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  • 11 July 2021 | Portugal

    Chess tournament

  • 11 July 2021 | Portugal

    Chess tournament

  • 11 July 2021 | Portugal

    Chess tournament

There were over 1500 registered players from over 30 countries, two of them from the jamat of Spain.

Spanish

The National Tournament has already ended, eight players qualified in the Senior group and two in the Junior group; two of those winners live in Spain and one in Angola. The list players who advanced to the  European Phase in the first round of the tournament was as follows:

Seniors:

  • NAGUIB KARMALI
  • KARIM ALI DAYA
  • MIKAIL FIROZALI
  • AVNIS ANIS KESHVANI
  • KARIM RAJABALI
  • AMINAZ MITHA
  • RAHIL ALY JIVANI
  • RAFIK NIZARALI

Juniors:

  • RAISSA RAJABALI
  • DINIZ AHMAD

The games took place online through Tornelo platform under the supervision of international arbiters. The Tournament ran smoothly, there were moments of emotion and some surprises. More importantly, the players had fun.

In the next round, which started on the 3rd of July, there were 250 players, ten of which from Portugal. The representatives of Portugal played against the representatives of France and the United Kingdom.
This is a tournament for individual players, but at the same time there is also a team competition. According to the Tournament regulations, each country (each team) must consist of four of the players with the best rankings; one of them must be a Junior and one, a female. For the finals, the Portugal team was formed by:

  • NAGUIB KARMALI
  • KARIM ALI DAYA
  • AMINAZ MITHA
  • RAISSA RAJABALI

Of the four players, AMINAZ MITHA is from the Jamat of  Spain. It is important to mention that Portuguese players have received a great support from Nasir Allahdini, a professional chess player, originally from Iran, who is currently part of the Jamat of Barcelona. Nasir has been giving regular lessons to Portuguese players, both to those who are in the Tournament as well as to the beginners.

From the Portuguese team only KARIM ALI DAYA was classified to play at the European Tournament, in which six players representing Europe will qualify from this group, who will now compete in the world finals that will take place on the 17th and 18th of July and that will count with representatives from other continents.

Jamati members will be able to watch the live matches in the next phase through a link that will be posted in due time.

If you want to learn how to play chess, please contact Youth and Sports in Portugal.

The World Chess Tournament is an initiative of Global Encounters through a group of international volunteers, with the support of Youth and Sports.