[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qxf3 8.
gxf3 a6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O h5 11. f4 h4 12. h3 Rd8 13. Bd2 Rg8 14. Rac1 g5 15.
fxg5 Rxg5 16. Kh1 Rg6 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Kd7 20. Rfc1 Rdg8 21.
Bf3 Kc8 22. b4 Nd7 23. R5c2 Kb8 24. a4 Rf6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1
Kb7 28. Be1 e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Kf1 Nf3 31. Rc4 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Rh6 33. Rf4 f6
34. Rf5 Rg6 35. Rh5 Rg5 36. Rxh4 c5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rf4 f5 39. h4 Rc1+ 40.
Ke2 Rh1 41. Kf3 Kb6 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. h5 Rc6 44. Rxf5 Rh6 45. Rg5 c6 46. a5+ Kc7
47. Kg3 Rh7 48. Kg4 Kd6 49. Rg6+ Kd5 50. h6 Kc5 51. Kh5 Kb5 52. Rg5+ Kb4 53.
Kg6 Rh8 54. h7 Rc8 55. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Allan, W M."]
[Black "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3
e5 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ne7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nd2 c6 14. e4 Bh7 15.
Qe3 Qg6 16. O-O cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. f3 Qg3 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Qe1 Qg5 21. g3 Nf4
22. Be2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rxf1 27. Kxf1
Rc8 28. Ke2 g5 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. b3 Rc5 31. Ke2 Rc3 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Rf3 Rc8 34.
Kd3 Bg6 35. Nc4 Rc5 36. Ne3 Rc1 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. a4 a5 39. Rf2 Rc5 40. Rf1 b5
41. Rf2 Kd7 42. Rf6 Be8 43. Nf5 b4 44. Rxd6+ Kc7 45. Rxh6 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Rxb3 47.
d6+ Kc6 48. Rh8 Bd7 49. Ne3 Kxd6 50. Nc4+ Kc5 51. Nxa5 Rxh3 52. Rd8 Rh7 53. Kd3
0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Black "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Ne6 Qb6 8.
Nxf8 Nxf8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 e6 13. a4 Rd8 14. a5 N6h7
15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd6 18. a6 b6 19. Qf3 Rd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Qg3 Ng6 22. Qb8+ Ke7 23. Qb7 Rc8 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. f4 Ne7 26. b3 Re8 27. c4 f5
28. Ba3 g6 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Rg1 Nh5 32. Ke3 Rc8 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 34.
Rg6 Rh8 35. Rag1 Kf7 36. b4 b5 37. d5 exd5 38. Rxc6 bxc4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxa7
Rc8 41. Kf3 d4 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nizar, Emad"]
[Black "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. e4 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
f6 9. h4 b6 10. c3 a5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nf1 Ba6 13. Bh3 Bc8 14. Qd3 Kh8 15. Ne3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bxg3 18. exd5 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 exd5 20. Bg2 Bb7 21. Ng4
Bd6 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. h5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Ne3 Qf7 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. Bg4 Qf7
28. Rg1 Bc8 29. Bf3 Be6 30. Nf5 Bg5 31. Rae1 Rad8 32. Bd1 Qd7 33. Bc2 g6 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Ng3 Qh7+ 36. Nh5 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 Bf5 40.
Rh1+ Kg7 41. Qe2 Rf7 42. Bxf5 Qxf5 43. Rh3 Qf4 44. Qd3 Qd2 45. Qxd2 Bxd2 46.
Re6 Rb7 47. Rb3 b5 48. Rf3 Bg5 49. Ra6 a4 50. Rc3 Rdd7 51. Kg3 Bd2 52. Rcc6 Ra7
53. Rab6 Rdb7 54. Rxf6 Rxb6 55. Rxb6 b4 56. Rc6 a3 57. b3 Bc3 58. Rc5 Bxd4 59.
Rxd5 Bc3 60. Kf3 Re7 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Battikhi, H."]
[Black "Ababaneh, Ghaith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Qd2 b5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nd1 f5 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Bg5 b4 16. Nf2 Qd6 17. c4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 21.
Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Be7 Nxa2 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. exf5 Nc3 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Ne4 Nxe4
27. Bxe4 Bc5+ 28. Kg2 Bd4 29. Bxg6 Kg7 30. Be4 a5 31. Rc1 Be6 32. Rc6 Bb3 33.
Ra6 Bc3 34. h4 Bd1 35. Kh3 Bb2 36. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Aboudi, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

{A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O
Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. c3 O-O {last book move} 8. Qe1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ba6 11.
Rf2 Qc7 (11... Bd3 12. Nh4 $19) 12. h3 (12. Na3 Ng4 13. Rd2 c4 $17) 12... Bd3 (
12... Rad8 13. Bf1 c4 14. b4 $17) 13. Nbd2 $17 c4 14. e5 Nh5 (14... Nd5 $142
$17) 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Nf1 $142 {and White can hope to live} g6 16. g4 $11) 15...
Nxd4 $19 16. cxd4 Nxg3 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Rg2 (18. Nf3 Qc6 $19) 18... Nf5 19.
Nf3 Qc6 20. Qd1 Rd8 21. b3 $6 {not the greatest defence} (21. Rf2 Be4 $19)
21... b5 (21... Qe4 $5 {seems even better} 22. Bb2 $19) 22. a4 (22. Rf2 Be4 $19
) 22... a6 (22... b4 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 23. Rf2 $19) 23. axb5
axb5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Ba3 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (25. Rf2 $142 $19)
25... Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Ne3 27. d5 (27. Qe1 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qxf3
28. Rg3 Nc2 29. Rxf3 Nxe1 $19) 27... Qxd5 (27... Qc5 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 28. Qa4 Nc2+ 29. Kh2 Qxa3 30. Qxa3 Nxa3 $19) 28.
Rxd3 (28. Qe1 {is still a small chance} Qxf3 29. Rg3 $19) 28... cxd3 29. Qe1
Qxf3 30. Rg3 d2 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Black "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

{E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 {last book move} Nbd7 8. b4 a5
9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 h6 12. Be2 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. O-O f4 15. Qa2
h5 16. c5 Rf7 17. c6 (17. Nb5 Bf8 $18) 17... bxc6 (17... Nb6 $5 $18) 18. dxc6
Nb6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 (20. Bc4 $142 $5 Nh6 21. Qxa4 $18) 20... Be6 (20...
d5 21. Bd3 $16) 21. h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Nh6 22. Ra1 Qe7
(22... d5 $142 $5 23. Bd3 Bf6 $16) 23. b5 $18 g5 (23... Rf8 24. Rb1 $18) 24.
Bc4 Bxc4 (24... Bf6 25. b6 $1 {leaving no more doubts} cxb6 26. c7 $18) 25.
