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Last round – A bright round

And indeed it was. Amr and Ibrahim played side by side on boards 11 and 12 respectively, and both of them beat their opponents using the white pieces.

Amr faced the Scandinavian Defense which was used by his Palestinian opponent Hussam AlTakrouri. The former dominated his opponent in the opening and middle game phases, not allowing his opponent any respite. A petite Combinaison, à la Capablanca, allowed Amr to win the exchange, and then, after exchanging the queens, converting his extra material was an easy journey for Amr.

Ibrahim, on the other hand, adopted the Spanish Opening against his Emirati opponent Abdulwahhab Abdalla. The later adopted the Cozio Defense, mixed with the g6 system, with the possibility to transpose to an improved version of the King’s Indian Defense! and to a certain degree, he succeeded in dazzling Ibrahim, and obtained an small advantage. But the small advantage should me increased step by step, and that what Abdulwahhab didn’t. He rushed in a sacrificing maneuver, with the hope of gaining materials, but missed a defense from Ibrahim’ side. Ibrahim kept his material advantage, centralized his forced, put his king in safe place, and the point in the bag.

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