Muscat,(ONA) - The national chess team, in the first edition of the World Chess Online Olympiad, achieved four wins, one draw and a loss in the tournament organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) with the participation of 163 countries. The tournament will continue until July 30 of this month.

The team achieved good levels during the tournament through which it assured the national team’s readiness to compete and the success of the previous training programs of the committee. It managed in its first games to beat the Macau team 4/2. It continued its success by beating the Somalia team 5/1 and achieved an important victory at the expense of Fiji 5/3 and 5/2 and Greece 6/0, while it tied with the Pakistani team 3/3 / while it lost from Brunei 4/5 and 1/5.

The team looks forward to continuing its bid in the tournament and offering honourable levels after the great efforts made by the Oman Chess Committee in strengthening the team players and developing their skills.

Our national team is represented in the Olympics by 12 players under the various categories listed, namely the men, women, junior men and junior women. The players are Salem Al-Amri, Amin Al-Ansi and Mohammed Al-Amri in the men's category, in addition to Hamoud Al-Busaidi, Abdul Rahman Al-Zadjali and Anas Al-Daroushi in the junior men’s category.

The women and junior women team is represented by Wafia Al-Ghafri, Anat Al-Isayiya, Al-Anoud Al- Ghaferiya, Rawan Al-Baloushiya, Kamlah Al-Ghaferiya and Maryam Al-Baloushiya, in addition to the national team coach, Bashir Al-Qadimi.

(ONA)