Qxc4 g4 (25... Kh8 26. Ra7 d5 27. exd5 e4 $18) 26. Ra8+ (26. b6 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} cxb6 27. hxg4 $18) 26... Kh7 $16 27.
hxg4 hxg4 28. Ne1 g3 (28... Bf8 29. b6 $1 {White forges ahead} cxb6 30. Nd3 $16
) 29. f3 (29. fxg3 fxg3 30. Nf3 Kg6 $18) 29... Rf8 (29... Kg6 $18) 30. Ra7 Qd8
31. Ba5 (31. Bb4 $142 $18) 31... Qh4 $2 (31... Rf7 $142 $18) 32. Bxc7 (32. Rxc7
$6 Ng4 33. Bb6 Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 $14) 32... Qh2+ (32... Ng4 {
hoping against hope} 33. Bb6 Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 $18) 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qg1 (
34... Ng4 35. Bb6 (35. fxg4 f3+ 36. gxf3 g2 37. Nxg2 Qxg2+ 38. Ke1 Qg3+ 39. Kd2
Qf2+ 40. Kd1 Qxf3+ 41. Kc2 Qf2+ 42. Kb3 Qxa7 $19) 35... Nh2 36. Qd3 Qf1+ 37.
Kd1 Qxd3+ 38. Nxd3 $18) 35. Ra6 (35. b6 Ng4 36. Qb4 Ne3 37. Bxd6 Qf1+ 38. Kd2
Rd8 $16) 35... Ng4 36. fxg4 (36. Bb6 $142 {and White can celebrate victory} Ne3
37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. Kd1 e2+ 39. Qxe2 $18) 36... f3+ $19 37. gxf3 g2 38. Nxg2
Qxg2+ 39. Ke1 (39. Kd1 {desperation} Rxf3 40. Qe2 Rf1+ 41. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 42. Kc2
$19) 39... Rxf3 40. Bb6 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 (41. Ke2 {does not help much} Qf1+ 42. Kd2
Bh6+ 43. g5 Bxg5+ 44. Be3 Bxe3+ 45. Kc3 Bc1+ 46. Kc2 Qxc4+ 47. Kb1 Rb3+ 48. Ka1
Qd4+ 49. Ka2 Qb2#) 41... Bh6+ (41... Bh6+ 42. g5 Bxg5+ 43. Be3 Bxe3+ 44. Kc2
Qc1+ 45. Kb3 Bc5+ 46. Qc3 Qxc3+ 47. Ka2 Qc2+ 48. Ka1 Bd4#) 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Almograbi, Fuad"]
[Black "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. O-O
Nf5 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Qd2 Qxd2 11. Nbxd2 g6 12. Nb3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bh6 14. Kf2 O-O
15. a4 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. h4 g5 18. Bb5 gxh4 19. Ke2 Bf8 20. a5 Rf7 21. Rh1
Bd7 22. Rxh4 Bd6 23. g3 Raf8 24. Ng5 Rf2+ 25. Ke1 Nb4 26. Rxh7 Nc2+ 27. Kd1
Nxe3+ 28. Kc1 Rc8+ 29. Kb1 Bxb5 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Rg7+ Kxg7 33.
Nxe6+ Kf6 34. Nxc5 b6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Nb3 Bd3+ 37. Kc1 Rc2+ 38. Kb1 Rh2+ 39.
Kc1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Saad, Baha"]
[Black "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 Qd6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bf5 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Bg4
15. Be2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Bh6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. f4 Nxf4+ 19. gxf4 Bxf4 20. Bf3 Qf6 21.
Re2 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be3 24. Rg2 Qf4 25. c4 Bh3 26. Re2 d4 27. Bxb7
Rb8 28. Bf3 d3 29. Rxe3 Qxe3 30. Qe1 Qf4 31. Rd1 Rxb3 32. Bc1 Rc3 33. Qe4 Qxe4
34. Bxe4 Bg4 35. Re1 Be2 36. Kg2 f5 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. Kf2 Rc2 39. a4 f4 40. Be4
g5 41. Rxe2 Rxc1 42. Bxd3 Rd8 43. Bf5 h5 44. h3 Ra1 45. Ne4 Kh6 46. c5 Rc1 47.
Rb2 Rd5 48. Re2 Rxe5 49. Bd7 Kg6 50. c6 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Bxg4 Rxc6 53. Kf3
Ra5 54. Kxf4 e5+ 55. Kf3 Rxa4 56. Bd7 Ra3+ 57. Kg4 Rc4 58. Be8+ Kg7 59. Kf5
Raa4 60. Nd6 Rf4+ 61. Kxe5 Rab4 62. Rg2+ Kf8 63. Bc6 Rg4 64. Rf2+ Kg7 65. Rf7+
Kg6 66. Be8 Kg5 67. Rh7 Rgf4 68. Rg7+ Kh4 69. Rxa7 Kg3 70. Ra3+ Kf2 71. Ra2+
Ke3 72. Bg6 Ra4 73. Rb2 Rab4 74. Rc2 Ra4 75. Rc3+ Kd2 76. Rd3+ Ke2 77. Nb5 Rab4
78. Nc3+ Ke1 79. Rd1+ Kf2 80. Rd2+ Kg3 81. Nd5 Rb5 82. Rd3+ Rf3 83. Rd4 Ra3 84.
Be4 Raa5 85. Kf5 Rc5 86. Rd3+ Kf2 87. Kf4 Ra2 88. Rf3+ Ke1 89. Rh3 Ra4 90. Nc3
Rac4 91. Rh1+ Kd2 92. Nb1+ Ke2 93. Rh2+ Ke1 94. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Black "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Qc7 9. Bb2 Rd8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. e4 Ne6 12. Bb1 a5 13. Qc2 Nf4 14. d5 Bg4 15. Nd2
Qd7 16. h3 Bxh3 17. g3 Ng2 18. Rf1 Qg4 19. Qd1 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Bd3 Nf4 22.
Re1 Bg4 23. Re3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bh6 25. Rae1 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nd7 27. Na4 b5 28.
cxb5 cxb5 29. Nc3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aboudi, M."]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O Nf8 8. h3
Nfg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Qa6 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Black "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

{A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 {
last book move} 5. a3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. d3 f6 9. Nh4 Bf7 10. Bg2 e5
11. c4 Nge7 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. dxc4 Qa5 14. Qc2 g5 15. Nf5 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kc7 $2
(16... h5 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Qf5+ Kc7 19. Ne4 $14) 17. Ne4 (17. Bxc6 $142 $5
Kxc6 18. Nf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 $18) 17... Nxf5 $14 18. gxf5 Be7 19. Nc3 Qb6 (19...
