Qatar’s Al Jumaat wins gold at Arab Age Group Championships

Doha: Qatar s Khaled Al Jumaat won gold medal at the Arab Age Group Championships, held in Casablanca, Morocco with the participation of 216 players f...

Doha: Qatar’s Khaled Al Jumaat won gold medal at the Arab Age Group Championships, held in Casablanca, Morocco with the participation of 216 players from 13 countries. The championship was organised by the Royal Moroccan Chess Federation under the supervision of the Arab Chess Federation.

Al-Jumaat claimed the top place in the Under-10 category scoring 7.5 points in nine rounds.

The Qatar delegation was headed by Omar Saleh Al Marri, a member of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Chess Association (QCA), and was accompanied by international referee Hussein Al Haddad, part of the participating technical and administrative staff.

The participation is an important step in the federation’s age group development plan and reflects the efforts made to prepare a promising generation of chess players in Qatar.

President of the Qatar Chess Association Mohammed Al Mudhahka expressed his happiness with the national team’s performance at the Arab Championship, noting that participation in the tournament gave the players the opportunity to interact with different schools, in addition to raising their international rankings and achieving outstanding results.