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  • Grandmaster Chess Strategy
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  • Gyula Breyer: The Chess Revolutionary
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  • Mastering Chess Strategy
  • Playing 1d4 d5 A Classical Repertoire
  • Seriously light, seriously heavy
  • The complete Hedgehog Volume 1 (2009) + Volume 2 (2011)
  • The difference between a good book and a bad one
  • The Father of the Russian School
  • Zuk and Nimzo
• Championships
  • 2011
    • 37th Lebanese Individual Championship 2011 – Final Stage
      • Congratulations to Faisal Khairallah: Champion of Lebanon for the 5th time!!
      • Round 1: Pairing and Results
      • Round 2: Pairing and Results
      • Round 8 of the 37th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2011: Khairallah still in the lead
    • Arab Elite Championship – Dubai 2011
      • Round 1 of the Arab Elite Chess Championship – Dubai 2011: Adly won in 13 moves and an impressive win by Fadi Eid
      • Round 2 of the Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011: Fire on all boards
      • Round 3 of the Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011: A tactical combination by Salem AbdelRahman put him as the sole leader; Fadi Eid drew his game
      • Round 4 of the Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011: 3 players share the lead, Fadi drew with AlModiahki
      • Round 5 of the Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011: a Black day on all boards
      • Round 6 of Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011:Adly and AbdelRahman kept their lead, followed by ElModiahki with one point gap
      • Round 7 of the Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011: The leaders protected their lead, Samir Mohamed: Back to business
      • Round 8 of the Arab Elite Championship 2011: Salem sole leader, and a strong come-back from Fadi
      • Round 9 of Arab Elite Chess Championship 2011: No draws, No mercy, Salem AbdulRahman is the winner of the 1st Elite edition
  • 2012
    • 10th Inter-Universities Individuals and teams Championship 2012
    • 17th Lebanese Individual Women Championship 2012
    • 2012 Individual Championship Qualification stage
    • 2012 Interclubs Blitz Championship
    • 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • 7th round of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 1 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 10 of the 38th Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 11 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 2 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 3 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 4 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 5 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Championship
      • Round 6 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 8 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 9 of the 38th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
    • Arab U18 and U20 2011 Championships – March 2012
    • Beirut 5th International Open Championship 2012
    • Istanbul Olympiad 2012
      • 10th round of Istanbul Olympiad 2012
      • 11th round of Istanbul Olympiad 2012
      • 6th round of the Istanbul Olympiad 2012
      • 8th round of the Istanbul Olympiad 2012
      • 9th round of Istanbul Olympiad 2012
      • Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012: A New Record
      • Round 5 of Istanbul Olympiad 2012: A bad day
      • Round 7 of the Istanbul Olympiad 2012
    • Lebanese Individual Blitz Chess Championship 2012
    • Lebanese U18 & U20 championships 2012
    • Lebanese Youth Individual Chess Championship 2012
  • 2013
    • 2013 Arab Individual Chess Championship –Abou Dhabi:
      • 2013 Arab Individual Chess Championship –Abu Dhabi
    • 39th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship
      • Round 1 of Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 10 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 11 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 2 of Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 3 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 4 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 5 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 6 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 7 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 8 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
      • Round 9 of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2013 – Final Stage
    • 6th Beirut International Open Championship 2013
    • 8th Mediterranean Individual (Classic & Rapid) Championships
    • Asian U20 Individual Championship – Sharjah – UAE – 2013
      • Round 1 of U-20 Asian Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 2 of U-20 Asian Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 3 of Asian U-20 Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 4 of the Asian U-20 Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 5 of Asian U-20 Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 6 of Asian U-20 individual championship 2013
      • Round 7 of the Asian U20 Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 8 of Asian U20 Individual Championship 2013
      • Round 9 of U20 Asian Individual Championship 2013
    • Lebanese Individual Chess 2013 Championship
    • Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013: the strongest zonal 3.1 ever!
      • Last round of Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013
      • Round 2 of 3.1 Zonal – Doha 2013
      • Round 3 of Zone 3.1 – Doha 2013
      • Round 4 of Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013
      • Round 5 of Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013
      • Round 6 of Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013
      • Round 7 of Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013
      • Round 8 of Zonal 3.1 – Doha 2013
  • 2014
    • Lebanese 2014 Individual Qualification Championship
    • Lebanese Chess Fever
      • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 10
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 3
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 4
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 5
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 6
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 7
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 8
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage – Round 9
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage Faisal Khairallah – Champion of Lebanon for the 7th times… and counting
        • 40th Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage Round 2: Mat on board
    • Lebanon in Chess Olympiads
      • Lebanon in Chess Olympiads (till Tromso 2014): Statistics and Curiosities
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 1
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 10
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 11
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 2
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 3
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 4
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 5
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 6
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 7
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 8
    • Tromsø Olympiad: Round 9
  • 2015
    • 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015
      • Final round of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015
      • Round 10 of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015
      • Round 7 of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015
      • Round 8 of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015
      • Round 9 of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015
  • 2016
    • 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016 – Final Stage
      • Final round of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 1 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 10 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 2 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 3 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 4 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 5 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 6 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 7 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 8 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
      • Round 9 of the 42nd Lebanese individual Chess Championship 2016
    • Baku Olympiad 2016
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 10: Lebanon won over Malaysia 2.5-1.5
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 11: Scotland: 4 – Lebanon: 0
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 1: Amr El Jawich saved the honor.