Bh5 20. Nd5+ Kb8 21. Rd3 $16) 20. Bd5 {White threatens to win material: Bd5xf7}
(20. Nd5+ $142 $5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 $16 (21. Rxd5 $6 Na5 $11)) 20... Bh5 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Bh5xd1} 21. Rd3 Na5 $2 (21... Kb8 $142 $14 {
and Black could well hope to play on}) 22. Na4 $18 Qa7 23. Bc3 Nc6 24. Bxc6 (
24. h4 $142 g4 25. Bxc6 Rxd3 26. Ba5+ (26. Qxd3 $6 bxc6 27. Ba5+ Kb8 $18) 26...
Kc8 27. Bb6 $18 (27. Qxd3 bxc6 28. Rd1 g3 $16)) 24... Kxc6 $2 (24... Rxd3 $142
$5 25. Ba5+ Kc8 $16) 25. Rxd8 $18 Bxd8 (25... Rxd8 26. Qe4+ Kd7 27. Ba5 $18)
26. Qe4+ Kc7 (26... Kd7 27. Qd5+ Ke8 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Nxc5 $18) 27. Bxe5+ $1 {
Decoy: e5} Kc8 (27... fxe5 28. Qxe5+ {Double attack} (28. Qd5 {Decoy})) 28. Bd6
(28. Qd5 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} fxe5 29. Qe6+ Kc7 30. Qxe5+
Kc8 31. Qxh8 b5 $18) 28... Re8 (28... Bf7 $18) 29. Qd5 (29. Qd5 Bc7 30. h4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Black "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 d4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. Ng3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 e6
9. Qc1 Bd7 10. c4 dxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. a3 Nge7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1
Rfc8 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g3 Ng6 20. Ng2 Nce7 21. Nf4 e5
22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Nd2 Bc6 25. g4 Rf8 26. Ng3 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
Nxf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Rg5+ 32. Kh1 Be5 33. Rd1 Qf6 34.
Bf3 Kh8 35. Rd5 c4 36. a4 bxa4 37. Qc2 Rag8 38. Qxa4 Qe6 39. Qd7 Qb6 40. Rbd1
Qxf2 41. Qh3 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Black "Saad, Baha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Black "Battikhi, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d4 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Nc4
Bc7 9. a4 h6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Ne7 12. g4 Nh7 13. f4 Ng6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 f6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qe1 Be6 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Rae8 21. Nf5
c4 22. Kh1 cxd3 23. cxd3 Rf7 24. h4 Ref8 25. Rf2 Nf6 26. Raf1 Kh8 27. Bf3 Ng8
28. h5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Nf6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rh2 g4 32. h6 gxh6 33. Be4 h5 34. Rg1
Rh7 35. Rgg2 Qc1+ 36. Rg1 Qf4 37. Qe1 Nxe4 38. dxe4 Qf3+ 39. Rhg2 Rc8 40. Rf1
Qh3+ 41. Rh2 Qd3 42. f6 Kg8 43. Rhf2 Rc2 44. Rxc2 Qxc2 45. Rf5 Qd3 46. Rg5+ Kf7
47. Rxe5 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Qxe3 dxe3 50. Kf1 Kxf6 51. Rf5+ Ke6 52. Ke2 h4
53. Rg5 h3 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ababaneh, Ghaith"]
[Black "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 Qa5 10. Ne2 e5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 Nf8
15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Black "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. e3
d6 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Qd6 Qd7 14. Qa3 Qc7 15.
Na4 Na6 16. c5 Qa5 17. Rd6 Kf7 18. Rhd1 Nb4 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Qb3+ Ke7 21. Rd6
Rhd8 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ Nd5 25. exd5 Qxa4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Qxd8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qg5+ Kg7 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Qxf4 b5 32. cxb6 axb6 33.
dxc6+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ Kg7 36. c7 Qc6 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39.
g4+ Kxg4 40. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Almograbi, Fuad"]
[Black "Allan, W M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 Ba5 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bf4 N7g6 13. Bg3 Qf6 14. c3 h5
15. h3 h4 16. Bh2 d6 17. Kh1 Bxh3 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. Nc2 h3 21. g3
Bc6 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 O-O 25. Ng1 Ne7 26. Qh5 Bxg1 27. Bxg1 Qe6
28. Qf3 f5 29. Rfe1 Rae8 30. a3 Qb3 31. Re2 fxe4 32. Qg4 Nf5 33. Qxh3 Rf6 34.
Rh2 e3 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ Ke7 37. Qf3 Kf7 38. Re1 Qc4 39. g4 Ne7 40. f5 Nc6
41. g5 Ne5 42. Qh5+ Kf8 43. gxf6 Qe4+ 44. Rg2 gxf6 45. Rxe3 Qc6 46. Qh7 Qd5 47.
Reg3 Nf7 48. Qg7+ Ke7 49. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Black "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. e3 d5 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. g4
Nd6 15. Bh6 f5 16. Re1 Kf7 17. d5 Re8 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. dxe6+ Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Kxe6
21. Qd5+ Kd7 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qf7+ Qe7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Bxb7+ Kb8 26. Qxe7
Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Qd7 a5 29. Bxa8 Kxa8 30. Qc8+ Ka7 31. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Black "Nizar, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5
Re8 9. Bd3 e6 10. dxe6 Rxe6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. f5 Re8 14. fxg6 fxg6
15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. Bh4 a6 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Nd5 Bf5 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Qh6 Qd6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27.
Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qh4 e4 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. g4 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rh8 32. gxf5+ Nxf5 33.
Qg4 Qd7 34. Nxe4+ Kf7 35. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Battikhi, H."]
[Black "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 a6 6. Nc3 Rb8 7. d3 b5 8. cxb5
axb5 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 d6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxe4 Bg4
15. Qc3+ Kg8 16. h3 b4 17. Qb2 Bxf3 18. exf3 Nd4 19. Rfd1 Ra8 20. e5 dxe5 21.
f4 Rc8 22. fxe5 Qb6 23. f4 c4 24. Kh2 c3 25. Qf2 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Qa7 27. Bf1 Rd7
28. Bc4 Nf5 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. a4 Ne3 31. Re1 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra1 b3 34.
a5 b2 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Black "Aboudi, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf1 Rfe8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qd2 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rac8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 d5 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qf4 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qc7 10. Qe3+ Kf8 11. Bf4 Qc6 12. Bd6+ Kg8 13. Nf3 Qa4 14.
