2008

6^thAnnual Chess Championship

Organized at Haigazian

On March 1^st 2008, Haigazian University organized its 6^th Annual Inter-University Chess championship under the supervision of FSUL starting from 10 a.m.

12 universities participated in this championship:

HU (Number of participants 4)

USJ (Number of participants 9)

BAU (Number of participants 5)

AUST (Number of participants 4)

UL (Number of participants 2)

NDU (Number of participants 2)

USEK (Number of participants 2)

IUL (Number of participants 2)

AUB (Number of participants 1)

LAU Beirut (Number of participants 1)

AUL (Number of participants 1)

MU (Number of participants 1)

TOTAL = 34 (33 male and 1 female participant)

The championship was based on 6 rounds (Swiss system):
10:20 till 1:00 1^st 3 rounds

1:00 till 1:45 lunch

2:00 till 4:30 last 3 rounds

4:35 till 4:45 prizes were distributed to the winners by the President of Haigazian University Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian.

Results:

1^st Place: Ali Atwi (Islamic University) 5/6

2^nd Place: Bassel Sharaf (USJ) 5/6

3^rdPlace: Mahmoud Shamiyeh (Lebanese University) 5/6

3^rdPlace: Bilal El Habash (BAU) 5/6

Chess Championship

List of the Participants

AUST

1) Marwan Nassar

2) Rawad Alayyash

3) Adib Hanna

4) Alexi Khalaf

USEK

1) Georges Ahmar

2) Walid Hidari

1) Krikor Oknayan

2) Christian Karadaghlian

3) Hagop Ghazarian

4) Khatchig Khatchadourian

USJ

1) Manal Abou Shakra

2) Mike Fahed

3) Antoine Hanna

4) Khalil Adnan

5) Boulos Romanos

6) Bassel Sharaf

7) Serge Ward

8) Julian Fahed

9) Suhad ZeinEddine

AUB

1) Khalil Issa

NDU

1) Ohanes Aramali

2) Noel Khazen

AUL

1) Tarek Moudallal

Modern University (MUBS)

1) Nour Slim

BAU

1) Bilal Habash

2) Mohamad Fakih

3) Mahmoud Hassan

4) Nassim Bitar

5) Dany Younes

LAU Beirut

1) Mohamad Chamsin

1) Mahmoud Shamiyeh

2) Houssam Bohlok

Islamic University (IUL)

1) Raja Zouhair Hilal

2) Ali Atwi

Lebanese Inter-Universities Rapid Chess Individual Championship 2008

Final Ranking

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Fide
1 2 Atwi Ali IslU 2138 LIB 5 19½
2 30 Sharaf Bassel USJ 0 LIB 5 19
3 1 Shamiyeh Mahmoud UL 2196 LIB 5 18½
4 5 ElHabash Bilal BAU 1915 LIB 5 15
5 3 Nassar Marwan AUST 2137 LIB 4 16
4 Moudallal Tarek AUL 1825 LIB 4 16
8 Aramali Ohanes NDU 0 LIB 4 16
8 10 Bohlok Houssam UL 0 LIB 4 14
9 22 Issa Khalil AUB 0 LIB 4 13
10 12 ElAyyash Rawad AUST 0 LIB 4 12
11 19 Hassan Mahmoud BAU 0 LIB 4 10
12 20 Hidari Walid USEK 0 LIB 3½ 12½
13 28 Oknayan Krikor HaiU 0 LIB 3 14
14 17 Hanna Adib AUST 0 LIB 3 12
15 31 Slim Nour ModU 0 LIB 3 11
16 25 Khalil Adnan USJ 0 LIB 3 10
17 14 Fahed Mike USJ 0 LIB 3 9
15 Fakih Mohamad BAU 0 LIB 3 9
19 18 Hanna Antoine USJ 0 LIB 3 8
32 Ward Serge USJ 0 LIB 3 8
21 7 Ahmar Georges USEK 0 LIB 3 6
22 34 ZeinEddine Suhad USJ 0 LIB 2½ 11½
23 11 Chamsin Mohamad LAU 0 LIB 2½ 5
27 Khazen Noel NDU 0 LIB 2½ 5
25 24 Khalaf Alexi AUST 0 LIB 2 11
26 23 Karadaghlian Christian HaiU 0 LIB 2 10
27 16 Ghazarian Hagop HaiU 0 LIB 2 9
26 Khatchadourian Khatchig HaiU 0 LIB 2 9
29 29 Romanos Boulos USJ 0 LIB 2 8
30 9 Bitar Nassim BAU 0 LIB 2 7
31 21 Hilal Raja Zouhair IslU 0 LIB 1 5
32 13 Fahed Julian USJ 0 LIB 1 4
33 6 Abou Shakra Manal USJ 0 LIB 1 3
34 33 Younes Dany BAU 0 LIB 0 0

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