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Grandmasters from China invited for new tournament
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THE Egyptian Chess Federation has invited Chinese grandmasters to join a new international competition that will be held in February 2018 at the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, the federation chief said.
“We will hold the first version of Sharm el-Sheikh international chess competition on February 16-27, with total rewards up to US$30,000,” said Hesham al-Gendy, president of the federation.
“We would like to invite Chinese chess grandmasters to join the competition and we will cover the flight tickets and accomodation for them,” Gendy added.
China is ranked second after Russia in the world chess ranking for countries. It has nine male and 12 female players among the world’s top 100 chess players, according to the World Chess Federation rating for November 2017.
China’s 23-year-old Hou Yifan is the No. 1 female player worldwide while Ding Liren, 25, is the 11th top male player in the world.
According to the World Chess Federation, Egypt is ranked 47th worldwide and it has one male player, 29-year-old Bassem Amin, in the top 100.
Amin is ranked 45th in the world.
“China is a big country in chess and its female national team won the world cup before and the male national team has amazing grandmasters, one of whom, Ding Liren, qualified for the final match of the World Chess Cup last month in Georgia,” said Gendy.
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