Qe7 h6 15. e3 Qxa2 16. Bd3 Qa1+ 17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Nd4 g6 19. f3 Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Qa5
21. Nb3 Qb5 22. Bc2 Nf8 23. Rxd5 Qe2 24. Qf4 Qxg2 25. Rhd1 Be6 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8 Qf1+ 28. Rd1 Qb5 29. Nd2 Qxc5 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Qe5 f5 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nd5
Bxd5 34. Qxh8 Qxe3+ 35. Kb1 Bxf3 36. Rd3 Qe1+ 37. Ka2 Qa5+ 38. Ra3 Bd5+ 39. Bb3
Bxb3+ 40. Kxb3 Qd5+ 41. Kc3 Qc5+ 42. Kd3 Qb5+ 43. Ke3 Qf1 44. Rc3 Qh3+ 45. Kd2
Qxh2+ 46. Kc1 Qg1+ 47. Kc2 Qg2+ 48. Kb1 Qe4+ 49. Ka2 Qa4+ 50. Kb1 Qe4+ 51. Ka2
Qa4+ 52. Kb1 Qd1+ 53. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Saad, Baha"]
[Black "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bf3
h6 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rad1 c6 17. d6 Nd7 18. h4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. c5 h5 21.
Rfe1 Bf6 22. b4 Kf8 23. Re4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Rde1 Re8 27. b5
cxb5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rb1 d3 30. Rd1 Bd4 31. c6 bxc6 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. d7 b4
34. Rxd3 Bf6 35. g3 Rb8 36. Ba4 Ra8 37. Bc6 Rb8 38. Re3 Be7 39. Ba4 Ra8 40. Bb5
Rb8 41. Ba6 Rb6 42. Bc4 Rd6 43. Bb5 Rb6 44. Ba4 Ra6 45. Bb3 Rd6 46. Rf3 f5 47.
Ba4 Kg7 48. Re3 Kf6 49. Kf1 Ra6 50. Bb3 Rd6 51. Ke2 Rxd7 52. Re6+ Kg7 53. Rb6
Rc7 54. Kd2 Bc5 55. Rb8 Bxf2 56. Rxb4 Bxg3 57. Bc2 Be1+ 58. Kxe1 Rxc2 59. Rb7+
Kh6 60. Rb4 Rg2 61. Rb3 Rg4 62. Rh3 Kg7 63. Kf2 Kf6 64. Rh1 Ke5 65. Kf3 f4 66.
Re1+ Kf5 67. Rh1 Rg3+ 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Rh2 f3 70. Rh1 Rg2+ 71. Ke3 Kg3 72. Ra1
Re2+ 73. Kd3 Kxh4 74. Ra4+ Kg3 75. Ra5 Re6 76. Rg5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Nc5 9. b4 Ncd7 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 b6 13. Bd3 h5 14. Nge2 Kh7 15.
O-O Ng8 16. Ra1 Rb8 17. Ra4 Kh8 18. Rfa1 f5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Nb5 Rb7 21. Ra7
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Ndf6 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Nxc7 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qb8 26. Ne6 Rf7 27. Qe3
Bc8 28. Nd8 Rd7 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Ra7 Bb7 31. Nd8 Rxd8 32. Bxd8 Qxd8 33. Rxb7 Bh6
34. Qf3 Qg5 35. Qf7 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Black "Almograbi, Fuad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d5 5. e5 dxc3 6. Nxc3 e6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bh6 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nxd5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
Qxd5 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qf6+ Ke8 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Rfe1
Rac8 21. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Black "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Bc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. e4 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ne8 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Nf6 20. Rd3 h6 21.
Na4 Ng4 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qg3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Black "Allan, W M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. N2f3 f6
15. c3 a5 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Rab1 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Qc8 20. b4 Ne4 21. exf6
gxf6 22. Nb3 Nd6 23. Rbe1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nizar, Emad"]
[Black "Ababaneh, Ghaith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. O-O Nge7
9. Be3 O-O 10. Na3 d5 11. Re1 a6 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. e5 Rc7 14. d4 Nf5 15. Bf2 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. Nb1 Qc2 23. Qf2 Bb4 24. Rf1 Qd3 25. Bf3 Rc2 26. Rd1 Rxf2 27. Rxd3 Rxb2
28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. axb3 Bc6 30. Be2 b5 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ke3 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34.
Nd2 a3 35. Nb3 a2 36. Na1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Black "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Na5 12. Bf1 Be6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Nb3 g5
15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Rd7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. a4 Rad8
21. e5 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 e6 23. Qe4 Rd2 24. f4 Rxb2 25. Rad1 Rdd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27.
f5 Qc6 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. f6 Bf8 30. a5 Rc2 31. Re3 g4 32. Kf1 h5 33. Rd3 Rc1+
34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Rd8 Ra4 36. Kd3 Rxa5 37. Ke3 Ra3 38. Bd3 Rxc3 39. Kf4 Rc1 40.
Bh7+ Kxh7 41. Rxf8 Rf1+ 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Rh8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aboudi, M."]
[Black "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf4 Bb6
15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Rf6 20. Bh3 Qd5 21.
Bg2 Qd8 22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. Bh3 Rb8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Bxe6 Qe7 26. Bg4 Ne5 27. Bh3
d3 28. exd3 Rbf8 29. f4 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Black "Battikhi, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 d4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. Ng3 g6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 Be6 8. Bg5
Nge7 9. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. dxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Rac1 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. c5
dxc5 15. bxc5 Rad8 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20.
Rc7 Rb8 21. Rd1 Rd5 22. Rdc1 Rdd8 23. Bc4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxa7 g6 26. g3
Rc5 27. Rd1 Ra5 28. Rxa5 bxa5 29. Rd5 Ra8 30. a4 Kg7 31. e4 Kf6 32. f3 Ke6 33.
Rb5 h6 34. h4 Kf6 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. g4 Ra6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxh5 Kg6
40. Rf5 Kg7 41. Kd4 Kg6 42. Kc5 Kg7 43. Kb5 Ra8 44. Kb6 Kg6 45. Rxa5 Rb8+ 46.
Kc6 Rb3 47. Rf5 Ra3 48. a5 Ra1 49. Kb6 Rb1+ 50. Rb5 Rf1 51. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Black "Saad, Baha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rb1 e6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd5 11. Qd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rb3 Rd8 14. c5
Qxc5 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. Rb5 Qa6 18. Bc7 Re8 19. c4 d5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21.
Rb3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 exd5 23. Bxd5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. e3 Rac8 26. Ba5 Re5 27.
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Black "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. Nbd2
Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Ne5 g5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bg3 Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. a4 Qc6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. f3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Kg7 22. b3 f6 23. Nd3 c4 24. Nb2 f5 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Kf2 Bd6 27. f4 Qc6 28.
Rh1 Rf6 29. Rh2 Rg6 30. Rch1 g4 31. Rd1 Qd5 32. Rh5 b6 33. e4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4
fxe4 35. Re1 Rf6 36. Rxe4 Kg6 37. Rb5 Rc6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. f5+ Kf6 40. fxe6
Ba3 41. d5 Rc8 42. Nd1 Bc5+ 43. Ne3 Ke5 44. Ke2 Rf8 45. Nxc4+ Kxd5 46. Nxb6+
Kd6 47. Rxc5 Rb8 48. Rb5 Kxe6 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ababaneh, Ghaith"]
[Black "Almograbi, Fuad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Black "Nizar, Emad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3
Nc5 9. Qe2 a5 10. d4 Ncd7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. a4 b6 15.
