Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Videos

Awarding ceremony.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open

FCPL's Tato Abdullah (left) just after sacrificing his knight for two pawns in his final-round game against FM Georg Magdy of Egypt. Abdullah had to labor hard in an inferior endgame position where he had a knight and a pawn against a knight and three pawns.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Tato Abdullah Georg Magdy

FCPL's Jobannie C. Tabada in the last few moves of an unfortunate final-round loss to eventual champion and top-seed GM Yuri Drozdovskij of Ukrain. A blunder by Drozdovskij allowed Tabada to go two pawns up in the middlegame, but the FCPL player returned the favor with an inaccurate defensive move that gave Drozdovskij a crushing attack and the championship.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Jobannie Tabada Yuri Drizdovskij

FCPL's Marz Marcial (white pieces) vs. UAE's Waleed Ahmed Mohd Shareef in the final round. Marcial won the game.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Marz Marcial

FCPL's Rocky Pabalan (black pieces) vs. Georgian IM Akaki Shalamberidze in the final round. The Goergian prevailed in this game.

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Marvin Marcos (foreground, white pieces) in a crucial final-round game against Russian GM Roman Ovetchkin. In the other board, GM Elmar Magerramov of Azerbaijan ponders on his game against FCPL's NM Robert Arellano (not in video). Both GMs won their respective games.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Marvin Marco Robert Arellano Roman Ovetchkin Elmar Magerramov

FM Antonio Molina Sr. (foreground, black pieces) of FCPL up against Georgia's Parmen Gelazonia, while Tato Abdullah (white pieces) plays Egyptian FM Georg Magdy. Both final-round games were drawn.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Tato Abdullah Antonio Molina Sr. Georg Magdy Parmen Gelazonia

Axel John Valerio of FCPL draws his eighth round game against Palestine's Deon Khaleder.

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FCPL's Macky Ingcongan (white pieces) and FM Antonio 'Tony' Molina Sr. go up against each other in the eighth round. Molina won to pick up 6.5 points entering the final round. Melvin Segismundo (to Molina's right) plays FM Djakhangir Agaragimov of Azerbaijan. Segismundo lost the game.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Antonio Molina Macky Ingcongan Melvin Segismundo Djakhangir Agaragimov

FCPL's Larry Dolor (white pieces, foreground) and Rocky Pabalan (second from left) playing against Lebanon's Nasseem Saqr and Somalia's Abdi Mohamed respectively in the eighth round. Larry settled for a draw while Rocky won.

Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Larry Dolor Rocky Pabalan