The first official Lebanese Chess Championship was held in 1953. Lebanese chess players had organized a tournament in 1943 to determine an unofficial champion. 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Results edit
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 – Wissam Hajj Ali 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 Suzan Mouradian 2007 Najjar Ahmad Knarik Mouradian 2008 Faysal Khairallah Knarik Mouradian 2009 Fadi Eid Maya Jalloul 2010 Amro El Jawich Knarik Mouradian 2011 Faysal Khairallah 2012 Faysal Khairallah[2] 2013 Ibrahim Chahrour[3] 2014 Faysal Khairallah[4] 2015 Amro El Jawich[5] 2016 Faysal Khairallah[6] 2018 Antoine Kassis[7] 2019 Antoine Kassis[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Lebanese Champions". Lebanese Chess Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2012". Chess-Results.com. Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ Kayle, Charles (12 October 2013). "Ibrahim Chahrour: Champion of Lebanon". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "40th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2014 - Final Stage". Chess-Results.com. Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ Kayle, Charles (8 December 2015). "Final round of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Kayle, Charles (5 December 2016). "Final round of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ https://elmaestrosport.com/الاتحاد-اللبناني-للشطرنج-نظم-بطولة-لب/ [dead link]
- ^ "Antoine Kassis wins the 44th Lebanese Chess Championship – Lebanese Chess News". Retrieved 2021-08-19.