Rd1 Ba6 16. b3 Qe6 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21.
Qd2 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bf8 23. Bc1 Bd6 24. h4 Nc5 25. h5 Nb3 26. Qh6 Nxc1 27. Qxc1
Qxc4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qa1 Qb3 30. Bf3 Qc2 31. Qd1 Qxc3 32. Be2 Kg7 33. Kg2 Bc5
34. Qd5 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Bxd4 36. Bb5 Kf6 37. Bc6 Ke7 38. f4 f6 39. Kf3 exf4 40.
gxf4 g5 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Bd5 Be3 44. Bb7 Ke5 45. Ba8 Bf4 46. Bb7
c5 47. Bd5 Bd2 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 Bf4 50. Kd1 g4 51. Be6 g3 52. Bh3 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Allan, W M."]
[Black "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. Qe2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O d5 9. Nc3 Qxe2 10. Bxe2 c6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 g5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Nge2 f5
15. Rdf1 f4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Nf2 Re8 20. Re1 Rf7 21. c3
Rfe7 22. Kd2 Nb6 23. b3 Nc8 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. g4 Kf7 26. Rhf1 Nb5 27. a4 Nd6 28.
a5 Re3 29. Rf2 Ke7 30. Rb1 Kd8 31. Nec1 Kc7 32. Na2 Nb5 33. Rc1 Bxd4 34. cxd4
Nxd4 35. Rcf1 Nxb3+ 36. Kc3 Nxa5 37. Nab4 Nc4 38. Nc2 R3e7 39. Nd4 Ne3 40. Ra1
a6 41. Rb2 Kd6 42. Nf5+ Nxf5 43. gxf5 Rf8 44. Rab1 Rxf5 45. Rxb7 Rff7 46. Rb8
Ke6 47. Rh8 Rh7 48. Rxh7 Rxh7 49. Rb6 Rc7 50. Rxa6 Kf5 51. Nf2 Ke5 52. Ng4+ Ke6
53. Ra8 Rh7 54. Rf8 Ke7 55. Rf6 c5 56. Rc6 Kd7 57. Rxc5 Kd6 58. Kd4 Ra7 59.
Rxd5+ Kc6 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61. Rc3 Ke7 62. Rc6 Ra3 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Kf5 Ra3 65. Ne5
Ra5 66. Re6+ Kf8 67. Kf6 g4 68. Ng6+ Kg8 69. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Black "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Black "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Be7 8. e4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 N8d7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. b3 c5 15.
d5 Bf6 16. Bb2 exd5 17. exd5 Bd4 18. d6 Qh4 19. Qd2 f5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Re8 23. Ng3 Rfe5 24. Qc2 Kh7 25. Rad1 R8e6 26. Kh2 Nc8 27. Rd2
Rxd6 28. Bxb7 Qb4 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 30. Rd1 Qxb7 31. Rxd6 Nf6 32. Qd3 Qb4 33. Rd8
Qf4 34. Kg2 Nh5 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Nxg3 37. fxg3 Re6 38. h4 Rc6 39. Rd3 c4
40. bxc4 Rxc4 41. Ra3 Rc7 42. Ke4 g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Ra5 Kh5 45. Kf5 Rf7+ 46.
Ke6 Rb7 47. a4 Kg4 48. g6 Kxg3 49. Rb5 Rc7 50. Kd6 Rc4 51. Rb7 Rxa4 52. Rxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Battikhi, H."]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 c6
9. Qc1 Qe7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. b4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Qd6 15. a5
Nbd7 16. Rab1 d4 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Nc5 Nc3 19. Rb2 Bd5 20. Bh6 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e3 Rfe8 24. exd4 exd4 25. Qf4 Rad8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Rb6 Bc6 28.
Ra1 Rd7 29. g4 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qc3 31. Rab1 Qxd3 32. Ne1 Qc4 33. gxf5 g5 34. f6+
Kg6 35. Qg4 h5 36. f7 Rxf7 37. Be4+ Kh6 38. Qg2 Nf4 39. Bxc6 Nxg2 40. Bd5+ Kg7
41. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Nxe1 43. Bxf7 Kxf7 44. Kg1 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. h3 d3
47. hxg4 d2 48. Rxb7+ Ke6 49. Rb1 hxg4 50. Kf1 Nd4 51. Rd1 Nb3 52. Ke2 Kd6 53.
Rb1 Nxa5 54. Ra1 Nb3 55. Rxa6+ Ke5 56. Ra4 Kf5 57. Rb4 Nc1+ 58. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Black "Aboudi, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O g6 {last book move} 6. d3 Bg7 {
Black should quickly conclude development.} 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 e6 9. d4 a6 10.
Ba4 {Black's piece can't move: c8} (10. Qa4 Ne7 $16) 10... b5 {
Black threatens to win material: b5xa4} 11. Bc2 d6 12. a3 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bxe7 (14. Be3 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 14... Qxe7 $11 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Ne2 {
Black has a cramped position} Bb7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20.
Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc7} Qb6 21. b4 Ra8 22. Kh1 (22. Qb2
a5 $15) 22... a5 23. f4 axb4 24. axb4 f5 25. d5 {White wins space} (25. Qe3
$142 $15) 25... Ra1 $4 {Black lets it slip away} (25... Qf2 $142 $17) 26. dxe6
$11 fxe4 {White has a new passed pawn: e6. Black has new passed pawns: d6+e4} (
26... Bxe4 $4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Qa2 $18) 27. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xe4} e3 $4 {Black loses the upper hand} (
27... d5 $142 {was possible} 28. e7 Qe6 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. e8=Q+ Qxe8 31. Qxd5+
Kf8 $14) 28. Qd3 $18 Qc6 $2 (28... Qd8 29. Qxe3 Qe8 $18) 29. Qxg6 Qxg2+ (29...
Qc7 $18 {praying for a miracle}) 30. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxc3 (31... e2 {
doesn't improve anything} 32. Nxe2 Kf8 33. Ng3 $18) 32. Rxc3 e2 (32... Ra7 {
does not improve anything} 33. Rxe3 Kf8 34. f5 $18) 33. Re3 Rxb1 (33... Ra8 {
there is nothing else anyway} 34. e7 e1=Q 35. Rxe1 Kf7 36. Bg6+ Kxg6 37. e8=Q+
Rxe8 38. Rxe8 Kf5 $18) 34. e7 (34. e7 e1=Q 35. e8=Q+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Rxe1
Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kxh5 Rg3 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Re7+ Rg7 43. Qg6+
Kg8 44. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ababaneh, Ghaith"]
[Black "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. Nf4
f5 9. d5 g5 10. Nh3 Ng7 11. Be2 Na6 12. a3 Nc5 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. c4
b5 16. Qd4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d6 18. dxe6 d5 19. Bb3 Nxe6 20. Qd1 c6 21. Qh5 Qe8 22.