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 2: Lebanon beat Surinam 3-1
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 3: A bitter defeat
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 4: Lebanon beat Syria 2.5 – 1.5
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 5: Lebanon lost 0.5 – 3.5 to Jordan A lot of missed Opportunities
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 6: Lebanon lost 1-3 to Kosovo
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 7: Lebanon – Barbados: 2-2
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 8: Sudan: 2 – Lebanon: 2
      • 42nd Chess Olympiad – Baku – 2016 Round 9: Lebanon won over Trinidad & Tobago 2.5-1.5
    • Lebanon at Asian Nations Cup 2016: Watch out guys!
  • 2017
    • 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 1 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 10 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 11 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 2 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 3 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 4 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 5 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 6 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 7 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 8 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
      • Round 8 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017 – Part 2
      • Round 9 of the 43rd Lebanese Individual Championship 2017
    • 9th Beirut International Open Championship 2017
    • Lebanese Classical Chess Inter-clubs Championship 2017
    • Lebanese Individual Championship 2017 – Qualification Stage
  • 2018
    • 2nd Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship 2018
    • 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018
      • 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 1 of Batumi 43rd Olympiad
      • Round 10 of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 11of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 2 of 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 3 of 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 6 of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 7 of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 8 of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Round 9 of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
      • Rounds 4 & 5 of the 43rd Olympiad – Batumi 2018
  • 2019
    • The 44th Lebanese Individual Championship
  • 2021
    • Arab Individual Championship – Dubai – 2021
      • Round 6 of Arab Individual Championship – Dubai 2021
      • Arab Individual Championship – Dubai 2021 – Round 1
      • Arab Individual Championship – Dubai 2021 – Round 5
      • Arab Individual Championship – Dubai 2021 Round 8
      • Arab Individual Championship – Dubai 2021 – Round 7
      • Final round of Arab Individual Championship – Dubai 2021
      • Round 2+3: A tough and tiring day
      • Round 4: Missed golden opportunities
  • Local tournaments
    • 34th Christmas Soviet Alumni Open 2012
    • Antranik Rapid Chess Tournament 2012
    • Round 1 of Christmas Soviet Alumni Open 2012
    • Round 2 of Christmas Soviet Alumni Open 2012
    • Rounds 3 & 4 of the Christmas Soviet alumni Open 2012
    • Shamiyeh Chess Academy: A Courageous Move
  • Photos
    • Arab Elite 2011
• Elo Rating
  • 2020 Fide Elo list
    • April 2020 Fide Elo list
    • February 2020 Fide Elo List
    • January 2020 Fide Elo list
    • June 2020 Fide Elo List
    • March 2020 Elo list
    • May 2020 Fide Elo list
  • 2019 Fide Elo List
    • August 2019 Fide Elo list
    • April 2019 Elo list
    • December 2019 Fide Elo list
    • February 2019 Elo list
    • July 2019 Elo List
    • June 2019 Fide Elo list
    • March 2019 Elo List
    • May 2019 Fide Elo list
    • November 2019 Fide Elo list
    • October 2019 Fide list
    • September 2019 Fide Elo List
  • 2022 Fide Elo List
    • January 2022 Fide Elo List
  • Lebanese Fide Titles
• Famous Lebanese Games
  • Eid,Fadi (2390) – Berg,Emanuel (2623)
  • Kassis,Antoine (2219) – Hussein,HA (2366)
  • Khairallah,Faisal (2323) – Lupu,Mircea Sergiu (2450)
  • Najjar,Ahmad (2337) – Nataf,Igor Alexandre (2565)
• Instructive Games
  • From the extreme to the extreme: Bird,HE. – Morphy,P. London, 1858
  • Paulsen,L. – Morphy,P. , 1857: The most famous and beautiful
  • Steinitz – Bardeleben, 1895
  • Steinitz,W. – Chigorin,M. 1892
  • The ‘Evergreen’ game
  • The Immortal game
  • The Opera Game
• Interviews
  • Exclusive
    • Exclusive Interview with Fide Master Faisal Khairallah
    • Exclusive Interview with Suzanne Mouradian
    • Exclusive interview with the Georgian WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili
    • Interview – A.El Jawich
    • Interview with WIM Kanarik Mouradian
  • Insight
    • Insight Interview with GM Ernesto Inarkiev
    • Insight Interview with GM Esftratios Grivas
• Middle/End Games
  • Importance of Centre Pawns
  • Knight comes and fights
  • Simple Chess is good chess
  • Watching live the Best Game by the loser!!
  • Zidane chess
• Openings
  • A deadly home preparation in the (Open Lopez)
  • Bird Defense -Part3-A
  • Bird Defense -Part3-B
  • Bird Defense – Part 1
  • Bird Defense – Part 2-A
  • Bird Defense – Part 2-B
  • General tips
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