UAE chess player wins 1st place

posted on 22/10/2007: 52 views

Manama - UAE International Master Taleb Mousa of the UAE won the first place following a match with Iranian player Master Ihsan Maghami of Iran with 7.5 points in the men's division of the Asian Zonal Chess Championship being held at Mishtan Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. Maghami stayed on top of the men's division of the championship. Sixteen men and women players from West Asian countries are competing in this prestigious event with the winner in each division qualifying for the World Cup to be staged in Mansiysk, Russia from November 22 to December 18. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)

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