Qd1 Qg6 23. f3 Ba6 24. Rf2 exf3 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Rf8 27. Bb2 g4 28. Bc2
Qh5 29. Nf2 Rxf3 30. Qd2 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Saad, Baha"]
[Black "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. e3 Nf6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Rxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bxb5 16. Bb2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Ne8 18. Qc2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd6 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Qc3 Qb6 22. b4 Nab7 23. a4 a5 24. b5 Nc5 25. Qa3 f6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rc3 Kf7 28.
Qa2 Qa7 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. h4 Qa7 31. h5 Nf5 32. Nb3 d6 33. Bh3 Rg8 34. Bxf5 gxf5
35. Nxc5 dxc5 36. Qxf5 c4 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. b6 Qb8 39. Rxc4 Rxg3+ 40. Kf1 Rb3
41. Rc8+ Qxc8 42. Qxc8+ Kg7 43. b7 f5 44. b8=Q Ra3 45. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Nizar, Emad"]
[Black "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c3 Be6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Na3 b4 15. Nc4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Na5 18. Qa2 c4 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Nd2 Bh6 21. Rad1
Rd7 22. Bh3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qe3 Nb3 26. Bf1 Nd2 27. Bc5
Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Rd3 29. Bb6 Qd7 30. Qc5 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Ng4 32. Qxc4 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1
Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qf3+ 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Kg1 Nxf2 37. Re2 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Black "Allan, W M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Bb5 Bf5 6. d4 e6 7. Ne5 Nge7 8.
Qf3 Qd6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bxg5 Bg7 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxc6+ Kd7 14. d5
Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 exd5 16. Ne5+ Ke6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe5+ 19. Qe2 Rab8 20.
Qxe5+ Kxe5 21. O-O-O Rb4 22. Rhe1+ Kd6 23. c3 Rf4 24. Rd2 Rg8 25. f3 h5 26. Re3
h4 27. Rde2 Rg5 28. Kc2 Rgf5 29. Rf2 Rg5 30. Re8 a5 31. b3 Kc6 32. Kd3 Rf6 33.
Rh8 Rfg6 34. Rxh4 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. a4 Rb2 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Rb3+ 39.
Ke2 Kd6 40. a5 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. a6 c6 44. Rh8 Ra3 45. Ra8 Kf4
46. Ke2 f5 47. a7 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Ra3 49. h4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Black "Almograbi, Fuad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. e3 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2
c4 9. d4 Ng4 10. Nb1 h5 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Nbd2 h4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxc4
Qc7 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Nxh4 Ne7 18. Be3 Bb5 19. Rf2 Nh5 20. Rd2 g5 21. fxg5
Nxg3 22. Bf2 Ngf5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Qxe4 Bc6 25. Qe5 Rh5 26. Qxd6 Nxd6 27.
Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Rd3 Rxg5+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. Bxg3 Nf5 31. Kh2 Ke7 32. Rg1 Rh8 33.
Bf4 f6 34. b3 Kf7 35. a4 Nh4 36. Rf1 Rg8 37. Bg3 Nf5 38. Bf4 Ne7 39. Be5 f5 40.
Rg1 Ng6 41. b4 Rd8 42. Re1 a6 43. Kg3 Rg8 44. Kf2 Nh4 45. Rg1 Rxg1 46. Kxg1
Nf3+ 47. Kf2 Nd2 48. Ke3 Nb1 49. c4 Nc3 50. a5 Na2 51. b5 cxb5 52. cxb5 axb5
53. a6 Nb4 54. a7 Nd5+ 55. Kd3 Nb6 56. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Black "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Be2 a5 10. Be3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. b3 O-O 13. Rb1 Nfd7 14. a3 Ne6
15. Ndb5 Bc6 16. Qd2 Ndc5 17. Bd1 Qb8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Re8 21.
Be2 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Rfc1 Qa7 25. Rc6 Qa4 26. Rbc1 Red8 27.
h4 Qa3 28. h5 Nf6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bxb6 Rdb8 31. Bc7 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Ng3 33. Bxb8
Nxe2+ 34. Qxe2 Bd4+ 35. Kh2 Rxb8 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qxe7 Rxb5 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39.
Qxf7+ Kh6 40. g4 Qxb4 41. R8c7 Qb2+ 42. R1c2 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Battikhi, H."]
[Black "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Black "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

{D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5
Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 {
last book move} 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O {White has a cramped position} Rad8 13. Qb1
b6 {Consolidates a5} 14. f4 Qd7 15. Rc1 {
White threatens to win material: Rc1xc6} Ne7 16. Qc2 c5 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 (
{Less advisable is} 18. exd4 Ng6 19. Bb4 Rfe8 $19) 18... Rc8 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc2} 19. Qb2 Rxc1+ (19... Qe6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Bf3 $14) 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ra1 Ned5 (21... Qf5 22. Qa3 Qd7 23. Qb3 $14) 22.
h3 {Controls g4} Qf5 23. Qa3 {White threatens to win material: Qa3xa7} Qd7 24.
Be5 a5 (24... Ne7 $5 $14) 25. Rd1 $16 Qb5 $2 (25... Qe6 $142 $5 $16) 26. Qd6
$18 Nc3 $4 {sad, but how else could Black save the game?} (26... Qe2 27. Rxd5
Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qc1 $18) 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 (27... Ne8 {what else?} 28.
Qe7 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 $18) 28. Qb8+ Ne8 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kg8 31. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Saad, Baha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O c6 11. b4 e4 12. d5 Ng4 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Qb3 Qf6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. b5 Be6 17. bxc6 Bxc4 18. Qb7 Rac8 19. Nd4 Qf7 20. Ncb5 Nxc6 21.
Nxd6 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Bxf1 23. Ne6 Be5 24. Nxc8 Ba6 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Rc8 27.
h3 Bc4 28. Nf4 Bb8 29. a4 a5 30. Rb7 Be5 31. Ra7 Bc3 32. Bf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Rc4
34. Nd5 Bb4 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Nd5 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1
40. Nxb4 axb4 41. a5 b3 42. Rb7 Rxa5 43. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Aboudi, M."]
[Black "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. O-O Bd7 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. Bf4 g5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Rad1 Nb3 20. Be7 Rc8
21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8 Ra8 23. Bb6 Rc8 24. Re1 f5 25. Rd1 a4 26. Kf1 Rc6 27.
