International Master Sale Srdjan of Croatia
International Master Sale Srdjan of Croatia is close on the heels of the leader with 6.5 points.
Igors holds on to slender advantage in Dubai Open
Dubai |By A Staff Reporter | 22-12-2003
Grandmaster Rausis Igors of Bangladesh maintained his lead with seven points after the eighth round of the Dubai-UAE Open chess tournament, being held at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club.
International Master Sale Srdjan of Croatia is close on the heels of the leader with 6.5 points.
International Masters El Arousy Abdul Hameed and Himdan Maher of Egypt and WFM Nekrasova Elena of Ukraine are in the third spot with six points.
Rausis Igors drew his game against Grandmaster Elmar Magerramov of Azerbaijan. Both players fought well and in the end split the point, as there was no scope for further play.
Results (Round eight):
Rausis, Igors (7) drew Magerramov, Elmar (5.5); Sale, Srdjan (6.5) bt Hilwani, Talal (5.5); El Arousy, Abdul Ham( 6 ) bt Saleh, Nagueb ( 5 ); Himdan, Maher (6) bt Saeed, Ishaq (5); Saleh, Nabil (5.5) drew Asylguzhin, Radik (5.5); Nekrasova, Elena (6) bt Husain Ramadan (4.5); Amer, Mohamed (5) drew Yousif, Ammar Mohammed (5); Waseem Ahmad AlHaj (4.5) lost to Ihsan,Jawad (5.5); Alrais, Mohammed Ahmad (5) bt Abdulghafour Jahandi (4.5); Nouf Ahmad (4) lost to Al Housa, Khalil (5).
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