Lebanese Chess Championship
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The first official Lebanese Chess Championship was held in 1953. Lebanese chess players had organized a tournament in 1943 to determine an unofficial champion, won by Charles Salameh. In 1953 Salameh also won the first official championship tournament. The championship has been held regularly, except in the war years of 1969, 1973, and 1975 to 1991. Edgard Chalabi's death caused the 1963 championship to be skipped, and no championship was held in 2006. The women's championship began in 1994.
Men and women play together in a single tournament. The top scorer wins the men's (overall) championship, the top female scorer wins the women's championship. In 2005, 22 year old WIM Knarik Mouradian became the first woman to win the men's championship, winning eight games, drawing three, and losing none (9.5/11). FM Ahmad Najjar finished second. In 2007 they exchanged places, with Najjar winning the men's championship with 8.0/9 and Mouradian in second place a half point behind with 7.5/9 to win the women's championship.
[edit] Results
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Year Men's Champion Women's Champion 1953 Charles Salameh – 1955 Georges Malias – 1956 Edgard Chalabi – 1957 Serge Majarov – 1958 Edgard Chalabi – 1959 Carlos Maalouf – 1960 Serge Majarov – 1961 Fares Farah – 1962 Serge Majarov – 1964 Charles Salameh – 1965 Jacques Bedros – 1966 Maurice Gabriel – 1967 Antoine Ghaleb – 1968 Charles Salameh – 1970 Samir Sursock – 1971 Samir Sursock – 1972 Andre Tarazi – 1974 Safwan Akkari – 1992 Samir Sursock – 1993 Mounir Tawbeh – 1994 Fadi Eid Danielle Ghattas 1995 Antoine Kassis Suzan Mouradian 1996 Ahmad Najjar Knarik Mouradian 1997 Mansour Assaf Knarik Mouradian 1998 Fadi Eid Knarik Mouradian 1999 Ahmad Najjar Suzan Mouradian 2000 Abdulaziz Mahmoud Knarik Mouradian 2001 Haytham Omar Knarik Mouradian 2002 Faysal Khairallah Suzan Mouradian 2003 Faysal Khairallah Suzan Mouradian 2004 Faysal Khairallah Knarik Mouradian 2005 Knarik Mouradian 2007 Najjar Ahmad Knarik Mouradian
[edit] References
- Lebanese Chess Federation Official Site
