| 16th Asian Cities Chess Campionship: Beirut 2009 |
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| 16th Asian Cities Chess Campionship for Dubai Cup (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 15th - 23rd April 2009 |
| City: | Beirut, Furn El Chebak area, Lebanon |
| Venue: | Meridian Hotel |
| Tournament Director: | IO Elias Kheiroolah (LIB) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Casto Abundo (PHI) |
| Teams participating: | 20 from 10 countries |
| Players participating: | 99 (incl. 3 GMs, 7 IMs, 1 WGM, 18 FMs, 2 WIMs, 2 CMs and 3 WFMs) |
| Games played: | 360 |
| Competition format: | Four board nine round Swiss |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Deducted Berger; 3. Deducted sum of match points (see explanations) |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Other websites: | ChessBase report |
| Downloadable game file: | 09asiancities.zip |
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The Tehran chess team won the Asian Cities Team Championship for the Dubai Cup, followed by runner-up Bangalore, India and Damascus, Syria who prevailed in the tie for third over the Furn El Chebak Team A of Lebanon. Twenty teams competed in the nine-round Swiss tournament organized by the Lebanese Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation, from 15-23 April 2009 in Furn El Chebak, Lebanon. The revelation of the tournament was the strong showing of newcomer Kathmandu team from Nepal, which placed an impressive fifth place. |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Hassan, Abdullah | |
SHRJ | 7½ | 9 | 83.3 |
| 2. | GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | |
TEHR | 5½ | 7 | 78.6 |
| 3. | Thejkumar, M. S. | |
BNGL | 7 | 9 | 77.8 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | CM Shamieh, Mahmoud |  |
BEIR | 7½ | 9 | 83.3 |
| 2. | GM Moradiabadi, Elshan | |
TEHR | 7 | 9 | 77.8 |
| 3. | FM Mohannad, Farhan |  |
AMMN | 6 | 8 | 75.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Mahjoob, Morteza | |
TEHR | 7 | 8 | 87.5 |
| 2. | FM Faraj, Yahya Saleh |  |
SANA | 5½ | 7 | 78.6 |
| 3. | Sanjay, N. | |
BNGL | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | El-Jawich, Amro | |
CHAH | 6 | 7 | 85.7 |
| 2. | Ihsan, Jawad |  |
QUDS | 5½ | 7 | 78.6 |
| 3. | Al-Bonni, Asaad |  |
DMSC | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 |
| 3. | Sriram, Sarja | |
BNGL | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | Ibrahim, Ismail M. | |
ABDH | 6½ | 8 | 81.3 |
| 2. | FM Ali, Laith |  |
BGHD | 5½ | 7 | 78.6 |
| 3. | Abbas, Talal | |
HZMH | 5 | 7 | 71.4 |