Rd6 Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. Rd6 Kf6 30. Rd7 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxb7 f4 33. Rb4
Ke5 34. Rxa4 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rxb2 37. Rb4 Ra2 38. a4 Ra1+ 39. Ke2
Ra2+ 40. Ke1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Black "Ababaneh, Ghaith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bxa4 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Re1 Bd6 21. g3
Rca8 22. c4 Bd7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Ra2 25. Qf1 Bc5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Ra1
28. Qc2 Qc6 29. Rb1 Ra4 30. Qc3 Qe4 31. Rb5 Rxc4 32. Qd2 Bxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxc1+
0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Black "Nizar, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 dxe5 11. Qd2 Ngf6 12. fxe5 Nh5 13. O-O-O Ng3 14. Rg1
Nxf1 15. Rgxf1 Re8 16. Kb1 a5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qc5 19. Qh4 Nxe5 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 21. Bf6 Be6 22. Nxe5 Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Allan, W M."]
[Black "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]

 *

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Black "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 exf4 13. gxf4 Rb8 14. a4 b4 15. Nb5
Nxb5 16. axb5 Rxb5 17. f5 O-O 18. Rf4 g5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qe1 Bd6 21. Rg4 Bxg4
22. Nxg4 Ne7 23. Rxa7 c4 24. Ra8 Bb8 25. dxc4 Qd4+ 26. Be3 Qxc4 27. Bf3 f5 28.
Nh6+ Kg7 29. Bg5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Black "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Kh1 h6 14. Qe1 Re8
15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Bb5 Bf5 19. Rf2 g5 20. Bg3 d4 21.
Na4 Ne6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. b4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Saad , Baha"]
[Black "Battikhi, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 a5
9. O-O Na6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qb3 Nb4 12. Be3 Nc7 13. h3 d5 14. g4 dxc4 15. Bxc4
Ncd5 16. Bd2 h5 17. f5 hxg4 18. hxg4 gxf5 19. g5 e6 20. Kf2 Ne7 21. Ne2 Nbd5
22. Ng3 Ng6 23. Nh5 c5 24. Rh1 cxd4 25. Rag1 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Qc7
28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. gxf6 f4 30. Qe4 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Qxc4+ 32. Qxc4 b6 33. Qe4 Ba6+
34. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Black "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 d4 8. Nb1 Be6
9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 g5 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Nh4 gxh3 15.
Bxh3 Bxh3 16. Kxh3 Qe6+ 17. Kg2 O-O-O 18. Bd2 Rdg8 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Rh1 h5 21.
b3 Rg4 22. Kf1 Ne8 23. Ke2 Nf6 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. exf5 Qd6 27. a4
Rfg8 28. Kd1 e4 29. dxe4 Re8 30. Bf4 Qc6 31. Rxh5 Nxh5 32. Qxg4 Nxf4 33. Qxf4
c4 34. e5 cxb3 35. cxb3 Qc3 36. Qc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Kd7 38. Kd2 Kc6 39. Kd3 Kd5
40. e6 fxe6 41. fxe6 Kc5 42. Re4 b6 43. e7 Kd5 44. f4 Kd6 45. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Black "Abohazeem, Abed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ababneh, Ghayth"]
[Black "Aboudi M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a3 c5 12. d5 c4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. e4
Bc5 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Rad1 Rdf8 21. b3 Ne5
22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. f3 Qxc3 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rd7 Bc8 26. Rc7 Bxa3 27. Rxc4 Qe5
28. Bb3 Bd6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxa6 Rff8 31. f4 Qxf4 32. e5 Rc1 33. Bd1 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Bxe5 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qxe5 Qxe5 37. Rd5 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 c5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15.
Ng3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne5 Nf8 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Ne6 20. Be3 Rc2 21. Qd3
Qc7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rxc2 Qxc2 24. Rc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nf1 Ne4 27. g3
Bd8 28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Nf3 Nc7 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Nizar, Emad"]
[Black "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 d6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. e4
fxe4 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Qc2 Nf3+ 14. Bxf3 exf3
15. h3 Bd7 16. Nde6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rf7 19. Qxf3 c6 20. Qd3 b5 21. b3
bxc4 22. bxc4 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qb7 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. Be3 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxa7
Ra8 28. Nxg7 Rxa7 29. Rxd5 Kxg7 30. a4 Rf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. a5 Kf6 33. f4 e5
34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. a6 h5 37. fxe5 Kxe5 38. Ra5+ d5 39. Kf3 Kd4 40. Kf4
Kc4 41. Kxf5 d4 42. Ke4 Re7+ 43. Re5 Ra7 44. Re6 d3 45. Rd6 Re7+ 46. Kf3 Kc3
47. Rc6+ Kd2 48. Rb6 Kc2 49. Rb7 d2 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Hajaj, Akram"]
[Black "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Black "Saad , Baha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Nc3 e6 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qd1 Bd6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nb6
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nc4 17. Bc1 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Rxb2 19. e4 Bg6 20. Qd4 Re2 21.
Qxg7 Rf8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qa5 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Rb4 Ke7 26. Qb2 Qa5 27.
Rb7+ Ke8 28. Qe5 Bxe4 29. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Black "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bg3 f5 13. Nxd5 Nxg3 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. hxg3 g6 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Kg7 18. Rac1 h5 19. f3 Be6 20. a3 Rad8 21. b4
a6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Nd7 24. Nc4 Nxc5 25. Bf1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Ne6 27. Rb1 Rd7
28. Rb6 Ree7 29. Kf2 Nd8 30. Bd3 Rd5 31. a4 Red7 32. Be2 Ne6 33. Rcb4 Nd8 34.
Bc4 R5d6 35. Be2 Rc7 36. e4 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rcd7 38. Ke3 a5 39. Rc4 Ne6 40. d5
cxd5 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. exd5 Rxd5 43. Bf3 Re5+ 44. Kd3 b5 45. axb5 Rxb5 46. Rc6
Kf6 47. Kc4 Rb4+ 48. Kc3 Ke5 49. Ra6 Rb5 50. Ra8 Rc5+ 51. Kb2 Nd4 52. Re8+ Kf6
53. Rf8+ Kg7 54. Rf4 Nxf3 55. gxf3 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Black "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Na5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8.
axb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Nfd2 d5 11. Bg5 c6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bg3 Nd7
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nc5 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 b6 20. Qh5 Qd5
21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 b5 23. Ne2 Rfe8 24. Bd4 Rec8 25. c3 a5 26. Nf4 b4 27.
Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rae1 Ra6 29. Re3 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. c4 dxc4 32. dxc4 Rd6 33.
