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Top seed Vugar Gashimov begins with win in Abu Dhabi

14 August 2006 [10:00] - TODAY.AZ
Shaikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Shakhboot Al Nahyan, the President of the Asian Chess Federation, declared open the 16th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, on behalf of the patron Lt General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Interior.

Top-seeded, Grand Master (GM) Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan won his opening match against IM Maia Lomineishvill of Georgia, while second-seeded GM Evegenij Miroshinichenko from Ukraine was forced to settle for a tie with IM Mahmoud Lodhi of Pakistan, seeded 43rd.

UAE's Ali Abdul Khaliq, seeded 54th, came up with a good show, forcing 28th-seeded IM Sergey Kayumov from Uzbekistan to split points with him.

Third-seeded GM Alexei Fedorov from Belarus jumped one place in the seedings, following his win over IM Hassan Abdullah of the UAE.

UAE GM Taleb Moussa beat compatriot Abdullah Al Marzouqi to earn his first point in the competition.

In the third round, Gashimov meets GM Sturua Zurab, IM Sale Sardjan will play against Fedorov and Taleb Moussa will take on GM Rauof Mamedov from Azerbaijan.

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