MUSCAT : The students of the International Chess Academy of Oman (ICAO) managed to put an amazing performance and started with a win over the French Team of Saint-Ouen with a score of 158 points to 90 points for the French Team.
The Match was played online on the world famous chess platform lichess.org, who is hosting weekly millions of games! The competition was played on Saturday 21st Novembre between (7.15 to 8.45 PM) and has seen the participation of 36 players from both Teams.
Ibraheem Rao took the 1st Place of the competition followed by Aida Tayebipour 2nd Place and Shlok Babariya 3rd Place; all the payers are students of International Master Ismail Karim who is coaching at the International Chess Academy of Oman since the creation the entity in 2013 and have also coached the National Team of Oman in two Chess Olympiads Norway 2014 and Georgia 2018.
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Omani Talent Ayoub Al Riyami who is only 7 years old managed to take the 12th Place with a score of 6 out of 10! And have shown that Oman has a bright Future.
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The game of Chess has seen a Boom since the pandemic started! World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Company Play Magnus invested millions of dollars in online tournaments and coaching platforms.
The International Chess Academy of Oman is still continuing to function Online with the Classes being held on Zoom and the practice being played on lichess.org.
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