Eighty Students Advance in Hamda bint Tareem Chess
The second phase of the Humaid bin Tareeb Chess Championship for Arab schools has begun, organized by the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club. It features the participation of 80 male and female students who qualified from the first phase, which saw a record participation of 13,572 students from 7,546 schools across 217 cities in 22 Arab countries. The competitions are held online on the lichess.org platform, where age groups under 7, 9, 11, and 17 compete for qualifying spots to the live finals, which will take place in Sharjah on November 2 and 3. Eight qualifiers—one from each category—will participate in the final event. The tournament aims to discover chess talent among Arab school students and to expand the player base to support the future of the game in the region.
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