Sharjah International Chess Professors Championship breaks the million watches

The eighth edition of the Sharjah International Chess Championship, organized by the Sharjah Chess Club, was broken under the generous sponsorship of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, a million views on social media and international websites specialized in chess that follow the tournament.
Abdullah Murad Al -Mazmi, the championship director, confirmed that the broken barrier of the million views came due to the great global interest in the championship and also the presence of 350 players from 60 countries, which means that the tournament speaks in all the languages ​​of the world in addition to the international sites that broadcast matches on a daily basis and the number of views today exceeds 250 thousand views. Social media sites in India are presented in following the championship not only because there is a large number of players who represent India but also the fact that chess is of great importance They have.
He added that the presence of a large number of international titles has a great positive return on the tournament, in addition to the Sharjah Chess Professors Championship from the championships approved by the International Federation for the game to obtain rehabilitation points for the World Cup.
On the other hand, the Chinese player Hanging Ranji succeeded in obtaining the title of international professor after he succeeded in achieving 3.5 points to win the last light of the title, where he drew 5 games and won one match, to be the second player who won an international title in the championship after he was preceded by Kazakhsani Edgar Mamidov in obtaining the title of “great international professor”, which is the first time that the tournament has witnessed international titles.
At the same time, the eighth round of the competitions was opened by Dr. Sultan Al -Taher, member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Chess Federation, Chairman of the Technical Authority, Amran Abdullah Al -Nuaimi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Championship, and Omar Fathi Afana, Director of Fast Contracting Company, one of the tournament sponsors.
The penultimate round witnessed an exciting struggle at the top after the lead was shared by Dutchman Anish Jerry, Uzbeki Nodirbbeck Abdelstarov, the first seed of the championship with 6 points and a half -point difference from 5 players: Serbian Alexander Endjic and his compatriot Ivak Flemir and Armenian Shant Sarkisian, and Iranian Bardia Dancwar and his citizen Amin Tabatabaei, They are followed by 14 players with 5 points, including Salem Abdul Rahman, the player of our national team and Sharjah Chess Club.