Rfe1 Rd2 34. Rxe6 Rxb2 35. R6e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Aboudi M"]
[Black "Battikhi, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. O-O-O b5 8. Bh6
Qa5 9. Kb1 b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Qg5 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nb6 14. h5 e5 15.
g4 a5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ng3 a4 18. g5 Ng4 19. fxg4 b3 20. axb3 axb3 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Rd6 Rf2 23. Be2 bxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qxd6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Nf5+ Rxf5 28. gxf5 Qc5+ 29. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O
8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Qd6 11. Re1 h6 12. g3 Rd8 13. c5 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Qc3 a4 17. Bb5 Qf6 18. Qe3 g5 19. h3 Qg7 20. Nb1 Ra5 21. Nc3 Nxc5
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Ra6 24. dxc5 f6 25. Qd4 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Rf8 27. Rce1 Ra7
28. Nxa4 Raf7 29. R1e2 Ba6 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. Nc3 Rf5 32. b4 Qf6 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34.
g4 Qf3 35. b5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 cxb5 37. c6 Qxa3 38. c7 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qxc7 40. Qd3
Qf7 41. Re2 b4 42. Qe3 Qf6 43. Qxe6+ Qxe6 44. Rxe6 Rb8 45. Re2 b3 46. Rb2 Kf7
47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Kd3 d4 50. Ke2 Ke4 51. Kd2 Kf3 52. Kd3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Ababneh, Ghayth"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 a6 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. a4 Nc6 14. Qd1 Na5 15.
Rab1 Nb3 16. Rc2 Rc8 17. Be3 Rc4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Bb4 20. Rd3 O-O 21. Ne2
f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Bg5 Rf5 24. b3 Rc8 25. Bh4 Be8 26. Ng3 Rf8 27. Rc1 Rxc1
28. Qxc1 Bg6 29. Rd1 e5 30. Ne2 exd4 31. Nxd4 Bc5 32. Qd2 Re8 33. a5 Qb4 34. h3
Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Bb4 37. Ra2 Rd1 38. Nf3 Rb1 39. Nd2 Rc1 40. Nf3 Rc3
41. Re2 Bxa5 42. Re7 Bc7+ 43. Bg3 Bxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Rxb3 45. Kf4 Rb4+ 46. Kg5 Bc2
47. Rd7 h6+ 48. Kh5 Kh7 49. g4 Rb3 50. Ng1 Be4 51. Kh4 a5 52. f3 Bxf3 53. Nxf3
Rxf3 54. Rxb7 a4 55. g5 hxg5+ 56. Kxg5 Rxh3 57. Ra7 a3 58. Kg4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Al Haisamwi, Sameer"]
[Black "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Black "Nizar, Emad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aboudi M"]
[Black "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bf3 Qb4 19. b3 a4 20. Bd1 axb3 21.
axb3 Ra3 22. f5 Nxb3 23. Bxb3 Rxb3 24. Rf3 Qc5 25. Qh6 Qe5 26. f6 exf6 27. Rh3
Rd8 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Qe3 Ke7 31. Rh7 Rf8 32. h3 g5 33. Qe1 f5 34.
Nd5+ Bxd5 35. cxd5 g4 36. Qa5 Rc8 37. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Naiem, Mousa"]
[Black "Malkawi, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. d3 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rac1 b5 14. b3 b4 15. Nd5
e5 16. g4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. f4 Ng8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. d4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bb5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rfd1 Qb6+ 24. Kh2 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Rbc8 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4
Kg7 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Rc2 h5 30. g5 Nh7 31. h4 Qe3 32. Qf1 f6 33. Rc7+ Rf7 34. d6
Qd2 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qe8+
Kg7 41. gxf6+ Kh6 42. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Al-Jada, Ghaleb"]
[Black "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 h6 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Nd3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Nb4 Rd6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. b4 Rcd8 24. a3 Rd5 25. Qc2 R8d6 26. Rd3 g6 27. Rf3
Re6 28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Rd1 Red6 30. a4 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxd4 Re6 33. Rxd5 cxd5
34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Rc3 Qa6 36. e3 Re4 37. Qxd5 Rxa4 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. Rc4 Qa8 40.
Rc6 Kg7 41. e4 Ra2 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Rf6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Qh8 45. Qf4 Qd4 46. Rb8 Re7
47. f3 Ra7 48. Kh3 Qd7+ 49. Qg4 Qxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kg7 51. Rb6 Ra4 52. h4 Ra5 53.
Kf4 Ra3 54. Rd6 Rb3 55. Rd5 Kf6 56. h5 Rb4 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. Rd6+ f6 59. Rd8
Rb3 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Ra8 Kg6 62. Kg4 h5+ 63. Kf4 Rc3 64. Ra6 Kg7 65. Re6 Ra3
66. g4 hxg4 67. Kxg4 Kf7 68. Kf5 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Rimawi, B  T."]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Rd1 b4 19. O-O bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb8 21.
f3 Rb2 22. Bb3 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 e3 24. Rfe1 e2 25. Rd3 Kh8 26. Nf4 Rxb3 27. axb3
Bf7 28. Qxf5 Qb6+ 29. Rd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Qb1 Re8 33. h3
Kg8 34. b4 Qe3 35. Qf5 Qd2 36. Qg5+ Bg6 37. Qg3 Kh8 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. Nxe2 Qxe2
40. Qxd6 Kg8 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Qf4+ Ke6 43. Qf8 Kd5 44. Qc5+ Ke6 45. Qb6+ Kf7 46.
f4 Qe6 47. Qd4 Be4 48. Qa7+ Kg6 49. Qb8 h5 50. Qd8 Kh7 51. Qc7+ Kh6 52. Qc5 Qf6
53. Qe3 Bf5 54. g4 hxg4 55. hxg4 Bxg4 56. Kg3 Bf5 57. Qe5 Qg6+ 58. Kf2 Kh5 59.
Ke3 Qg3+ 60. Ke2 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Saad, Baha"]
[Black "Saloos, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Qb6 8. b4
d6 9. b5 Nd8 10. Nfd2 Ne6 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. Be3 g6 15.
h4 Bg7 16. g3 a6 17. Na3 axb5 18. axb5 Qa5 19. Nc2 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Kd2
Rc8 22. Ra7 Rb8 23. Re1 Rf8 24. d5 Nc7 25. Nb4 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Bb6 Rc8
28. Re3 Bf6 29. Rxb7 f4 30. gxf4 Bxh4 31. Bc7 Bxf2 32. Re4 Bc5 33. Ba5 Bd7 34.
Nc6 e5 35. fxe5 Rf2+ 36. Ke1 Bf5 37. exd6+ Kf8 38. d7 Ra8 39. Nb8 Bxd7 40.
Nxd7+ Kg8 41. Nxc5 Rc2 42. Nb3 h5 43. Ree7 Rc4 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Battikhi, H."]
[Black "Alattar, Rakan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxe4 9. Nxc6 Nxc3 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 d6 13. Ba3 Rd8 14.
Rb3 Ba5 15. Bb2 Bb6 16. Re1 Be6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Bf6 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1
Qe8 21. Qxf2 Rd7 22. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Final Kingdom Tournament - Men 2009 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Mahmoud, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Ababneh, Ghayth"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]

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