WIM Ayah Moaataz is Egypt National Women's Chess Champion 2014

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014

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The latest chess news via FIDE is that WIM Moaataz Ayah has won the Egyptian Chess Champion for Women 2014. The event was held from 8th to 13th February at the Shooting Club Egypt in Cairo. 

A total of 27 women chess players competed in the 9-round Swiss event. WIM Ayah Moaataz won the Egypt National Women's chess title with 8,5/9 points which was a full point ahead of the rest of the field. IA/IO Said Hassanin, FA/FI Merihan Mahmoud and Magdy Aly managed the championship.

Final standings:
1. WIM Moaataz Ayah 1967 - 8.5
2. WFM Abdelmenaem Sohayla 1746 - 7.5
3-4. Mahmoud Hadeer 0 and WCM Elansary Eman 1854 - 6
5-6. Hassan Hala 1870 and Mohamed Enas 0 - 5.5
7-13. Abdel Hamid Sabreen 1718, Elgohary Myada 1770, Osman Amal 0, WCM Gamal Eldin Zeinab 1608, El Sayed Nabawya 0, Zayan Alaa 0 and Ehab Tasneem 0 - 5
14-16. Mohsen Hend 1755, Zayan Aya 0 and Osman Dalia 0 - 4.5
17-21. Mahmoud Mahetab 0, Yahia Amy 0, Ramadan Kholoud 0, Amin Lila Mohamed 0 and Aboud Engy 0 - 4
22. Kandil Jomana 0 - 3
23. Mostafa Menah Allah 0 - 2.5
24-25. WIM Wafa Shahenda 1953 and Antar Safaa 0 - 2
26-27. Abood Sherien 0 and Aboud Sherwit 0 - 1.5

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