Doha, Qatar: The Qatari chess team won the silver medal in Category E at the 45th edition of the FIDE Chess Olympiad, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, with the participation of 190 countries. The national team included five players: Hussein Aziz, Irfan Mohammed, Mohammed Al Qassabi, Hamad Al Kuwari and Turki Al Kuwari. Hamad Al Kuwari also earned the title of Candidate Master (CM).
Teams were divided into five categories: A, B, C, D, and E. India secured an historic double winning both the men’s and women’s title. In addition to winning the team championships, India also walked away with four individual gold medals as the tournament wrapped up in the Hungarian capital on Sunday.
USA (17) took silver in the men’s event, while Uzbekistan won bronze. In the women’s, Kazakhstan bagged silver, while USA had to be content with bronze. Meanwhile, Mohammed Al Mudahka, President of the Qatar Chess Federation, participated in the General Assembly meetings of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Several national administrative figures also attended the event, including Ju Shen, Treasurer of FIDE and Hamad Al Tamimi, Advisor to the Competitions Committee and Executive Director of the Qatar Chess Federation. International arbiter Hussein Al Haddad and federation referee Sara Al Mahandi were involved in officiating the Olympiad. Al Mudahka was pleased with the results achieved by the Qatari team, praising the efforts of all players.
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