Chess at the 2007 Pan Arab Games

The chess events at the 2007 Pan Arab Games were held from 13 to 21 November at the Olympic Centre in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt.^[1] Twelve men's teams and nine women's teams competed separately in tournaments conducted at classical time controls (all moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 seconds increment per move).^[2] Medals were awarded to the teams scoring the highest number of board points, as well as to individual players with the best performances by percentage score on each board with at least five games played. Medals were also awarded to the best overall performances on any board by percentage score. Bronze medals were awarded for both third and fourth-place individual performances.

The men's teams played a nine-round Swiss-system tournament. Each men's team consisted of six players and matches were contested over four boards. Egypt was the only team to finish the tournament undefeated, conceding only one draw to Algeria and winning the gold medal for the second time in a row with 26 board points.^[2] Syria scored 23½ board points to win the silver medal, while Algeria finished with 20½ board points and took bronze.^[2]

The women's teams played a round robin. Each women's team consisted of four players and matches were contested over three boards. The Egyptian and Syrian teams tied for first with 17½ board points, but Egypt won the gold medal on superior match points (7½/8 vs. 6½/8 for Syria), having beaten Syria in their direct encounter. Iraq scored 13½ board points to win bronze, while defending gold medallists Algeria, which drew all three medal-winning teams in their direct encounters, scored 13 board points to finish fourth.^[3]

Participating nations[]

Eight countries sent both men's and women's teams. Lebanon only competed in the women's tournament, while Jordan, Qatar, Sudan, and Tunisia only competed in the men's tournament.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's team – overall[2]	Egypt (EGY) Essam El-Gindy Bassem Amin Ahmed Adly Mohamed Ezat Khaled Abdel Razik Walaa Sarwat	26	(SYR) Imad Hakki	23½	Algeria (ALG) Aimen Rizouk Mohamed Haddouche	20½
Men's team – Board 1[4]	Aimen Rizouk  Algeria	85.7%	Slim Belkhodja	78.6%	Mohammed Al-Modiahki	77.8%
					Essam El-Gindy  Egypt	68.8%
Men's team – Board 2[4][5]	Mohammed Al-Sayed	87.5%		83.3%		78.6%
				83.3%
Men's team – Board 3[4][6]		91.7%	–	–	Ahmed Adly  Egypt	81.3%
	Imad Hakki	91.7%				50.0%
Men's team – Board 4[4][7]		83.3%	Mohamed Haddouche  Algeria	78.6%		77.8%
					Ibrahim Chahrani	42.9%
Men's team – Board 5[4][5]	Bashir Al-Qudaimi	100%	–	–		68.8%
		100%				58.3%
Men's team – Board 6[4]		83.3%		71.4%	Walaa Sarwat  Egypt	70.0%
						66.7%
Men's team – Performance on any board[4][5]	Bashir Al-Qudaimi	100%	–	–		91.7%
		100%			Imad Hakki	91.7%
Women's team – overall[3]	Egypt (EGY) Yosra Alaa El Din[a] Mona Khaled Faridah Basta Sohair	17½	(SYR)	17½	(IRQ) Eman Hassane Al-Rufei	13½
Women's team – Board 1[6][8]	Eman Hassane Al-Rufei	80.0%	–	–	Hayat Toubal  Algeria	62.5%
		80.0%				50.0%
Women's team – Board 2[7][8]	Amina Mezioud  Algeria	91.7%	Yosra Alaa El Din  Egypt	81.3%		80.0%
						62.5%
Women's team – Board 3[6][8]		91.7%		64.3%	Mona Khaled  Egypt	62.5%
						58.3%
Women's team – Board 4[5][8]		100%	Faridah Basta Sohair  Egypt	75.0%		60.0%
						58.3%
Women's team – Performance on any board[8]		100%	Amina Mezioud  Algeria	91.7%	Yosra Alaa El Din  Egypt	81.3%
				91.7%

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Egypt)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	(SYR)	4	3	3	10
2	(IRQ)	4	0	3	7
3	Egypt (EGY)*	2	2	5	9
4	Algeria (ALG)	2	2	2	6
5	(YEM)	2	1	1	4
6	(LBA)	1	2	1	4
7	(MAR)	1	0	3	4
8	(QAT)	1	0	1	2
	(UAE)	1	0	1	2
10	(JOR)	0	1	1	2
	(TUN)	0	1	1	2
12	(LIB)	0	0	1	1
	(SUD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		18	12	24	54

See also[]

The French Wikipedia article on chess in the Pan Arab Games lists all Pan Arab medallists in chess from 1999 to 2011.

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