-10 August 2006.
	In the Last Arab Youth Chess Championship held in Casablanca Marocco during the period 17 - 25 July 2006 Salama Al_Khelaifi from Qatar Shared the 1st Place in the Under 16 Girls Section. She got the Silver by Tie break, In the Boys Section Under 16 Ghanim Al Sulaiti won Bronze. Another two Bronze medals were won by Qatari Girls Shaimaa Hani Blan in the Under 14 Girls and Ghada AL-Khelaifi in the Under 12 Girls.
	Khalifa Mohammed AL-HITMI The President of the Qatar Chess Association was Elected FIDE Vice President During The last FIDE Congress in Turin Italy Held in June for the Next four Years Period.
	The Qatar National Chess Team won the First GCC Team Chess Championship held in Kuwait during the Period 3 - 10 December 2005 . the team was leaded by our International Grandmaster Mohammed Al-Modaihki and was headed by Mr. Yusef Ahmad Ali the Vice President of the Chess Federation. for details click here

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