Home 52 UAE National Day – Abu Dhabi Chess Tournament
Khalifa University Abu Dhabi
9th of December 2023
Registration & Regulations:
Open for all ages and nationalities. FIDE ID is Mandatory (Max 150 players)
Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move 1.
Swiss System, 9 rounds, FIDE Rated for Blitz Rating
FIDE Rules are applied for blitz chess.
The deadline for registration is Thursday 7th of December at 10:00 PM.
Entry fee: 50 AED. PAY HERE
Prizes:
1st Place: 3,000 AED
2nd Place: 2,000 AED
3rd Place: 1,500 AED
4th Place: 1,000 AED
5th Place: 750 AED
6th Place: 500 AED
Best Emarati Female: 1,000 AED
Best Emarati Male: 1,000 AED
Best Boy Under 16: 1,000 AED
Best Girl Under 16: 1,000 AED
Best Boy Under 14: 500 AED
Best Girl Under 14: 500 AED
Best Boy Under 12: 500 AED
Best Girl Under 12: 500 AED
Best Boy Under 10: 500 AED
Best Girl Under 10: 500 AED
Best Boy Under 8: 500 AED
Best Girl Under 8: 500 AED
Tiebreak:
Schedule:
First Round will start on Saturday, 9th of December at 5:00 pm. The tournament will take around 3 hours.
Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games was founded in 1979 and is one of the leading chess clubs in the United Arab Emirates and region, with over 1000 registered members.
The chess club has a strong tradition in organizing chess events, with tens of tournaments organized every year. The main event, Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, reached its 29th Edition in 2023 and become the biggest chess festival in the world, with over 1700 participants.
The Abu Dhabi Chess Club is also organzing all the main chess events across Abu Dhabi, including inter-school chess competitions.
Email: contact@abudhabichess.ae
Phone: 026331110
The internationally top-ranked Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the one university in the UAE with the research and academic programs that address the entire range of strategic, scientific and industrial challenges facing the UAE’s knowledge economy transformation and our rapidly evolving world.